My name is Amber Taylor from Toledo, Ohio. I have had 3 children when I got pregnant with my youngest, I knew there wasn’t going to be any more children after him. My pregnancy with him was very high risk I was put on bed rest at the end of my third month. I had high blood pressure, my body swelled badly towards the end I was in the doctors every other day for stress tests. He ended up being my largest baby and by the end of the 9 months I knew and the was no changing my mind I was getting fixed lol. Don’t get me wrong I love my babies????. So I scheduled for my ‘tubes to be tied’ coincidentally on my husband’s birthday the following January 2011. All along I thought I was having normal tubes tied, like my mom did. The doctor never explained to me what was going to happen and I didn’t ask because I was unaware of alternate procedures for getting your tubes tied. When I was in the hospital the nurse explained to me what was going to happen. I would have Don research had I known, especially considering my mom had metal allergies and when she had her hip replaced she got really sick because the metal was poisoning her blood causing extreme pain, fatigue, migraines and her quality of life was ruined. As soon as my procedure was done there was horrible pain. When I went to see my gynecologist I told him about the pain and he said if it continues to let him know. Well I lost my insurance and wasn’t able to follow up I lived in pain everyday. Some days weren’t as bad as the last, but still painful. By the time I got my insurance back I was sitting on my heating pad daily, I couldn’t play with my kids, some days I didn’t want to get out of bed and I couldn’t even stand at the sink to do a load of dishes. So, I scheduled an appointment with my family doctor and she started to do multiple tests. Mainly at that point it was justpelvic pain and migraines. I had multiple blood tests. There we ultrasounds, CT scans, colonoscopy , upper GI and tests for thyroid. After all that I was told I had a hernia on my esophagus and my gallery bladder needed to be removed. Here I lost my insurance again but only for a couple months, so I changed my diet and started eating healthier to avoid further issues with my gall bladder. When I got the insurance back I immediately had my gall bladder removed. But the pain never stopped. I continued to see my family doctor as things worsened I had STD tests thinking my husband had given me something. Mind you after Essure was put in place I only had intercourse with my husband a couple times. Still the doctor can’t find anything wrong with me. Finally I started to look into the Essure procedure I had done, I sat down and made a list of the symptoms I was having.
- Severe chronic pelvic pain everyday
- Migraines
- Nausea
- Muscle spasms that would take me down to my knees
- Metallic taste
- Whole body aches
- Sharp shooting pain down my legs
- chest pains
- Lower back pain, so bad when I walk I feel like my back will break . I can’t stand for long periods of time or any physical activity for very long
- Swelling in my feet and legs
- Pre-diabetic
- Unable to lose any weight
- Severe mood swings
- fatigue and tired all the time
- Blurring vision
- Sleep apnea
- Painful heavy periods
- Or lack of periods
- Painful intercourse
- Vaginal cysts
- Anxiety
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Unable to use tampons
- Discharge and odor
- Long lasting UTI’s
I located Essure Problems Facebook page and joined not only the doctors don’t believe essure has anything to do with these symptoms my husband thinks I am taking everything over board. But it’s comforting to know I’m not the only woman affected by this that nobody believes that essure is the cause. I just want to be e-free I asked the doctor for a hysterectomy and he said no he would remove the tubes with essure, but my worry is that they have broken or migrated and I don’t want to have to have another procedure if removing the tubes doesn’t help. I also fear I have an allergy to the nickel like my mother had with the metal in her hip. I am waiting now to discuss my most recent ultrasound with my gynecologist. And I asked the doctor for a metal allergy test too. I just want my life back and hopefully that is what I can finally get. No more E-HELL just want to be E-FREE. I hope my story helps at least one other person to say no to Essure or help them cope with their life. And that’s my story. Thanks to Erin Brockovich for standing up for us and getting our words out.