Genuinely, there was Freda on the women's section and a Barry on the fella's side of my ward. Cue references to Woman's Weekly.

Anyway, 'Victoria Wood: The Secret List' is on iPlayer and worth a (re)watch if you fancy.

Thank you 🙂

No. No information about the procedure was given beforehand. This was booked very last minute, even though I've been on a waiting list for most of the year. No offers of pain relief other than gas + air which I can't take due to other health issues/meds. GA was only mentioned if this didn't go well.

Staff were super lovely. Thank you to the lovely team in the gynae department of my local hospital. By the way, I was advised that if too painful/not possible, I could come back under GA, so it seems they are starting to listen to us about our uteruses. 🩷

I survived my second #hysteroscopy in three years. Horrid procedure. This time I couldn't take ibuprofen nor could I have gas & air cos of new existing health conditions and medication I'm on.

I have asked all men I've encountered since to apologise for the patriarchy and they have duly obliged