I too had polyps and fibroids in my early 50s, l was not on HRT, but the heavy bleeding they caused was making me anaemia, not to mention the mess when l haemoraged a few times. The consultant at the time did little about them other than prescribing Iron tablets and telling me that the problem would sort itself out once l had completed the menopause, it didn’t. In the end, and out of desperation, my father paid for a referral privately to see a gynaecologist that lived nearby him in the same village. He was fantastic, and quickly arranged to refer me back to his NHS clinic where he booked me in for an endometrial ablation procedure, a type of modern hysterectomy that removes the endometrial layer from the womb leaving the main muscular structures intact. This also removes any polyps or fibroids at the same time and prevents any future menstrual bleeding. I went into hospital early morning as a day case, and returned home at 6pm that evening. It had been a complete success, no more bleeding, and over the coming weeks l started to regain my strength after being aneamic for such a long time. I would recommend this procedure to anyone in a similar position to which l found myself in.
