http://www.fitsugar.com en Copyright 1976-2012 Sugar Inc. All rights reserved. http://media1.onsugar.com/v1059/static/imgs/feeds/logos/fitsugar.jpg http://www.fitsugar.com http://www.fitsugar.com/Surgical-Procedure-Stops-Your-Period-2650110 <a href="http://www.fitsugar.com/Surgical-Procedure-Stops-Your-Period-2650110"><img width=106 height=160 src='http://media2.onsugar.com/files/upl1/1/12981/01_2008/ca0d137c9997557c_period.large.jpg' /></a><p>Often I feel we deserve medals for dealing with the cramps, crying spells, and other delights that accompany <a href="http://teamsugar.com/tag/Period" >that time of the month.</a> Some women even have to deal with heavy bleeding that lasts more than 10 days. </p> <p>To control the bleeding without using birth control pills, women can now opt for a surgical procedure called <a href="http://women.webmd.com/endometrial-ablation-16200" target="_blank">endometrial ablation</a>, which takes about 90 seconds. It burns cells in the lining of the uterus, and afterward 75 percent of patients never menstruate again, with the remainder experiencing light spotting once a month. Your hormonal fluctuations remain, since the procedure just prevents or minimizes the bleeding. Watch the video from <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27926698#27926698" target="_blank">MSNBC</a> below to learn more.</p> <p><center></center></p> <p>Tell me, would you ever consider this procedure?</p> <!-- no strip poll --><form action="/Surgical-Procedure-Stops-Your-Period-2650110" method="post" id="epoll_view_voting"> <div><div class="poll"> <div class="vote-form"> <div class="choices"><div class="form-item"> <label>Surgical Procedure Stops Your Period</label> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-0-2650110" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-0-2650110" name="edit[choice]" value="0-2650110" class="form-radio" /> Yes, I'd love to stop my periods without affecting my hormones.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-1-2650110" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-1-2650110" name="edit[choice]" value="1-2650110" class="form-radio" /> No, I wouldn't get this type of surgical procedure.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-2-2650110" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-2-2650110" name="edit[choice]" value="2-2650110" class="form-radio" /> No, because my birth control helps manage my periods.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-3-2650110" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-3-2650110" name="edit[choice]" value="3-2650110" class="form-radio" /> I don't get my period.</label> </div> </div> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[nid]" id="edit-nid" value="2650110" /> <span class='button'><span class='button_copy'><input class='fancybutton' type='submit' name="op" value="Vote" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[form_id]" id="edit-form_id" value="epoll_view_voting" /> </div> </div></form> <!-- no strip poll --> http://www.fitsugar.com/Surgical-Procedure-Stops-Your-Period-2650110#comment period healthy living menstruation Endometrial ablation Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:30:00 PST FitSugar http://www.fitsugar.com/Surgical-Procedure-Stops-Your-Period-2650110