Thickened womb lining
Hi all. I don't even know where to start, can't quite believe iv found myself on this path again. I was diagnosed with BC back in Nov 2021 had chemo and mastectomy etc and was put on zoladex injections for 19months, finished them a year ago and have been on tamoxifen ever since. Iv not had periods since starting chemo as that stopped them and then obviously the zoladex kept them at bay. 3 weeks ago I had a slight bleed, it was minor and was gone as quick as it came. Went to drs and got referred on 2ww. Had an vaginal ultrasound and have been for the results today. They said scan shows extremely thick lining 20mm!!!! And tht i have cysts on my ovaries (he said the 2 things are not connected) I have to go back next week for a biopsy and a camera to look closer at the womb. I am absolutely terrified beyond words. That lining seems so thick and I can't think of anything but the worst. Any words of wisdom would be appreciated xxx
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Hi Did you find out what it was? I had to have one too since my lining was 115 mm. There was no cancer and it's because I'm on tamoxifen and I don't get periods. The OGBYN is happy with the results and doesn't need any follow up unless something happens IE heavy bleeding. I also have Cyst but that's because I have PCOS. Have you ever been tested for that?
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Hi @emotionalpond. It doesn’t look like @lucemo has been on in a while, so hopefully it all turned out okay for her.
For anyone else reading this thread and wondering (I know I read every thread I could find about this subject when I was going through something similar) … I also had ovarian cysts and what appeared to be an abnormally thick uterine lining (I’m on Tamoxifen and my periods had completely stopped for about 8 or 9 months and then I had one heavy bleeding/extremely painful one (!), followed by daily spotting and cramping for a couple of months) … I went for a hysteroscopy and D&C and it ended up being a large, thankfully benign, uterine polyp … that was removed and when I had a follow up transvaginal ultrasound, the ovarian cysts were gone and everything was fine. I haven’t had any spotting or periods since then.
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