Re: Mirena experiences? Cramping after insertion?
From: sally (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jul 27 15:53:00 2009
good luck , and for what it's worth, diet change helped me, and
progesterone
i have read too much about mirena causing pain and bleeding for up to a
month or more that i never wanted to even try it
what does your doctor say?
At Sun, 26 Jul 2009, K wrote:
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>Just had the Mirena inserted yesterday after two years of thinking about
>it. I had come to the end of my rope with the period pain from ic, endo
>& possible adeno. Had two surgeries including one with a well-known
>endo specialist who even did a presacral neurectomy & endo excision, but
>no pain relief. I was sick of being bedridden at least four days a
>month. Gyno recommended the Mirena a few years ago as she had seen many
>women with adeno/endo have pain relief from the device so I finally did
>it. Insertion wasn't painful at all (granted I took a tramadol before
>insertion and she numbed me up with lidocaine) but a few hours after I
>started experiencing cramps, period type cramps (requiring tramadol
>every 4 hours) that I know are supposed to happen as the uterus gets
>used to the device. Question, how
cramps generally
>last? I presume my cramps are stronger than the average woman who gets a
>Mirena inserted as I have adeno/endo, do any ladies out there have
>experience with this? Any info would be greatly appreciated! I feel
>pretty confident in my decision to get this, a
>greater good hehe.
>
>Hope all are having a pain free day :-)
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