My name is Michael Cooke. I am a 35 year old female who, on April 28th of this year, had the Essure device implanted. My doctor who is a wonderful gentlemen told me that it was safe and that there were no side effects as in no hormones to cuse weight gain and I wouldn’t have to worry about becoming pregnant again. I already have 4 children. Three boys and a girl. The night of the precedure I begane having severe pains in my lower abdoman. It was so bad I could barley walk to the truck for my boyfriend to take me to the emergancy room. When I got there he had to get a wheelchair for me to go inside because I couldn’t walk due to the pain I was having. They did an xray and even wanted to do pelvic exam which I declined because they wouldn’t call my OB/GYN. I was sent home with a days worth of Percacet. The following day I was still in severe pain and went to see my OB/GYN. He was baffled by what was going on and immedietly addmitted me to the hospital on the maternity ward for tests and observation. I was given I.V pain meds that were strong enough to knock me out. The tests never revealed anything wrong. This is now 7 months later and I have yet to have a period since the procedure. I deal with excutiating pain at leaast two weeks out of the month and the rest of the month is bareable. I feel flutters in my lower abdomen and the first time it happened I thought I was pregnant and didn’t know it. My migraines that I had under control are now flarring up at leaset twice a week now. I wish I would have known this would happen because I never would have had it done. I would have had a regular tubal ligation. My boyfriend is so tired of the situation that he just shrugs his shoulders now. As I type this to you I am sitting on my couch in the best comfortable position I can to tell you my story. I am once again in severe pain and have nothing to take for it and can’t get to the ER. I hate this. I hate that something I thought was safe and even my doctor said so, would make me this sick. I will not ever recommend the Essure implant to anyone at all. Unfortunatly, my insurance won’t cover having them removed so I have no choice but to live in pain for the rest of my life unless my doctor deems it necessary to do a hystorectomy. Thank you for your time and thank you for helping the woman who have had this done and need a voice to speak out on it.
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I would refuse a hysterectomy there is help out their & a lot of good information about Essure Reversal at A Personal Choice Tubal Reversal Center in Raleigh NC I reccommend joining their Facebook group I didnt have Essure Procedure I had the Cougulation burning of tubes but I had mine reversed at A Personal Choice Tubal Reversal Center I know of a lot of women who’ve had their Essure Reversed & they are no longer in pain & their hormones went back to normal so their cycles came back to normal even with less pain some had the reversal to have more children like I did but Dr Monteith is the best & first Dr to be able to successfully reverse Essure Procedure reattach your tubes to go on to have more children he does two different procedures just remove the Essre coils but not reattach the tubes so you would still not be able to have children or he can remove the coils & reattach your tubes back into the uterus this is called the Essure Tubal Reversal & you could successfully become pregnant again. Your to young to go thru with a hysterectomy they need to take this Essure off the market & a class action lawsuit needs to be filed so women who cannot afford to have them removed can be compensated to pay for the removal & the women who have already had to go thru with a hysterectomy because of there Drs telling them they are permanet & cannot be reversed & their only option is a hysterectomy it is a total lie cause there is an option by going to an exclusive Tubal Reversal Center like A Personal Choice formally Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center & successfully having them reversed Im so sorry your going thru this horrible pain & being totally lied to I hope to see you join our group ask questions about Essure & tell them your Dr says your only option is a Hysterectomy all the ladies are so great at answering anything & the nurses & Dr at A Personal Choice are also top notch with helping with answers here is our FB group here is A Personal Choice Wesite about Essure Reversal you can contact me anytime I hope ive helped you in understanding you have options other then a Hysterectomy. Kelli