Debilitating periods - go on the pill or not?

[FemaleBrent]

Hi folks, just looking for advice - I’m 45 (almost 46) and my periods are absolutely horrendous :( Painful and extremely heavy for the first 3-4 days and last 8 days. My GP referred me for an ultrasound and transvaginal scan and, apart from some very small fibroids which wouldn’t be causing it, all was normal so it’s just been put down to hormonal changes. One option is to go on the contraceptive pill but I’m not sure about doing this - I’m concerned it’ll ‘mask’ the normal functioning of my body ie me being able to monitor the frequency of my periods and any perimenopause symptoms etc. Is this silly, should I just go on the pill and get some relief from this monthly hell??

They do!. Have learnt something new today.

Yes there are plenty of IRs and it's one of the growing areas in training post applications so attracting many doctors to train in it. Plus many radiologist’s will do further training on a traditional radiology training pathway, so have the skills but aren't always conunted in those stats. They often do lots in the cardio area, clots working with vascular surgery as well, who do similar things as well. They often have such training or can do those course, and gynecologist are also trained in that and more are getting that speciality working with radiology etc.

My further point was they may not use honesty, but they use similar procedures that achieve the same thing through radio embolization, they use that in other areas as well so it just needs to be applied more for fiborids. But obviously that depends on whether other treatments are a better choice which they often are, so many people don't go that way.