Hello ladies I am so glad I found this, like so many other women have wrote. I know we all have our own story and they are all simular. Like so many women on here I did not know ehat I was getting into and at the time there was no1 to talk me out of it because the procedure was still new-ish. But you know there are still some people in the medical profession who have never heard of essure and i find myself explaining it over and over. I was 23 and it was 2006, i had just got insurance for the first time in a long time and had a pregnancyscared. I had my 2 children when I was 15 & 16, so this really scared me. My doctor ran test and i was in the clear but he recommended I go see his buddy, a gyno, we were in a town smaller than Mayberry every1 knows everyone type place. I did and this Dr told me I was not healthy enough to carry a baby full term because my young pregnancies back to back took a toll on my body and my kids needed mom more than a sibling. Young and nieve I clung to every word he said. I asked if I should have my tubes tied and he said no that’s not good enough and he began to suggest essure. I asked questions ofcorse but his answers were reassuring and by the time the visit was over I could have been a essure spokesman..how little I knew. He said the worse part is the recovery which would be as painful as a bad period. Before I left he gave me a depo shot to be on the safe side until surgery. Less than a month i went in for out patients surgery. When the anaesthesia wore off I had the absolute worst pain ever!! I had to get my mom to come stay and care for my children for a week because of the pain. I called the Dr and he said perfectly normal and to increase my Percocet. I went through 40 Percocet that week and his solution was more?? His nurse was very concerned but he kept repeating normal normal normal..I regretted this already. After 2 weeks I felt better and then a period came. Worse pain way worse than normal and while I layed in a fetal position I felt intense poking in my pelvic area. But he said oh the first few periods will be painful it’s normal while scar tissue forms. Every 2 weeks I had these painful periods, solution more Percocet high doses. After so long they stopped working or I became immune and i noticed withdrawal symptoms and was scared to say a word. After all I chose this as I was reminded constantly.10 years later I still have these painful excruciating painful periods like clockwork every 2 weeks. I have even become severely anemic. The poking is still felt occasionally, not as frequent, then the Dr said it was all in my head. I can’t be active because it’s painful. And even though the pain floors me, and i bleed very heavy, the worse part is the depression that i have and couldn’t explain. I haven’t enjoyed sex in a long time, and God love my husband, he is very patient but annoyed. This has caused many marriage problems. The Dr said is his reply so I don’t even mention it to him anymore. He use to laugh when the tv and radios buzzed when I went in the room, now it’s a argument and i can’t help it. My kids don’t respect me they pity me and worry. ER’S think I come in for pills because they don’t understand. And then there is this, when the time came for my dye test, he kept rescheduling and eventually stopped returning my calls. About a year later he left the area and no longer accepts old patients from our hometown. Even if I lied he won’t accept my insurance either. As most drs don’t. My only option is a full hysterectomy at age 33?!?! I am so angry with myself for being so damn dumb and nieve. I keep infections because my immune system is weak from the anemia. I have been miserable for 10 years and i always wondered if the essure was y, and thank u for this because now I know. If anyone knows a place in Kentucky that can help me please let me know..please!! I don’t want to nessisarily die but I’m sure not living. The drs I have since gone to won’t do anything because they don’t know enough about essure and another Dr’s work. he won’t call them back either it’s like my files disappeared. I would protest against this procedure in a heartbeat. Just tell me what to do, when, and where!! God Bless each of you lovely ladies
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