Advice needed.

[Danniie]

Hello I'm 49 and have been on progesterone only mini pill for 11 yrs and have never had a period or bleeding.

In the summer I began bleeding and or darkish discharge.

I had an internal scan which was very painful. I've been told there's thickening to endometrial wall? And that I have a polyp.

My GP referred me 3 weeks after scan and hasn't answered any questions. My gianacologist appt is 8 Nov but I'm getting worse and worse Very low abdominal cramps that wake me up in night and can make me feel nauseous.

Is this common?

I've had three children and never had any "womens" problems before. The scan was very painful and one of my ovaries couldn't be found.

The low painful cramps are scaring me.

[RicEndoUK]

Dear Danniie,

I'm sorry to hear you are having problems. Your symptoms do sound like they could be related to endometriosis.

You can find more information on the condition, including symptoms on the Endometriosis UK website and this information sheet here:

endometriosis-uk.org/sites/...

It may be useful for you to keep a pain and symptoms diary to take with you to your appointment so the consultant can see patterns and also it will remind you of things you might want to bring up. You can find an example here:

endometriosis-uk.org/sites/...

I hope this helps and let us know how the appointment goes.

RicEndoUK

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[Danniie in reply to RicEndoUK]

I went to out of hours Dr yesterday and he put pain down to constipation.

I'm 49 I'm quite sure I know this isn't constipation pain.

When he palpated my tummy I almost cried out around the right ovary area.

I guess I wait til gynacologist appt and I will make notes.

Thank you