Uterine/cervical polyps (chronic)

VR, I'm so sorry you're going through this - sometimes it seems like stuff just continues to pile up on us, doesn't it?  

Would a uterine ablation make a positive difference?  I had uterine fibroids and heavy bleeding, and had one in October (of course I was dx'd a month later...has always made me wonder if there was a connection, but that's another story...)  That was 2.5 years ago, no period since.  Last US just last month indicates fibroids are virtually gone - that was the added bonus!  I do not take Tamoxifen, however - awful QOL issues - so I don't necessarily have to worry about uterine cancer because of that (once you have an ablation a uterine biopsy becomes more difficult).  Hope you're feeling better soon!

Nancy

One day you're asymptomatic - the next day there's "something" - so goes our story, eh?  I swear stuff just seems to pop up overnight.  You caught me - I had to look up hydrosalpinx (I had an idea in my mind and I was kinda-sorta on target).  Oh, the joys of being a woman.  :-)  I hope you're able to find a resolution to this ongoing concern.  Can polyps become something else, or become worrisome (like colon polyps) or are they more just annoying (like fibroids)?  I don't know much about them, but am always interested in learning more.  Thanks for sharing your story - and for all the wonderful information you always share!

You made me laugh outloud - yes, pretty and shiny and clean to start the summer off right!  I hope your D&C goes well, as does your colonoscopy, and that nothing exciting is found.

Thanks for the continuing education, VR - you are truly a wealth of
knowledge and so incredibly helpful in understanding not only our
disease but our medical community.  You're so right that we can't yet know what will - and won't - become cancerous. We can remove a benign colon polyp in the hopes we prevent future cancer; when it comes to DCIS it is so disturbing (but completely understandable from a patient POV) that our option is often to remove a breast in hopes we prevent future invasive cancer.  We would rather overtreat that take chances, and I can fully appreciate that fear and concern - but I wish we had more options.  I know that mamms are important screening tools but they are not fail-safe; while colonoscopies are fairly invasive (but great drugs!) but not surgically, and the potential to catch cancer early as polyps is fantastic.  Why can't we find that same type of reliable screening for BC?

And once we ARE cancer patients - everything becomes suspect, even those things that might otherwise be considered benign nuisances.  I mentioned a "pain in my pelvis" which lead to a CT two weeks ago; a "small bump" near my original surgery site is now waiting an US.  I wait every day to be normal again - well, maybe not "normal" but perhaps not Cancer Girl.

*hugs* to you VR!

VR -So sorry to hear this procedure isn't "going as planned."  Has the doctor given you a possible reason as to why this is still happening?  Keeping my fingers crossed for you that more surgery is not the solution.

I will keep you in my thoughts and hope that a return visit to the doctor yields some good news (and a quick and painless solution) so that you can get on with the business of enjoying your summer!