Hello everyone, thanks for adding me!
A little about me, I'm 56yrs old, fit and well, had no children - menopause started about 8yrs ago, fairly early, until 2018 when all periods stopped (thank god! always suffered from excrutiating period pains every 3 weeks!).
But the dryness caused 3/4 bouts of cystisis and eventually in 2019 an internal bladder scan showed all ok, but a fibroid pressing in to my bladder, however, they felt the decrease in oestrogen would shrink them. So they put me on 2 x week Vagifem to help, but there are concerns now that even the very low dose is not helping my fibroids to shrink!
The last 3/4 months been suffering spotting and bad cramps, like a period is coming, but never does! So did the right thing, went to GP, 2 high cervical swabs taken (all clear) and blood tests, referred to hospital on the 2 week cancer pathway.
I must say the speed has been amazing, saw the Consultant last Tuesday, internal scan showed 5 fibroids and one pushing in to the endometrium. They offered to do the Hysteroscopy there and then, but they started and it was just too painful.
Yesterday I was in hospital having the Hysteroscopy under GA (thank God!) - biopsies taken (awaiting results), but the surgeon did say I had a stenosed cervix and atrophic uterus so she struggled to get a good sample. All I can do now is wait!
Anyway, a brief history of my menopause journey - am happy to chat through any of the things I've suffered if it might help and the treatments I've tried - and look forward to chatting!
