Essure Procedure

I’m not the best writer but here is my story…

My husband and I decided in Sept 2008 we no longer wanted to have any more children.  My OBGYN told us about Essure and it seemed like the perfect thing to do. After I was implanted I did return to the doctor about a week later for what I was told was an infection….seemed like no big deal at the time. About a year later I got what I thought was the flu that seemed to not want to go away. After several weeks of not feeling well I went to the DR for some test. It was strange because some days I felt fine and others days I felt like I had the worst case of the flu. It was very frustrating! After testing I was told I had Graves. Now all this time I was telling every one of my friends that were at the point in their lives that they did not want any more children how ‘wonderful’ Essure was. I’m not real sure of the dates but during this time I also started having bad periods and went back to the OBGYN and again took his advice and did the ablation to help with all the bleeding I was having. Wow this was great…no periods, can’t get Pregnant…at least that is what I thought at the time. I was just wishing I could get the Graves under control so I would not feel like I was sick with the flu so often. At one of my regular GYN visits I even talk to my OBGYN about how my regular doctor really didn’t have any answers for me as to why I felt this way so often.  We even  talked about fibromyalgia as a possibility. My OBGYN and my regular doctor both said they  felt that was not my problem. I started trying different meds for depression and or anxiety…at this point I was willing to try anything. Then came some more fun with my female parts…I started having lots of leakage and since I teach some fitness classes decided to do the bladder sling. Wow it was great!! I can now run, jump; play with my boys with  no problem. Life is going pretty well I guess I have just decided after going to so many different doctors about the aches and flu like symptoms   I felt and getting no answers was just something I needed to learn to live with. Fast forward to summer/ fall of 2012 and I start having lots of pain with intercourse. After several months of this I go back to the OBGYN. He talks to me about my options and about something called Ablation syndrome and his opinion was the best option would be a hysterectomy. His plan was to remove uterus and Essure coils and well as my tubes. So my surgery was Feb 2013! During surgery the doctor found that my right Essure was sticking out of tube and my right ovary was all inflamed and needed to come out as well. After my surgery my husband and I were talking and we started thinking I wonder if the Essure has been the cause of the flu like symptoms all this time?? That is when I went online and found this site!!!  Other than that the surgery seemed to go as planned. Again I went back into the doctor’s office after about a week with bladder pain. Doctor changed my pain meds and a things  got better but  I still was having trouble with the bladder. At this point I’m wondering if I could just get a break already!! Well I guess not because my July 2013 we had an answer for my bladder pain….erosion of the bladder sling into my vagina. So here I sit 2 weeks post op from surgery to remove it. The doctor that removed it did say it is not my OBGYNs fault but the company that makes the sling. I can’t say for  sure if Essure cause my bladder issues but my husband and I both feel that it is cause of all the other problems….that I still am having today. It looks like I will have to have one more surgery to fix the bladder problem. The doctor just wanted to get the sling out and clear up the infection from it before fixing the problem. Bottom line Essure has taking away a time in my life that should be filled with so much joy while my kids are young. After writing this I can’t believe this has been going on for 5 years now…what a shame! Thanks for taking time to listen to my story. All I really hope for is that this product comes off the market!