hi ladies i read so many bad things about the mirena implant that i nearly cancelled ! for 2 years without a days break i constantly bled the most yucky clot filled loss i could ever imagine i finally gota specialist to have a look and it turned out to be a large fibroid in my uterus so he reccomended the implant as at 53 years old it would mean i skipped menopause as well :) so on feb 9 th this year i aprehensivly went for it doing under anasthetic an i can totally honestly say its the best thing i ever did !!!!! after a week my blood loss had slowed down about 80 percent then i had a light 3 day period followed by 2 weeks of next to nothing apart from a brown discharge which was cured by anti biotics yesterday i went for a check up all bi opsys scrapes etc clear (phew) and today i am totally towel free after 8 weeks and sat her in nice knickers and white linen trousers hubby is so happy he has his wife back wifey is happy she can now have nookie again and my boss is happy i am full of energy again so my avice ladies is think positive and go for it mr assassa at methly park needs a medal :)