found a lump on cervix...

[joko]

went to see doc today and he couldnt see it or feel it...yet i have just checked again an not only isit still there it seems a bit bigger!

its about the size of half a baked bean..so whty coudlnt he see or feel it??

i am not imagining it, its quite clear... an on ones side...an was never there before...

im confused now....what shoudl i do?

cheers

[AlBags]

Hi
First of all, try not to panic .. It might be something .. it might be nothing much!
Book another appointment with them soonest, tell them what you said here.
Any decent place will not mind you having a second opinion/check.
Good luck with it : )

[karenmac60]

Could be a Nabothian Cyst
http://www.nlm.nih.go...cy/article/001514.htm
or a polyp
http://www.wrongdiagn...ical_polyps/intro.htm
Try not to worry about it and see the dr again. x

[ttfn]

joko - that is just what second opinions are for. You are obviously concerned so just ask the doctor again. Don't be confused but calm, and good luck

[daginge]

Possibly ask to see a(nother) female Doc, she might be a little more sensitive to the particulars! Just a thought but as AlBags says try not to get worked up just yet! Good luck joko!

[joko]

thanks all ...its not a polyp...its like a dome shape...an surely if it was the nab cyst and was white hed have seen it surely? i am assuming it must just be skin colour

he seemed almost to be implying id imagined it...

i wil go back bext week thanks

[AlBags]

Like that?
http://www.mayoclinic...ealth/medical/IM03885

[boxtops]

Joko, go and see your practice nurse, or go to your local GUM clinic, most of those nurses are all trained in cervical screening and in recognising symptoms "down there". The sexual health services cover all sorts of things, you may find there is a walk-in centre. Or, as others suggest, see a different doctor - but if it embarrasses you, write it all down, describe exactly where it is (please don't get me wrong, but your cervix is right inside you, you would need to be examined using a speculum) - if it's worrying you then they will take you seriously. Good luck with it.

[joko]

albags, i havent seen it myself obviously but yes i guess thats what its like...but it seems a bit bigger than that... and is more of a dome rather than a sort of bean sitting on the skin...

[AlBags]

My old gf used to rig something up to see.
I'm sure you are worrying unnecessarily. It is most probbly a cyst or polyp.
Do as we suggested... and sleep well!

[society]

Joko, I don't want to scare you. My work colleague's daughter had something similar and didn’t take it seriously. One day she was in excruciating pain, unable to walk. Mother rushed her to emergency. Surgery was performed and now she will not be able to have children. The young lady is only 23. This happened three months ago. If she had acted as soon as she had discomforts she could have been treated and not have surgery. Go and see a doctor soon.

[Sqad]

How could you feel a lump the size of a half a baked bean on your cervix?

It clearly isn´t on your cervix.

If a Dr can´t feel it.........he/she can´t feel it.

You can feel it and I presume you showed the Dr where it was? and he/she still couldn´t feel it.

I would monitor the situation for the next 3 months.

[joko]

the doc actually seemed to be having a lot of trouble seeing my cervix...dont know if its perhaps a bit of an awkward shape...he had to use 2 different sized speculums...and his fingers...but i can only feel it if i bear down, but it is my cervix..i have checked it many times an it has never had this lump on it...its just like that pic albags put up...except the lump is more to the side...i can feel the little hole in the middle... i aksed him if he wanted me to move about a bit and bear down etc an he said no..(!)

he was a bit weird actually appeared not to want to do the examination and only did after i asked him to..he even went off to see if there was a nurse about who would do it instead, huffed a lot and was holding the speculum from arms length and just kind of bending a bit...thats why im not satisfied...

he also ignored what i said about my eye (see previous post) didnt want to bother doing anything about it... no tests etc...just shrugged at me...just told me to leave it...
he seemed very uninterested...
but my eye is annoyin me an feels like its pressing out...but not interested...

[Sqad]

So to sum up, we have one eye bugling and half a bean sized swelling on your cervix and there is no diagnosis.

Have I got that right ?

[joko]

yes thats about the size of it...i guess i should just go back an see someone else...just to be on the safe side

i just think he should have at least sent me for tests or took a swab and even just looked at my eye!
just because its not out on a stalk does not mean theres no pressure...i can feel it all day...

[Sqad]

Well. joko what an indictment on a NHS that has been described as "the Envy of the World"......................good luck.

[joko]

i know sqad thats why im a bit miffed...i would normally just trust their word...but i've never had a doctor so uninterested before...

[jno]

yes, you might do better if you find a doctor who's actually got a cervix.

[anneasquith]

joko, sorry to hear about your problems, and i am no doctor, but id be very surprised if you can feel your cervix, the vaginal wall maybe.

[boxtops]

Joko, it is possible to feel your own cervix, I know you can - when I had one, I could. However - it sounds as if the doctor you saw may not be trained in cervical screening (not everybody is), and round here the training is rigorous (I know, I commission it for our local area). I understand that when taking cervical screening samples it can sometimes be quite difficult to "visualise the cervix" - i.e. to see the area you are supposed to be sampling - it doesn't mean there is anything wrong with the woman but we are all built differently inside, and some cervixes are hard to see. It sounds as if this isn't your GP's area of speciality - do ask to see some one else, or as I suggested before, take yourself to your local sexual health clinic - the nurses there should know what they are doing in looking at what's troubling you.

[anneasquith]

box, i stand corrected ,