Annie1111

Just to give an update. I had my outpatient appointment yesterday. Specialist nurse I spoke with was lovely, knowledgeable and agreed that not all women can tolerate the procedure without adequate pain relief. i don’t believe any women should go through this or any other barbaric gynae procedure without pain control. i am now waiting for appointment to go in with either sedation or GA. thank you to all the women here who shared their stories to allow me to make an informed decision on my health.

Thank you for sharing your experience. That sounds very frightening and has just increased my resolve to insist on sedation/GA. I don’t know why it still astonishes me that women are expected to go through these procedures without adequate pain relief.

I came across this forum after doing some research on hysteroscopies. Following post menopausal bleeding, a transvaginal ultrasound noted numerous large fibroids and my GP has referred me for a hysteroscopy. I have been told this will be in next fortnight due to the size of the thickness of my womb lining. I don’t know if this forum is still active but wanted to thank all the women who have shared their stories and to say how sorry I am for the trauma you have endured. I am truly appalled how we are let down by the medical profession. I have never had children and experienced very uncomfortable smears which I have been told is due to having a tilted cervix. Reading all the information from the posts here, I am reassured that I will not be accepting an outpatient appointment for this procedure and will insist on a GA. I have also signed up to the Campaign Against Painful Hysteroscopy, this group seems to be doing a lot of good work highlighting this issue.