I'm really getting worried (little TMI)

Has anybody else ever had this?

For the past 2 years my period as totally changed (I'm 39). I had been spotting throughout the month, very crampy and had very heavy bleeding. I went to the doctor - he has done a thryroid test, sonograms, a biopsy, a D & C (about a year ago) and everything was fine (nothing abnormal). He put me on Loestrin to regulate things and although it helped my period get lighter, I was stlill spotting here and there throughtout the month. He changed me over to Femcon (I've been taken this one for about six months) and I feel more screwed up than ever. My breasts get swollen and sore around day 9 or 10 and then I start spotting around day 13 and spot right up until I get my period at the end of the pack. I also feel totally not hormonally balanced for 2/3 of the month - like constant PMS. I basically have one good week.

Anyway, I called him and told him what was going on and he wants me to come in for another sonogram. I'm so worried even though everything checked out o.k. about a year ago. If I were going through "the changes" early would the pill not work? Is Femcon a strong one because I know Loestrin isn't. My mother was about the same age when she started, so I wonder if this could be the beginnings of it. Would the pill not work then?

Sorry this is so long, but I am getting frantic!

Re: I'm really getting worried (little TMI)

My SIL is around your age, and she was recently diagnosed with fibroids in her uterus which enlarged her uterus to be the size of a 10 week pregnancy...thus when the time of the month came, she would bleed uncontrollably and for a few days straight. She is being treated for it now, she had the D&C and some other procedures performed to get rid of the fibroids.

Either way its treatable and your doctor seems like he is on top of it...I wouldn't worry too much.

Re: I'm really getting worried (little TMI)

I was hoping last year that is was fibroids so I at least knew why this was happening, but I didn't have any.