WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2001: Re: (no subject)

Re: (no subject)

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 6 Jun 2001 13:44:41 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Linda wrote: >
>My doctor has scheduled me for a sonohysterogram. I am 53 years old and
>am going through menopause. Last year I had my period quarterly. The
>last period I had was in July of 2000. In May, I experienced a week of
>ovaulation and later got a strange period. Since it had been ten months,
>the doctor felt that we should check this out. I saw the doctor for a
>routine visit.
>
>Can you give me some information about this test? The doctor said I
>could have had a surge in hormones, which is what I feel I had. I have
>no pain, no heavy bleeding. I had spotted one day, the next day nothing,
>then some "old" blood. Then for a couple of days I had some bleeding,
>but not much. The whole thing lasted about a week.
>
>I am a little nervous about having the test done, but feel that if I
>don't I could be ignoring something that I should know about.
>
>Will I be able to drive myself back and forth for this test? How
>uncomfortable is it?
>
>Thank you, any information that you can provide will be helpful.
>Linda

Linda, The test that is scheduled is simply injecting some water into the uterus and watching with ultrasound. It will determine whether or not there is anything significanc within the uterus causing a problem. Additionally, an endometrial biopsy is indicated to assess the cellularity of the uterine lining... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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