Going for an endo biopsy Monday, I am scared.

[hotdam]

I am a vervous wreck about this procedure on Monday, for those of you who had it done please tell me what to expect.

[mbbasketball]

Originally Posted by hotdam

I am a vervous wreck about this procedure on Monday, for those of you who had it done please tell me what to expect.

I just had this procedure done about 3 weeks ago. It was painful to say the least. But the good thing was the procedure did not take long, just seemed long. I could not take any meds before going to the dr, because of other medical issues. I did drive myself home and when I got home was able to take pain meds which helped with the cramping. I did bleed or spot for a week afterwards. I am now scheduled for a D&C with hysterscopy. The biopsy came back with endometrial changes possible fibroid/polyps. I do have several fibroids, but US did not show polyps. At least this procedure will be done at a hospital and I will be knocked out. Good luck

[chodin]

Originally Posted by hotdam

I am a vervous wreck about this procedure on Monday, for those of you who had it done please tell me what to expect.

I am having an endometrial biopsy on Oct 18th. I was on my period (just started that morning) when I had my pap (the doc opted to do it). My pap came back with endo cells present (duh!) -- am still wondering why another pap was just not done first. My docs office says 'better safe than sorry'. Please let me know how your biopsy goes. I was told to take 800mg ibuprofen 30 min. prior to the procedure. I plan to take .5 Xanax, as well! Best of luck for minimal discomfort.

[vallegrrl]

I just had one two weeks ago. I could feel the scraping but I did not think it was painful, about the same as a pap. I had taken no meds-thought I was just going in for a consultation, but the gyn said she wanted a biopsy before I left that day. I had about two hours of moderate bleeding, gone by the next morning, slight crampy discomfort for about a day, but I was up and around right away.

This week I had a saline infusion sonohistograph - a vaginal ultrasound, part way through they put saline into the uterus so they can check for polyps- I had a big one. I took 4 ibuprofen ahead of time because they said I could. I thought it was about the same as the endo biopsy, not painful, just very wet, went grocery shopping on my way home, then worked half a day.
Today I had a mammogram on one of the new digital machines.
Next is a hysteroscopy and D&C, then I hope I'm done.

I know that everyone is different and some people do have more pain with these procedures- I'm just saying this is how it was for me. I'm a 62 year old nurse and have always hated going to the doctor.

[hotdam]

Chodin, I had my Endo Biopsy this past Monday, I took 1 mg of Xanax not a half, it wasnt bad at all, I worked myself up for nothing, but everyone is different in the pain threshold. I still havent heard anything back yet, which of course is driving me crazy, so now for the entire weekend I am going to worry. I called the doctors office today and was told the results had not come in yet.

I have a twin in California who has an extremely large fybroid the size of a 4mos pregnant woman, she is of course having surgery to remove it. So who knows maybe thats whats wrong with me as well. good luck to all of us and personally they can just take it all and be done with it.