Hi I'm 46 years old and a mother of 3, ages soon to be 20, 16 and now 11. So (sadly) my child birth days are now over, and I've finally come to accept that fact. Honestly that has been the hardest part (for me) to mentally get over in regards to wanting a permanent procedure for my inordinately heavy periods. I don't have pain, that's the 2nd reason for my trepidation. I'm afraid that I might get pain in lieu of heavy periods, which to me would be probably worse, as I'm not real stoic. Its one thing to suffer monthly with copious bleeding, after all I've been doing it for years with tsunami like periods, but I don't have pain. I'm not into pain...I don't think I could handle that.
My ferritin and my hemoglobin are in the gutter both well below the lowest number possible. I live on a supped up iron supplement that you have to buy over the counter. I've tried birth control pills, IUD, an Antifibrionolytic agent, all with not great results.
When I'm having my period I'm like "God I can't do this anymore, who bleeds like this and survives???? and I'm so tired...then the bleeding stops and I'm like "Quit being a baby, suck it up princess, get over this."
My Gynecologist, he tells me that I probably have 5 or 6 more years of this. I'm exhausted a lot. I weigh this option DAILY if not hourly in my mind. Do I want to suffer it out? It doesn't help when you read all the info out there either, because let's be honest not everyone is going to have a day at the beach, things happen, and you won't know until you've actually had the procedure done yourself. I've read enough about every procedure to make myself informed and borderline paranoid, ha ha.
To add complications I'm a nurse. I've also worked in the past in the OR, so I'm a bit seasoned, in that I've scrubbed for many a surgery, including hysterectomies. I would quite frankly prefer to keep my uterus intact. That's what attracts me about the Cyroablation. I get to keep my parts, minus my lining.
I've been a good girl and also done my homework, as I don't like surprizes, and this is MY BODY. If I don't make an informed choice then quite frankly (to me/for me) I've dropped the ball. I work permanent nights and I'm super busy with the fam. For my family and myself I need my pep back. I'm tired of being tired A LOT. My GP (who is awesome) recommends losing some weight and continuing with the mega iron as adipose (fat) I'm overweight can add to heavy periods.
I've read up on Endometrial Ablations too, vs cyroablations. I'm not interested in thermal ablations. Cyro is the only thing that has caught my eye, that I would seriously consider. I think that it would be better to freeze than burn.
I would appreciate any and all feedback you might have.
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Dear Everyone,
Hi I'm 46 years old and a mother of 3, ages soon to be 20, 16 and now 11. So (sadly) my child birth days are now over, and I've finally come to accept that fact. Honestly that has been the hardest part (for me) to mentally get over in regards to wanting a permanent procedure for my inordinately heavy periods. I don't have pain, that's the 2nd reason for my trepidation. I'm afraid that I might get pain in lieu of heavy periods, which to me would be probably worse, as I'm not real stoic. Its one thing to suffer monthly with copious bleeding, after all I've been doing it for years with tsunami like periods, but I don't have pain. I'm not into pain...I don't think I could handle that.
My ferritin and my hemoglobin are in the gutter both well below the lowest number possible. I live on a supped up iron supplement that you have to buy over the counter. I've tried birth control pills, IUD, an Antifibrionolytic agent, all with not great results.
When I'm having my period I'm like "God I can't do this anymore, who bleeds like this and survives???? and I'm so tired...then the bleeding stops and I'm like "Quit being a baby, suck it up princess, get over this."
My Gynecologist, he tells me that I probably have 5 or 6 more years of this. I'm exhausted a lot. I weigh this option DAILY if not hourly in my mind. Do I want to suffer it out? It doesn't help when you read all the info out there either, because let's be honest not everyone is going to have a day at the beach, things happen, and you won't know until you've actually had the procedure done yourself. I've read enough about every procedure to make myself informed and borderline paranoid, ha ha.
To add complications I'm a nurse. I've also worked in the past in the OR, so I'm a bit seasoned, in that I've scrubbed for many a surgery, including hysterectomies. I would quite frankly prefer to keep my uterus intact. That's what attracts me about the Cyroablation. I get to keep my parts, minus my lining.
I've been a good girl and also done my homework, as I don't like surprizes, and this is MY BODY. If I don't make an informed choice then quite frankly (to me/for me) I've dropped the ball. I work permanent nights and I'm super busy with the fam. For my family and myself I need my pep back. I'm tired of being tired A LOT. My GP (who is awesome) recommends losing some weight and continuing with the mega iron as adipose (fat) I'm overweight can add to heavy periods.
I've read up on Endometrial Ablations too, vs cyroablations. I'm not interested in thermal ablations. Cyro is the only thing that has caught my eye, that I would seriously consider. I think that it would be better to freeze than burn.
I would appreciate any and all feedback you might have.
Thanks so much.
September 29, 2015 - 7:44pmS.
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