Experiences with

Intrauterine device (IUD)

I don’t want the mirena coil or any other IUD either. Totally fed up ☹️

So I had my first appointment with a nurse at my GP surgery yesterday and hallelujah someone's actually listened to me! She has referred me to gynaecology. She's told me they might do a scan but will probably tell me to go on the coil as the only treatment I'll be offered is hormonal because of my age

Good morning all. As a brief summary I have severe LV impairment and HF with ICD fitted. I found out this week that my EF has fallen from 35 to 21%. I've been put on dapaglaflozin with epelerone to follow. I work 25 hrs per week but feel it might be wise to drop to 20 hrs. Any advice about applying for

Hi all, I guess I’m here for some advice or just to know I’m not alone as I feel like I’m completely alone at the moment and either doctors don’t want to help me, or do want to help, but can’t! Bit of back story . . . I have always had awful menstruation pain, resulting in me being prescribed the

Morning everyone. Sorry I'm not coming with better news. It's 10dp5dt and I've been spotting for 24 hours and full period arrived this morning. First response shows negative. I haven't even cried. I just expect it now. Would love some guidance on any next steps so I've set out a brief overview of my

I'm 2 weeks post laparoscopy and I'm struggling quite a bit with feeling generally overwhelmed with everything. I initially went in thinking I had endo in 3 main areas, but my operation ended up being 2.5 hours longer than originally estimated and ended up having the following removed: - 4cm cysts -

hi everyone, so, my ‘journey’ (bleurgh!) so far: 1st IUI: chemical pregnancy 2nd IUI: Failed 3rd IUI: chemical pregnancy 1st FET: chemical pregnancy 2nd FET: failed So, my consultant wants to do the ‘quartet’ of tests on my uterine lining to see if that can give us any clues about the repeated

Hi warriors, Just wanted to share my story, because I feel so low and heartbroken, and I'm sure there are women here who can relate to my experience. The loss that comes with a miscarriage is hard enough, but then when I also have endo, it's that sinking feeling that my womb is just broken and it's

Hi everyone, Reluctantly and entirely due to my complaint via PALS, I was swiftly booked in for an MRI to check the position of an IUD that has been causing me tremendous pain for over two years (and to look for endo etc) The gynae was defensive and frustrated with me, she tried to use waitlists against

hi all, I’ve had my endometriosis surgically removed last year in June and had the coil fitted then. everything has been fine so far but has taken a while for my body to settle down with everything especially with my hormones from being on zodalex for six months and then had the mirena coil fitted

Update two weeks after being told I had heart failure by my GP following a routine echocardiogram. Appointment this morning with private cardiologist went well but unfortunately the last echocardiogram I had 1-2 months ago was correct. I arrived at the the appointment with a copy of my most recent

Hi everybody had my icd implant 11 days ago on the 6 weeks recovery and no driving for a month few problems having it but am home and OK, I need some help am confused, can I wear Bluetooth earbuds with my icd implant they are Samsung galaxy bud 2 I can go walking a bit further now so wanna get out and

hello everyone i need your advice i just had my first miscarriage after our first ivf and Long story short after 7 years i immediately know that i want icsi because my husband progressive’s motility is low and my amh is 4.2 out of our ivf we had only 16 eggs although i had so many follicles and was

Does anyone have experience of mirena coil? I'm approaching 50 and my GP has suggested switching to that from Gedarel (combined pill), which I've been on for years with no problems. I've never liked the idea of the coil but they won't prescribe Gedarel after 50... Hopefully I'll have reached the menopause

Good afternoon, I’m at my wit’s end and would very much appreciate help interpreting recent blood tests and symptoms. I previously posted a few weeks back with details of private tests carried out with Monitor my Health on 24/1/23. They were as follows: TSH 4.74 mu/L (0.27 - 4.2) FT4 13.9 pmol/

Hi everyone, I am new to this group, it seems to be a nice place! I am a professional that moved to the UK since December 2019, and I have and ICD implanted since August 2016. My question that I would like to ask, I maybe rather seeking for advice... is... I can't really talk about it on a job interview

Hi, I’m 42 years old and I had a laparoscopy with four incisions 6 weeks ago. The surgeon said endo was severe and excised it from all of my reproductive organs and from my bladder, pelvic ligaments and an artery. They also removed endo cysts from both ovaries. Apparently everything was stuck together

Hey ladies! I've just come back from my first gynaecology appointment. I've been told I have very common symptoms that point to my pain being endometriosis related (I already have pcos) I was under the impression I was there to discuss the laparoscopy my Dr referred me for, however my Gyno said that

I had the copper coil fitted about a month ago. Since day 1 I have only been able to feel 1 string- is this ok? I'm currently going through a heavy and painful period, so I dont feel like getting it checked right now. Plus getting an appountment is SO difficult in the UK at the moment!

Hello. I very much want a hysterectomy as I have suffered with endometriosis for years I feel like this would be the answer. I have been on prostap injections for nine months this has reduced the pain a lot as it is completely stop my periods but I am not a fan of the hormone fluctuations which caused