How awful, GLC! I have several friends with similar stories, and I'm amazed that so many doctors initially write off incredibly heavy bleeding as a mere hormonal problem. I had one friend who basically had to go postal at her doctor's office just to get an ultrasound. It turned out to be a giant fibroid that required a hysterectomy. When she first complained to her doctor about the bleeding, he told her it was just a normal hormonal thing. She then changed insurance companies and she didn't think to reveal it as a pre-existing condition. It then got worse and she eventually had the surgery. Well, the insurer denied the claim, alleging fraud. It was maddening.