WARNING- FEMALE ISSUES AHEAD
Gynae stuff.
Read at your own peril
Hint- The woman in the Bible who touched the hem of Christ‘s garment.
Since my uterus misbehaved and got itself into early menopause, I’ve not been able to control uterine bleeding. I go on the Pill but it’s dangerous to do for long and as soon as I go onto the placebo, the long bleed starts. I try stay on the hormonal pills and skip the placebo- pharmacy won’t let me. “It’s too early… Yes, I know the doctor doesn’t want you to take the placebo pills but the system won’t allow us to override the timing.”
Try Mirena implant in my uterus. Bleeding continued on and off for four months anyway. After month five, I made an appointment and got rid of it.
Tried Activelle- an HRT- worked okish but ..bleeding continued for four months. See the theme? My hot flushes were disappearing though.
Oh. Did I mention the side effects? I think I did do so in another post, but let me repeat them for this post. No libido whatsoever, discomfort during the acts, terrible hit flushes- “Mommy, why are you sweating so much?” And waking in a cold, wet bed that my sweat soaked.
Then tried a different birth control pill. Thrush. Ugh. Off I went. Tried a different HRT. It was ok for the first four months! Only four days of bleeding. And then suddenly, 23 days ago- it began and has not stopped. Longest bleed since this all began.
Next step? Medication to sort it out. And surgery. Radiothermal ablation (burn the uterine lining to cause scarring which will hopefully stop the bleeding) but first a hysteroscopy (camera to see what’s going on inside) and biopsies of different areas of my uterus for testing-ovarian and uterine cancer come with bleeding in menopausal women… And then the actual ablation and then another scope to make sure nothing has gone wrong (like burning a hole through my uterine wall) and then we wait and see.
Day before my 21st wedding anniversary. Not that my husband will be here till the evening of the anniversary anyway. Traveling overseas for work…
How do I feel?
Scared.
The thought of them burning a hole into me isn’t exactly a comforting thought. But it is one of the risks.
The thought of ‘BURNING’ me is not a comforting thought!
Having to go off Enbrel AGAIN is not a comforting thought! I did my last injection for the next four weeks today.
Of course, it COULD be cancer. But I’m pretty confident that like so my other biopsies and tests, this will prove to NOT be uterine or endometrial cancer.
And if the ablation doesn’t work to stop the flow- total hysterectomy.
That’s also not a comforting thought. Have you seen the hectic obesity and heart disease death stats after hysterectomy?
Not comforting at all.
I would really love a break from this life and body. Just a few months in a healthy body…If wishes were horses..
Instead, I have to ask my pulmonologist to give the anesthetist my lung function report. Talk about complicated body!
I’m thankful for a sisterhood that understands and cares. I’m nervous but hey, I haven’t died yet so I probably won’t.😉
Yes, that’s one of the risks.
They said I should write a book 