I HAD THE PROCEDURE DONE FOUR YEARS AGO IN 2009. I MADE THE CHOICE OUT OF A BROKEN HEART. MY YOUNGEST SONS FATHER LEFT ME DURING MY PREGNANCY, AFTER HAVING MY SON GREGORY I WAS A SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO. I MADE THE CHOICE THINKING IT WOULD BENEFIT ME IN THE FUTURE. BOY WAS I WRONG! 7-8 MONTHS AFTER THE PROCEDURE I WOULD GET REALLY MADE CRAMPS AND SUCH A HEAVY FLOW FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK OF MY PERIOD. I WOULD GO THROUGH TAMPONS LIKE CRAZY!! FILLING ONE SUPER PLUS TAMPON IN LESS THEN AN HOUR. I WAS SCARED WITH WHAT GOING ON, SO I WENT TO THE ER. AFTER RUNNING TEST THEY FOUND NOTHING. LITTLE DID I KNOW THIS WOULD END UP BEING THE RESULT TO EVERY TIME I WOULD BE SEEN AT A HOSPITAL OR OBGYN. THROUGH OUT THE FOUR YEARS HAVING THIS BIRTH CONTROL I HAVE BEEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM MANY TIMES. ALWAYS HAVING A HEAVY FLOW, REALLY BAD ABDOMINAL PAIN, SO MUCH MORE… DEPRESSION HAD PLAYED I BIG ROLL IN MY LIFE SINCE GETTING ESSURE. I HAVE HAD SUICIDAL EPISODES. IM JUST NOT THE SAME PERSON ANYMORE. I NO LONGER HAVE GUARDIANSHIP OF MY CHILDREN DUE TO THE DEPRESSION. I STRONGLY BELIEVE ESSURE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THESE CHANGES. FOR SO LONG I HAD HEAVY PERIODS, AND NOW IM SITTING HERE WONDERING WHATS GOING ON WITH MY BODY BECAUSE I DIDNT GET A PERIOD. I HAVE TAKEN MANY PREGNANCY TEST AND THE RESULTS ARE NEGATIVE! I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW SUCH A LITTLE DEVICE CAN CAUSE SO MUCH PAIN NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY BUT EMOTIONALLY. I WENT TO SEVERAL DOCTORS FOR THESE ISSUES IM HAVING, AND I DON’T GET ANY ANSWERS. TWO OBGYNS I HAVE SEEN SUGGEST A HYSTERECTOMY ONCE I TELL THEM MY METHOD OF BIRTHCONTROL OR THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ESSURE!! FOR ONE I FEEL IM TOO YOUNG TO HAVE THE HYSTO DONE. THERE HAS TO BE OTHER WAYS TO RESOLVE THIS. IM MAD AT MYSELF FOR MAKING THIS CHOICE. I MISS MY KIDS AND BEING A MOTHER TO THEM. IM IN A CONSTANT PAIN DAY IN AND DAY OUT. IM LOST BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE. I HOPE BY ALL OF US SHARING OUR STORY WILL PUT THE SUFFERING TO A STOP!!!!!!!