Esmya

Last Sept after am emergency operation to remove firbords (only 1.5 where removed).  I was offered the M Coil and Esmya I decline the coil and didn't take Esmya.  

What has worked for me is a total change in diet - 80% raw and 20% cooked. I also started to a programme of holistic colonic irrigation which together with the change in diet has worked wonders for me.

After several weeks of the colonic I actually passed 3 fiboirds. I couldn't believe it but their they where! Additional my 11cm fb's is reducing in size.  My Surgeon was amazed at my quick turn around in healing based on just adopting what I have mentioned above especially considering how serious things where getting for me. Also, if things keep going the way they are no more medical procedures will be needed! - My bleeding as reduced from 21-30days to a week! and the heavyness is still there but not as bad as previously (hopefully this will reduce over time) And the pain has gone from a 20 out of 10 to a 7 out of 10.  

What is important to remember is that - FB's feed of processed, non live (dead) food, sugar.  Eat as much live raw, green food that you can.  Not only will will kill those pesty body invaders youwill probably loose a ton of weight without starving yourself.

Good luck!

Sorry you're having a hard time.  I am on my last two weeks of Esmya and it took the tablets a week to start making me feel better.  Since then I've had very little trouble with them.  However they do not suit everyone, look at the other Esmya discussion boards, there's lots of helpful advice on here.

Good luck with them.

Annick

the info on diet is interesting. I had heard that soy products contain oestrogen which can cause fibroids to grow. I' ve been taking soya milk for years as dont tolerate dairy! Will have to rethink my diet but need a more immediate fix at the moment as already anaemic. Still hoping esmya will do the trick, at least in the interim.

My abalation failed due to a distorted uterus, the uterine arterial abalation has worked for me, in May 2014, I have now been discharged, best thing I ever did, my womb.has decreased from 11x12x12 to 6x6x8.9, apparently 6x6x6 is normal size, bleeding is like I was when I first started my periods at 13, brilliant, hope this helps.

My uterus was 16-18 weeks, I had tried the resection, the mirena coil which lasted a month, I had previously had a coil and was not keen to retry, but was advised the hormone release would benefit me.  It expelled with a huge clot and I ended up going to a&e, the ablation failed and my last resort was the  U A E before the inevitable hysterectomy, I have my family and am sterilised, however, viewed the hysterectomy as the final thing, luckly for me the U A E worked, it is not without risk, but it concluded a 2 year roller coaster journey.

Not sure if this will help but I was diagnosed with a polyp and 12 cm fibroid ... I had the polyp removed first which is when they found the fibroid. I then went in for an ablation ... I opted for the one where they leave the fertility, I also had a mirena coil fitted as well. After the op I basically bled for 4 months ... My consultant recommended I go on esmya for 3 months and then go back and have a full ablation after the 3 months was up.

It took about 2 weeks for the bleeding to stop and I did have a little discomfort but at least I stopped bleeding ... In December I did have about 3 weeks of spotting and went back to the doctors who said that if it continued would send me back for more tests as I am not happy with just jumping straight into an op after all it could b the mirena coil that was causing the spotting!

I finished the tablets at the beginning of January and fingers crossed have had no bleeding whatsoever.

I know people who have had the coil fitted that have spotted for a year so I am hoping that things have settled down and it was the coil that was causing the spotting and that I won't need another op!

Not sure if this has helped at all, but good luck.

try taking iron with orange juice, it helps prevent the constipation.  I use a liquid called Floradix which works well for me.  Good luck 

Thank you for all your replies and just an update. Esmya started working really well and beeding stopped after two weeks. A month later I only have a little discharge and apart from feeling very bloated have no side-effects. Haemoglobin going up slowly with iron tablets. Decided for hysterectomy rather than ablation as latter is only a temporary solution and as I also have a prolapse the surgery will hopefully help both problems. Will therefore move over to hysterectomy forum for support.

Thank you all!