essure failure

[darkshadows91]

i am 28 and have a 9 mo old girl. i have had problems with my period for over 8 years. i know a couple of people who have had the novasure, endometrial ablation to end their periods. their doctors gave them a traditional tubal and the ablation at the same time. when i mention it to my dr he argued with me over the fact that i need more kids. we are just fine with the one we have and we are very lucky to have her after a really rough pregnancy. well according to him he no longer does the lap tubal, only essure. i am not happy with this but we live in a rural area and theres not much options of drs around here. i have called around and nobody else will take me right now. i really do not want to have this done but i dont see any other options. im having it done december 3rd. all of the problems that people are talking about have been running through my head. ive had alot of female problems and i dont see how im even a good canidate for this. all i really want done is the ablation but they have to make sure your sterilized first.

[tencynt]

I was unsure of how to post an actual message. I am 12 weeks pregnant and had the Essure procedure done over a year ago after the birth of my third child. Has anyone else had an exprience like this??? I would appreciate any feedback.

i am 12 wks 6 days had the procedure 2 yrs ago.

[kym4]

tencynt, There are other posts and documentation of pregnancy.

darkshadows91, I find it strange that your doctor will only do essure metal coils being that essure if definately not for everyone. Just my opinion but it sounds like he is pressuring you to do essure. I have to wonder what his motives are. My doctor needed some one to practice on. He pressured me.

ars, you need to seek medical attention immediately. That is not normal. I don't know if your problems are due to the metal coils but there are documented cases of the metal coils migrating into the abdomen. I'm not saying that to scare you but to urge you to get help immediately even if it means going to the emergency room.

[kym4]

Ladies please make those reports to the FDA. I know that the FDA is supposedly having technical difficulties and a lot of the reports of adverse events are no longer available to read but the doctors and the company don't seem to make the reports and if everyone doesn't make their own reports then the problems with this procedure will not be addressed. If you have any questions on how to make those reports just let me know.

[ars]

Kym4, thank you for your advise. I did go to my doctor as soon as I could and he did an ultrasound. The ultrasound showed a large cyst in my ovary that recently erupted and .....fluid in my uterus! I now have a constant crampy feeling with lower back pain. Now, this could be from the fluid from the cyst in my ovary (This is the first cyst I have ever gotten) but why is there fluid in my uterus? The ultrasound tech said that she doesn't know what that is and rarly sees fluid in the uterus like that. The ultrasound did show the coils still in the tubes (thank goodness) but I am really worried about the fluid in my uterus.

The doctor thinks that I may be having some type of reaction/aggervation from the coils and really doesn't know what to do. He gave me my options...drain some fluid and have it tested...look around in there laprascopy (spelling)...but then he said that he would need my permission to do anything drastic if neccessary (hysterectomy) (spelling??).

He said that we couldn't just remove the tubes because it is very vascular and would be a huge mess and we would have to do a hysterectomy (spelling???).

I am calling an allergist tomorrow to get a nickel allergy test done and then calling my doctor cause I want to test the fluid (he doesn't know what kind of fluid it is or even if it is blood).

He thinks a hysterectomy is drastic considering I'm only 29 and I agree but the pain and swelling is getting ridiculous!

So, I am unsure about my options because I have read that some of you were able to get your just your tubes removed and is it a good idea to test the fluid and to let him look in there via laproscopy?

Thank you in advance!
Arienne

[kym4]

ars, I had my coils removed laproscopically. They did not remove my tubes. Sorry but the bottom line with this procedure is that most doctors don't know what to do when there is a problem. I know my doctor was so knowledgeable about how great the essure procedure was until I had problems then he had to call Conceptus and was told that there was no way that the coils could be the problem. He said only a hysterectomy could be done. I went to some one else that had actually removed them before. I was warned before surgery to remove them that they still might have to do hysterectomy. My best advice is to research, talk to other healthcare people and I know these forum threads are long but read them to see what you can find. There are also some posts about allergic reactions to the metal coils. You can print some of this stuff and take it to your doctor.

[ars]

Kym4,
Hey! Thank you so much for your responses. I am currently looking for a doctor who will take out just the coils without doing a hysterectomy and I think it will be a difficult tast because I live in a rural part of Louisiana. I am hoping that I can find some doctor around here or in nearby states that can do this.

Thank you

[WildChild]

WOW I hadn't paid much attention to this and didn't know much about it. But reading through this thread I am appalled!

[kym4]

WildChild, Hi glad you read the thread. It is long and there are other forums with threads about problems with essure metal coils. I keep posting because I have done too much research and I am horrified at the whole process. The research has led me to looking at how things are done at the FDA and drug/device manufacturers influence on the doctors and healthcare profession. I'm not a conspiracy theory person but Big Pharma has more input on your life than you could ever imagine. There are many myths about the FDA approval process and the so called medical malpractice situation with doctors. I am shocked. Funny also that since I began encouraging women to make the adverse events reports the FDA has started having technical difficulties and some reports are no longer on the site or have all the narratives taken out so you can't tell what happened. Essure has too many potential problems for it to survive which is probably why the company execs sold off their stock.

[kym4]

ars, I had mine removed in Mississippi. Don't know if I can post where so private message me.