Hello! My name is Alondra Gallegos. I have the essure procedure done in Feb 2011. I was happy that I had an option for permanent birth control out patient. The essure sounded like the perfect method. I have 3 kids and do not plan on anymore. Two weeks after the procedure I started having eye problems. Losing my vision and getting sever headaches. I didn’t realize it was the essure that was causing this blindness. I continued to live my life as normal as possible. but every month I would get these vision losses (around the time of my period) and still occur till this day. I am lucky they’ve never happened while I am driving. I went to see the Dr. about these vision losses and they called them optical migraines. I looked up those symptoms and it doesn’t seem to match up with what I am going through. I got a second opinion and again.. Migraines… Finally went to a fertility specialist because I knew it was the essure and she confirmed it was a side effect from the nickel coils. I now live with monthly vision loss.. a few other things happened that I can connect to the essure.. sever cramping with my period and water retention.
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