| Its very common for women to come to hate the | | | | endometrial layer within the uterus or the womb. The |
| dreaded period. Yes, hate is not too strong a word to | | | | blood thus no longer builds up on the uterus and hence |
| use here. The period is messy, its painful and it takes a | | | | no more periods. No early menopause either. |
| lot of time out of every woman's lifetime. From the | | | | The op has actually been around for the past 15 years |
| time of being a teenager you are informed that this is | | | | and so is known to be successful in the vast majority |
| life and there is nothing that can be done to change it. | | | | of cases. There is only really one concern which is if |
| And no, its not just problematic for the younger lady. | | | | the surgeon is to miss cauterizing any part of the |
| Often ladies in their late thirties, forties, even | | | | uterus then the procedure is not completed and will |
| sometimes in their fifties suffer just as much and | | | | have to be done again. Its no real big deal though as |
| sometimes even more than they did when they were | | | | there are no other complications. |
| much younger from period pains and period | | | | Ooops, there is another down side, actually. There is a |
| complications. So what to do, just sit and patiently wait | | | | drug called Lupron which must be prescribed by your |
| for menopause to occur? Or how about having a | | | | doctor before undergoing surgery. It comes in the form |
| hysterectomy and having to wait to recover from | | | | of a single injection which then stays within the body |
| that? | | | | for a month. Its fairly expensive - around $350 to $500. |
| In fact, most women are not aware of this but its a | | | | The drug puts the body into a sort of temporary |
| fact that these days its no longer necessary to have | | | | menopausal situation so that the endometrial lining is |
| to suffer periods in silence. Its no longer necessary to | | | | thinner and is easier to laser which increases the |
| suffer periods at all. There is a non-invasive surgical | | | | chances of the surgery being successful. |
| procedure called hysteroscopic endometrial ablation - I'll | | | | There are potential side effects of Lupron. Mood |
| say that again... no, just joking. This surgery takes only | | | | swings, hot flushes, sleeping troubles and some weight |
| a few days to make a full recovery from. Its also | | | | gain are not unusual, although not all together. Its not |
| known as "roller ball surgery". | | | | fun, but if you can last a month and then do the op |
| The op involves a laser that is used to cauterize the | | | | then its all down hill from then onwards! |