I GOT ESSURE IN 2006 AFTER I WAS DONE HAVING CHILDREN, I TOLD MY OBGYN THAT I WANTED A TUBAL DONE AND HE RECOMMENDED THE ESSURE FOR ME AS I HAD 4 CHILDREN AND DID NOT HAVE TIME TO BE DOWN. I WATCHED THE CD THAT WAS GAVE TO ME WITH THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRODUCT AND DID RESEARCH BUT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT THE PRODUCT. I AGREED TO DO THE PROCEDURE. I WAS SET UP FOR SURGERY AS I HAD A IUD IN PLACE AND HEAVY BLEEDING. MY SURGERY WAS TO REMOVE THE IUD AND TO DO ABLASION AND THEN BUT THE ESSURES IN TO BLOCK THE TUBES. BEFORE THEY PUT ME UNDER I REMEMBER I LOOKD AT THE NURSE AND SAID,’ I DONT WANT TO DO THIS’ AS I WAS CRYING, SHE SAID HONEY YOU WILL BE FINE TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND WE WILL SEE YOU….AFTER THAT I WOKE UP IN RECOVERY. THE DR WAS RAMBLING OFF AT ME AS I WAS WAKING UP. HE SAID THE LEFT TUBE WAS TRICKING BUT HE GOT IT IN. I WAS TO GO BACK IN FOR THE DYE TEST BUT ONLY TO FIND OUT MY INSURANCE WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE TEST AND I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT.
AFTER SURGERY I WAS VERY VERY SORE AND FELT LIKE SOMEONE HAD KICKED ME IN STOMACH WITH STEEL TOES. OVER THE YEARS I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES. FROM HEART PAPALTIONS, LIVER NODGELS, HAIR FALLING OUT, PAINFUL BLOATING IN THE STOAMCH, BACKED UP BOWELS, WEIGHT GAIN, BLOOD CLOTS THAT SIZE OF QUARTERS SOMETIMES BIGGER, NO SEX LIFE AT ALL, BLEEDIG DURING SEX, AFTER SEX , SWALLOEN VAGINA, EYE LASHES HAVE GOTTEN THIN, BRAIN FUZZ( FORGET THINGS), TIRED ALL THE TIME,BACK PAIN, LEGS AND JOINTS HURT , SWALLOEN EVERYWHERE, MOOD SWINGS, VERY DRY EYES… I CAN KEEP GOING ON AND ON. LIFE IS NOT THE SAME I WISH I CULD GO BACK TO 2006 AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. I WOULD HAVE GOT A REG TUBAL. THIS DEVICE HAS MADE ME FEEL LIKE I AM A 80 YEAR OLD WOMAN TRAPPED IN A 37 YEAR OLDS BODY. MY HUSBAND IS GETTING READY TO WALK OUT ON ME BECAUSE I CAN NOT GIVE HIM WHAT HE NEEDS AS HIS WIFE. MY KIDS HATE ME AS I CAN NOT DO THE BASIC THINGS AS GO OUT SIDE AND PLAY BALL, WALK THE MALL, THIS IS NOT FAIR TO ANY OF THEM.
AS OF MARCH 31 2014 I HAD A ULTERSOUND DONE AND XRAYS AND MY ESSURES DEVICES HAVE TRAVELD OUTSIDE MY TUBES AND ARE EITHER IN MY STOMACH OR UTERUS. I AM ALSO AS ONE DOCTOR HAS SAID I AM 12 /13 WEEKS PREGANT WITH A CHILD THAT I DO NOT WANT. I DO WANT IT BUT DONT SO PLEASE DONT TAKE IT WRONG. I AM TOHAVE ALL MY FEMALE PARTS TAKEN OUT EXCEPT OVARIES IN JUNE OF 2014… THAT IS BEFORE FINDING OUT I AM CARRYING CHILD.