Endometrial Ultrasound findings and next step suggestions

Was able to get an appointment with a Gyno Nurse Practitioner for this Wednesday. Will cross my fingers and hope I can get a referral from her for an Gyno oncology Doctor to do the more involved hospital hysterscopy. Thanks to everyone for all of your input, I will try to not be meek and will aim to stand firm on demanding the treatment I feel is needed.

So I did run into that some of them wanted a 'referral' before you could sched. What I did was explain to my Primary care that I needed a referral b/c I'm high risk, etc etc and once he sent over the referral request with my basic med history/records to the gyne onco's office, they let me get scheduled. Also if you've had any genetic testing that shows BRCA or any other high risk genes, add that to it b/c that may bump you up.

Yes I had it as an outpatient procedure. Just don’t want you to have any regrets for not pushing to get answers. I received the answer I hoped for, no issues, but always had the why question that I should have pushed

Excellent advice from @lilacs777 What you do now is extremely important. Going with a strategy that offers the greatest margins of safety at the beginning of your treatment pays off later. You should always be treated by a gyne oncologist if there is even a chance of cancer present as the protocols in place will serve you well in the long run.

Best wishes for an excellent outcome and recovery.

@beebe That's wonderful news. I'm so relieved for you that got in earlier. Yes, I know how difficult it can be to be assertive for your own care. I'm often uncomfortable but I do it anyway. So I would say you can expect to not feel totally comfortable and even a little nervous but please remind yourself that this is your health you are standing up for.

Will you please let me know what happens tomorrow at your appointment?

Did they take any biopsies while doing the ultrasound? The ultrasound is needed to see what is happening, but the biopsy is what will determine the course of action.

Went to my follow-up pelvic scan appointment with the gynecologist nurse practitioner yesterday afternoon. We discussed my ultrasound and then she said "Lets take a sample!". I replied "what do you mean?" "She replied, We'll see if we can stretch you enough to get a good view and sample". Sounds like fun, right? "
I, then told asked her if a hysteroscopy wouldn't be more accurate, she agreed and referred me to there hysteroscopy clinic. I asked to be referred to the gyno oncologist for the procedure but that is not allowed without a dx.
So unless I want to try to find a gyno oncologist outside of my healthcare system I will have a hospital preformed hysteroscopy.
She did comment that there is a shortage of IV solution so she did not know if the appointments were backed up due to that issue. Can't they do the procedure with some type of local anthestics that don't require IV drugs?

Whew, @beebe

I'm glad you advocated for yourself so effectively!! (There is no "let's see if we can stretch..." in my pain tolerance repertoire.)

I should say that a GYN did my hysteroscopy and did a wonderful job. I think I had implied earlier that you would want a GYN ONC for that and that may not be realistic. I'd be interested to hear if others had a different experience.

Given that there was no IV shortage at the time, I was plenty glad to have IV-based anaesthesia for that...I was scared before, but the procedure went smoothly and I had zero to minimal discomfort (nothing I would call pain) afterward. I can't quite imagine that it would be completely safe to do a hysteroscopy without at least a line in in case a problem occurs, for example if your blood pressure were to drop. I had to be without food or drink for several hours prior, and with only clear liquids from 8PM until the procedure the next morning before that, so was not exactly well-hydrated going in, making IV solution useful on that score, as well. Just thoughts.

I hope you can schedule your procedure soon. The waiting gets really challenging. Stay connected here if it helps you. I'll be keeping you in my thoughts.

Gynosaur

Now that I am in the waiting game to schedule my hysteroscopy procedure I have a question for you all....... How long should I wait to be contacted by the Hospital before I call and ask when I will be contacted......days, weeks?
They have dropped the ball on contacting me for a Mammogram in the past so I hesitate to be too lenient.

@beebe I'd wait about 5 office days. So, I would call the hospital on Wednesday, November 20. That should give them plenty of time to process your referral.