Friday, September 19, 2008

Endometrial Ablation

Ok - so I had a GYN appointment yesterday & it's decided between her & my PCP that the bleeding has to stop in order to "fix" my anemia. I have been severly anemic for a few years now. I have been on & off iron pills, take a multi-vitamin, calcium supplement & take B12 shots monthly.
One option was to try the drug Lupron (which would put me into menopause temporarily) but after reading about it & all the side effects I called the dr's office back & said NO WAY! Just call insurance to get the ablation pre-approved. My dr will be doing the Novasure Endometrial Ablation & I have read a lot of good things about this. All I can say is - I hope it works for me, the plan is that it will decrease the flow of my periods if not stop them all together and that will in turn make my iron levels go up. My iron count now is at an 8.9 - and that's with taking 3 iron pills a day. Not sure yet when this will be done - but I will keep the postings updated!

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