Bleeding heavily 3 weeks after novasure ablation - has anyone else had this?

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I had a novasure ablation almost 3 weeks ago and had zero follow up or explanations about what to expect. I have obviously done a fair amount of searching online but most stories seem to be American and a procedure done under local which does not sound anything like what I've had!

So I had bleeding and watery discharge for a few days, with a fair amount of cramping and discomfort. The pain went away after a week but the pale pink/odd tiny clots/brown bleeding discharge continued which seemed to make sense. However, after 12 days I have gone back to full on red bleeding. This does not coincide with when my period would be expected.

I am cramping a bit, feel really tired and am totally fed up with constantly bleeding or having that watery discharge. I am not allowed to wear tampons until it heals - I'm sure that is making me feel much worse as well!

Saw the GP yesterday who said that bleeding should stop nowish but it's not unheard of to go on for longer. She checked and swabbed for infection but said all looks fine on that front.

Can anyone share their recovery stories? How long did you bleed for? Did it ever stop?! What should I be expecting?

Thank you

I ended up with a hysterectomy at the end of August 2020 unfortunately. My bleeding didn't stop. I bled from the date of this post (3/2020) until the hysterectomy in August. I became severely anemic, losing hair, heart palpitations, extreme exhaustion - couldn't leave the house because the bleeding was so heavy - clotting the size of my fist. I was miserable. I had to find a 2nd dr because the dr that performed the ablation wanted to do it again and that's a HUGE no-no. Besides that, I shouldn't have had one to begin with due to having a tubal ligation and 2 c-sections. The dr didn't take my history into consideration at all. The new dr who performed the hysterectomy said my uterus was folded in half from the last csection I had and that was another reason I shouldn't have had the ablation. Feel free to email me if you'd like to discuss more since this thread is kinda dead lyndak76 @ prodigy(dot)net

@PrettyBland I'm so sorry you had to go through that. My doctor thought I'd be a hood candidate and it's still kinda early on for me. Just frustrating that all my friends said it was a piece of cake. I hope you are doing better post hysterectomy. Thanks for replying.

Hi, @Lisaav I was wondering how your bleeding is going. I’m on week 3 post surgery and still
bleeding. I was very light discharge initially and then started bleeding about 5 days later and haven’t stopped. It’s getting really frustrating and I’m wondering will it end!! Thanks

Can I join? I had surgery on 25/08 so I'll be 4 weeks in 2 days. Two weeks of watery discharge and light bleeding, then suddenly heavier bleeding and a lot more pain. Early days I guess still but already fed up that nothing has changed. Worried about using tampons yet which is making it more frustrating.

@newnamechangeforthisone Sorry to hear that but it is reassuring it’s not just me with these symptoms. I’m so fed up of it too! I’ve got my follow up with the consultant at the end of next week to i’m hoping it will have cleared up by then or he can help. It’s certainly not what he told me it would be like for recovery!

@newnamechangeforthisone Have hope! I had my surgery on June 22. Had light bleeding then it turned heavy with cramps on week 3-4. I felt so deflated. That last week of heavy bleeding must have been my period. Week 5 it finally let up. I have had zero bleeding and zero periods since!! Please keep us posted. Best of luck!