Thanks, Helen. I really should know better than to do a search and see such horrendous acct's of the biopsy. I understand people feel pain in varying degrees, and I'm not knocking their experiences, but I wish I never read them. It just scared me more. I landed in the ER last week with abdominal pain, so that's why I know my CT scan and ultra sound showed nothing but a mild thickness. I need to keep my research on reliable sites like you said. I had a hysteroscopy a few years back and found it just fine. My doctor wants to do the biopsy to be safe. I guess he was telling me that it was painful to tell me the truth and he's trying to prepare me the best he can. I guess the worst case scenario is that we can't get it done and I'll be sent somewhere for some sedation. The date is on Jan 20. He wanted to wait until then to do the pap smear and biopsy all at once - to get it over with. I don't mind some pain and I know it's a fast procedure and I know I need to do this because catching endometrial cancer in an early stage is key. I just was shocked. I have no signs of bleeding and my thickness is mild - a 6 - so I wasn't prepared to have a biopsy. Anyhow, thanks for listening. And thanks for responding.