Hello. I wanted to share my recent experience of having a hysteroscopy. I had it without a general which was fine with me as I don’t like being sedated. I had the procedure very well explained to me as well as the potential discomfort and that I could stop at any point. They were all lovely and I couldn’t have asked for better care. BUT my bodies reaction to the procedure was not what I anticipated. It started with pins and needles in my hands and feet. I then started feeling a bit light headed and this progressed to feeling nauseous and hot. The pins and needles got so bad in my hands that they clenched shut and I couldn’t open them. Apparently I went opaque rather than white and my nail beds lost all colour. I wanted them to persist in fitting the coil as the alternative under general is not appealing. It took at least 5 minutes after they stopped for my hands to start unclenching and colour to start returning to my face. This was not because it was extremely painful although it was very uncomfortable my body just reacted this way. My cervix is twisted so it was difficult for them to get the camera in and they only just managed to get a biopsy but failed to fit the coil which was disappointing. Has anyone else had this reaction? It was really awful!
