General Chat

6 monthly smears? OMG! I'd want shooting I think. Like I said, mine yesterday went really badly. The nurse was lovely but evidently I'm built awkwardly. Have to laugh though or you'd cry. Although maybe she'd get used to doing it with that frequency LOL.

She has a leaflet on it all apparently but mum didn't read it and it's her that's told me the results of her appointments.

Hi Summer Scribe.
I've had diathermy after a biopsy showed pre cancerous cells on my cervix.
It sounds scary and horrible but is in fact not much worse than a smear.
I was a bit tender for about a day afterwards but it was really ok.
The worst bit of the whole process is having to go onto 6 monthly smears!!
xx

Perhaps she doesn't like the idea of not knowing what they did, I know she's pretty nosy... she'll probably talk the doctor to death LOL. It's not a bad hospital, it has its moments but it does ok.

AWAKE?

No way... I would opt for a general too.

Good luck with your smear.x

Deanna X

same ere, thats why i chickened out and they done a d&c...
i hate pain...lol
hope its a good hosp,my local is new and well for state of the art, its always in the news..
xx

Yeah, she already has the appointment for it and has been told that she'll need to have someone with her when she leaves the hospital. I only hope my smear comes back ok as I really couldn't go through that. It does sound painful, it's not the actual procedure that would worry me it's the recovery afterwards. I'm a real wimp with that kind of pain.

ouch summer, thats when they heat up metal rods/loop and burn of the deseased parts,( i think its different to a D&C - ive had that ) my mate had it done, had a slight bleed afterwards and was uncomfortable for a while... i've got endomitriosis was told to have it done, but chickened out when my mate said how she felt...
your SIL has got to have it done,,, it does help and work,
kaz xx

nudge

My sis in law had two abnormal smears and has to now have a precautionary Diathermy Excision as she is at risk in the future of cervical cancer.

Has anyone had or know someone who has had this?

I only just had my smear yesterday and the idea has left me thinking I'd have it under general considering how tramatising it was for me. SiL has said she'll have it with just a local.