I had a hysteroscopy today and went into the examination room terrified and tearful after reading previous reviews. Please ladies believe me It’s fine albeit a bit uncomfortable to start. Nurses were great and reassured me I would be in total control and could stop at any point. I could even walk away at that point and elect to have it done under general anaesthetic. My pain threshold isn’t overlystrong but decided to give it a go. The consultant was excellent and explained fully. I had a speculum inserted which was fine. No discomfort at all. I then had three local anaesthetic injections into my cervix. I’m not going to lie. These were quite uncomfortable but not excruciatingly painful. The discomfort of each lasted a few seconds each. Please don’t worry as not as bad as they sounded. Just relax. I then asked how long the procedure would last. The nurse said ‘only a couple of minutes more!’. I did not realise the probe had been inserted and the consultant was doing his job. He even took biopsies and I could not feel a thing. I was fine straight after and got up and went to get changed. About 10 minutes later I had horrendous period like cramps and once home lay down with a hot water bottle but within an hour they were gone and I was fine. I had a little bit of bleeding after for about 24 hours but that was it. Im fine now so please ladies do not be afraid. Relax. I had a lovely consultant and cannot praise him and hiscstaff enough at Withybush Hospital in Wales
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Painful hysteroscopy
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I had a hysteroscopy today and went into the examination room terrified and tearful after reading previous reviews. Please ladies believe me It’s fine albeit a bit uncomfortable to start. Nurses were great and reassured me I would be in total control and could stop at any point. I could even walk away at that point and elect to have it done under general anaesthetic. My pain threshold isn’t overly strong but decided to give it a go. The consultant was excellent and explained fully. I had a speculum inserted which was fine. No discomfort at all. I then had three local anaesthetic injections into my cervix. I’m not going to lie. These were quite uncomfortable but not excruciatingly painful. The discomfort of each lasted a few seconds each. Please don’t worry as not as bad as they sounded. Just relax. I then asked how long the procedure would last. The nurse said ‘only a couple of minutes more!’. I did not realise the probe had been inserted and the consultant was doing his job. He even took biopsies and I could not feel a thing. I was fine straight after and got up and went to get changed. About 10 minutes later I had horrendous period like cramps and once home lay down with a hot water bottle but within an hour they were gone and I was fine. I had a little bit of bleeding after for about 24 hours but that was it. Im fine now so please ladies do not be afraid. Relax. I had a lovely consultant and cannot praise him and hiscstaff enough at Withybush Hospital in Wales