My Uterus

This is what I have been diagnosed with: "disordered proliferative endometrium with glandular irregularity and crowding consistent with simple to complex hyperplasia without atypia plus associated glandular metaplastic changes and a focal suggestion of slight polypoid features." In other words, I'm going to live.

I'm officially postmenopausal now. Bleeding after menopause is never normal, so when that happened, I made an appointment with the doctor. It took a month to get in to see him. He then referred me to a ob-gyn. It took nearly two months to see her. I could have used some tricks to speed up the process, but I was confident that the problem was hormonal, rather than cancer. I've been using estrogen cream to deal with menopause. That can cause the lining of the uterus to grow thick with gunk. Progesterone will trigger a period to correct the problem, but I was never prescribed it.

The uterine biopsy was the worst part of the experience. A narrow tube was snaked through the cervix into the uterus and tissue was scraped out. The doctor also found a polyp on the cervix and used forceps to extract it, after several tries. I still get cramps when I think about it. And no, pain killers were not used for the procedure.

I haven't spoken with the doctor since the procedure. I sneaked a look at my chart online to see the biopsy results. I expect that she will prescribe progesterone which will be followed by a period of epic proportions. I'm starting to understand why so many women get their uterus removed. I'm keeping mine, but they can be so much trouble at times.