I had this procedure today and it was absolutely horrendous. I received no pain relief, was told the pain was ‘like period pain’. It wasn’t. It was like being stabbed. Bled profusely for most of the day. I was told to take ‘paracetamol’ an hour before the procedure, which I did and it made absolutely no difference. The consultant said it would be ‘uncomfortable’ because I was post menopause. This procedure should not be given without anaesthetic, a local to the cervix at the minimum. I went into shock, collapsed and ended up with very low blood pressure due to the procedure. The NHS staff were very kind and considerate. It was a female consultant who I was very happy with but there should be more honesty in how traumatic this procedure is. For me, the consultant took 6 attempts to actually get into the uterus which was excruciating. I has to have another ‘round’ as the camera was then removed and the biopsy taken.
i have had a colonoscopy, endoscopy and cystoscopy, all without anaesthetic, this was the worst procedure out of all of them.
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Painful hysteroscopy
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I had this procedure today and it was absolutely horrendous. I received no pain relief, was told the pain was ‘like period pain’. It wasn’t. It was like being stabbed. Bled profusely for most of the day. I was told to take ‘paracetamol’ an hour before the procedure, which I did and it made absolutely no difference. The consultant said it would be ‘uncomfortable’ because I was post menopause. This procedure should not be given without anaesthetic, a local to the cervix at the minimum. I went into shock, collapsed and ended up with very low blood pressure due to the procedure. The NHS staff were very kind and considerate. It was a female consultant who I was very happy with but there should be more honesty in how traumatic this procedure is. For me, the consultant took 6 attempts to actually get into the uterus which was excruciating. I has to have another ‘round’ as the camera was then removed and the biopsy taken.
i have had a colonoscopy, endoscopy and cystoscopy, all without anaesthetic, this was the worst procedure out of all of them.