Mine was trying to expel itself and it was so painful I was apparently “ashy colored” according to colleagues and sweating due to aforementioned pain. The cramping was about as bad as labor pain.
The string was wrapped around the device and wasn’t accessible from outside of the cervix, so the doctor had to dig it out with forceps (?)
At least after it was out, certain symptoms I had for years disappeared… So yay for that!
It turns out that level of pain is not normal. Oops.
My friends told me I should try the arm implant. After the rotten luck I’ve had with hormonal birth control, no thanks!
I got my tubes tied. (It was a LONG hunt before I found a doc that would do it.) I’m fortunate periods don’t bother me a whole lot, so the risk of vaginal prolapse doesn’t seem worth it at this time. But I may in the future.
At least they give a local (or whatever it’s in English) for when you get the implant… I had one (3 year one) for like 2 years and 2 months. Had no issues until I hit the 2 years mark, after that started having bad, bad side-effects. And it took the 2 months to get it removed… It was hell. But it was also alright for the 2 years and it healed very fast and well. Kinda recommend it, but yeah, it won’t last the “promised” time and removal can be a hassle depending the healthcare systems.
Decided to not get anything hormonal for now, and boy is my body messed up after about 10 years of hormones… I guess it’ll get better within a year. Now I just gotta listen all the nurses and doctors panic and pressure me back into hormones, I guess they really are afraid of some latex lol. (Waiting for a vasectomy for the partner.)
Same. A girl I know, less than 20 years old at the time, got issues from pills so the doctor sold her an idea for IUD being easy solution. No pain meds, she passed out during the insertion - woke up to an angry doctor yeling at her for being dramatic…
Nope, no any pain meds for IUDs here either, or for the other stuff either. But for implants, yup, local anesthesia. They’re different, implant goes in your arm.
And there have been some follow up studies on the arm implant that show it may not be as safe/side effect free as it claims, especially for those with PMOS (PCOS), and, as in your case,side effects tend to get more common the longer you have one.
Thanks! And yeah, the doctors (had to see two before getting the damn stick out!) both told me that yeah, it’s normal for it to get worse since it has been the 2 years. Not many do the full 3 years… I think most side effects are not taken seriously, no matter what the method for birth control is.
You know that joke about the patient who goes to the doctor and says “it hurts when I do this!” and the doctor says “well just don’t do that. That’ll be $800”
I know for a fact (because I’ve made some unpleasant acquaintance) that there are doctors who won’t prescribe birth control because you can just not fuck, right?
i have a rather shit opinion of the medical profession, but it’s just because i tried to educate them. when you forget basic anatomy by the end of medical school (which about 80% of US doctors end up forgetting) maybe you are in the wrong profession
Mine was trying to expel itself and it was so painful I was apparently “ashy colored” according to colleagues and sweating due to aforementioned pain. The cramping was about as bad as labor pain.
The string was wrapped around the device and wasn’t accessible from outside of the cervix, so the doctor had to dig it out with forceps (?)
At least after it was out, certain symptoms I had for years disappeared… So yay for that!
It turns out that level of pain is not normal. Oops.
My friends told me I should try the arm implant. After the rotten luck I’ve had with hormonal birth control, no thanks!
Honestly some of the horror stories I’ve heard, hysterectomy seems kinder and safer.
I got my tubes tied. (It was a LONG hunt before I found a doc that would do it.) I’m fortunate periods don’t bother me a whole lot, so the risk of vaginal prolapse doesn’t seem worth it at this time. But I may in the future.
At least they give a local (or whatever it’s in English) for when you get the implant… I had one (3 year one) for like 2 years and 2 months. Had no issues until I hit the 2 years mark, after that started having bad, bad side-effects. And it took the 2 months to get it removed… It was hell. But it was also alright for the 2 years and it healed very fast and well. Kinda recommend it, but yeah, it won’t last the “promised” time and removal can be a hassle depending the healthcare systems.
Decided to not get anything hormonal for now, and boy is my body messed up after about 10 years of hormones… I guess it’ll get better within a year. Now I just gotta listen all the nurses and doctors panic and pressure me back into hormones, I guess they really are afraid of some latex lol. (Waiting for a vasectomy for the partner.)
That’s one of the horror stories I’ve heard (and believe completely). No local, no general, not even a norco beforehand to help with the pain.
Same. A girl I know, less than 20 years old at the time, got issues from pills so the doctor sold her an idea for IUD being easy solution. No pain meds, she passed out during the insertion - woke up to an angry doctor yeling at her for being dramatic…
They do not typically give local anesthesia for implants (at least IUD) in the US. I hear it is common outside of the US.
I did the whole thing white knuckled. Both insertion and extraction.
Nope, no any pain meds for IUDs here either, or for the other stuff either. But for implants, yup, local anesthesia. They’re different, implant goes in your arm.
Local anaesthetic.
And there have been some follow up studies on the arm implant that show it may not be as safe/side effect free as it claims, especially for those with PMOS (PCOS), and, as in your case,side effects tend to get more common the longer you have one.
Thanks! And yeah, the doctors (had to see two before getting the damn stick out!) both told me that yeah, it’s normal for it to get worse since it has been the 2 years. Not many do the full 3 years… I think most side effects are not taken seriously, no matter what the method for birth control is.
You know that joke about the patient who goes to the doctor and says “it hurts when I do this!” and the doctor says “well just don’t do that. That’ll be $800”
I know for a fact (because I’ve made some unpleasant acquaintance) that there are doctors who won’t prescribe birth control because you can just not fuck, right?
I haven’t, yet, heard any doc like that but sounds very possible - depending the country. I get told I’m being “in danger” for using condoms.
I have been involved in medical education since the 90s. I have met exactly 7 doctors who are not like that. The rest? yeah.
Ouch.
i have a rather shit opinion of the medical profession, but it’s just because i tried to educate them. when you forget basic anatomy by the end of medical school (which about 80% of US doctors end up forgetting) maybe you are in the wrong profession