I've been taking continuous birth control for some time now which helped although it was supposed to completely stop the periods but never did.
Now it's not helping at all. I'll have a 9=10 day very heavy period then a week to week and half without then the bleeding starts again. I never know when I'm going to bleed and sometimes, I'll have some light bleeding for a day in between. I cannot predict this.
I've had this problem sometimes even worse for years. I'm in my thirties, even if different birth control pills help for a while they eventually stop working. I used to go to my family doctor to deal with it but the past couple of years I have been seeing a Gynecologist.
The OB/GYN says that the IUD is supposed to make periods shorter and lighter and just once per month. I was supposed to have a consultation about the IUD in late June then for some reason I don't know it was rescheduled for yesterday Monday.
But that had to be rescheduled due to me having COVID which I have tested negative for since last Thursday although my mom has it now. She's going to test today to see if it's gone.
The soonest they can get me in is August 17th and I'm just hoping it doesn't fall through again. I had to wait for at least three weeks for the original appointment that didn't happen.
That's not for the actual IUD appointment to get it put in this is just the consultation.
I was anemic when my Family Doctor tested me last month so I'm on iron. I didn't get an appointment with the Family Physician until August 19th because I thought I'd be seeing the GYN much sooner and I thought that she could order blood work if needed.
My Family Doc is retiring after August and is therefore booked now with people trying to get in before the retirement.
My mom and I have been looking elsewhere for primary care which is hard to find someone good and willing to take us since we have Medicare and Medicaid. (We're both young for Medicare but we are disabled)
I've already been checked with ultrasounds and bloodwork multiple times for endometriosis, Fibroids, tumors etc... and they've never found anything. So the Gynecologist says it's hormones and genetics.
My mom hemorrhaged with her periods although they weren't every month, and they would last 7 days or more when she did have them.
It was that way from the time she started as a teenager until she had a partial hysterectomy nine years ago in her 50's after she finally went into detail with her doctor instead of just saying she had heavy periods.
My Grandma had a heavy period every month for 10 days and it was so painful that in the days when doctors made house calls a doctor would come to the house and give her a shot to put her out.
My Aunt eventually had endometriosis and my half-sister had fibroids.
I'm hoping the IUD works but the last time we discussed in the spring I asked if I could be sedated because having it put in the thought causes panic. The GYN said yes but I don't know if she remembers. I'll have to remind her and hopefully she says yes.
I'm having anxiety and depression over this, and I have PMDD and other mental problems on top of it.
I'm sorry that this is so long.
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