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I'm sorry for the problems you are having since your ablation but I'm so happy to have read your message. I had an ablation in August this year. I just stopped spotting this past week. My biggest concern is the back pain I have been experiencing. The best way to describe it is it is like early labor pain. I have four children and labor always started in my back. I had the Mirena IUD removed at the time of my ablation & tubal. I thought the IUD was the cause of my back pain but after reading your message I guess not. Although it has just been a few weeks for me sometimes I do wish I would have had the partial hysterectomy. By the way I am 41 y/o with four children. I have had issues with heavy periods after my second child 13 yrs ago and was diagnosed with enodmetriosis in 2000. Pain and heavy periods plagued me until my 4th child in 2007. I then had the IUD six weeks post partum. I spotted daily for six months until I had the IUD removed. The doctor thought my lower back pain could be from my uterus trying to expel the IUD. Unfortunately my back pain continues and it has been a constant daily issue for me. By chance have you spoke with your doctor about the pain and spotting? For me I would not do the ablation again...I would go directly to a partial hysterectomy. Some say the uterus is used for more than fertility purposes (bone density, sexual health, etc...) but I think I just want to feel normal again!

Thanks


Jackie

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I had this procedure done by a specialist and I have had MINIMAL trouble after the surgery. (I think it was last may, 2009??) The worst that has happened to me so far is cramps every now and then when I am supposed to be getting my period. They are NOWHERE near as bad as before I had that E/A!!
I am concerned that you think that you are able to have children after this? Who told you that?
I was specifically told by my doctor NOT to get pregnant! What the E/A does is get rid of the lining in your uterus; meaning that if you were to get pregnant, there would be no place for the embryo to attach.
This is VERY dangerous, as it could lead to a tubular pregnancy and you could hemorrhage to death!
If I were you, I would check with my doctor again, or talk to a specialist.
Good Luck!!!




Yes, I have had that *strong* burnt smell...at least I think that's what it smells like. It is definitely unique that's for sure. I had the endometrial albation done February 10, 2010 (3weeks ago) and for the first week after the procedure I noticed that odor was extremely loud smelling but was better after a bath, which I showered up until about a week ago.
At any rate, a week after having the procedure, I began to get this reddish-brownish discharge, which I had initially thought was my period, but soon realized that it couldn't have been considering I had just went off my period 3days before the procedure & this started a week & a half after the procedure.
My cycle has always only lasted 6-7 days & came every 28-days. I've been bleeding now for over 8 days & through internet research, I have found that this reddish-brown bleeding/discharge can go on for at least a month & from what I have read, in lots of cases longer. Has anyone experienced this?
After the first 3 months I stopped spotting and for another 3 or 4 months had a period but it was much lighter than my old ones. I used just a regular pad or regular tampon and never bled through. However I still had cramping.
Now it is March 2010. I still get a period but it is very, very light. However, my cramps are horrible. Motrin doesn't touch it. For some reason Naproxin (aleve) does work so I take 2 or 3 of those every 8-12 hours as needed. And it lasts for more than a week. Just had my yearly" and my gyno said that 90% of women that have the ablation respond really well with no major problems. 10% have a lot of pain and/or the uterine tissue is so deep into the uterine walls that the ablation doesn't get that tissue. Then during their monthly cycles the uterine muscles contract to try and get rid of that tissue and they contract hard.
If that is an accurate assessment of why I still have so much pain I would imagine that those that had endometriosis that resulted in uterine tissue being outside of the uterus would be experiencing pain wherever they may have that tissue.
If I had to do it again I would just have my uterus removed. Many places nowadays use the "Davinci" method which is not as invasive as it was years ago. In fact, if this pain continues to increase I will have my uterus removed.

At last - a possible explanation for the hideous pain I too experience each month at period time (period as in a few drops of blood but that's it). My gynae has been puzzled as to why I am experiencing the amount of pain I am following an ablation in April 2008.
The pain has been steadily getting worse to the point that I pass out and movement other than on all fours is all but impossible. It is scary that the possible answer is gained on a forum website rather than from a "professional".
His suggestion is that I have a mirena IUD fitted which will make my poor old womb think its pregnant, and the progesterone will shrink any possible endometriosis (adenomyosis). Has your medical guy suggested this? Having your uterus removed is very, very drastic. I have researched and researched and researched this and it would have to be cancerous for me to consider it.
On hindsight, I would never recommend this operation to anyone else, 10% of women is too many women in my opinion to suffer in this way. Ironically although my periods were extremely heavy they were never very painful and I know which I would prefer to endure. The agony I experience lays me out for 2-3 days, and the dread building up to it is making me borderline depressive.
Anyway, thanks for your posting. I am in the UK so will have to research Naproxin over here to get a prescription. Good luck to you all.
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