Ablation or Mirena?

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Has anyone has this done? If yes, how horrible was the procedure and pain afterwards. What are the risks and did it work for you. I am such a wuss when it comes to anything like this.

I would do it for horrendously heavy periods and pain. But maybe the Mirena coil is an alternative.

I had cervical ablation and have since had a more a coil for 10+ years. My bleeding wasn't heavy but intermittent throughout the month. I had health insurance at the time so opted for general anaesthetic. Can't comment on the pain but have had no issues and not a single period since. Good luck 🤞 xx

You could always try the coil, agree a time frame that they'll remove it if it doesnt work and then try ablation if it doesn't work.

Progesterone can give you acne if you have suffered in the past.

I had an endometrial ablation in 2007 (I was 33 and had 2 children) under GA. Day surgery, no gynae pain at all, just a beast of a headache after the GA. A bit of weeping like you'd expect from a burn and, best of all, no periods. Nothing for the last 15 years. Absolutely life changingly amazing!

I had ablation a few years ago and it was one of the best decisions I ever made. I was nervous during recovery as discharge lasted longer than I expected and the GA affected me for a good few days, but I have barely had any periods since.

I had my ablation this morning.

I've flatly refused the mirena. I don't do well with hormones and have a cervical ectropion. Chances are the mirena would just cause that to bleed so I'd be no better off. I've also heard women are finding it hard to have it removed if it doesn't agree with them.

I'm 37 (38 in a few weeks) and have 2 kids aged 5 and 3. I'm young for this but they agreed due to how heavy my periods were and that I'm very very sure I don't want more children.

The procedure was much easier than I anticipated. I had a general and was under for about an hour. When I woke up I had some cramps like period pain and the cannula hurt. I went in actually on my period (think uterus wanted to punish me as it came early) and I woke up hardly spotting at all.

I was discharged from hospital around 3 hours post procedure. So far I'm sleepy from the general but only cramps and then only when I need the loo.

All in all a very positive experience and glad I did it. Will see what it does about my bleeding.

I had horrendous periods, flooding every time I stood up, changing super plus tampons and pads every hour or so etc .. I've had a few, one day and extremely light periods since I've had the Mirena (6 years almost). It's changed my life honestly.

If your issue is simply heavy bleeding then ablation is life changing. It won’t resolve pain issues caused by endometriosis but otherwise is a miracle treatment.

@Fluffycloudland77

You could always try the coil, agree a time frame that they'll remove it if it doesnt work and then try ablation if it doesn't work.

Progesterone can give you acne if you have suffered in the past.

That's good to know as I have suffered terribly with acne in the past

Ah, don’t do it then. I had the implant, got cystic acne and took isotretonoin.

No one warned me and I have extensive history of acne.