well I read all the posts and am grateful for reading all of your experiences but am also now scared to death. I am 48 and have had very regular, normal periods all my life, 3-5 days of bleeding with little or no cramping. I have a new boyfriend since march '09. Fell in love with him and sex for the first time in my life, but as luck woud have it, I think I might be going through the change. I missed a period in August (even, God forbid, thought i might have been pregnant but wasn't). Then assumed I was just going through the change. well, I got my period Sept 4th and still have it going on 7 weeks now. after the 3rd week, went to the GYN and was put on Provera which lightened the period but never took it away. He did all the other testing for fibroids, polyups, cancer, all negative. Now he is suggesting the cryoablation and i am scheduled for tues 10/20. The only reason I agreed was I thought it would stop the bleeding and I could continue having relations with my boyfriend, he's been very patient. But now to learn I will have a watery discharge for 2-3-4 weeks, then an even heavier period with tissue pieces after that, possible gushing, accidents, possible infection, nausea, vomiting, cramping, bad smells, and that after all that the procedure might not even work? I don't think I will get this done! But I haven't read about anyone who has the problem that I'm having. My doctor says that yes, when going through the change, because I missed a period in August, that might explain the length of what I going through right now. But if it's going to be months before I can go pad free and have sex with this procedure, I think I would rather wait this out and avoid all the complications mentioned above. Any thoughts? Like many of you, I wonder about the percentages quoted to us by the docs and where are all the successful cases. any responses would be appreciated, thank you for reading.
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well I read all the posts and am grateful for reading all of your experiences but am also now scared to death. I am 48 and have had very regular, normal periods all my life, 3-5 days of bleeding with little or no cramping. I have a new boyfriend since march '09. Fell in love with him and sex for the first time in my life, but as luck woud have it, I think I might be going through the change. I missed a period in August (even, God forbid, thought i might have been pregnant but wasn't). Then assumed I was just going through the change. well, I got my period Sept 4th and still have it going on 7 weeks now. after the 3rd week, went to the GYN and was put on Provera which lightened the period but never took it away. He did all the other testing for fibroids, polyups, cancer, all negative. Now he is suggesting the cryoablation and i am scheduled for tues 10/20. The only reason I agreed was I thought it would stop the bleeding and I could continue having relations with my boyfriend, he's been very patient. But now to learn I will have a watery discharge for 2-3-4 weeks, then an even heavier period with tissue pieces after that, possible gushing, accidents, possible infection, nausea, vomiting, cramping, bad smells, and that after all that the procedure might not even work? I don't think I will get this done! But I haven't read about anyone who has the problem that I'm having. My doctor says that yes, when going through the change, because I missed a period in August, that might explain the length of what I going through right now. But if it's going to be months before I can go pad free and have sex with this procedure, I think I would rather wait this out and avoid all the complications mentioned above. Any thoughts? Like many of you, I wonder about the percentages quoted to us by the docs and where are all the successful cases. any responses would be appreciated, thank you for reading.
October 18, 2009 - 1:47amC R M
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