My history - all my life fro te age of 15 very heavy periods, given various drugs to reduce bleeding, mefanemic acid ( Ponstan) and Tranxemic acid too, thn Dixarit. The onto the pill at 17, but not sexually active yet!
Two DC a year apart. Sterilised when DS was 6 months old and then fell pregnant 3 months later, I had a termination, at 7 weeks, which they didn't do properly as I had retained products and bled profusely.
3 years later sterilised again, back to bleeding and flooding, I could stand in the shower every morning and the blood would just pour out of me, it look like a scene from Psycho.
Two super plus tampons plus a pad, and the tampons would fall out from the sheer weight of fluid. I wuld leave the house for the school run and 20 minutes later would have to shout to a mum from the car as i couldn't get out as I was flooding already and could.t get out of the car.
The consultant wouldn't do a hysterectomy as I was too young, so I had a Mirena put in.
put on 4 stone in 2 years and had the most horrendous PMT, but no periods, the side effects outweighed the benefits, so I had it removed, what a relief I felt!
BUT, back to bleeding again, so I invested in a mooncup, which was brilliant but had to empty it very very frequently and it would leak as too full.
This maybe TMI for some, but I arranged to see a consultant during my period, I removed my mooncup and showed him just how much blood there was, he couldn't believe it.
Result, I was booked in 2 days later for an EA, which at the time was only done privately or a long waiting list.
It was the best thing that ever happened to me. There is a straw coloured discharge for a few weeks, but no bleeding, no pain - honestly, and no after effects.NO bleeding since, and I can't tell when my LMP was so no idea when the menopause started!
I too, am very sick after a GA, that is my biggest fear, but warned them, and it was sorted. I wasn't sick or had a headache.
Go for it, you won't regret it!