I am a HUGE fan of not having to worry about pregnancy, not having to but tampons at the monthly trip to Target (one box of pantiliners has lasted 6 months)and not having to ever consider birth control. LOVED THAT!!!
Here is the other side:
Insertion was REALLY painful. My child was 6 years old so it had been a while since anyone or anything had been near that cervix. I remembered the pain when I was pregnant and my doctor wanted to force dilate my cervix. OUCH! I got the sweats and almost passed out just after insertion. I was fine after about 10 minutes and glad that was over.
2 weeks after having it inserted (Feb 2008) I went back in with issues and was charged another $200 on top of the original $600-something to have it put in for an ultrasound because I was having the most intense right side pain that jolted through my body from my ovary area on the front to the "butt temple" directly behind it on my lower back. I was sure the thing had imbedded my uterus. NOPE...all was fine. Except for a NASTY bacterial infection, which cost me ANOTHER $125ish at the Pharmacy. So, back to home I go.
Finally after a day or two the "FUNKY SMELL" went away (WHEW!...only temporary though as you will see shortly) but I still had the intermittent stabbing pains and a constant ache in my lower back area. I started noticing my vision was become blurred on occassion. I contributed that to a late 30 thing....boy was I wrong.
Over the course of 11 months, I dealt with the following:
**MAJOR Mood swings
**Suicidal Thoughts
**Depression
**Overwhelming Fatigue
**Minor weight gain (5lbs) but NO LOSS at all, even dropping down to 1000 calories a day and an hour of exercise DAILY...Not a dropped pound
**Bloating so bad I looked 4 months pregnant sometimes
**Patchy skin, like when I was pregnant
**Sore nipples
**Acne all over, even on my upper outer thighs...weird
**Complete disinterest in sex
**Not wanting to be touched or hugged....just stay away....by anyone, even my 7 year old daughter
**MAJOR snappishness
**COMPLETE LOSS OF INTEREST IN ANYTHING
**NON STOP Vaginal infections with horrendous odor (Plain greek Yogurt and apple cider vinegar on a tampon are much cheaper than a doctor...hint, hint....works in a day)
**Unusual "gush" of liquid discharge (About a teaspoon of cloudy water) every morning after getting out of bed (I KNOW>>>EWWWWWWW!!!!)
**muscle soreness
...I am sure I am forgetting something here...
So, today I had it removed. I will post in a few weeks to update everyone. EASY REMOVAL!! Small tug and gone. No pain.
I hope I go back to normal. I used to be a happy person with a healthy Vah-Jay_jay........
Be blessed all.....