Best time to check for Fibroids.

[LondonLady1980]

For years I've had the most horrendous periods....

A lot of you will know what I'm talking about without me even needing to explain how bad it is.

A few years ago I was referred to Gynae as they were querying Endometriosis or Fibroids and I was referred for an USS so they could look at my endometrium wall. As Sod's law would have it my scan date ended up being 6 days after my period had finished and so the report said my endometrium wall looked normal.

I was then discharged.

Here I am, 3 years later, still suffering horrendously and so I've been referred back to Gynae for the same reason and my scan date has just come through the post and yet again, the date it has been booked for is 4 days after my period will have finished.

Does this actually make a difference?

My brain is telling me that logically it would make more sense for them to do a scan in the days leading up to my period so they can see the extend of how bad my blood build up is and the prevalence of the clots etc?

Or does it not really matter at what point in the cycle the scan is done if they are looking for abnormalities that would explain horrendous periods?

Thank you.

If you had fibroids they’d be visible all the time. They don’t come and go.

No do not settle for a mere internal ultrasound scan. Do not be fobbed off with just this. I presume it’s being offered because it’s a cheap basic test.

What you need here is a laparoscopy which is keyhole surgery to see if endometriosis is present. I’ve had more internal scans now than I care to mention and none of them picked up the endometriosis present.

There are two issues here. Fibroids are lumps in your uterus. They are visible at all times. Endometriosis isn’t a build up of blood inside your womb, it’s tissue from your lining growing outside your womb. Again it wouldn’t make a difference when you are scanned as endometriosis just doesn’t always show on ultrasound, as PP says, you’d need a laparoscopy to be certain.
For looking at your lining specifically, straight after your period is perfect, as the lining is thin and you can be better assessed for things like polyps.