jeopardymom
04-09-2004, 10:40 PM
My forever thanks to all of you who have been so supportive.
After 9 days of waiting the results of my biopsy came in today, and they were normal. No signs of cancer. :bouncing:
I asked my doctor why my "endometrial stripe" was at 15 mm (nearly 3x normal) and she said it must be hormonal, as is the on and off bleeding 3+ yrs after my "last" period. No answer as to why my pap was abnomal with "atypical cells". So I'm off to get my THS (hormone stumulating factor) retested Monday, and will return for a follow-up pap in 3 months.
By the way, I got my test results back from my bone scan, and they indicate I have Osteopenia lumbar spine (decreased bone mass in my lower back). But after this very serious cancer scare, I feel like I can deal with anything.
Much love and best of luck to all of you, and thanks again for being here for me.
After 9 days of waiting the results of my biopsy came in today, and they were normal. No signs of cancer. :bouncing:
I asked my doctor why my "endometrial stripe" was at 15 mm (nearly 3x normal) and she said it must be hormonal, as is the on and off bleeding 3+ yrs after my "last" period. No answer as to why my pap was abnomal with "atypical cells". So I'm off to get my THS (hormone stumulating factor) retested Monday, and will return for a follow-up pap in 3 months.
By the way, I got my test results back from my bone scan, and they indicate I have Osteopenia lumbar spine (decreased bone mass in my lower back). But after this very serious cancer scare, I feel like I can deal with anything.
Much love and best of luck to all of you, and thanks again for being here for me.
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BonBe
04-10-2004, 09:24 AM
Great for you jeopardymom I am so happy and relieved. Sometimes our worries cause so much problems don't they.
So you are having a thyroid test done, that is a good step in the right direction.
Good luck, and do remember us here hahah (no just get on with your life, and your lovely children)
Bonnie
So you are having a thyroid test done, that is a good step in the right direction.
Good luck, and do remember us here hahah (no just get on with your life, and your lovely children)
Bonnie
jeopardymom
04-10-2004, 11:20 PM
Bonnie
Thanks for your kind words. I will get on with my life, but will be checking back after the 23rd of April to see what your doctor says. I hope your fears are put to rest as well. Good luck.
Barbara
Thanks for your kind words. I will get on with my life, but will be checking back after the 23rd of April to see what your doctor says. I hope your fears are put to rest as well. Good luck.
Barbara
BonBe
04-11-2004, 06:56 AM
Hello Barbara
the date for my appointment is the 26th of April, (I dont want you having to check and re check on the date you mentioned. I am so happy to hear your results are in of your biopsy. I expect the same news. Though I do not know about biopsy etc, I am not familiar with GYN proceedurres at all, but think I will not be a happy camper (just from the exam!)
Good luck with what you are doing!! and I am happy to have 'met you' and so relieved you are ok. I will def post and let you know the outcome of the appointment on the 26th for me.
Bonnie
the date for my appointment is the 26th of April, (I dont want you having to check and re check on the date you mentioned. I am so happy to hear your results are in of your biopsy. I expect the same news. Though I do not know about biopsy etc, I am not familiar with GYN proceedurres at all, but think I will not be a happy camper (just from the exam!)
Good luck with what you are doing!! and I am happy to have 'met you' and so relieved you are ok. I will def post and let you know the outcome of the appointment on the 26th for me.
Bonnie
jeopardymom
04-11-2004, 11:01 PM
Bonnie
Here is some info on endometial biopsies. Mine did hurt, (but pain is relative), and it only hurt for about 20 seconds. I took along one of the many stuffed animals my girls have given me given the years and squeezed, (and yes, bit it) during the worse part.
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Endometrial biopsy
An endometrial biopsy is usually done without any injections of painkilling medication, although the cervix may be numbed by using an anesthetic spray.
You will be instructed to take off your clothes below the waist and drape a paper or cloth covering around your waist. You will then lie on your back on an examination table with your feet raised and supported by stirrups. This allows the health professional to examine your vagina and genital area.
The doctor will insert an instrument with curved blades (speculum) into your vagina. The speculum gently spreads apart the vaginal walls so the doctor can see the cervix. After being swabbed with an antiseptic solution, the cervix may be grasped and held in place with a clamp called a tenaculum.
The instrument or device used to collect a sample of the endometrium is guided through the cervix into the uterus. As the sample is being collected, the collection device may be rotated and moved up and down; this procedure may last several seconds. During sample collection, most women experience uterine cramping or lower pelvic pain.
After the sample is collected, the collection device is removed from the uterus and vagina, and the clamp and speculum are removed from the vagina.
How It Feels
Endometrial biopsy
The instruments used for the biopsy may feel cold. If you have not had any pain medication, you will probably feel a sharp cramp as the instrument or device is guided through your cervix. You may feel more cramping when the sample is collected. Most women find that the cramping feels like a severe menstrual cramp.
An endometrial biopsy usually causes some vaginal bleeding. You will need to use a menstrual pad for the bleeding or spotting. Sometimes it is hard to tell whether spotting is a result of the biopsy or the start of your next menstrual period. If you have bleeding that is heavier than your normal menstrual period, or if you are worried about the length of time you are bleeding, call your doctor.
Here is some info on endometial biopsies. Mine did hurt, (but pain is relative), and it only hurt for about 20 seconds. I took along one of the many stuffed animals my girls have given me given the years and squeezed, (and yes, bit it) during the worse part.
****
Endometrial biopsy
An endometrial biopsy is usually done without any injections of painkilling medication, although the cervix may be numbed by using an anesthetic spray.
You will be instructed to take off your clothes below the waist and drape a paper or cloth covering around your waist. You will then lie on your back on an examination table with your feet raised and supported by stirrups. This allows the health professional to examine your vagina and genital area.
The doctor will insert an instrument with curved blades (speculum) into your vagina. The speculum gently spreads apart the vaginal walls so the doctor can see the cervix. After being swabbed with an antiseptic solution, the cervix may be grasped and held in place with a clamp called a tenaculum.
The instrument or device used to collect a sample of the endometrium is guided through the cervix into the uterus. As the sample is being collected, the collection device may be rotated and moved up and down; this procedure may last several seconds. During sample collection, most women experience uterine cramping or lower pelvic pain.
After the sample is collected, the collection device is removed from the uterus and vagina, and the clamp and speculum are removed from the vagina.
How It Feels
Endometrial biopsy
The instruments used for the biopsy may feel cold. If you have not had any pain medication, you will probably feel a sharp cramp as the instrument or device is guided through your cervix. You may feel more cramping when the sample is collected. Most women find that the cramping feels like a severe menstrual cramp.
An endometrial biopsy usually causes some vaginal bleeding. You will need to use a menstrual pad for the bleeding or spotting. Sometimes it is hard to tell whether spotting is a result of the biopsy or the start of your next menstrual period. If you have bleeding that is heavier than your normal menstrual period, or if you are worried about the length of time you are bleeding, call your doctor.
BonBe
04-12-2004, 07:03 AM
thankyou for your sneak peek at what to expect. It is sort of like a pap smear is it not? very good description by the way. I have my annual pap's done but done by my own family doctor of 40 years, and a woman also....the other two "GYN" doctors were for childbearing problems, (c sections and a D & C (for some reason)
So my experience with those kinds of 'other doctors' is limited. Even the pap smear proceedure hurts me like the dickens! last time I yelled so loud my poor daughter (in waiting room) must have thought I was being killed, also all of the little doddery old ladies jumped according to my DD!!! (was what I call retirement day in the office hahah)
My womb is tilted and even though two pregnancies (really hard to conceive) the deliveries ended up in c-section land, the womb never was 'righted' so all pap smears and things pertaining to things, hurt....but I am used to that. well sort of.... one never becomes "used to pain"
So my experience with those kinds of 'other doctors' is limited. Even the pap smear proceedure hurts me like the dickens! last time I yelled so loud my poor daughter (in waiting room) must have thought I was being killed, also all of the little doddery old ladies jumped according to my DD!!! (was what I call retirement day in the office hahah)
My womb is tilted and even though two pregnancies (really hard to conceive) the deliveries ended up in c-section land, the womb never was 'righted' so all pap smears and things pertaining to things, hurt....but I am used to that. well sort of.... one never becomes "used to pain"
jeopardymom
04-12-2004, 09:17 AM
Bonnie
The EMB (endometrial biopsy) is a few steps beyond the Pap on the pain scale. (On a pain scale of 1 to 10, if a Pap is a 3, I'd make the EMB a 6 or 7). So make your new doc knows about your tilted womb, and how painful these procedures are to you. Sometimes a D&C (under blissful general anestheia of course) is done instead.
The EMB (endometrial biopsy) is a few steps beyond the Pap on the pain scale. (On a pain scale of 1 to 10, if a Pap is a 3, I'd make the EMB a 6 or 7). So make your new doc knows about your tilted womb, and how painful these procedures are to you. Sometimes a D&C (under blissful general anestheia of course) is done instead.
BonBe
04-12-2004, 09:39 AM
Now that is dead interesting Jepmom (shorter than your 'handle)
The doctor who ended up being a sleazy one, (from this country and now in jail in another country) said (and I sort of knew this) that he gave up trying to exam me (for the problem I had at 3 months postpartum) that he could not get to where he needed to get to, so will perform the exam in hospital under anesthetic and that is when I had the D & C oh gee 24 years ago. hmmmm.
My family doctor of course knows all this, and she uses a very small what-zit- when doing the pap smear. The last GYN doctor I went to (when I was diagnosed with a troublesome fibroid tumor) did something in the office all the while lecturing me on 'if you don't use 'it' you will lose it' non of his business say I what my 'ahem lifestyle is' It was a sort of biopsy, and yes it hurt like the dickens and I did have a wee bit of bleeding after. I had not gone into menopause, but was perimenopause at that time.
I will def tell this new one, about the tilted womb thing....I think it is part and parcel of the problem I never even could use tampons without them falling out, you can imagine how hard it was to get pregnant. Tried for 7 years, then finally success, then tried again, this time it took nearly 5 years, and then finallty we both said this is it...no more, and I had my tubes tied, when my DD was delivered (c section same as first as I was 'high risk' for what ever reason.)
Sorry I digress..... I never have had anyone I could speak to about these things, cept DH and you know how they sometimes are...''' oh thats enuff information for me dear" etc etc. But he is a great man....a true gentle man, and kind and generous, and we have been married for 35 years, (yeah I was a child bride hahah)
But a woman friend...nope... mother is not the one, (I am her caregiver, now, and she lives with us, in a nice wee apartment in this home) sister is 10 years my senior and lives the opposite side of this country from where I am. (west coast) and brother who has lived in Japan since the mid s60's and besides who chats to their bro about things? hahha
Digress again...so very sorry.
I am so very happy for you with the clearance. of any major problem. I hope the same comes true for me. Just a pesky fat lining is all I am shooting for...
One thing I did hear of (if it comes down to a 'proceedure in the long run') is someone at Church told me about a laser type hysterectomy or something like that? never heard of it...sounds all too star trekkish for me to fathom.
Bonnie
The doctor who ended up being a sleazy one, (from this country and now in jail in another country) said (and I sort of knew this) that he gave up trying to exam me (for the problem I had at 3 months postpartum) that he could not get to where he needed to get to, so will perform the exam in hospital under anesthetic and that is when I had the D & C oh gee 24 years ago. hmmmm.
My family doctor of course knows all this, and she uses a very small what-zit- when doing the pap smear. The last GYN doctor I went to (when I was diagnosed with a troublesome fibroid tumor) did something in the office all the while lecturing me on 'if you don't use 'it' you will lose it' non of his business say I what my 'ahem lifestyle is' It was a sort of biopsy, and yes it hurt like the dickens and I did have a wee bit of bleeding after. I had not gone into menopause, but was perimenopause at that time.
I will def tell this new one, about the tilted womb thing....I think it is part and parcel of the problem I never even could use tampons without them falling out, you can imagine how hard it was to get pregnant. Tried for 7 years, then finally success, then tried again, this time it took nearly 5 years, and then finallty we both said this is it...no more, and I had my tubes tied, when my DD was delivered (c section same as first as I was 'high risk' for what ever reason.)
Sorry I digress..... I never have had anyone I could speak to about these things, cept DH and you know how they sometimes are...''' oh thats enuff information for me dear" etc etc. But he is a great man....a true gentle man, and kind and generous, and we have been married for 35 years, (yeah I was a child bride hahah)
But a woman friend...nope... mother is not the one, (I am her caregiver, now, and she lives with us, in a nice wee apartment in this home) sister is 10 years my senior and lives the opposite side of this country from where I am. (west coast) and brother who has lived in Japan since the mid s60's and besides who chats to their bro about things? hahha
Digress again...so very sorry.
I am so very happy for you with the clearance. of any major problem. I hope the same comes true for me. Just a pesky fat lining is all I am shooting for...
One thing I did hear of (if it comes down to a 'proceedure in the long run') is someone at Church told me about a laser type hysterectomy or something like that? never heard of it...sounds all too star trekkish for me to fathom.
Bonnie