Since you asked
I had a comment requesting an update on my ablation, which I done Jan. 17. The back story, for those of you who don't know is this:
An endometrial ablation scrapes all the lining from the uterus with the goal of stopping prolonged periods, getting rid of any sort of tumors or cysts, etc. I had one to help with long periods, heavy bleeding and they thought I had several cysts. Turned out that they weren't cysts but big pieces of endometrial tissue. *shrug*
Anyway. All was well at first, then I started about 12 days post-op and bled for 25 days straight until I finally got on the birth control pills that stop women from bleeding during their cycles. After that, I spotted lightly for three days in March and again for four days in April. So, I suppose next week, I may spot for a few days. It is definitely a GIANT improvement from when I'd have heavy periods for seven days at a time.
So, that is my update. Things seem to be better. I have not had any relief - yet - from the PMS symptoms. I'm a little weepy right now and agitated. Bloating, too. Ick. But, I hope that I may get some relief from those symptoms over time, too. We'll see.
An endometrial ablation scrapes all the lining from the uterus with the goal of stopping prolonged periods, getting rid of any sort of tumors or cysts, etc. I had one to help with long periods, heavy bleeding and they thought I had several cysts. Turned out that they weren't cysts but big pieces of endometrial tissue. *shrug*
Anyway. All was well at first, then I started about 12 days post-op and bled for 25 days straight until I finally got on the birth control pills that stop women from bleeding during their cycles. After that, I spotted lightly for three days in March and again for four days in April. So, I suppose next week, I may spot for a few days. It is definitely a GIANT improvement from when I'd have heavy periods for seven days at a time.
So, that is my update. Things seem to be better. I have not had any relief - yet - from the PMS symptoms. I'm a little weepy right now and agitated. Bloating, too. Ick. But, I hope that I may get some relief from those symptoms over time, too. We'll see.
1 Comments:
At 11:27 AM, May 01, 2008,
Susabelle said…
Unfortunately, the PMS symptoms won't be helped by the ablation. Those are hormonal and the ablation doesn't fix the hormones.
I am not on any meds for my symptoms. My ablation was in December 2006. I saw no noticeable change for a year. I still had heavy, long, nasty monthlies. But the last six months have been much better. This month I had my PMS but no period. DEFINITE improvement. We'll see what happens next month.
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