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Endometrial biopsy
I was very nervous and expressed so when I went to see a Ggynocologist about a post menopausal bleeding eposode that I had. My primiary doctor made the referral. He had prescribed Misoprostol for me to take the day before doing a endometrial biopsy. Is this solely because I expressed fear about the procedure or will this assist with the procecure somehow? I know it lowers the acidic pH in the stomach. Today is the day before the procedure. I do not want to take the med. if doesn't help with the procedure. I'm not nervous now. I simply am fearful of the procedure itself but I am not thinking of that all the time. I know the procedure takes about 10 min. Please comment.
yep its just a NSAID....to prevent minor pin best to just take it he may think you might have a bit of pain so why not just prevent it..
Thank you for the quick response. I am also a tall woman--5' 9 1\2". I am also the biggest chicken. I was able to find some info @ Misoprostol and it is rarely prescribed to patients that may be difficult to insert intrauterine intruments so I guess the Doctor is doing all he can think to do to make it easier for me. Anyway, I am grateful for your information about the procedure. Monte
Hi Monte...I just had the endometrial biopsy done yesterday, and to my surprise, it hardly hurt. I am 49 with post-menopausal bleeding too. I just took an Aleve (they said Motrin was ok, but I only had Aleve). That did the trick, and the cramping was minimal as well as the bleeding. I feel fine already. I tried mental relaxation during the procedure and kept myself from being tense. Don't worry too much about it. I have to have further tests done which are supposed to be more painful, they say, because I have an undiagnosed growth in my uterus that needs to be biopsied, so I am going to try the same thing (if they say it is ok to use Aleve) and try to stay relaxed. I am just so glad that they are moving ahead to make sure they know what is going on. Better safe than sorry. Don't worry. It was not so bad.
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