we have been using ”pull-out”/cycles method since I got it removed, so far 1.5 years successfully. Prior to that, we used it a couple of times in total maybe another 1.5 yrs. Now I’m using condoms. I wouldn’t recommend using anything hormonal and I personally will never take anything like that into my body. It affects liver so much :( I’ve read and researched a lot about side effects of hormonal birth control, and convinced they cause a lot of people being sick, cancers and such.   [End]
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I totally agree! :( Please let her read my 2 year 2 month update above and other posts here. You have to be blind not to see where problems are coming from. I’m getting divorced, my husband tolerated so many things, he forgave so many things - but i said enough is enough, he needs someone sane and loving. :( He’s still willing to get back together, but I did so many things, which I can’t forgive myself for.   [End]
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Hi, Please see my update, 2y2m post removal. Side effects are still here, not the physical ones though (nausea, headaches, etc, see my posts from 2 years ago - all gone! I actually feel great physically!). Except for one thing: I got a 4.5 sm cyst on my ovarie and eczema on my leg.   [End]
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First of all I wanted to thank all the ladies that helped me a couple of years ago to get through this. I’m a much better person now, but wanted to write an update and maybe help someone who is going through that right now. I removed Mirena in January 2009. The main reason at that time was my eczema on my leg (I am not allergic or prone to anything like that!). As part of my research I found that eczema is one of the side effects of Mirena, and it was pretty bad :( I went to the doctor where I got a prescription for a cream. My eczema disappeared on the leg, and then a couple of weeks l ...
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My 2 year old son broke a thermometer yesterday. It is a bigger thermometer than usual (it was brought from another country). I didn’t realize until when it was time to go to sleep. I found the inside part of it (the one that shows the temperature) and I was stupid enough to think that was the mercury part. So I thought that there might be glass all over the carpet and I vacuumed (now i know it was the worse thing to do!). Then I googled more and found out that mercury is the liquid part and after I vacuumed it is all over the air that we were breathing. So I called the fire departmen ...
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I feel for you. I’ve had mine 27 days ago and dreading another one tomorrow. It was really bad and I left work and stayed home 2 days. I couldn’t walk without feeling sick and the amount of blood that came out was scary (I didn’t have that much during my both first or second labour). But to be honest there was nothing that big! I would suggest to go to a doctor ASAP, because a size of a golf ball is pretty big. Even after you have a baby they say nothing bigger than a toonie, but not that big. Stay strong and please take care of yourself!   [End]
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Thanks so much for the support! It’s a bit complicated as it happens usually during the day... after lunch.... at work! It bothers me the most as I have a very demanding job and how can I explain to others what’s happening? Once it goes away - it’s fine. I guess my question is more of how to cope with it at work especially when I have 10 thousands phone calls, email and trying to do work in the meanwhile, how to make it go away quicker? It’s been an hour and a half and I’m finally starting to think clearly, but yet again I could do anything work related during that time and I simply ca ...
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I have posted here about 1.5 months ago, that I removed Mirena. At first I didn’t notice much difference, but now more than a month later I can say, one of the biggest side effects is gone - nausea. I used to have it a lot and every day. One of the nastiest side effects stayed - eczema. It’s all over my body and antibiotic cream doesn’t make it any better - I fix one place - then another place gets spots. What would you suggest??? Something else has started and I need your support once again. This time I’m having pretty bad symptoms and it’s getting worse every day. It took me 15 minu ...
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Add me in please. I haven’t had many posts, I’ve managed to deal with the symptoms without posting here, but would like to go as far as suing them. it had ruined my marriage, it created so many problems. We used to be happy, but 2 years using it certainly cannot be returned. Stuff that I’ve done while being emotional, on hormons, depressed etc, treating my family and my kids, disrespect of the doctors. I can only hope that I manage to stop as many women as I can from using it.   [End]
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Now that I have it removed and readong all these posts here makes me panicking a bit, to be honest. I am very concerned what it might have done to my body, I’m concerned about the implications and how it would impact me and my life from now on. I guess a couple of my friends didn’t experience problems, because they got pregnant right away (they were planning and that’s the reason they took it out), and then I guess after the pregnancy hormones just got back to normal naturally. But what about the ones that didn’t get pregnant (although we are planning in the next year-1.5)? How do you g ...
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I’ve been feeling sick for 2 years since placed with most of your symptoms like nausea, fatigue, depression, headaches, etc. The last one that started about 5 months ago was eczema and it’s been bothering me a lot. Doctor didn’t think that it was Mirena’s fault and looked like I was crazy, but whatever. Now I’m having light cramping and don’t know what to expect next. I’m concerned about a ”crash” that I’ve read about, but it’s for the best. No matter what it is - it’s not poisoning me any more and I hope I will be able to handle the physical side effects of having it removed, as I’m busy ...
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Hello Everyone, I’m very glad to find this forum, and from what I’ve read so far, I shouldn’t be really complaining on my side effects, but I need to know if it is normal what I’ve been experiencing. I have had IUD Mirena insered in January 2007, when my son was about 8 months old. At first, as probably many of you, I had bleeding, for over 2 months. Then I had irregular bleeding, and then it seemed that my period went back to ”normal”, excluding that last two times they came two months apart. About two months ago, I’ve noticed that I had one breast hurting (by the way, my both kids d ...
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