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Hi everyone! My name is Kristen... I'll be 27 in just a few days and I'm the proud mommy to a wonderful 5 year old.. I've always had some bad cramping with my periods ever since I started when I was 11 but nothing too major or unmanagable... 2 years after having my son I had an extremely horrible pain in my lower right side... I was at work and my boss drove me to the emergency room. They couldn't find anything wrong so I called my OB/Gyn and told her what was going on. She said it was probably a cyst that ruptured and everything should be ok. I was fine for a few months. In May of 2006 I started my period in February and bled for 29 days straight. I was scheduled for a transvaginal ultrasound and that showed a chocolate colored cyst on my right ovary. My doctor said it was probably endo but she wanted to do laprascopic surgery to confirm. I was in the operating room a week later. I am a single mom so my parents went to the hospital with me and my sister kept my son.. My doctor came out of the operating room an hour later and told my mom that the endo was very severe, she cleaned out what she could, I'd probably be back in having the procedure done in 2-4 years and it was higly unlikely I'd be able to have anymore children. I was fine with not having anymore kids because I already had a very happy and healthy 2 year old and never planned on having anymore than one... Fast forward to April 2007 I moved back to my home state of Virginia and started seeing my OB/Gyn that delivered my son. She put me on birth control pills to see if that would regulate my periods and slow the bleeding down as well as shroten them. It didn't work at all and the pain was so severe. She elected not to do another surgery but instead treat me with a 3 month injection of Lupron thinking that it would control the endo and help with everything. That ended up being a nightmare. I bled for the entire 3 months the medication was in my system, I hurt more than I had ever hurt before - I described the pain as worse than being in labor! I went back in to see my doctor and explained to her that I was ready for a hysterectomy. I could not deal with all of the bleeding, cramping, passing large clots, and bleeding for weeks at a time. It was interfereing with my daily life and my ability to take care of my son. She very sweetly said she would not do a hysterectomy until I was at least 40-45 years old. I figured it was time to find someone new. I really liked her and trusted her but I couldn't wait that long to do something about all of this. I found a doctor closer to where I was living and he did several ultrasounds and tried 2 different birth control pills along with another hormone pill to see if that controlled the bleeding and shortened my periods. It did nothing. He then told me that the best thing I could do was to get pregnant again. Was this guy nuts??? I had been very clear in saying that I did not want anymore kids - especially being a single parent already... That would have been shooting myself in the head!!! So i talked to a co-worker and asked who she was seeing. I scheduled an appointment with him for 2 weeks later. The first time I walked into his office and met with him I knew I was comfortable. He actually listened to what I was saying, what my fears and concerns were and everything. He did another laprascopic surgery on April 30th 2008 with a D&C and a hysterscopy as well. He said that the only thing he found was a large band of scar tissue that he removed. He also stopped the birth control pills I had been on to let my body have a period to see how it went. It didn't go too bad. I was actually kind of excited. I thought that with the scar tissue being removed that things would clear up for a while. In August 2008 I started having 2 and 3 periods a month that would last for days at a time and would be extremely heavy (soaking through clothes, 2 overnight pads and a super plus tampon in a matter of 30 - 45 minutes) and the cramps made it impossible for me to even move. I finally got in to see him in January 2009 and he scheduled a transvaginal ultrasound and an abdominal ultrasound. They found another cyst on my right ovary but said it looked like it would dissolve on its own and he recommended Seasonique birth control pills. I started those at the end of January.. February I didn't have a period at all but on the 9th of this month I started my period and I am still bleeding... I am now on my 4th box of tampons and it's starting to drive me nuts... I called my doctor and he prescribed Megace to at least slow the bleeding down if not stop it altogether and I've got an appointment scheduled for April 16th... The Megace has been in my system for exactly 7 days now and nothing has changed... I am at the point where when I go in for this follow up visit I am begging for a hysterectomy... My mom hit menopause at 54 (just a month shy of 55) and I can't go on with this for another 27 years... I have talked this over with my mom as well and she agrees that they need to go ahead with a hysterectomy... I am lucky enough to have a very happy and very healthy 5 year old and do not wish to have anymore kids... All of these problems have been interfering with my daily life and work and taking care of my son... It's no longer just about me... It's about my son, my family and my job... I just want to be able to enjoy life again and be able to live an active and healthy lifestyle without having to plan everything around my period or carry so much stuff with me for the "just in case" times.... Sorry this has been so long but that's my story - for now anyways!!!!