Hello, first thank you to Erin Brockovich for setting this web page up and also to the other women who have shared. Given the difficulties other women have reported, I almost feel guilty writing about mine because they seem minor in comparison. But as the person living with them, the concerns aren’t so minor. I had Essure in 2004 at the age of 39. Since then, I have had serious fatigue, joint pain, and pain with intercourse, sometimes so intense that I have shot out of bed screaming (thank goodness my husband’s a compassionate man). I have been seen by various doctors for these concerns and usually receive little help. I only learned of this issue when I went in today (11/07) for an ultrasound for suspected fibroids. I am grateful to the technician who let me in on this and I will definitely be discussing it with my doctor at my follow-up visit. I would really hope that Bayer would at least cover the medical expenses for women who had these things and that they’d pay for us to get them out.
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