I AM A 48 YEAR OLD MOTHER OF 2 DAUGHTERS AGES 8 & 12. I FEEL AS IF I AM 98 YEARS OLD! I HAD ESSURE IMPLANTED 8 YEARS AGO AFTER THE BIRTH OF MY 2ND CHILD. MY DOCTOR TOTED IS AS THE EASIEST SAFEST TYPE OF PERMENENT BIRTH CONTROL, SO I WENT FOR IT. PRIOR TO IMPLANTATION, I WAS COMPLETELY HEALTHY AND ACTIVE. WITHIN 3 MONTHS I DEVELOPED BLADDER ISSUES WHICH ARE STILL HAUNTING ME TODAY. IN ADDITION TO THAT I ALSO DEVELOPED MULTIPLE AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS, VITAMIN AND MINERAL ABSORPTION PROBLEMS, MULTIPLE FOOD ALLERGIES, AND ADRENENAL FATIGUE. I STARTED SEEING A DR. WHOSE FIRST LINE OF ATTACK IS HOLISTIC. HE MANAGED TO HELP ME FOR MANY YEARS, BUT NOW I FEEL I AM LOSING THE BATTLE. HE JUST GAVE ME A NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION AND I AM NO LONGER ABSORBING ANY VITAMINS. I FEEL HORRIBLE, AND I AM DESPERATE. I HAVE BEEN RACKING MY BRAIN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS HAPPENED TO ME! I HEARD ABOUT ESSURE PROBLEMS ON A NEWSCAST, AND THE GOT ME THINKING, COULD THIS BE MY PROBLEM? AS I SCANNED THE MANY WEBSITES, I BECAME MORE AND MORE CONVINCED THAT ESSURE IS WHAT’S CAUSING ALL OF THIS KAOS THAT IS HAPPENING IN MY BODY! I HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY OB AND I AM GOING TO ASK FOR A HYSTERECTOMY. IF I COULD DO IT TODAY I WOULD! I FEEL THAT IF I DON’T GET THIS OUT OF MY BODY ASAP IT WILL KILL ME SOON. PLEASE PRAY FOR ME!
CLAUDIA CASTLE