PCOS/Endometriosis/Hysterectomy

[beautiful1096.livejournal.com]

I just underwent a laproscopic hysteroscopy and have been diagnosed with PCOS and endometriosis. I have debilitating cramps all month long and my quality of life has just gotten increasingly worse. I have gone all of the traditional routes of treatment, Mirena IUD, birth control pills and nothing has worked. My OB/GYN is suggesting our next course of treatment would be a hysterectomy.

I was wondering if anyone has undergone alternative forms of treatment in lieu of undergoing a hysterectomy. I am 33 and the idea of loosing my uterus is terrifying at this moment.

TIA

Comments

[frolicnaked.livejournal.com]

I wrote up my experience with the ablation itself in this post (http://vaginapagina.livejournal.com/19166056.html). Ultimately, for me, while the ablation did decrease my flow some, it wasn't nearly as much as I'd hoped. (It also didn't decrease my pain, but given that the vast majority of my endometriosis is not adjacent to my uterus, I was never expecting the ablation to work for pain.)

That said, the procedure itself was reasonably easy -- having the wand go through the cervix felt about like an IUD insertion; once everything was inside, it just felt kind of full/bloated for a few minutes -- so I'm considering trying a second one (with the advice of my OBGYN) before putting hysterectomy back on my table of options.