The Mirena IUD that Perforated my Uterus

“A year later I finally went to another doctor, my OB/GYN was at a loss and suggested that maybe the root of the problem was not related to the female reproductive organs.  It obviously affected them, but encouraged me to seek other ideas.

My family practitioner, whom I should have seen months sooner, was also at a loss.  She ordered a CT Scan instead of an ultra sound.  The problem was found and identified rapidly.  I had 3 phone messages waiting for me from the radiology department, the actual x-ray tech, and my doctor by the time I got home from picking up my kids.

My IUD was floating around in my abdomen. 

I couldn't conceive because I was still on birth control.

I was bleeding constantly because there was a foreign object floating around my body.

I felt tearing because my uterus WAS tearing.

My OB/GYN rearranged his schedule, waived all his fees, and had the IUD removed 36 hours later.

 I was fully sedated for the surgery, and I was very sore for several days following.  Three small incisions were made, through my belly button, just below the bikini line, and a third on my stomach that formed a triangle with the other two.  Only the third one shows.  The incisions took a couple weeks to heal completely. 

He still can't explain how it migrated through.  The actual device he can understand as the uterus is a muscle that contracts, a solid object could be moved through, but a string?  He was baffled.  I was the 4th patient from whom he removed an 'AWOL' IUD, two had been placed by planned parenthood and the third had had some sort of trauma that could explain it.  I had no explanation.”

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