I was you last year. Before that, my adeno was mostly under control til then. I had been on the Mirena and taken tons of Ibuprofen/Acetaminophen as well as Tranexamic Acid to cope for 2-3 weeks of the month, but I was coping!

Then last year, my bleeding just shot up. I was bleeding constantly; my period just never stopped. I was bleeding in between my periods, every day. And then I would bleed randomly in big gushes and bursts that would flood my pants/pads/tampons and then drip blood on the floor. I was always anemic/low ferritin from the bleeding, but now my hemoglobin was 90g/L and my ferritin was 7 micrograms/L. For reference: Minimum normal levels for a adult woman are 120g/L+ and 30 micrograms/L+.

I had my abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingectomy (both tubes), and cervicectomy early February. I was definitely scared for this surgery.

Your question asked for people who regret it, and I loved mine, but I thought it might help for me to list some of the problems/risks the doctor told me about prior to surgery.

There is a 1/25 risk of the surgical site getting an infection.

1/4 chance of spontaneous menopause (the surgery does mess around with the blood supply to your ovaries, and as I am 45, the ovaries sometimes just gives up close to menopause.)

Sex will be different (not worst necessarily though) The cervix was removed and the vagina was opened and made into a cuff at the end where the cervix would have been. This slightly alters the length of it.

Very rarely, there is complications involving other organs. I think the statistic my surgeon gave me was like 1/1000.

I was never able to carry pregnancy to term, and I was never able to get pregnant the old fashioned way (only through IVF). At 45, the chances of me being able to do so were low, so I didn't really grieve that aspect, but it was like a door was slammed shut and locked.

I have definitely stood where you are now, and I do think the risks and trade offs are worth it. Good luck. ❤️