AIBU to claim Mumsnet saved my life this week?

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So I remembered reading live threads where the OP was bleeding heavily (menstrual) and was enquiring what to do and the general MN collective was "Call an ambulance NOW" and the following day the OP said "Blimey good job you told me to get seen as became a life threaten situation and hospital staff fixed me!"

This week the exact same thing happened to me - I had trusty Mirena removed mid-June then after three weeks of very heavy bright red bleeding on Monday the flow became unmanageable, heavy cramps etc
I saw my GP at 10am as an emergency who prescribed Tranexamic acid to cease the bleeding but by 4pm I was changing super plus tampon and pad EVERY 5 MINS but felt confident that surely the meds would work

When I could no longer manage the flow at all and just sat on the loo like a scene from a horror film passing huge clots as well as blood I remembered MN wisdoms and called 111 to see how much blood I could loose before becoming a worry.
I was already worried but when they said I needed an ambulance ASAP and it arrived within minutes I knew I'd done the right thing.

I was minutes from losing consciousness and almost certainly have ebbed away on my own as kids were staying at their dads.

Thanks to MN I went against my own warped logic of better to keep stiff upper British lip than bother anyone and thankfully this saved my life.

The cause still unknown but gynae and I both think a perfect storm of Mirena magic being removed and wonky perimenopausal hormones not remembering which off switch to flick.

Thanks Mumsnet I don't think I'm BU to suggest precious threads informed me and help to save my skin

Sounds terrifying rural very glad to know that you were helped and recovered.

It’s really worrying how doctors ignore heavy bleeding - I’ve been bleeding heavily now for six weeks and no one will take me seriously. Seems that they think it’s ‘normal’ for women to deal with this. Shitty attitude. Hope you’re feeling better OP!

Panda
Go and insist on a referral to gynaecology and blood tests at the very least.

Get well soon

Thanks all for taking time out to reply and share your thoughts and experiences. It was scary and so horrifying to think what might have happened had not called 111

Just to clarify the Mirena is being cited as the cure for this situation (biopsy taken to check nothing more sinister at play than some dodgy hormonal issues) so will have another put in ASAP.

The Mirena was taken out after years of trusty service (the third of fourth of had with breaks for baby making). I haven't had a period in years.
I opted to have the copper IUD put in instead of usual Mirena as had a vague idea that the Mirena might have affected my sex drive in the past & as I'm now with a lovely younger boyfriend I didn't want anything to affect that after a 20 year sexless marriage.

The bleeding started the day the Mirena was removed and copper IUD inserted and instantly it felt wrong as was bright red blood like a wound.

Two weeks later (a week ago) I was at the doctors requesting the coil be removed as the bleeding was intolerable and naturally having a detrimental affect on my delicious new love life 😩
I hoped it would stop but just got worse and worse.

The GP on Tues was a new, young student doctor but I agree with all of you if I had that volume gushing out of any other part of my body I'd have been sent to hosp pretty quickly but 'wimmins ishoose' seen as menstrual issues.

It was only because my best friend texted me & I told her the situation and she said that sounds all wrong I'd like you to go to A&E pls that the original MN thread memory emerged.
Until that point I was happy that I'd been seen by a medical professional and the drugs would do the trick.

I think calling 111 was a great halfway house between doing nothing and calling 999 for what possibly wasn't an emergency.

111 were able to ask the Qs of how much blood lost what time (more than 2 mugs I estimated by how many massive tamping and pads had been filled) & they got the ambulance to me.

Interestingly last night I felt like a new woman as the bleeding had stopped and we were st the pub watching the footie.

Today I've been a shell of myself and have been good for nothing. Told my boss I was too weak to drive to work. Flopped around and slept all day

Now the bleeding has started again and I'm wondering why none of the docs I have seen this week have mentioned iron supplements

I'm vegan but find myself fantasising about boef bourgingion and lamb curry today 🤔

I hadn't considered the psychological affects of such a near miss.
I'm a strong resilient type but the thought of me fading away in my bathroom and my kids finding me as their dad drive off is a nasty image I can't get out of my head.

Thanks again all who shared.
I'm going to update my Facebook status as an awareness campaign I think