Hi
I had my 2nd lap 18 months ago, to remove adhesions. The consultant wanted me to then have the mirena coil fitted, but I was not keen, so instead she said I should take a deoestrogel (sp?) Mini pill. Again I was reluctant but my gp suggested I try it and see how I felt. To cut a long story short, for the past 6 months (and for a while earlier in the year too) I have been bleeding every 9 days or so. I bleed for 3-5 days (often brown blood), have 6-8 days off, then start again. It's not the bleeding that bothers me as such, but the pain, chronic debilitating fatigue,mood swings, depression and weight gain that goes with it.
I have an appt with the consultant in 3 weeks, but her recent letter to my gp (which took 3 months from my gp writing) said I should either continue with the pill or get a coil. No consideration that there could be anything more sinister going on eg cysts, fibroids, more adhesions, etc. or even something unrelated like my thyroid.
I was wondering if anyone has just stopped taking the mini pill (That's 17 months I've been on it) and taken their chances? I wonder if the endo will really get worse? Would it be any worse than my current state?!
I had such pain the other week that I booked to see a consultant privately. He was great and said an option would be to have gnrh (to induce menopause) plus add back hormones (to counter the menopause) and that would likely stop the bleeding. Has anyone done this? I'm a bit apprehensive.
Any thoughts would be much appreciatex. I have no faith that the visit to the nhs consultant in 3 weeks will be any use at all
Thanks!