In need of opinions - female question

Some of you know from my past posts that I am in remission except when I start my periods.  From a week before I start to about a few days after I end, I have mini Uc flares.  Last month I flared so badly that I thought I was going to have to have the hubby take me in to the ER because I was bleeding so heavily Uc wise.  The next morning things were sort of ok again.  Scared me though!  I know now that my mini flares are hormone related.  Last April my primary put me on progesterone to help regulate my cycles.  I was having some pretty odd cycles such as spotting for 3 days and bleed heavily for 1 then nothing or bleeding super heavy for 6 days etc all of which were accompanied by red hot searing cramping pain.  This pain and my Uc symptoms increased too when I started progesterone so I mentioned this to my GI.  He said he wanted me to stop the progesterone immediately because women with Uc have a higher chance of blood clots in the legs and add any hormone and it doubles the chance.  Now my primary says that is not the case, that it's the estrogen that increases that risk not progesterone - yeah, talk about being confused!  My docs seem to be at odds with each other.  But in either event, I just can't be on any form of hormone because it increases my Uc symptoms immensely.  And no I can't even take b/c's because it gives me horrible terrible migraines and yes again it aggravates my Uc.

So here is where I need opinions.  I know that surgery is my own personal decision and only I will truly know what I should do but it's nice to put things in perspective by others.  I went into my primary today and she said honestly she doesn't know what else to do with me since obviously my hormones are out of whack and she can't prescribe me anything in fear of it making my Uc worse.  So she referred me out to a GYN to talk to him about having my ovaries removed or taking some shot that will make my ovaries dormant.  Oh and I also have a history of ovarian cysts.  So what would you do?  Would you go ahead and have your ovaries removed knowing that if you do that you would be unable to take any sort of HRT (I would have to be on calcium supplements to prevent osteo) and be put into an early menopause in order for you to keep your Uc from flaring for a week and a half every single month??  Or would you suffer threw a week and a half of hell every month to keep your ovaries??  Oh and I'm done having kids so this isn't an issue for me. 

I have never had any sort of surgery as this and truthfully I'm sort of uncertain as to what I should do.  Any advice, comments, opinions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks! And sorry for the long post!

The effects of no HRT is typical menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, altered sex drive, possible mood swings, and of course possible Osteo which is where the calcium supplements would come into play.

Hey Sherry, tough decision it sounds like. I am having a different problem; irregular cycles and causing my hormones to go crazy so they put me on bcontrol for now, but truthfully, I would opt for the surgery if I had to. My friend had the full hysterectomy and she said she's never been happier. She tried ablation and it didn't work that well, so she went ahead with the surgery and said she hasn't looked back. I tell my friends if I could just find someone to take out everything in my middle section such as my colon, uterus, and ovaries, maybe I'd be a happy camper. And I have to say....today would be one of those days. Good luck with your decision.

Haha! Kelly, it does sound like the side effects of pred doesn't it?? I've been making a mental list of the pros and cons and right now they're equal to each other which is why I'm so uncertain. Of course never having a period again does sound nice doesn't it?? :)

Carol, is your friend on HRT?

Rona, I know the feeling already! I truly think that I'm in the early early stages of menopause already (which could be why my hormones are so wacky!) because I have been getting hot flashes for the past few years. Not too often though, maybe one or a two every 6 months or so. And you're right! I feel like at those times I'm going to spontaneous combust!

Have you been on the combined pill or have you tried oestrogen patches a few days before your period? I spoke to a leading blood and hormone specialist at Imperial College and he recommended that I try oestrogen patches as my uc is also very hormone related. I was on the pill for 7 years straight before and never had uc symptoms for all those years and never had any blood clots either! When I came off the pill to have kids suprise surprise I flared! I am going back on the pill soon after I have my next and final kid. I may try the oestrogen patches which your gP can prescribe