Re: has anyone tried mirena? Thank you Sasha and Jenny
From: Aimee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Jun 25 07:54:09 2006
Hi Kyla,
I had a Mirena fitted on Monday during my 2nd Laser surgery. I have
been told that you have to be patient with it as it may take 6 months
for the body to adjust. After a heavy couple of periods It should lead
to me having non existent periods therefore hopefully no more endo.
Heavy beelding is the side effect of only some women. Every women will
have different stories to tell about having a mirena. It is down to the
individual. My decision to have it fitted was purely because I have to
try what is on offer. I have had severe endo for years and 6 months
isn't long to give to try it out when I have been waiting years to treat
the endo. The thing about not having it fitted if you haven't had
children I do believe is a myth. My mum infact fell pregnant with me
when she had a mirena fitted!! So it doesn't effect your fertility. With
such a condition you unfortunately have to go with the trial and error
method and work out what suits you. Because the mirena is new for me I
can't give too much advice. I did experience excruciating pain last
night but this I believe was due in part to period pains right after my
lap.
Don't rush into anything and what you are doing by asking for advice is
the best thing. If i have anything to report with the mirena I will
post on here and maybe it will help you or someone else.
Take care x
At Sat, 24 Jun 2006, kyla wrote:
>
>Thank you so much for your input ladies. I have decided not to try
>Mirena. Since it is not recommended for women who have not had
>children, I myself do not have any.....although hoping someday. Also, I
>am terrified to try something that has the same hormone in it as Depo. I
>can't go back to how I was feeling for the last half year, it nearly
>destroyed me and almost cost me my job. I am currently seeing a
>naturopath right now and he feels that he can help me. It was so nice
>to sit down with someone who actually listened and didn't make me feel
>like I was crazy. A friend of mine went to him for her endo as well and
>she has been pain free for eight years now. She only experiences pain,
>very rarely, with intercourse. So, upon her suggestion I decided to
>give it a shot. Since I started on the nutrition and supplement plan he
>has given me, I have started to get a little better day by day. This is
>the first full week I haven't been nauseous and the pain isn't quite as
>intense as it has been in the past. I have a follow up appointment with
>him on the 10th so I am going to see what he says about what happened
>with my last period. I am hopeful that this will work....... So far it
>seems to be helping. I'll keep you posted.
>
>--
>Kyla
>
>At Sat, 24 Jun 2006, Sasha wrote:
>>
>>Kyla:
>>
>>I have been considering Mirena myself. There ARE a lot of pro's and
>>con's to this treatment and I was glad to see that you are asking
>>questions BEFORE agreeing to try it!
>>
>>It doesn't sound like you have had much success with Depo Provera and
>>Mirena uses the same hormone. However, my understanding is that the
>>Mierna has a MUCH SMALLER dosage because it's released directly into the
>>reproductive tissues.
>>
>>I have asked a lot of people for their experiences, too. Many of them
>>talk of spotting and their periods being "off-cycle" for a while. A few
>>mentioned MORE bleeding. However, many also said that after a few
>>months, they didn't have ANY periods!
>>
>>I'm still trying to make up my mind on this one. Right now, my cycles
>>are brief and pretty tolerable. Also - you don't mention if you have
>>children, but Mirena is NOT recommended unless you have given birth to a
>>baby (something to do with the cervix being stretched).
>>
>>Good luck.
>>
>>~ Sasha
>>
>>At Fri, 23 Jun 2006, kyla wrote:
>>>
>>>I just came back from my obgyn and I am at a loss for what I should do.
>>>First of all, I mentioned my concerns with this last period and got an
>>>answer that I had not expected. I was on Depo-Provera for 2 1/2 years
>>>and had my last shot Dec.1 2005. I stopped taking it because not only
>>>was it not really helping with the pain (their solution was for me to
>>>get the shot every 10 weeks instead of every 13)I also started to get
>>>very nauseous. The nausea and the pain got so bad that I ended up in
>>>the ER twice and they told me to take gravol and tylenol. My first
>>>period off Depo was normal. I had pain, which I had expected, but it
>>>was normal. I didn't get my period for 2 cycles and this last one was
>>>awful. First the pain was so bad and my lower back hurt so much that I
>>>could barely make it out of bed. Also, I had huge clots, about the size
>>>of my hand, And it was so thick that it wouldn't come out unless I went
>>>to the bathroom. Sorry to be gross but they sunk and stayed like fluid
>>>filled sacs in the bottom of the toliet. Upon telling my obgyn this she
>>>informed me that I could've had a miscarriage even though I never knew I
>>>was pregnant. Or that because I missed 2 cycles it was just a build up
>>>of tissue. I don't know what to think now. my period has never been
>>>all that regular and I have not had a period for 4 months at a time and
>>>then when I got it it was never like what I just had. I hope and pray
>>>that it was not a miscarriage but I do not believe that I will get any
>>>answers about it. Her solution for the pain is to now get a Mirena IUD
>>>implanted. I have done some research on the internet and I am not all
>>>that keen on what I am reading. The side effects are everything that I
>>>am trying to get away from since my body did not react well to the Depo
>>>shot. Also, I have read that it causes very heavy bleeding. I know she
>>>doesn't want me to have to go through surgery again but shots, patches
>>>and pills don't seem to agree with my body at all and I am at my wits
>>>end with all of this. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help at all
>>>would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for letting me vent.
>
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