LEONIE: Hysteroscopy shows polyps

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Leonie, Thanks for the link. It is reassuring to read the statistics.

My polyps are endrometrial. I definitely am going to follow up on my

doctor's research as to why this happened. Thanks again, nne.

> Roseanne, did your doctor say whether your polyps are cervical or

> endometrial? Polyps do tend to bleed and that might be why you're

> bleeding again.

>

> You might want to take a look at this page from Brigham & Women's

> Hospital in Boston about endometrial polyps, which is what it

sounds

> like you have:

> What are endometrial polyps? at

> http://www.fibroids.net/html/frameset.htm. Notice that it says

that

> only 0.6% of endometrial polyps are involved with EITHER

adenomatous

> hyperplasia (benign growth of the endometrium) or endometrial

> adenocarcinomas (malignant tumors of the glandular component of the

> endometrium). That's a very low risk, and it's even lower for

cancer

> alone, as this figure includes those polyps involved with a benign

> condition (adenomatous hyperplasia) as well as with a cancer.

>

> Personally, I would ask your doctor to try to find out more

> information on just why you might have developed the polyps after

the

> ablation, as it is an unusual development. But remember -- just

> because it's unusual doesn't mean that it follows that it will

become

> cancerous. It's possible for the lining to grow back in some cases

> following an ablation and perhaps this is what's happened in your

> case.

>

> Leonie

>