Done with my uterus

I had an ablation of the uterus last week. Part of me hurts because I don't feel like I'm 100% woman anymore. I can't have anymore children even if I wanted to. I don't, but still. Not having control of that bothers me. However, struggling with 14 day menstrual cycles bothers me much much more and an ablation can nearly cure that. If I'm the unlucky 10%, then I'll still have periods and they'll be light/fewer days. I can handle being that unlucky.

I tried to tell this doctor that my body eats through pain killers like nothing he's ever seen and he didn't seem to believe me. He did when I cried out in pain during the actual procedure. It was a nightmare, but I survived. They felt bad for me and gave me more pain killers, but they wouldn't kick in until I got home. Oh well, life goes on and it's time to move forward. In about 4 weeks, the discharge will stop and I can say hello to a new (hopefully) period-free life.

Thank heavens for my private health insurance. It took 2 weeks between the time I first met with my doctor for the first time and the day of the ablation. If I lived in a country where socialized health care was in place, I would probably have been on a waiting list for years. One of my Canadian friends was astounded when I told her how quickly everything went.