This is long but please read, and please never have a coil inserted!
Had a copper coil put in in May under general anaesthetic (they’d tried a few times and couldn’t get it in so did it at day surgery) I wanted it because I don’t do very well with hormonal bc so thought it would be a good option for me. Anyway, had quite a lot of pain after being sent home and at first thought it was just normal but when it didn’t go away after a few weeks I went to the GP to get it checked, she couldn’t find the strings, neither could 2 other doctors so referred me for ultrasound. Couldn’t see anything on the ultrasound so sent me for X Ray. They found it on there but couldn’t tell from the x Ray wether it was in my womb or my abdomen, so had to come in for day surgery to remove it, I went in on Wednesday (12th Sept) at first they said they’d put a camera up in to my womb to see if it was there, and if not I’d have keyhole surgery through my belly button ... they did this, found the coil embedded in the wall of my womb, they could see the strings poking out so were tugging gently at the strings for hours, in the end they perforated my womb, decided they couldn’t get it out, closed me up. So I woke from my surgery Wednesday afternoon to find out that my womb had been perforated, they hadn’t retrieved the coil and I had to stay overnight to be observed because they couldn’t be sure that they hadn’t cut my bowel or bladder while they perforated my womb, was really hard having to stay in hospital when I have young dc’s at home who are not used to me being away, and I wasn’t allowed even a sip of water for 24 hours my mouth was practically glued together it was so dry.
Anyway, surgeon spoken to me and said I have two options, another operation where they cut my belly open (instead of keyhole surgery) to try retrieve the coil but if there is a lot of bleeding they would more than likely have to carry out a hysterectomy. My other option is to leave the coil where it is and not know if it’s going to move/damage other organs, and if I get pregnant there will be a high chance of miscarriage.
I’m in a lot of pain and feel so down, I’m going to have the second operation because I’ll only be worrying for the rest of my life where the coil is and what it’s doing, but now I feel like I’m recovering for nothing, recovering just to have to go in for another op and to stay in hospital away from my kids for longer and feel useless when I come home that I can’t do anything and am in agony, DC are young and don’t understand why they can’t jump on my lap etc and feel like I’m rejecting them, I feel so depressed about everything and so scared for the next operation. I did want more DC in a few years but my options have been taken away from me over a silly little coil, it’s the worst decision I’ve ever made please think about it long and hard before you get one. Yes they may be great for some people and everyone’s different, but I’ve heard of hundreds of people who have had problems with them (if only i’d read all of the stories before it was in my body 😢) I feel like it's ruined my life