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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, thank you to those who offered kindness and suggestions.
As far as lifestyle changes, any pointers? I’m specifically wondering about phytoestrogens, or anything like that.[/quote]

Hi OP I hope your recovery is going well. It took me about 3 months total to not feel like my insides were going to fall out of me.

I had a hysterectomy (also kept my ovaries) at 40 due to wildly excessive bleeding (2 weeks per month) fibroids and endometriosis.

My GYN first tried an IUD which disappeared after 2 months. They think I just expelled it somehow without realizing when the bleeding came straight back. An ablation also failed to stem my periods. The GYN told me I was in the 1-2% of patients for whom neither IUD or ablation worked.

It’s 20 years later and I’ve never been on any hormone replacements. I’ve noticed my hair starting to thin a little bit in the last year or so but it was super thick before so I have had a little room for that.

The approval for the hysterectomy was definitely helped in that my last child was adopted.

I hope you continue to recover, it’s a true blessing not to have that bleeding and pain in my life anymore and I wish for you the same![/quote]

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