karoper

Sorry, mine was too long as well. I will report it to the FDA as soon as I get these out. Have you heard of anyone getting these out when they are in proper placement? I am getting nervous that I will not find anyone to do it. You don't happen to live in GA, do you? Where did you have the procedure done? Any problems after? Were your tubes removed, or did they just take the coils out?

Kym4,
Thank you for the information. Mine appear to be in proper place base on ultrasound and CT Scan, but I am having pain. So, my doctor says my pain will go away as mysteriously as it began. I have done research and found 2 medical journal articles regarding removal. I just need to find someone willing to do it since mine are in proper position. I contcated a doctor at Harvard Medical as he was mentioned in the journal article. He emailed me back and gave me the name of a doctor in the atlanta area that may be able to help me, but I have been waiting for 2 days for them to call me back about an appointment. I want to get them out quickly as I am just at the 6 week mark now. I have a second opinion with a doctor who is also a professor at Emory on 8/21. So, I am hoping he can help me or will no someone that can. If not, I am still hoping to get an appointment with this doctor that the Harvard doctor recommended.

Hi! It would only let me write so much but I want to warn you about when you find a doctor to remove them make sure they understand that you want both coils removed or make sure that you are comfortable with leaving one in place. Some doctors are only removing one coil if it looks like the other one is in place and some women are waking up to find that they still have a metal coil in their body and really wish it wasn't there.

Hi! I had mine removed laproscopically. I was also told that hysterctomy was the only option. I went to a major teaching hospital because I figured they might be willing to try. I knew full well that I might wake up with a hysterectomy. They tried to look hysterscopically first and see if they could remove them that way but apparently both of them had moved and they could not even see either coil. They then proceeded laproscopically making 3 small incisions. Change doctors and insist that they listen to you. It is your body not theirs. You may need to remind them of that. Let me know if I can help you anymore. I encourage to make a report to the FDA. You may contact me at badprocedure at att . net if you need to.