I am 38 years old and have never been able to conceive due to having surgery to remove one tube and one overy when I was 20 due to an ifection in my tube. So in 2011 of august me and my fiancé went to see a fertility doctor to see about ivf, figuring it was my only alternative to getting pregnant. Doctor tells me that I have fluid in my tube and the only way to ensure that the IVF takes is to implant this ‘essure’ device in my ONLY tube left. So I trusted this doctor to lead me in the right direction because I really wanted a baby. Since this procedure I have been having peri menopause symptoms, headaches, sharp pains in my left side(which is the same side as the essure placement). My periods are few and far between and really light like I’m in menopause. earlier this year my big toe on my left side was numb and I didn’t know why but I’m thinking it’s related to essure. I had no idea that this procedure was irreversible until I went back after me and my ex separated and didn’t go through with the IVF procedure. Doctor told me that IVF was the only way to get pregnant. Well at this point I couldn’t afford to pay for IVF on my own so that was out of the question. On too of all this, I haven’t even started in months unless u call very light spotting ‘starting’? now here it is…. Essure causing a lot of controversy and problems and woman getting hysterectomies to remove it. This saddens me to the core considering it is my intimate life goal to have a baby and my time is definitely limited since I’m 38. I don’t even have insurance now to even consider any removal or anything. Someone told me that this doctor should not have even considered this procedure considering I only had one tube and was trying to get pregnant. I knew nothing about this ‘essure’ but I trusted the doctor when lead me down the safe path. What do I do now? I’m scared, angry, and confused on what us my next step…