Un-diagnosed but worried about symptoms & US results

Shan555 said:

anesthesia

Is this procedure usually done with general anesthesia? When I talked to my Dr about it I expressed that I did not want general anesthesia and she said it wouldn't be, that it would be sedation but the surgery center just called and said it was ordered with general anesthesia. I do not want that. Are most done with ga? I am fine with pain but do not want to go under. Now I'm really nervous. I am not doing general anesthesia.

I also was just reading this http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/showthread.php?t=362049

and am now concerned with having a d&c done. Why would I need that done? Can't the polyp just be biopsied? I have not had any abnormal bleeding beyond spotting a few days before my period. Should I do the d&c? I guess I don't get why it would be done. 

I believe that D&C’s are always done under general anesthesia. My stage III uterine Cancer was diagnoses by having a D&C and hysteroscope. It’s really a simple and short procedure. You won’t be under general very long and it is the safest way to do it. Is there a particular reason you don’t want general?

Shan555 said:

d&c

I guess I don't get why a d&c is needed. The Dr said the polyp is pretty big so why can't she just test that? Why would I need a d&c too? 

The reason I don't want general anesthesia is that I don't think it's needed, it carries extra risk and takes longer to recover. 

Thanks for the replies.

The polyp can be benign and you can still have cancer on the remaining endometrium. The cancer can just be in certain spots, and not necessarily all over.

But they can definitely do it without general, because I did.

Soup52 said:

Having a d+c would give you a

Having a d+c would give you a clearer picture of what is going on. Personally I didn’t have any big recovery period. Maybe others will chime in with their experience.

They gave me propofol for sedation and I went home and resumed my day a few hours later. It was a pretty simple procedure.