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Post by maurinsky on Sept 18, 2019 6:55:39 GMT -5
I had an abnormal for me period in late July (5 days, light, light, moderate, light, light) and nothing since.
I didn't get the Mirena, just because of all the hubbub around changing jobs and getting new insurance and possibly changing my primary care physician since the new staff in my long-time doctor's office is...not great.
I had a blighted ovum once, that caused a very heavy, very painful period. It didn't show up as a pregnancy, but I had a D&C and problem was solved.
I love not having a period. Doug periodically (ha) reminds me that I should make an appointment to get the Mirena - and I may do that in another month or two.
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Post by niccikatie on Sept 18, 2019 8:31:19 GMT -5
I had an abnormal for me period in late July (5 days, light, light, moderate, light, light) and nothing since. I didn't get the Mirena, just because of all the hubbub around changing jobs and getting new insurance and possibly changing my primary care physician since the new staff in my long-time doctor's office is...not great. I had a blighted ovum once, that caused a very heavy, very painful period. It didn't show up as a pregnancy, but I had a D&C and problem was solved. I love not having a period. Doug periodically (ha) reminds me that I should make an appointment to get the Mirena - and I may do that in another month or two. I'm so glad things are improving for you! I hope that this is the end for you. Did they see the blighted ovum on ultrasound, then? I did joke with my nurse practitioner that I would've been shocked for anything to survive the bleeding in August when she asked me if it was possible I was pregnant.
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Post by maurinsky on Dec 6, 2020 10:35:33 GMT -5
Sadly, another uterupdate!
I got the Mirena back in July, and had light spotting for months, until Thursday this past week, when I started seeing chunks again. Called the doctor, they told me to check for the IUD, but there was too much blood. This morning, I got up, went to the bathroom, buckets of blood and there it was on the toilet paper: my IUD. So it came out all on its own. And now I'm bleeding like I was before.
edited to correct month
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Post by GiftOfFlavor on Dec 6, 2020 10:41:56 GMT -5
Sadly, another uterupdate! I got the Mirena back in May, and had light spotting for months, until Thursday this past week, when I started seeing chunks again. Called the doctor, they told me to check for the IUD, but there was too much blood. This morning, I got up, went to the bathroom, buckets of blood and there it was on the toilet paper: my IUD. So it came out all on its own. And now I'm bleeding like I was before. I can’t imagine that was comfortable, I have a Mirena and I check it periodically to make sure it’s ok and it’s so solid as a rock I can’t imagine what it feels like to come out on its own. I hope you’re feeling ok and that a solution can be found to make this situations easier for you.
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Post by Peachy on Dec 6, 2020 10:43:44 GMT -5
I'm so sorry you're dealing with this, maur! Did I miss why a hysterectomy isn't being done or considered?
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Post by alicechalmers on Dec 6, 2020 11:20:06 GMT -5
Gah! I am sorry this is such an ordeal.
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Post by coachgrrl on Dec 6, 2020 15:50:14 GMT -5
Ugh. Your uterus needs an eviction notice 😞
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Post by maurinsky on Dec 6, 2020 17:25:45 GMT -5
There's nothing wrong with my uterus so we have to exhaust every option possible before hysterectomy.
It actually wasn't painful at all aside from the cramping, which was nowhere near as bad as the cramps I had when was a kid/teenager. I think the chunks were so big it forced the IUD out. There was a chunk that came out that was bigger than any tampon I have ever inserted.
I am so over my uterus.
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Post by justthinking on Dec 6, 2020 17:33:59 GMT -5
There's nothing wrong with my uterus so we have to exhaust every option possible before hysterectomy. It actually wasn't painful at all aside from the cramping, which was nowhere near as bad as the cramps I had when was a kid/teenager. I think the chunks were so big it forced the IUD out. There was a chunk that came out that was bigger than any tampon I have ever inserted. I am so over my uterus. Ugh. I would be over it too.
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Post by puppylove on Dec 6, 2020 18:07:32 GMT -5
What about an ablation?
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Post by mare on Dec 6, 2020 19:58:22 GMT -5
I'm sorry. I still have 0 regrets in getting my hysterectomy.
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Post by Peachy on Dec 6, 2020 20:14:35 GMT -5
I'm sorry. I still have 0 regrets in getting my hysterectomy. Same!
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Post by jen on Dec 6, 2020 21:02:51 GMT -5
Holy shit Maur
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Post by Inky on Dec 7, 2020 19:27:33 GMT -5
That must be awful dealing with this. I hope you are able to get it fixed somehow.
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Post by niccikatie on Dec 8, 2020 10:14:18 GMT -5
Oh no! That sounds just awful
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Post by maurinsky on Dec 8, 2020 11:37:32 GMT -5
I'm going to take oral progesterone for 10 days, see where I am at the end of that time.
I suspect that one issue that none of my doctors ever take into account is that my skeleton is super crooked, which must affect how my organs are aligned inside my body, right?
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Post by stellarfeller on Dec 8, 2020 11:48:57 GMT -5
It’s probably not even possible, given the IUD...but I wonder if you might have been pregnant 😳
*runs away*
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Post by maurinsky on Dec 8, 2020 11:53:08 GMT -5
Bite your tongue!
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Post by shaena on Dec 8, 2020 21:09:30 GMT -5
Oh my gosh! I hope you can find relief! As someone with marked scoliosis, that gets even more obvious the older I get. I always joke that all my organs are pretty much smooshed into one corner!
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Post by maurinsky on Apr 28, 2021 9:06:40 GMT -5
Alas, the time has come for another uterupdate. IGNORE IF THIS KIND OF TALK BOTHERS YOU!
You may remember that I had an IUD put in, which came out on it's own a couple of months after I got it. Since I'm perimenopausal, my period is irregular, so I had some spotting for a while and then no period for a bit. My last period was at the end of January, and last week I started spotting and had a normalish period over the weekend. Monday at around 8pm, I started bleeding and it wouldn't stop. It wasn't chunky, which is my usual situation. It was just dripping. I couldn't go to bed or go to sleep, I was bleeding through tampons and pads every 50 minutes or so. At 3am, I called my ob/gyn's office to see if I should go to the ER, the on-call doc called me back and sent an Rx that would help stop the bleeding to the closest 24 hour pharmacy. I got a text around 5am that the script was ready, Doug was up and picked it up for me, so I'm on that right now, and it has been helpful.
BTW, Oscar and Bubba went up to bed, but when I didn't come up to bed, they came downstairs and slept on the couch next to me.
Yesterday I took the day off from work and drank tons of water and chilled out. Today I'm going to see the ob/gyn to talk about next steps. I'm anticipating ablation may be on the table.
Back from the doctor. My options are:
1. Birth control pills Pros: easy, cheap Cons: I'm getting long in the tooth for birth control pills, and I was on BC for many years and still had crazy heavy and long periods
2. Progesterone Pros: cheap, easy, lower risk of blood clots than birth control pills Cons: currently taking them and helped stop the non-stop bleeding but still having a heavy period
3. Ablation Pros: typically solves problems like mine of heavy, long periods Cons: I have adenomyosis, which is basically like having endometriosis in your uterus - the uterine lining cells embed into the musculature of your uterus, so an ablation might miss some of those cells and I might still have the same issues or possibly worsen them, since uterine ablations frequently cause the walls of the uterus to stick together which would be a problem if there are still uterine wall cells hanging around *and* makes it harder to biopsy
4. Hysterectomy Pros: would definitely never have a period again Cons: surgery carries risks, 3-4 week recovery period
She said if she had a crystal ball and knew that menopause was on the near horizon, she would go with 1 or 2. My mother took 10 years to go through perimenopause. I'm on year 3 right now. So I'm considering the final solution, but also option 2. Although after writing this out, I'm leaning towards 4.
In the interim, she gave me an endometrial biopsy and I'm going to have an ultrasound next week.
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