Hello my name is Aretha Washington and i have two kids. I decided that I wanted no more kids at the age of 30. So my primary doctor told me about the Essure implant in 2008. It was the worst decision that I’ve ever made in my life. I stayed in pain everyday for three years. I was going back and fourth to the doctor. I was on pain medication everyday where to the point my body got used to the pain medication that I was on. So after three years of dealing with daily chronic pain I told my doctor something has to give I can’t continue to live like this everyday. So she suggested to have a partial hysterectomy in 2011 because that was the only was I would be pain free. I was beyond devastated at the age of 33 I had to have a hysterectomy done all because of something I thought was safe.
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