WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2001: Re: 5 Month Period/D&C/Hysteroscopy: Need Information Please.

Re: 5 Month Period/D&C/Hysteroscopy: Need Information Please.

From: Claudia Twisdale RN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:13:24 -0600 (CST)

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What will happen after you are put to sleep: they will dilate your cervix, and use a small instrument called a hysterscope to look inside your uterus. At this point they can also remove any tissue, or any polyps (benign growths) they may find. After this you will be returned to outpatient unit, and once you are able to drink liquids without nausea, and empty your bladder, they will send you home. When I had mine done, I went to outpatient unit about 6:30, they took me to OR around 7:30, and I was on the way home by around 10 AM. I had a bit of mild cramping that day, and some bleeding, but not bad.

At Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Angie wrote: >
>I have had a period for 5 months. Usually 3 weeks on and 3 days off. I
>have had hormone tests-all fine, 4 pregnancy tests-all negative, an
>endemetrial biopsy-negative, I have had a vaginal ultrasound that showed
>a lot of mass tissue in my uterus. The doctor said it looked like an
>early pregnancy but no baby just mass. Since all the tests were
>negative and I had a tubal ligation in 1998, she decided to do a D&C and
>a hysteroscopy. I need some information on these procedures. I am 24
>years old, have had had two vaginal births, both normal. I have been
>bleeding very heavily now for these last 7 days. Very red and very
>thick. More than I've ever had with any period including these last 5
>months of constant bleeding. Also, since all this heavy bleeding, I
>have had what feels to me as contractions in my stomach. Sort of like
>at the beginning of labor when your not sure if that's what it is or
>not. but I remember the feeling. It sort of takes my breath away. I'm
>not pregnant. Can you tell me what they might be looking for? What
>happens during a D&C and a hysteroscopy? Will they be painful? Will I
>bleed more afterwards? Will it stop this ongoing period? Please respond
>soon. It is scheduled in two weeks and I want to be prepared. Also so
>I'll know what questions to ask during Pre-op. thanks, so much.

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