My first Mirena letter :) EEEKKK so exciting!!

Ami...you're note about Mirena really hit home with me. I have been going back and forth with getting it removed. I have had the same exact symptoms...i have no energy, symptoms of being pregnant and not being pregnant, weight gain, not being able to control my emotions at all...i was to have it removed last year and was to almost have the surgery to get it taken out because the doctor couldn't get it out because the strings weren't were they supposed to be. i couldn't do it because i couldn't afford it. i regret that decision every day. i thought it would be great...no worry about the pill, no period (and all that came with it) and it was 99.9% effective and i couldn't afford another baby so it seemed like my best option...i know this sounds dumb, but thank you for writing that note. i am glad that i know someone who went through the same thing i currently am.

i am having weird cramps and pain (i usually don't and if i do they last a day or so and are not painful) and spotting. i'm sorry that i am divulging too much but i am worried that something might be wrong...it usually doesn't last this long and it's been constant so i don't know what to think. it could be nothing, but i don't know. i can't afford to get it taken out either because i want it out.

again, THANK you. i know that we haven't talked much in a while, but reading what you went through makes me feel like i wasn't alone. i am glad to see that you are recovering well and i'm sorry that you had to go through all of that. nobody should and doctors should warn their patients to stay away from mirena and look elsewhere. i'm praying for an even faster recovery for you.