Endometrial ablation

[loveumore]

Are there any women here who had the procedure? It's been 2.5 days since I had it done and I only bled for a day in a half (barely), and I'm now down to a slight pinch of a cramp like every 6 hours or so.

I'm definitely pleased with how I feel, but was told that I would bleed for 10 days and I'm completely done, and I really thought it would happen, considering my past with very heavy periods. Could I get a surprise in the next couple of days because I'm not needing any "protection" at the moment?

Experiences, thoughts and/or suggestions?

 

[loveumore]

Okay, ha. I have no clue how this got here when I was posting in "How To". Please delete, mods. My apologies.

 

[loveumore]

Unless you like the topic, of course.

I mean, I'm sure someone could write a mean ass poem about bloody twats. If you'd like anymore details about my past heavy periods for more inspiration, my PM's are open to all.

 

[Angeline]

Unless you like the topic, of course.

I mean, I'm sure someone could write a mean ass poem about bloody twats. If you'd like anymore details about my past heavy periods for more inspiration, my PM's are open to all.

Hiya girlie. Nice to see you. I had the ablation about five years ago, and my experience was similar to yours. I spotted (just a little) now and then for a few months afterward, but then...nothing. It was bliss. The only thing you have to be careful about is birth control because your ovaries are still operational even if you don't get a period, so you can still ovulate and get preggers if you're not careful. I did not thank heavens, but I can usually tell when I'm around my ovulation so I knew when to be extra careful. But even that ended about two years after the procedure (I was getting to menopause anyway). Yes, you should celebrate.

Cute av btw.

PS Do you want me to move this to the How-To forum? I will if ya want.

 

[loveumore]

Hiya girlie. Nice to see you. I had the ablation about five years ago, and my experience was similar to yours. I spotted (just a little) now and then for a few months afterward, but then...nothing. It was bliss. The only thing you have to be careful about is birth control because your ovaries are still operational even if you don't get a period, so you can still ovulate and get preggers if you're not careful. I did not thank heavens, but I can usually tell when I'm around my ovulation so I knew when to be extra careful. But even that ended about two years after the procedure (I was getting to menopause anyway). Yes, you should celebrate.

Cute av btw.

PS Do you want me to move this to the How-To forum? I will if ya want.

Hey there, Angeline! It's nice to see you as well!

Lucky me won't have to worry about getting preggers because I got a tubal ligation 14 years ago, and of course, now the ablation. I keep hearing about the spotting you mentioned and even this watery stuff, but nothing is happening. Last night I didn't think it was a reason to call the doctor, but today I'm concerned it wasn't done properly unless I'm just one of the super, duper lucky ones. Like when does good luck EVER come my way? LOL! And how in the world can someone with menorrhagia go to absolute nothing that quick?

I'm glad to hear that everything worked out well for you, and I thank you for the nice compliment. I did make a thread in the "How To" but not many are commenting, so maybe as soon as you read this, you can remove the thread unless others come in to comment, or like I said, people can use this thread to write some period poetry.

 

[loveumore]

Oh, cool. I'm hangin' out in the Poets Hangout. Shame I can't put out any decent poetry anymore and even stopped trying, but at least I'm still writing my thoughts and feelings because I truly believe it's good medicine/healer, as much as laughter is.

 

[Angeline]

Oh, cool. I'm hangin' out in the Poets Hangout. Shame I can't put out any decent poetry anymore and even stopped trying, but at least I'm still writing my thoughts and feelings because I truly believe it's good medicine/healer, as much as laughter is.

Well hang around because you never know when a poem is going to pop up. Out, that is.

I recall my doctor telling me that some people barely even spot, so you're just a fast healer this time, maybe. I have a pretty low pain threshold and my doc gave me meds, but I didn't even need them after the first night.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Is this like a D & C? *Don't look chaps you will go green round the gills*

 

[spankableBelle]

Are there any women here who had the procedure? It's been 2.5 days since I had it done and I only bled for a day in a half (barely), and I'm now down to a slight pinch of a cramp like every 6 hours or so.

I'm definitely pleased with how I feel, but was told that I would bleed for 10 days and I'm completely done, and I really thought it would happen, considering my past with very heavy periods. Could I get a surprise in the next couple of days because I'm not needing any "protection" at the moment?

Experiences, thoughts and/or suggestions?

I had one a few years ago. You can send me a private message if you'd like.

belle

 

[Angeline]

Is this like a D & C? *Don't look chaps you will go green round the gills*

Yeah in a way. There are a few different ways they can do it, but with mine they put this very thin expandable thingy into your uterus. It blows up like a balloon and heats up, thus getting rid of whatever schmutz (you speak Yiddish, right? lol) has accumulated. And if it works right, your periods go away, too.

 

[loveumore]

Well hang around because you never know when a poem is going to pop up. Out, that is.

I recall my doctor telling me that some people barely even spot, so you're just a fast healer this time, maybe. I have a pretty low pain threshold and my doc gave me meds, but I didn't even need them after the first night.

I know. I do a bit of browsing here but need to do more poetry reading and I think that would help tremendously. I just always hated the fact that my poems came out so raw, dark and depressing. I got tired of reading what I wrote and promised that if it ended up dark anymore, that I wasn't gonna press the submit button. Like, who wants to read that shit, yanno? That's how I've felt for many years now.

Anyway, that's exactly how I am and what happened to me, Angeline. I came home and put a hot water bottle on my lower abdominal area, slept for 5 hours, got on the comp for a few then went to bed again. By morning, I was shocked to feel only a pitch now and then that felt like the beginning of a mini contraction but it went away incredibly fast. Oh, I am so, so happy I got this procedure done!

To those who are curious, here's what I wrote in the "How To" after calling my doctor today:

I thought I'd give an update to hopefully help out others in the future, if they have any questions. I decided to call the doctors office today and spoke to the nurse who fully explained how the procedure went because I started thinking that it wasn't done correctly.

After getting the balloon, I got the DNC which cleaned out everything. I had no clue that a DNC also removes fibroids and I had loads of them, so that's another plus for me. The nurse said that many people complain of heavy bleeding after the procedure, but that's only because they probably didn't listen to the aftercare instructions, and/or became active too quickly when they're supposed to rest and drink plenty of fluids. The nurse seems to think that's why I don't have heavy bleeding (I actually have none) because I did as I was told.

To those who experience the watery leakage, it's due from the ablation itself but again, not everyone will get it. This is due from the burning of the uterine lining, and many will get blisters inside the uterus and we all know what happens to blisters. They pop. So that explains the water leakage. By next week, she said that I may experience some myself, but only if my uterus got blisters from the procedure.

I also asked when I should expect my next period because I guessed it was gonna be roughly a month after the ablation. I was wrong. Since I had my period two weeks ago, then I should expect it in two weeks, she said. I am more than pleased and I can't believe how wonderful I feel.

 

[loveumore]

Oh, it is D&C. Gahh, how many more embarrassing moments am I gonna have here? LOL!

 

[champagne1982]

Hey there! Yep D & C aka Dilation and Curretage--Wiki link

 

[Angeline]

Say loveumore for what it's worth I've always thought you have a talent for poetry. While I do recall that what I read is dark, mostly, you have a way with words, and your poems are definitely good enough for others to read and appreciate. I am sure if you edited them carefully (I don't know that you don't; just don't remember), you could get them published elsewhere. I have a pretty good feel for this sort of thing, and I am not shitting you. I never tell people that unless I believe it. So yknow go read some poems if it helps, and then write again. I remember some lovely poems about your kids, too.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I had it done as they said I had a polyp which turned out not to be the case that's two operations I've had at that hospital that weren't necessary the first being for appencitis that wasn't! When they found there was nothing wrong with the appendix theyjust kept on cutting to have a look around ...... and found nothing! So instead of a teensy keyhole scar I ended up with a huge one. After the D & C I bled for ages and wasn't allowed to use tampax, mind you I was living with my ex then .... not a man to let his wife rest when he needed a cup of tea

 

[loveumore]

Say loveumore for what it's worth I've always thought you have a talent for poetry. While I do recall that what I read is dark, mostly, you have a way with words, and your poems are definitely good enough for others to read and appreciate. I am sure if you edited them carefully (I don't know that you don't; just don't remember), you could get them published elsewhere. I have a pretty good feel for this sort of thing, and I am not shitting you. I never tell people that unless I believe it. So yknow go read some poems if it helps, and then write again. I remember some lovely poems about your kids, too.

When saldne arrived in 2003, I remember I couldn't stop writing poetry here and I loved the "Passion" thread. When I submitted my poems, they all rhymed like Mother Goose. HA! I remember Wicked Eve asking me to try out free verse and thought it would be more difficult and boy was I wrong. I loved it! 2003 to 2004 were very happy years in my life and I remember writing about rainbows, teddy bears, my children, etc, etc, and everything was very positive and joyful, then my health really went downhill, although I've been sick for over 20 years. I believe you and I had a private discussion about it and you related to many of the things I was going through, painwise.

Gosh, if I'm wrong here, just another embarrassing moment for me. I don't think I am because I rarely forget someone who's so warm and understanding when it comes to something like that. Anyway, the physical pain does a number to your state of mind and I think being a loner made my condition worse, and my writing was filled with anger. Even so, I got a thrill out of shocking people with those words, and I'd much rather shock people with something funny, in which I used to do. I have most of my poems saved and set to a blog online that's set to private and I haven't looked in ages. The last time I was there, I believe I did some editing because well, you know how we just love to play with words and sometimes we feel the need to keep messing with it until it's right. And the next week and the next week, we gotta do it again because we find that it's still not right, or we want to add or subtract something. It's almost like having a slight case of OCD.

I believe 4 or 5 of those poems are published in print and I'm now ashamed that they are. I don't wanna mess with those poems on the blog anymore. If anything, I wanna start over because I feel (at this time in my life) more positive and happier inside because I made some changes in my life. At the same time, I'm a wee bit scared to try, in fear of disappointing myself once again. See how that negativity just creeped up on me?! Grrr!

 

[loveumore]

I had it done as they said I had a polyp which turned out not to be the case that's two operations I've had at that hospital that weren't necessary the first being for appencitis that wasn't! When they found there was nothing wrong with the appendix theyjust kept on cutting to have a look around ...... and found nothing! So instead of a teensy keyhole scar I ended up with a huge one. After the D & C I bled for ages and wasn't allowed to use tampax, mind you I was living with my ex then .... not a man to let his wife rest when he needed a cup of tea

Oh, my goodness! That's terrible! I would have written a nasty review on that hospital online and submitted it to as many search engines as possible. Please, please, please tell me you did!

 

[Angeline]

When saldne arrived in 2003, I remember I couldn't stop writing poetry here and I loved the "Passion" thread. When I submitted my poems, they all rhymed like Mother Goose. HA! I remember Wicked Eve asking me to try out free verse and thought it would be more difficult and boy was I wrong. I loved it! 2003 to 2004 were very happy years in my life and I remember writing about rainbows, teddy bears, my children, etc, etc, and everything was very positive and joyful, then my health really went downhill, although I've been sick for over 20 years. I believe you and I had a private discussion about it and you related to many of the things I was going through, painwise.

Gosh, if I'm wrong here, just another embarrassing moment for me. I don't think I am because I rarely forget someone who's so warm and understanding when it comes to something like that. Anyway, the physical pain does a number to your state of mind and I think being a loner made my condition worse, and my writing was filled with anger. Even so, I got a thrill out of shocking people with those words, and I'd much rather shock people with something funny, in which I used to do. I have most of my poems saved and set to a blog online that's set to private and I haven't looked in ages. The last time I was there, I believe I did some editing because well, you know how we just love to play with words and sometimes we feel the need to keep messing with it until it's right. And the next week and the next week, we gotta do it again because we find that it's still not right, or we want to add or subtract something. It's almost like having a slight case of OCD.

I believe 4 or 5 of those poems are published in print and I'm now ashamed that they are. I don't wanna mess with those poems on the blog anymore. If anything, I wanna start over because I feel (at this time in my life) more positive and happier inside because I made some changes in my life. At the same time, I'm a wee bit scared to try, in fear of disappointing myself once again. See how that negativity just creeped up on me?! Grrr!

Yes we've talked a bunch of times in your various iterations here, and I remember. I think my pain is mostly psychic but between that and the Jewish guilt, I relate well lol.

I have poems published that I go back and read--and they're in pretty good publications and I wince when I read them. But I tell myself the ability to wince at that stuff and see ways to improve it is growth. Even when I go through long dry periods, I always see growth in what I do write (not that everything is good but that I know I've improved). And I'm sure that is because even when I am not actively writing I'm reading and thinking about what I read. Sometimes I go through long periods where I only want to read fiction. And that's ok, too, because I see poetry in that as well or I get ideas for prose I want to write.

 

[loveumore]

Yes we've talked a bunch of times in your various iterations here, and I remember. I think my pain is mostly psychic but between that and the Jewish guilt, I relate well lol.

I have poems published that I go back and read--and they're in pretty good publications and I wince when I read them. But I tell myself the ability to wince at that stuff and see ways to improve it is growth. Even when I go through long dry periods, I always see growth in what I do write (not that everything is good but that I know I've improved). And I'm sure that is because even when I am not actively writing I'm reading and thinking about what I read. Sometimes I go through long periods where I only want to read fiction. And that's ok, too, because I see poetry in that as well or I get ideas for prose I want to write.

I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! Aww...

And I need a little more strength yet. One day at a ti-i-i-i-i-i-m-m-mme.


Toppahz? Hmm. Did you go by another name before that's similar to the one you're using now?

 

[normal jean]

Are there any women here who had the procedure? It's been 2.5 days since I had it done and I only bled for a day in a half (barely), and I'm now down to a slight pinch of a cramp like every 6 hours or so.

I'm definitely pleased with how I feel, but was told that I would bleed for 10 days and I'm completely done, and I really thought it would happen, considering my past with very heavy periods. Could I get a surprise in the next couple of days because I'm not needing any "protection" at the moment?

Experiences, thoughts and/or suggestions?

Hello!!

I am pleased to say that I had the procedure done back in 2004 when it was still in its early stages. My surgeon told me I was only his 43rd case.

The procedure as you know, takes but a few minutes, but I was also "explored" for endometriosis, and there were almost 2 dozen growths found ( and successfully removed).


October 22nd was the anniversary of my surgery and I would recommend that procedure to anyone considering it. I spotted a tiny amount the first 2 months, not even enough to warrant a panty-liner and since then, nothing.

I still have my ovaries, so there was no early menopause and so far everything has been wonderful. No more painful periods, no anemia, and thank the good Lord, NO MORE PAIN!!!!!

One thing you must remember is that you will still go through the dreaded menopause and that is mostly genetic, so whenever your mom and grand-mom began, is a good indicator for you, just keep up with your Pap tests and everything should be just fine.I still have a little PMS but it is negligible.

Congratulations on your decision and I wish you as much success as I have experienced with mine. It freed me to be me rather than the semblance of a human who wound up in a fetal position most of the month enduring ungodly pain, which doctors just refuse to treat.

Good luck and wonderful health to you and yours!!

hugs,

NJ


eta--- a microwave wand is inserted into the uterus and the endometrial lining, which sheds each month, is permanently removed. My doc compared the lining to little seeds which redeposit and then regrow each month so an embryo will have some place to attach to and grow but the microwave procedure burns them out and there is nothing to regrow, hence, no place for an embryo to attach itself to and mature. I have never heard the procedure referred to as a D and C, mostly that term is used in abortions and in the removal of tissue from miscarriages.

 

[loveumore]

Hello!!

I am pleased to say that I had the procedure done back in 2004 when it was still in its early stages. My surgeon told me I was only his 43rd case.

The procedure as you know, takes but a few minutes, but I was also "explored" for endometriosis, and there were almost 2 dozen growths found ( and successfully removed).


October 22nd was the anniversary of my surgery and I would recommend that procedure to anyone considering it. I spotted a tiny amount the first 2 months, not even enough to warrant a panty-liner and since then, nothing.

I still have my ovaries, so there was no early menopause and so far everything has been wonderful. No more painful periods, no anemia, and thank the good Lord, NO MORE PAIN!!!!!

One thing you must remember is that you will still go through the dreaded menopause and that is mostly genetic, so whenever your mom and grand-mom began, is a good indicator for you, just keep up with your Pap tests and everything should be just fine.I still have a little PMS but it is negligible.

Congratulations on your decision and I wish you as much success as I have experienced with mine. It freed me to be me rather than the semblance of a human who wound up in a fetal position most of the month enduring ungodly pain, which doctors just refuse to treat.

Good luck and wonderful health to you and yours!!

hugs,

NJ

eta--- a microwave wand is inserted into the uterus and the endometrial lining, which sheds each month, is permanently removed. My doc compared the lining to little seeds which redeposit and then regrow each month so an embryo will have some place to attach to and grow but the microwave procedure burns them out and there is nothing to regrow, hence, no place for an embryo to attach itself to and mature. I have never heard the procedure referred to as a D and C, mostly that term is used in abortions and in the removal of tissue from miscarriages.

Maria, right?

Sounds like you were having some major serious problems, wow. I'm glad you got it done as well but I probably would've been in so much fear, knowing there were very few cases at the time, even being so desperate to get rid of all those problems. But what a blessing to be cured from all that pain, eh?

I heard about the microwave procedure but where I live they don't do it anymore. It's actually called the balloon ablation and the balloon is filled with hot fluid which circles around the uterus for so many minutes and burns the lining. Afterwards, they may choose to do a D&C as well which cleans all that mess out (same for the very sad miscarriages) and if you're lucky like me, you don't have to go through any shedding. It worked out well. : )

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Oh, my goodness! That's terrible! I would have written a nasty review on that hospital online and submitted it to as many search engines as possible. Please, please, please tell me you did!

Afraid not it's my local hospital and I've had need of it since i.e when I nearly died in May!
I had a very early menopause (30s) although I didn't realise what it was. No hot flushes or anything like that my periods (which used to be horrendous) suddenly got irregular and then stopped. At one point the doctor thought I was pregnant because of them stopping but after a test no such luck. My ex didn't want kids anyway found that out then when he was appalled at the thought that I might be. So the D & C wasn't done to clear out anything to do with babies because I just couldn't have any. Ron who I am married to now said if we had been together then he would have made sure I had full investigations into the whys and wherefores but it's no good living in the past and chances are I would have been a bad mother anyway because I was never mothered properly and wouldn't have known the right way to do it.

 

[champagne1982]

Afraid not it's my local hospital and I've had need of it since i.e when I nearly died in May!
I had a very early menopause (30s) although I didn't realise what it was. No hot flushes or anything like that my periods (which used to be horrendous) suddenly got irregular and then stopped. At one point the doctor thought I was pregnant because of them stopping but after a test no such luck. My ex didn't want kids anyway found that out then when he was appalled at the thought that I might be. So the D & C wasn't done to clear out anything to do with babies because I just couldn't have any. Ron who I am married to now said if we had been together then he would have made sure I had full investigations into the whys and wherefores but it's no good living in the past and chances are I would have been a bad mother anyway because I was never mothered properly and wouldn't have known the right way to do it.

I figure mothering's all about love and that's a skill that can't be taught dear friend. I'll bet you'd have more than enough love to be a wonderful mum.

 

[loveumore]

I figure mothering's all about love and that's a skill that can't be taught dear friend. I'll bet you'd have more than enough love to be a wonderful mum.

Ditto that. ^

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I figure mothering's all about love and that's a skill that can't be taught dear friend. I'll bet you'd have more than enough love to be a wonderful mum.

Ditto that. ^

Thankyou both
I just had an odd thought which is probably a load of twaddle! I've got pretty selfish in my old age and wonder if it's because I didn't have much back then so I am making damn sure I get it now!!