Heavy/painful periods, surgical procedure NOVASURE

[gracelikerain]

I am 35 and have had three kids. I have had painful, heavy periods since starting at age 12. After having a breech baby, I ended up with a stage one bladder prolapse. Because of my heavy periods and the prolapse, my doc suggested surgery for the prolapse and a possible hysterectomy when I am closer to the age of 40. He felt I was still to young for a hysterectomy. Anyway, I recently read about a surgical outpatient procedure called NOVASURE that can kill the inside linning of the uterus causing a women to have very light periods or none at all. This procedure can only be done if your done having kids. I AM JUST WONDERING IF ANY OTHER WOMEN OUT THERE HAS HAD HEAVY/PAINFUL PERIODS AND IF THEY HAD THIS PROCEDURE DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I have tried the nuvaring, and the pill to combat this problem, to no avail. Any thoughts or advice on this issue would greatly be appreciated! GOD BLESS!

[pinkprincess9298]

I notice that everyone who had the novasure done in the hospital put to sleep felt nothing (obviously) but some dr's do it in office with you awake but medicated. I just got the novasure 2 days ago in my dr's office. I have to agree I did feel pain but the worst part was the cervical block where they have to numb your cervix I think it was about 5 shots and OMG that hurt I squeezed the nurses hand so bad! The 90 seconds werent too bad the cervical block was the worst part of it. If you have it awake the dr gives you lots of meds to fill before your procedure...you take a valium and 2 vicodin when leaving your house then another med dissolves in your mouth and a shot in your arm...along with antibiotic and cytotec you start taking the night before. Oh and anti nasea meds...I slept most of the day when I got home and felt ok pain wise just cramping but vicodin handled that. The next day I was feeling good. Now today I'm kinda sore if I sit down too fast. Other then that it wasnt so bad. BUT if I could do it again I would be put to sleep. The cervical block is painful! even medicated it's painful!! I have just a small amount of discharge and little bit of cramps today other then that so far so good. cant wait to see how periods go now. Good luck to all of you!

[lucylgb]

Think this is wot we call a TCRE in UK. Trans-Cervical Resection of the Endometrium..

Had one way back in 1992. Brilliant. All PMT symptoms gone in an instant and no more periods.

Ask to go to the hospital with the best records for that op. (we have the wonderful NHS here) I went to Queen Charlottes. In those days it was done under general. U had to be sterilised at same time. Nowadays it might be done under local and its still poss for those who need to get pregnant (dont understand that bit).

I lost lot of blood in surgery so woke up with a drip in hand and had to stay a week.

Only lost some blood for 2 weeks say and only pain was "kicked by a horse". This was ok if u think about the poking your body has just had! Exoect to be very tired for a spell.

They did mention Id have an earlier menopause but what I didnt realise was that for me it would be pretty immediate and I wouldnt realise! Had problems for years due to lack of oestrogen and I cant use replacements (migraines).

So Id rec. it cos no periods and no stress is wonderful.

Had a pal have it in her local hospital and she does still have light periods.

Hope this helps.

[smiley7017]

I had the NovaSure done in 2008, because of my heavy, heavy bleeding. I am a mother of 4, and very fertile and I decided to opt for the NovaSure instead of the hysterectomy. I am 39years, old and divorced I found myself back in the dating scene. Not being able to have a child had never been a concern of mine until now, I'm not sure if i want to remarry because if my new husband wants a child I can't give him that. I would say if you have to have it done then go with the novasure instead of a hysterectomy, I love not having a cycle, I havent had a cycle since I had the procedure performed...........NO PROBLEMS AT ALL FROM IT...but make sure you are done having children, things change...

[raerae321]

I am 38 years old. I have two children.I had periods that lasted 5 to 7 days , with 2 or 3 of those days being very heavy with head aches and extreme fatigue. So long story short , obgyn suggested novasure. I also was sceptical, reserched it a bit and desided to go ahead , I mean it sounded alot better than hysterectomy ,considering the down time with that type of procedure.

-First of all , I was awake for the novasure procedure, and there was some pain.
-secondly, I had alot of pain AFTER ,while I was in the recovery room.
-Third,I had terrible pain for the rest of the day .

Woke up the day after the procedure and felt fine.

Now for  my results:

-first period after procedure was pretty much the same
-second period was a bit less
-third less still
-5th or 6th Not sure what number I am at now ,but it is all most  completely gone, I can just use a litedays pad for the entire time , I am hoping it will completely go away , but if this is  what it will be like, then I can live with it .By the way it lasts for 2 or possibly 3 days .
To sum it up , I am glad I had the procedure done and I would recomend it to anyone.
Also a friend of mine had the procedure done, her results were also VERY good.

[shar4shar]

hi, i wanted to post my experience.  i had novasure back in 2007, i was 47, had heavy periods, cysts (they removed 1 huge one on right ovary) and removed about 12 smaller fibroids on cervix.  i had 1 year of bad drainage...and it smelled awful, sorry everyone but true.. i had lots of pain, cramps with it too.  my periods were awful painful for that 1st year, worse than ever, but bleeding was light. after that year, the bleeding increased, more and more, i am now almost 50 and i have heavy periods, i have clots, very painful, and i have known for the last year that i have cysts again.  i am also having a lot of pain in my ovaries, maybe it's cervix, can't really tell... sharp,twisting stabbing pains, before, during and right after my period ends.. the doctor tells me i'm in the other 50% that the novasure didn't take. doctor keeps me encouraging to get a hysterectomy, take ovaries out, i'm terrified, i didn't heal quickly or easily from novasure, cysts and fibroid removal.. i am holding on and praying GOD lets me get thru this all the way to say done.. but it's hard, and sometimes i want to run and have them take it out.

[NoMorePeriods4me]

I am a 49 year old mother of a 6 year old.  I had the NOVASURE procedure done in 2007 and haven't had a period since (going on 3 years)!  I elected to have the procedure after consulting with my OB/GYN about extremely heavy periods and having an Iron deficiency as a result.  I thought she would recommend a Hysterectomy but was encouraged to learn about NovaSure as the recovery time is considerably less:  days vs.weeks!  I couldn't keep up with the demands of my toddler including trips to the park, pool, Target, etc. because the bleeding was so bad, not to mention flooding overnight.  It made an amazing difference in my life as a stay home mom.  I see that there have been issues and complications as noted in other posts, but you must trust and have faith in your own doctor.  If you don't feel good about them get a referral from a friend or from your PCP. I AM SO GLAD THAT I HAD THE NOVASURE PROCEDURE DONE.  I COULDN"T AFFORD THE RECOVERY TIME OF A HYSTERECTOMY - I WAS FINE AFTER A DAY OR TWO.  I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOUR DOC PERFORM THE PROCEDURE IN A HOSPITAL AS I FELT SECURE THERE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WERE ANY ISSUES DURING THE PROCEDURE OR UNDER ANESTHETIC.