Has anyone had "her Option" cryo ablation procedure done for heavy bleeding,pms, cramps. I had it done four days ago and my doctor said to expect a watery discharge for about 3 weeks. I have extremely heavy bleeding and severe cramps. Is this normal?

Had my Her Option done in office yesterday. Was given Valium and 2 Lorcet to take 15 min prior to arriving. Then given another Lorcet and Phenegran in office and a shot of Toradol. Then numbing inside once he got ready to get started. The procedure was uncomfortable but not near as bad as having the Endometrial biopsy though. I talked to the ultrasound tech and doctor the entire time. I have had the watery discharge (all clear so far) and some cramping. I mostly feel a heaviness and a dull pain in the front side of my tummy/ovary area. I definitely didn't feel up to NORMAL activities today and have just been sleeping/ laying around with heating pad and taking Iburprofen since the procedure. Hoping tomorrow I am able to at least show up at work and be there, office type atmosphere nothing to physical about it. I will definitely update as my time goes by. Hoping for no more heavy clotted periods that come every two weeks for 7 days at a time. Hopeful for no period.. but would def settle for light! Crossing fingers....

I had the procedure March 1st. I was bleeding when I went in to have the procedure and am still bleeding. It's not heavy, just enough where I have to wear a pad instead of a pantyliner. Now there is an odor also. I asked for hysterectomy, but was told I needed to try this first. Wish they'd listened to me. Have an appointment Wednesday. Will have to wait and see what they say, I guess.

Hi, I had this procedure done on 2/18/13. I went in thinking it was going to be quick and not too painful considering I have been getting my periods for up to 16 days a month where i couldn't leave my house fornthe first 3. I took a Valium 2 hours before the procedure and received a torodol shot right before. I knew something was wrong as soon as the dr put the wand inside me. I felt a full out jab into my abdomen which caused me to cry out. The next 10 minutes were horrible. I felt everything! Once the procedure was done I was shaking so bad I couldn't stand up on my own. I laid down for about 20 minutes and was sent on my way. My husband had to help me to the car and into my house where I laid down and fell asleep for the night. I was taking Percocet for the pain and it didn't help at all. I called the dr the next day and told her I was in agony. She said to keep taking the Percocet and I should be fine. By day 4 the pain was unbearable. She prescribed me another rx for Percocet and said it was probably painful bc the lining of my uterus was so bad before the procedure. By day 6 I was in the hospital in pain worse then labor. I was told I had an infection in my uterus and prescribed antibiotics. On day 9 I was still in agony and went back to her office for a recheck. The dr then told me that I was not healing right and needed to go for a cat scan. She now thinks there may be damage to my bladder and/ or bowel. She put me on bed rest until further notice. This is hard for me because i have 4 kids. Today is day 10 and my cat scan is scheduled for tomorrow. I can barely keep my eyes open I am so fatigued. Thank god my husband took off from work to help me with the kids. I tried not to take the Percocet this morning but its now 2 pm and I'm in agony again. This has been a horrible experience for me so far. I hoping the cat scan will come out okay and that the pain subsides soon. If not, I do not know what I am going to do.

12/30/12 Hey, this procedure saved my life. I suffered for years with bleeding until I was going to pass out, and relentless pain every 3 weeks with cramping from hell. Anyway all my other doctors told me some women just have a "harder" time. Ya. Well none of my female friends or family was bleeding to death, and bleeding all over the place at work. It was gross. U can imagine. I had never been able to get pregnant (probably because my lining was 5x thicker than it was supposed to be. Finally I met a doctor who took me seriously, and did an ultrasound. Gee-she found the problem right away! (endometrial hyperplasia) I had to make the agonizing choice of doing the procedure, or a hysterectomy. My Doc said I was lucky. She said ten years ago I would have just been flat out told I needed a hysterectomy and that would have been it. I won't lie, the night after the procedure was bad, I pretty much read like the rest of the folks here and had to deal with the watery discharge and whatnot for a month. Of course I never had a period like I had previously, if u really need this-you will know what i mean. It has been around 4 yrs. since my procedure and all I have are very light periods, and I skip some days. I feel so much better- I was able to exercise more, and when a friend had breast cancer, I was able to train for a half marathon and run with a group to support her. In about a year, I lost 60 lbs just from running (something I never had the energy to do while anemic) and in April I will be running my 5th half marathon. (I will just be turning 40) Anyway before I had the procedure a Doctor told me I might choose to wear an adult diaper (seriously) since tampons and pads together weren't cutting it. Now I wear a pantyliner, and I only need to change it for cleanliness, not because it is over saturated. Before I would go through a bag of pads in one weeks worth of periods (plus several tampons), and now a small box of liners will last me months! Oh and did I mention-I don't have to take ibuprofen like candy for pain anymore? And also I forgot why I didn't own any white pants, dresses, shorts, or skirts. Now I can wear what I want, and also not worry about making a mess on my chair at work, or at someone else's house! You all who suffer my heart goes out to you. I feel and look so much better. Even my husband has remarked that I look "pink" instead of pale now. I am grateful that I had this option. It's not perfect, but I am sure a Hell of a lot better off for it!

I had this procedure in May 2012. The procedure itself was not painful, it was uncomfortable but they have given me so many drugs that I was pretty much in la la land anyway. I came home, went to bed and slept through the night. Recovery consisted of very little cramping and the 3 weeks or so of watery discharge, which was pretty gross, but better than passing the blot clots! Anyway, I didn't have any periods for 3 months and I was so pleased. September I had a very light one that lasted about 3 days, October it was heavier and lasted longer and by November it came back with a vengeance! I've been bleeding from light to heavy, with a gradual increase of clots since November. I'm so disappointed. I should have gone for the hysterectomy.

I found this site a few days before my procedure and I have to say it made me very nervous. I had a lot more questions for my doctor that the pamphlet didn't cover before they started. I was given a Torodol (sp?) shot in the arm like many mention here. I asked about a cervical block and my doc said it wouldn't help which I don't understand. Dilating your cervix enough to get the probe in is just like labor and the cramping was pretty severe. I had a tilted uterus which is worst case scenario, others on this forum mentioned perforated uterus and bowel when ablation was done. I asked my doc about this and she said her nurse watches the procedure on sonogram / ultra sound the whole time so both can see exactly where she is and that she doesn't perforate. She said anyone doing the procedure blindly without this assistance would increase risk substantially so if you are having this - make sure to ask your provider if they watch the procedure on ultra sound while they do it. I had six minutes on one side and 4.5 on the other. It was very painful and I cried most of the time. The ultrasound probe was pushing down right on my c-section scar tissue which made it painful externally and internally. When I was done the cramping was very bad. I sat in a room with a heating pad trying to function enough to get home but it took some time. I was given ibuprofen for the pain and it did nothing. I got a percoset script for home. Ny doctor asked if I would have preferred being "out" for the ablation and I said absolutely! I had a d&c to try to stop the bleeding a year before trying this and they put you under for that. Complete mystery why that option wasn't offered. If she had asked ahead of time and been honest about procedure cramping being similar to labor I would never have even thought of trying in office. Went home and got my heating pad and climbed into bed, it felt a lot like after labor cramping wise for a good 6-8 hours after. I had minimal bleeding and now just the watery discharge. Mostly when you stand up after lying or sitting. I got deodorant pads to avoid any smell but so far it hasn't been an issue. Had procedure done Thursday and I could get around - slowly - on Friday but did too much like most Moms will. Saturday same and now I'm hugging my heating pad again trying to take it easy. I definitely feel bloated which seems like it is the water that takes time to release. Going to the gym seems like a bad idea for high impact but may try something low impact Monday. I was initially on the fence about procedure because it makes pregnancy high risk but my doc said she has had many patients become pregnant afterwards. Not planning more but it made me feel better to know it wasn't impossible after this. I would try anything (besides going on pill) to stop heavy bleeding / clots but I wasn't ready for a hysterectomy. I will post again after some time to see if this does help reduce bleeding. Good luck to any out there thinking about this or already scheduled!