Endometrial Ablation

[MsWhistledown]

Hello warriors,

I was hoping to hear from anyone who has had an endometrial ablation. It would be good to hear your experience of the procedure and if it made any difference to your symptoms? Did your periods stop or become much lighter? Or did it not have much of a positive effect? I’d be really grateful to hear from you.

I have what is considered mild adenomyosis and possibly superficial endometriosis. No deep infiltrating endometriosis found.

I had a hysteroscopy last week and some biopsies taken. Surgeon said he couldn’t see anything wrong. He suggested next step I could consider is an endometrial ablation. I am considering this before making a final decision on having a hysterectomy. I’m wondering if it might be worth trying this first.

Thank you.

[Pumpkinjellyfish]

hi,

I had an endometrial ablation about 18 months ago. I’ve always had extremely heavy painful periods which were controlled with TXA and pain killers.

The surgery itself wasn’t painful, it was the referred shoulder tip pain which was agony for two days after, and I don’t tolerate opiates so I managed with paracetamol and ibuprofen.

I was up and about pretty much straight away although I couldn’t stand straight without a pulling type pain for about 3 days.

Afterwards I had some watery pinkish bleeding for three or so weeks. Then no periods for about 4 months. After that they gradually came back although very lightly. Even then it wasn’t enough to need a tampon but definitely need a liner.

I believe the literature suggests an ablation should be done straight after a period but due to NHS waiting lists and cancellations etc, I was offered surgery on a day and happened to come on my period that day, so the endometrium would have been at its thickest and I don’t believe the radio waves would’ve infiltrated deep enough to be long term effective. This is just my understanding and opinion.

That being said the bleeding is a lot less so ultimately worth it.

I have had increasing pain over the last few months with barely any bleeding. I have a polyp in my uterus too which causes bleeding between periods, so I’m back on the waiting list for more surgery. I think I have endometrial tissue around my bowels and bladder and the ablation has done nothing to help this but at least the pain is more manageable with lighter periods

Hope that’s helpful info for you

[MsWhistledown in reply to Pumpkinjellyfish]

Thank you. It’s very helpful. I’m thinking it’s worth a try. The idea of having next to no period or no period at all would definitely improve my quality of life.

[AllthatGlitters]

yes I have had the novasure endometrial ablation twice and it’s definitely helped me. I would be in labour pains, bleeding through clothing, for months one end. It’s lighter periods but I did have a very bad period when away in Spain. However this isn’t a frequent thing anymore. It’s worth a try! X

[MsWhistledown in reply to AllthatGlitters]

Thank you. That’s really helpful. It sounds like it is worth a try x