Hope someone out there can help me with this..... am nearly 49 yrs, heavy periods due to fibroids the past few years that has led to very low iron count - 7- where I was starting to get dizzy and kinda passed out for a few seconds while driving - no damage done!! On advice of GP had mirena coil inserted. It lasted a month - I bleed for most of that time- and then came out with a clot last weekend. I bled extremely heavily on the sunday night and have now been referred back to my gynae with view to a hysterectomy - I see her next monday. I feel pressured to have one as iron only up to 9 following 11 injections and continuous iron tablets - have taken them for past 3 yrs. Terrified of surgery but tired of feeling tired all the time. Has anyone managed to up their iron levels with a magic potion?! Feel if I could do this could put up with heavy bleed for 4-5 days a month - have gotten used to it. Roll on the menopause...... To me, anything is preferable to what I see as major surgery.