Re: digestive hell

Hi I'm 25 and I've had the Mirena for 3 years now. I started having digestive problems March 2010 (on the last day of my menstrual cycle). It started with intense abdominal pain,vomiting, diarrhea, and hyperventilating. I went to every ER in town. They first told me that it was food poisoning but I knew that wasn't true being that several of us had eaten the same thing that night. The second episode was a month later (again on the last day of my cycle) and then I was told it was stress (even though there were no new "stressors" in my life). So they also said it was gastritis. They gave me something for nausea and pain and sent me home each time. The symptoms only lasted a few days and I was back to normal. It happen again in August 2010. This time it was worst. It lasted for weeks... I lost 20lbs within two weeks. After going back and forth to the ER, they admitted me for about week and concluding that it was my gallbladder??? So I had that removed in September 2010. I had yet another episode in November 2010 the weekend after Thanksgiving...They said oh I ate something bad this time...I just recently had another episode last week. March 20th 2011. Never once did they mention the Mirena eventhough I made them aware each time that I had it. Now they are saying that I have ovarian cysts(typical with the Mirena)and that the symptoms are occurring when I ovulate... I went to my OBGYN and he says there's no reason to have it removed! WHATEVER! After reading your story and knowing that I am not the only one, I will rip it out myself! Digestive Hell is an understatement... Tweet