In December 2010 after giving birth to my 5th child, I had the Essure inserted. This was suppose to be the easy route so as not to cause me any down time. I was assured that this was as safe as a tubal. Two weeks after having this procedure I began having strange episodes. My heart would feel as though it flipped inside of me, everything would go black, palpitations, tingling in my head, face, and all the way down my body. My extremities were ice cold to the touch, I could not catch a breath and literally believed I was having a stroke or heart attack. I ended up at the ER twice, my OBGYN once, and my family practitioner twice. All test came out perfect, nothing wrong with me.
Yet, I kept having these episodes that would put me out of commission for a day to a week sometimes. Now 2 years later, I have all of the same issues plus I now have 7 to 10 day periods that leave me weak and bed ridden. I have joint issues that keep me on Ibuprofen constantly and some sort of stomach issue that has me on medication. Doctor guessed that this was an ulcer.
My quality of life is horrible and doing normal things with my 5 children isn’t even a luxury I can maintain.
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