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Worried about thickened womb lining (endometrial hyperplasia) and referral after bleeding on HRT

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Tiredhotmess · 25/05/2026 18:04

For context, I'm 55 years old and have been on continuous HRT for nearly a year. I had an unscheduled bleed about 7 weeks ago, having last had a period prior to going on the HRT. My GP referred me for a transvaginal ultrasound scan, which I had last week, and I got a call the next day telling me my womb lining is thicker than it should be (6mm when it should be 4mm). Now im being referred on a 2WW to gynaecology for further investigations.

Obviously I'm a bit worried about this. Has anyone gone through this before and it's all turned out okay? I've only bled that one time, but it lasted 5 days just like my periods used to do. I don't have any other symptoms other than bloating, but I've always had that and put it down to my IBS.

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Tiredhotmess · 31/05/2026 15:35

Have now had my biopsy. Fortunately it wasn't anywhere near as bad as I feared it would be. I took paracetamol and ibuprofen before hand, as advised by the hospital. It was uncomfortable rather than painful, and only lasted for about a minute. I really feel for you ladies who had a far more traumatic experience than I did.
Got to wait about 3 weeks for the results but hopefully all will be okay 🤞

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