Essure - Know your facts!

**mom-of-boyz** · 10-16-2010 04:50 PM

I am new on this blog....I had my procedure done on 10/13/10. After searching the web for information other than the essure.com site, please be sure you talk to your doctor and if you feel you don't have all your data, postpone until you DO!

Most women don't have the proper facts before having the procedure done, so its ignorance on their part if their relying on their OB/GYN to give them every little detail. The procedure MUST be done no later than the 10th (latest the 12th) day after the first day of your period. Thats when the endometrial lining is at its thinest and placement made much easier! My doctor put me out completely and I'm so glad he did! I've read the stories and pamphlet on how it can be done in about 15 minutes, surprisingly what woman complain about is that they received a numbing shot for their uterus so they could not feel the hysteroscope, or they watched the procedure as well which makes the body tense up and felt pain. Well if a doctor tells me he has to numb my uterus, that in itself its a clear indication that there is more to this procedure that meets the eye! You must be COMPLETELY STILL during placement, no wiggling, no cringing as that can jeopardize placement. As all our bodies are all completely different, the pamphlet specifically states that you should take it easy the first few days! Meanwhile, woman are jumping off the table and going to the gym, work or shopping afterwards! This could be why why coils fall out or perforate the uterus within the first 3 months!! I took the whole day off to recover from the anesthesia and had very little bleeding. I was given a prescription for pain and was to take it as necessary. Advil will work, but some of the cramping can be painful as the coils are a foreign object in my body, yes I can feel where they where placed, the fallopian tubes are tender and your body is reacting normally. Another thing, many doctors ask you to come back in 3 months! Where is the 2 week post procedure visit? That ONE visit can make or break your experience! The doctor will do an xray to ensure the coils have stayed in place, if not, then the next step is determined to either remove it or reinsert another coil.

I'm not saying that some of the stories are untrue, however, use your common sense and don't let your doctor convince you of something you have absolutly no knowledge about. Some had the procedure done without having any knowledge of how the procedure needs to be done and the adverse effects on the human body! I read one story yesterday of a woman who had the procedure done ONE day before her period, and now she's having problems with her coils! Then the story of a woman who let her doctor to convince her to insert the coils that same day!!!

I implore all women to read the facts on the website and every single pdf document that they have! Most importantly, get a second opinion if you feel your questions aren't being answered!! My experience so far has been a good one, although its only been a couple of days, but I wouldn't have gone thru the procedure without having all of my facts in hand!

Good luck to all of you preparing for this procedure.

**kym4** · 10-17-2010 08:55 PM

Ok I'm going to reply to this which I probably shouldn't but here goes. The reason we go to a dr is for their knowledge. Not all of us have a degree in gynecology. Thats where the drs come in. The drs are supposed to educate us & help treat or fix our problems. Yes some of us blindly trusted our dr but we trusted our drs. We had no reason to suspect that they may not really have any experience or that they were lying about the facts associated with this procedure. Conceptus the maker of the metal coils advertises how easy the procedure is, how most women can resume normal activites & that by doing this procedure they are avoiding the potential side effects of the anesthesia &incision. If you have to have everything just perfect for the procedure to work then it is not a good procedure because women are different in many ways. You claim to have had the procedure & that it worked well for you. The fact is that you don't really know if the procedure has worked. You don't even know that you won't be one of the women with problems occurring later on.

**ItsASecret** · 10-17-2010 11:32 PM

The simple solution to any fear of Drs, their educated opinions, a razor blade being shoved up inside you, a metal probe prodding around, a metal coil lodged into tissue, or sheer terror of taking a pain medicine afterwards...is simply to avoid it altogether. If a person is uncomfortable with the procedure or their doctor then they can move on to other options. It is their body and they can decide what they want done to it, that is what a consent form is for...do not want it? do not sign it do not go through with it. If someone chooses to believe a blog site that aims towards the negatives of any and all medical procedure done by anything other than a naturopath then so be it, if they choose to believe the blogs that give positive reviews then so be it, if they choose to believe the educated opinion of a surgeon then so be it.

**CHANDLERS WISH** · 10-17-2010 11:57 PM

Good points ItsASecret.

I don't think anyone would dis-agree that it's important to know more about what ever you are going to do where your body is pertained..

I do however, also feel that alot of people do in fact put their faith in a Doctor, after all that's why they have gone to see one, and so many people trust Doctors and go ahead without checking out facts.

Kym the only thing I edited out was a snard comment about people who don't check... that I found rude. But again, having said that we can't judge either.

This is a touchy subject, I have researched alot myself because there are so many essure failure threads and an occasion yay, it worked...

Then again there are so many bv threads and birth control pills threads that people come here seeking alternatives because there are issues, problems...

The only facts I think are important initially is, can my body handle this, what ever it is... How can I ensure that it can...

The sad, hard cold truth is, we usually gleen a little about something foreign but we don't go to extreme to investigate, again, because we "trust" our Doctors advice.

These ladies that have had failed essure proceedures, "TRUSTED" their Doctor and why wouldn't you?

I left this thread because maybe those whom are looking at having the proceedure done, will fear that they don't know enough, not read positives and negatives alone, on this Forum but investigate further themselves, through data, Doctors opinions, their body being able to cope with it, etc, etc....

It's sad that so many women have problems due to their Doctors recommendations. But, having said that Doctors also "try" to gain solutions and often have to try more than one method to get there, a little trial and error. I don't see something as major as wanting not to have children, minor however...

CW

**kym4** · 10-26-2010 10:38 PM

Picabo Street who was a paid spokesperson for Essure & had the procedure done is pregnant. I'm sure she probably had some of the best trained drs because they made it so public. Probably can't blame this on dr error. They are claiming she got pregnant before the 3 month follow up but from reading some of the articles I'm not sure.

**MikeElmoreTalks** · 11-03-2010 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by kym4

Ok I'm going to reply to this which I probably shouldn't but here goes. The reason we go to a dr is for their knowledge. Not all of us have a degree in gynecology. Thats where the drs come in. The drs are supposed to educate us & help treat or fix our problems. Yes some of us blindly trusted our dr but we trusted our drs. We had no reason to suspect that they may not really have any experience or that they were lying about the facts associated with this procedure. Conceptus the maker of the metal coils advertises how easy the procedure is, how most women can resume normal activites & that by doing this procedure they are avoiding the potential side effects of the anesthesia &incision. If you have to have everything just perfect for the procedure to work then it is not a good procedure because women are different in many ways. You claim to have had the procedure & that it worked well for you. The fact is that you don't really know if the procedure has worked. You don't even know that you won't be one of the women with problems occurring later on.

I'm calling you out here. I think you may be a dr or an essure rep who is pissed off because women are finding out the truth so you came on this forum to try & make those of us who have problems feel ignorant. This is perhaps one of the meanest post I've seen in awhile. I see that Chandlers Wish has already done some editing to your post. I hope she will leave the posts so all the women can see just how knowledgeable you are.

With all due respect....The statement about just believing in your Dr. and trusting them is a bit outdated. We used to HAVE to do this. It was too much to get second opinions, read encyclopedias, pick up the phone and try to find people that had, had a procedure done. But that was then and this is now. And do you know how many Dr.'s with huge practices (trusted Dr.'s) are ruined or hit with valid malpractice suits each year? I do and can give you approximate numbers upon request. Doctor's are human and can make mistakes, get wrong information THEMSELVES. Have you ever gotten a "second opinion"? If so...Why? In today's modernized, technological society we are afforded the opportunity to more deeply educate ourselves, right from our own home. Rather than just put all our eggs in one basket. The inquiring mind.....does just that.

**ItsASecret** · 11-03-2010 09:29 PM

Doctor's are human and can make mistakes, get wrong information THEMSELVES. Have you ever gotten a "second opinion"? If so...Why? In today's modernized, technological society we are afforded the opportunity to more deeply educate ourselves, right from our own home. Rather than just put all our eggs in one basket. The inquiring mind.....does just that.

Doctor's do make mistakes, obviously they do not want to because of malpractice cases, but it does happen everyone would agree on that. But real non-doctors attempting to be doctors by reading blogs and biased anecdotes also make mistakes. Information is a bittersweet thing and must be carefully approached, it can enrich our minds with endless possibilities or it can skew information to tarnish what could have been useful in the first place.

**CHANDLERS WISH** · 11-04-2010 03:59 AM

I am going to make this very clear, "Essure - Know your facts" is an excellent heading, whether it be essure, birth control pills, or any other problem, each person is different, what works for one does not work for all, yes, we all make mistakes, we are not perfect and can make a management decision in the wrong direction...

This thread is not, it works it doesn't work, it is purely as it states, know your facts....

As such, there is nothing more to contribute to it, there are no questions and so this thread is closed.

CW