@yikesanotherbooboo thanks for getting back to me. I was quite unwell when I wrote that and am feeling better now.
I have pain. That's currently my main grievance with the coil, and I can't find the strings. I've had a run of kidney infections and thrush which I never had previously. I got the coil in Nov 2019. The GP says if it had moved, I would be in a lot more pain. I don't think I express pain in a conventional way. When I told the midwife I was in pain, she would only give me paracetamol until examined and then said I was a hero as I was fully dilated with no pain relief...🙄
It was personally and professionally very stressful during the COVID years and last Nov, I was so exhausted I couldn't get off the sofa and realised I had put on loads of weight, having been size 8 - 10 all my life. My clothes didn't fit. They said it was PTSD/anxiety/depression. I asked about menopause. They said I should be accepting of a mental health diagnosis.
I tried exercise and diet to shift the weight (still exhausted). I couldn't manage without an afternoon nap and I had to be careful not to fall asleep when driving etc. I went up three bra sizes in two months. No matter what I did, I could only slow down the weight gain. My gran died of ovarian cancer at my age so I went back to ask GP about that. Then they did blood tests and came back with the hypothyroidism.
I have had the tablets for over a month now. Still doing the diet and exercise and my weight is going down slowly which is very pleasing. I am still very tired and not able to hold down my job which is very worrying.
There really is a lawsuit in the US though.
I've got a smear test due, so I was thinking maybe I could ask to have the coil checked when that is done. Hopefully it will reassure me. It was difficult to put in. Doctor couldn't open the cervix or something. Had to use a special knitting needle type thing!