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I was so lucky to have my hysteroscopy and polypectomy under GA. I had a consultant who recognised that I was at risk of suffering severe pain (not had a baby, a history of anxiety and painful periods) and told me so at my initial consultation. But supposing she hadn't been so honest? Most women are not given this information and cannot therefore give informed consent.
This is an invasive and painful surgical procedure that should never have been taken out of the operating theatre, IMHO. Even if some very experienced doctors claim to be able to do a hysteroscopy with minimal discomfort, this is meaningless when you consider that most hysteroscopies involve surgery at the same time (e.g. cutting out of polyps or other masses) and patients should not be expected to undergo this awake and without strong pain relief.
Perhaps in the future they will be able to do it painlessly in an outpatient setting, but it should be obvious to anyone with experience of this procedure that we are far from being at that point.
Under GA it was quick, painless and I was back on my feet within a few hours. The women in the same room as me who'd had the same procedure without anaesthetic were all obviously traumatised and in pain long after they had been in recovery. This is a false economy and we can't allow it to go on just because women don't get listened to.
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Just dropping back in to add that I recently heard of a woman not even being given a consent form to sign for this procedure at an NHS hospital. This was for a recent procedure that was POST Montgomery. How can they get away with breaking the law like this?