I want my Mirena back!

[watervole]

I'm in the middle of a period.  This is a horrible experience - I haven't had one for four and a half years, and  I fully intend to rectify the situation as quickly as possible.

My Mirena coil came to the end of its life recently.  The doctor removed it , but said I should spend a month without it just to see if I'd reached the menopause and no longer needed it.

Turns out that I haven't  reached the menopause.  I'd forgotten just how bloody inconvenient periods are - and how tired they leave me. And this is relatively light compared to the periods I was having before the Mirena was put in.

I've already arranged to see the doctor again.  I want a new Mirena asap.

I wish I'd had one inserted fifteen years before I actually did.  I lived though a decade of increasingly heavy periods that left me exhausted and often iron-deficient.

Periods, I have come to realise are not very natural.  Historically, women would have spent most of their lives either pregnant or breast-feeding.  A progesterone coil simply mimics that historical situation and allows modern women to live normal lives without the massive inconvenience of having to carry sanitary towels and tampons around at certain times of the month.  We don't have to have horrendous period pains and blood-soaked underwear.

Anything that suppresses periods (unless you're trying for a baby) is a good thing.

There's more than one method - the Mirena was ideal for me, but there's tablets and injections as well.

Don't put up with periods.  Get rid of the damn things.  Get your life back again!

Comments

[lara-collins.livejournal.com]

What a damned good idea. I knew about injections and implants but not about the coil.

Shall be bugging my doctor for information.

[inamac.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain...

But even if you had reached the menopause your doctor would probably be advising HRT. When you do get to that stage I realy recommend pushing for the non-bleed-through variety. I never could see the point of carrying on with the monthly agony when your body is trying to shut it down!

[watervole.livejournal.com]

I've got mixed feelings about HRT. I'm doing some reading on it at the moment and it seems to be one of those things that is great for some women and terrible for others. I think I'll make that decision when I see if the menopause causes me problems. (Diet and exercise seem to make a big difference to a lot of menopause issues)

I think I'm peri-menopause at present. May be one of the factory why I have insomnia.

[the-mendicant.livejournal.com]

I tried a coil once and was in agony with it for 3 weeks until he removed it - turns out my uterus points the wrong way.

As for pills/injections I developed severe migraines with visual disturbances and was told never to use artificial hormones again or I would end up with a vascular bleed in my brain. So its monthly trauma for me.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

That seriously sucks.

I presume you've tried mefenemic acid and traxanamic acid? I don't think they're hormone based, but they do help reduce the bleeding. I used them for several years until the periods became too heavy for them to help.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

*HUgs* I know how you feel! I had to go through the whole thing fully, my doctor advised me not to use anything for special medical reasons. Just some vitamins. So finally I got rid of periods, bless, but not of those damned hot flushes. I can manage but it is annoying. Fortunately I can see they strike less often. Ha.
Hsve you had any problems with extra kilos? I have...

[watervole.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not putting on any weight, but then I'm trying to get as much exercise as possible to help my asthma.

I've had a few hot flushes, but found, almost by accident, that oil of evening primrose seems to help. (I was taking it to help with breast tenderness and found it also helped with the flushes)

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for your information aobut the oil!
I have googled for the plant and yes, it is common and the oil is available too. I only didn´t know that it helped for hot flushes. I will buy it on Monday!

[watervole.livejournal.com]

I take a high dose capsule every night before I go to bed.

Let's hope it works as well for you as it does for me.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

I am very optimistic, thank you once more. I will let you know!

[lexin.livejournal.com]

Oh, that sucks! I love my Mirena!

[purple-peril.livejournal.com]

Gah! I'd been gaily ignoring the being-told-by-the-doctor-to-come-off-the-pill-immediately thing. 'Spose I ought to bite the bullet and try a Mirena, although I'm not looking forward to finding out what my body thinks of not having its daily oestrogen fix :(

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Well, I can tell you that in my case at least, it didn't reduce the sex drive (actually, getting rid of the exhaustion from blood loss probably improved it overall). I didn't get the side effects I'd had on the pill, probably because the dose is much lower (as it's delivered directly to where it's needed).

It took me several months before the Mirena kicked in fully, but I'd been warned about that and sat it through. (I had initial breakthrough bleeding, though other people have gone immediately to no bleeding ever)

[asphodeline.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! Mirena didn't work at all for me - I had pretend labour for about six months - but I had underlying problems so that could be why.

Not having periods these days has made my life amazing in so many ways so anything that helps is definitely good news.