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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?

By January 11, 2010 - 9:31am
 
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Thank you for asking!
Thursday will be the end of my third week. Discharge has almost stopped. I had a period during my second week and it was lighter, no heavy clots. I did have the bloating and weight gain afterwards that some women described that is thankfully receding. I guess its too early to say how successful this procedure has been. I am always amazed at how little education we receive holistically about how our health is affected by hormones. We really cannot count on the medical profession to care for us. We have to be proactive and do research ourselves. I now think of my doctors more as triage workers than someone I go to for advice. They don't have the time (or inclination it seems) to manage patient care themselves - not blaming here, just the way it is. I'm so happy I found this forum that provided so much helpful information to me for what to expect, watch out for, etc. Thanks everyone who has posted!

December 3, 2012 - 7:29am
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I had the cryoablation done in 2008. I had a watery dishcarge for about 3 weeks, having to wear a maxi pad, and change it out every hour or so. I must admit that in the beginning I thought the discharge would never stop, then one day I had my period as normal and after 5 days it stopped. My periods became lighter and lighter over the next 3-4 months then my periods stopped all together. Recently over the past year I have started having periods again. At first I didn't think much of it but over the last 6 months they have become very uncomfortable and bothersome with random spotting throughout the month as well as painful cramping. My OBGYN said it's nothing to worry about and that the procedure didn't work for me as well as he would have liked it to. He recommended other forms of birth control which I am not happy about.

October 26, 2012 - 12:14pm
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I had my procedure done on September 7th, 2012, I had posted earlier about the surgery. For three weeks after surgery, I had a watery discharge I had to wear a ultra thin maxi everyday. Finally, my period came at the beginning of the 4th week. I continued to wear the ultra thin pads, I had a bloody discharge with some clots. Prior to the surgery my periods were horrendous. Bleeding heavily for the first 3 days had to change every hour with a pad and tampoon total of 7 days. So this was not bad at all. It lasted 5 days total. The surgery was not bad at all very bearable for me and the surgery was a success for me! I highly recommend it but keep in mind everybody is different. Good luck to all of you.

October 16, 2012 - 5:37am

I am a week and 4 days out from the procedure. I believe my period started last tuesday, it was heavier darker discharge for 3 days, then back to the light watery pink on friday, I'm still having a lot of pink watery discharge, and going thru 2 pads a day. I"m hoping this worked, I'm not a patient person, how much longer am I going to have this discharge, for 3 days after the procedure it was just watery discharge and only had to wear a pantiliner for those days. I"m just hoping this regulates and makes them go away totally.

October 1, 2012 - 2:58am
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I had the cryo ablation done on April 5, 2012. The procedure was tolerable but I had severe cramping immediately after and was given ibuprofen and after 20 minutes the pain was gone. I had water discharge mixed with blood immediately after the procedure, then 2 days after it was just blood like a period. The bleeding got heavier and heavier each day then it was like I turn a tap on. I kept going back to my OBGYN and he did a thorough exam and said I was healing nicely but I have more dead tissue which needed to come out and that's the reason I was bleeding so heavy. The bleeding continued for almost 2 months - going thru a pad every 5 minutes. My OBGYN eventually did a D&C and clean out all the dead tissue and about 3 days later the bleeding completely stopped. I had my period the next month which was very heavy but lasted for 5 days and each month after I noticed my period getting lighter and lighter. 5 months after the procedure my period is very light and comes for 3 days. I am hoping my period will stop completely but I am happy that I have very light period now for only 3 days. Before the procedure, I was having my period every 2 weeks for 6 days. Now, its extremely light and last only 3 days and I am optimistic that it will eventually stop completely.

September 30, 2012 - 10:26am

I had the heroption cryoablation done 5 days ago, I had bleeding for about 5 hours after the procedure, then clear water discharge for 3 days, sunday night it turned light pink and I felt like my period was going to start, light pink on monday, only going thru a pantyliner a day for the past 4 days, then today I started bleeding and even passed a few small clots, went thru 2 pads at work, of course today is day 27 of my cycle, and I go anywhere from 16 to 36 days on my cycles for the past 2 years, by the time I got home from work I'm back to light pink, I really wanted this to stop my periods.

September 25, 2012 - 6:36pm
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I had the heroption done 2 days ago I had bleeding immediately after the procedure I actually thought my period had started. The cramping was horrible till I finally got some Tylenol after the first day ii have felt great I'm hoping this helps my period is due anytime now and they have been so irregular for 2 years I hope they stop altogether

September 22, 2012 - 2:12pm

I just had the ablation done a week ago. I was completely out so I have no idea about pain, pressure, etc. I also had endometriosis so I had some additional procedures (laparoscopy) done before the ablation on the same day. I'm only having the watery discharge, not even mixed with blood, at this time. I do have cramping, but I'm not totally sure if it is due to the ablation or the other surgical procedures. So far, I can't complain. The discharge smells funny and heavy at times, but not too bad. Right now I can't complain, but I do know it's a little early. Will update later.

I have heard that if you have this done during your cycle, the results are even better. I was wondering if that was the case for some. I was lucky to go in on my cycle and come out with it totally gone. Just curious.

September 19, 2012 - 3:35pm
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I had the cryablation done yesterday (September 7, 2012) at my doctors office. I took 4 advils an hour before the surgery. First let me tell you each person has such different levels of tolerance of pain. I only felt a small cramp once he inserted the instrument. It felt like a pinch, then it was all over in 10 minutes. I just felt pressure and uncomfortable but no pain. After all was said and done I was even able to drive home. I felt fine and no cramping. Once I got home I took Advil and Tylenol alternating each every 4 hours. I was really expecting serious cramping and heavy bleeding but so far nothing like that. I was given a pad and slight watery discharge. I was told the discharge could last up to two weeks. Also the first period could be horrible, so I am expecting the worse and I will keep you posted in the next month or so. So far I feel good and the surgery was not bad at all.

September 8, 2012 - 8:21pm
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

How are you doing now?

December 2, 2012 - 4:06pm
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