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Noelle, waiting is always the hardest part, but try not to get too far ahead of yourself.  I don't think they count the weekends or holidays, and it is possible that they were closed the day after Thanksgiving - so it might be a timing thing.  Give the office a call on Monday and ask them for the results.  

I think you might want to consider a different family doctor, but please know, if anything shows up, there are wonderful ladies here to answer any of your questions.

Just wanted to say hello to you and let you know we'll be thinking of you tomorrow as you call your Dr.  I hope you have no more problems and things go smoothly for you (((HUGS)))

So happy to hear your good news and though I don't have answers to all your questions I am with Lou Ann- IF you are having doubts I'd get a second opinion or a third just to be sure.  None of that sounds normal to me, but then I don't have a lot of experience and am pretty skiddish because of my own journey.....so really it is going to be up to you what you decide to do.

FYI I had an ultra sound in 2010 and there were fibroids as well as a thickening of the endometrium- they couldn't visualize the ovaries for some reason etc. etc. and they decided it was nothing.  We come to I believe Aug. 2015 and I am beginning to spot.  I have had nightmare periods and long pauses over my lifetime so I didn't think much of it but the spotting never stopped and I was actively bleeding by February 2016 and finally got my Dr. to see me March 2016 and get another ultra sound- which lead to coposcopy and biopsy and was diagnosed April 4.   I kind of had to chase them down to get the ball rolling but I ended up Stage 3a Endometrial Adenocarcinoma grade 3.  Total radical hysterectomy April 28th. 
I guess all that to just say if something doesn't feel right- listen to your intuition.  I hope and pray everything is well!!!!  (((HUGS)))

Noelle, that is really good news! Hopefully you can celebrate a little before you continue on your journey to find out the real culprit. Congratulations to you and good luck!

What part of Idaho, I am in Montana and know,several really good doctors,here.  Lou Ann

Hi Noelle,

I did not have an endometrial biopsy, so can't give any input about healing time and the after-effects of that procedure. I hope you are just healing and perhaps experiencing the symptoms that go along with a benign fibroid.

I would, though, urge you to get a second opinion. If you can see a gynecological oncologist, all the better. If you are near a university or teaching hospital, maybe you could check there. The in-office biopsies have a higher false negative risk than the D&C. The procedure would give more data to go on and you would know that you had done your thorough best. My opinion is that the establishment can be way too cavalier about fibroids and that the risk of fibroids being cancerous is higher than they've thought for years.

I had a fever after my D&C, but only for a day or two. I was back to normal maybe 3-4 days after. I did get a small injury on my labia, but that healed over time as well.

Like you, I had a beloved ob/gyn for 25 years whom I respected. She dismissed my first cancer symptoms seven years before my diagnosis (frequent bleeding), and was a big proponent of hormone therapy. I did not go that route, but unfortunately for me, continued to belive her repeated diagnosis of perimenopause every time I reported problems. Things were very, very bad for me for about 3.5 years. We finally had a d/c biopsy scheduled that she would do in the local hospital, because I was in too much pain for the office biopsy. A few days before surgery, she called me into her office to tell me that she'd seen my unltrasound results, and we should cancel the D&C biopsy. She'd give me hormones to bring on early menopause to shrink the fibroids. (I was age 51.) By the grace of God, that same week I'd had a random discussion with a woman in a dress shop and learned that bleeding between periods could indicate pre-cancer cells. This was startling news to me! So when my doctor suggested we cancel it, I said "no let's do the biopsy."  She said "okay, but let me zap the fibroids while I'm at it. That should stop your bleeding." The hysteroscopy/D&C done on a Friday morning and the following Sunday evening she called me with the bad news that I had cancer. The way she'd talked about the procedures, it was clear that the biopsy itself seemed inconsequential to her and something to do just because I wanted it. In fact she did it after the hysteroscopy.

If I had taken my trusted doctor's last suggestion, to cancel the biopsy, it's doubtful I'd be alive today. When I had cancer surgery a couple of weeks later, and my tumor was tested for hormone receptivity, it was receptive to progesterone, not estrogen--which might be less common. Anyway, hormone therapy is helpful if well-applied to the situation, but again, I would try to rule out cancer as best you can first.

I tell this story only to illustrate that are doctors can be wrong and that you are doing the right thing to be wary of your pelvic drama. My experiences are not exactly like yours and are exceptional in a few ways, but well, they are the tuth that happened to me. Do everything you can to rule out cancer. If you are continuing to have worrisome discharges, bloating and pain, please advocate for yourself!!

highest regards,

jane

My daughter lives in Boise.  Billings Clinic has an excellent Gyn-Onc department, that has an outreach program. Once a month one of the four doctors go,to Bozeman, Helena, and Missoula to see patients.  Of course they also see patients in Billings.  People from Wyoming and the Dakotas come there.  They have an excellent reputation.

Hugs and prayers, Lou Ann