Hi
I have endometriosis and I'm recovering from a laparoscopy that I had last week to remove an ovarian cyst and endometriosis from behind my cervix. I had a Mirena coil fitted while I was under GA.
The reason my consultant recommended the Mirena is to protect me from the endometriosis growing back. At 46 I'm too old to take the pill, so this is really my only option aside from taking medication which would put me straight into menopause which I definitely don't want.
It's a week today since my operation and although I'm feeling a lot better I'm still in pain, particularly on my left side where most of the work was done.
The downside of being at home all day is that I've had endless opportunities to read horror stories about Mirena and every morning I wake up expecting to have acne/lost half my hair/feel suicidal etc. As I'm still not actually able to stand up straight or do more than hobble I think it is a little early to judge the loss of libido side of things.
At the moment my skin, hair and mood (well aside from the fact that I'm fed up with being in pain) are much the same as usual. Also, aside from a little light bleeding for the first few days after the op (which I was told to expect) I haven't experienced any bleeding. I'm hoping that these are signs that the Mirena might work for me.
I'm hoping that the reason there are so few positive stories about the Mirena is because people rarely take to the internet if they are satisfied with something.
Any good stories out there?
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Positive Mirena Coil experiences - please?!
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Soutty · 20/03/2017 17:51
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