Hello I just wanted to tell my story about essure. I had the procedure in 2010. I tried getting the procedure afterward to ensure my tubes were completely blocked. The radiologist couldn’t complete the procedure correctly without dilating my cervix I decided against having that done because I’ve had it done before and it is painful. I’ve never found out if my tubes are completely occluded. A few months after I had the essure placed I began having heavy periods with severe headaches and abdominal cramping. My normal period before essure was 3 days after it was 7 days and extremely heavy. I couldn’t even use super tampons due to the heavy bleeding. I decided to get a uterine ablation. It is a procedure that burns off the lining of the uterus to stop your periods. During that procedure the wire from the essure perforated my uterus. That was extremely painful and difficult to recooperate from. I hope essure is taken off the market. If I would have known any of the side effects before getting it I would have just gotten a tubal ligation and avoided all of the pain and suffering.
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