Is 18mm endometrial too thick for pre-menopausal?

AnnieB33

I guess I'm just trying to see what I'm headed for...

I'm turning 50 in a few months, and have had three full years of crazy periods from so heavy I was frightened and almost a month long, to missing period for months, to pink for days. Strange discharge from clear water to all colors. Endometrium is just over 18. Uterus is enlarged. 2cm polyp showed in ultrasound, which has doubled since we checked it a year ago. Cramps that wake me from a sound sleep, and some low right side pain which the ultrasound didn't show any reason for.

Seems like the most important thing is the 18 thickness, but my doctor says this can happen with polyps, and she's never seen a polyp come back cancerous in her career.

Dr. Google says polyps don't change thickness, and 3% of polyps are cancerous.

I'm having a hysteroscopy and polpyectomy, do I need to be worried? 

MAbound

Uterine Board

May I recommend that you visit us over on the uterine board. We are a very active group and you are more likely to get quicker responses there. Your symptoms are very concerning, but the hysteroscopy and polypectomy are definitely the right place to start to get a definitive diagnosis. If the results do show cancer, be sure that your doctor refers you to a gyn oncologist...you want to insist on it if he/she doesn't because that's the specialist who knows best how to proceed with such a diagnosis.