Endometrial Ablation anyone?

I have had both. I was happy for both. But, it turns out it isn't what I needed because I had adenomyosis (sp) and a hysterectomy is in my future.

I do not regret either, it is what it is. The ablation was necessary because of the crime scene periods.

I had a tubal ligation at the time of a C-section for my third child in 2005. Three months later, I still hadn't stopped bleeding so had an endometrial ablation. It worked very well for me with no side effects like you are describing. Never was I in horrible pain and none of my friends or family that's had both, in pain. That's right after and including all the years later. We all say the ablation was the best thing we'd ever done!! (oh, and no weight gain for most of the women I knew that had both). Also, none of them needed a hysterectomy later on.

I did end up having a hysterectomy in 2013, but that was because I had ovarian cancer.

II've had both, also. No problems.

were you by chance on the Hyster Sisters website / forums? Just curious... I know that before my hysterectomy, I was doing some research and the most awful stories of things that could / did go wrong seemed to pop up on that website. I know it's good to have a place for getting information, but frankly the stuff I read on that website scared the heck out of me instead of reassuring me, so I just stuck to the information my doctor gave me (regarding the chances of complications), after that.

I had both done at same time. My ablation wasn’t as successful as some others, I still get a few heavy days every month. This is probably due to the fact I have a large fibroid, so you may have better results.

I was also concerned about the risks when faced with the same decision. I trust my GYN very much and in her experience she had never seen it happen (over 15 years in a large teaching hospital) and reiterated that it was very rare but not impossible. I also recall her explaining the different devices/techniques for ablation and which ones were higher risk for that and why the kind they did was less risky- so you might talk to your doctor about that. But for me, it wasn't a risk I could take. Emergency hysterectomy is just not option with 3 small kids and if something bizarre is going to happen... it will happen to me (she agrees with that too). And at the end of the day, we knew ablation was only going to be a bandaid for an underlying problem in my case. So I will be going the hysterectomy route after the holidays.

I don't know anything about the group where you found the concerning info. But I will also just throw this out there... after years of battling endometriosis and failed treatments/surgeries/etc., I realized that most of the people you will find online are not online seeking out other people to share their success stories. Those people are out living their lives like normal folks. There are a lot of unhappy people with nothing better to do than complain and share their horror stories. It doesn't mean their situations aren't real, but IME they are a lot more vocal and can really skew your opinions if you aren't careful.

Does anyone know why you would gain weight from an ablation? I have been told by a couple of doctors that it will help with my hormone problems and therefore might actually help lose weight. At least not have them be the cause of weight gain anymore. Now, I have literally bled for several months at a time before, and often crime scene heavy. So maybe that makes a difference?

I have had an ablation. Life changing.

I did it in reverse. Ablation first, tubal six months later. No problems. I can’t see why you would gain weight from one of the other.