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It is finally finished, and I’m finally happy.

I had my BiSalp April 6, and when I woke up I learned that my surgeon lost the strings of my IUD. I am a multiple SA survivor, and had wanted this for 17 years and it was supposed to be a what would finally give me back control over my body so I could stop living in constant fear of being assaulted and impregnated against my will. But because this stupid thing was lost inside of I never felt the relief or the joy I wanted, and the lost iud caused horrible pain, and I just felt immediate regret about deciding to keep the IUD at all and not getting the ablation. A lot of you helped me navigate this because I felt rather traumatized by the experience even though I fully wanted it and was glad I did it, and I’m very appreciative for your support

Now, I am happy to report the Ablation and IUD removal was done in the OR this morning. My sterilization now feels complete, my stupid uterus is fully decommissioned for everything except being a structural beam for stabilizer muscles. Not only do I not have to worry about being SA’d and impregnated anymore but I also no longer have to host a piece of plastic that hurts me, be deeply traumatized by another insertion causing 10/10 pain, and I never have to worry about having another year long period. I’m finally free and feel the relief and joy I’d hoped to get the first time.

I’m sorry if this is the wrong group. I had a bilateral salpingectomy on April 6, during which my surgeon lost my IUD. I’ve been dealing with severe, daily cramping ever since.
Tomorrow, I am having that IUD removed and undergoing a global endometrial ablation, manual resection, and D&C to finally address the chronic pain. For context, I never had severe cramping until my second IUD, which was put in a year after my first, and then replaced again 6 months ago because the pain kept getting worse.
My surgeon claims this procedure won't stop the cramping, but she has been incredibly dismissive and actively been trying to talk me out of both the ablation and getting the IUD removed (likely because the lost IUD is her mistake).
Has anyone had an ablation/resection done either alongside sterilization or after the fact? Did it successfully resolve your chronic cramping?

Hey so I had my BiSalp a month ago tomorrow. Ever since I’ve had extremely bad cramping. It’s not constant. But it’s like that feeling right after an iud insertion or when a very large ovarian cyst bursts. It happens several times a week, even if not during my cycle. The other day one hit me so hard I had to kind of collapse against a wall and hyperventilate and ended up taking a leftover Percocet. I’m seeing a lot of women complaining that they have bad cycle cramping afterwards and I’ve noticed that too. I still have my hormonal birth control (for now). I didn’t really used to have cyclical cramping at all and now it’s blinding. Is this normal? When does it stop? Has anyone had an ablation after? If so did that fix it?