MarySharon said:

ZombieKitten said:

dJJ said:

My friends didn't have any of that. Any of those (temporary) side effects differ from person to person. I don't know what the statistics are on these reported side effects and if they prolong. However, why don't you try for 6 months and then evaluate?

I don't have 6 months to waste. I've tried Implanon and different oral hormonal contraception before and felt unwell and miserable. I feel quite happy about myself at the moment and my sex drive is awesome! I don't really want to risk it all, even for 6 months. I've read doctors are hesitant to take it out just because you don't want it any more, especially if you have symptoms they don't believe have anything to do with the IUD. Not to mention that I don't have $2k lying around to get a hysteroscopy and put the thing in

I'm so happy I live in the Netherlands with it's healthcare system. I rarely worry about the medical costs, my insurance covers it. Allthough the insurance has elevated the last decade, good and quality healthcare is available and accesable for all.

dJJ said:

ZombieKitten said:

dJJ said: I don't have 6 months to waste. I've tried Implanon and different oral hormonal contraception before and felt unwell and miserable. I feel quite happy about myself at the moment and my sex drive is awesome! I don't really want to risk it all, even for 6 months. I've read doctors are hesitant to take it out just because you don't want it any more, especially if you have symptoms they don't believe have anything to do with the IUD. Not to mention that I don't have $2k lying around to get a hysteroscopy and put the thing in

I'm so happy I live in the Netherlands with it's healthcare system. I rarely worry about the medical costs, my insurance covers it. Allthough the insurance has elevated the last decade, good and quality healthcare is available and accesable for all.

I had private health insurance until about 2 months ago I'd had it for 7 years! Paid $90 per month all that time

Most things seem covered by public Medicare - I went in and had some minor surgical procedures today that cost over $500 and that was all covered by public health, I didn't have to pay one cent.

I'm going to my GP tomorrow to see if she can word the referral differently to get me covered by public. This hysteroscopy isn't even something I have asked for, the gynaecologist wants me to have it. Of course she does, I'd be lining her pockets. I know that if your endometrial lining is beyond a certain thickness it's standard for them to take tissue samples to check for cancerous cells. So that should be covered by public since isn't that a life and death thing not something frivolous or cosmetic or done for "convenience"!

I haven't had a Mirena, but a friend of mine did and she had it removed within a year because she found it uncomfortable at times and she was having really bad migraines I've been on a low dose bc pill for a few months now, not only for baby prevention, but also because I've had pretty horrible periods for years and they got worse with my recent health problems. They were extremely painful and I'd lose a lot of blood. The pill did have me spotting for a month straight when I first started ( ), but I've had no side effects since then and my periods went from being really heavy and lasting a week, to lasting a day or two and being very, very light. I love it

LionsAndTigers said:

I haven't had a Mirena, but a friend of mine did and she had it removed within a year because she found it uncomfortable at times and she was having really bad migraines I've been on a low dose bc pill for a few months now, not only for baby prevention, but also because I've had pretty horrible periods for years and they got worse with my recent health problems. They were extremely painful and I'd lose a lot of blood. The pill did have me spotting for a month straight when I first started ( ), but I've had no side effects since then and my periods went from being really heavy and lasting a week, to lasting a day or two and being very, very light. I love it

I was on the combined oral contraceptive pill from 1989-1999 and no issues. After I had kids I tried a progesterone only one but that one is hard to take since you have to take it EXACTLY same time each day, and I kept missing it and ending up not protected against pregnancy so I gave up and tried Implanon® which I had in for 6 months and bled nearly the whole time! Once I'd finished with all kids I went back on combined, had horrible migraines every second day, stopped with that and used condoms for a few years until the master got his vasectomy

I'm worried I would also have migraines again

ZombieKitten said:

LionsAndTigers said:

I haven't had a Mirena, but a friend of mine did and she had it removed within a year because she found it uncomfortable at times and she was having really bad migraines I've been on a low dose bc pill for a few months now, not only for baby prevention, but also because I've had pretty horrible periods for years and they got worse with my recent health problems. They were extremely painful and I'd lose a lot of blood. The pill did have me spotting for a month straight when I first started ( ), but I've had no side effects since then and my periods went from being really heavy and lasting a week, to lasting a day or two and being very, very light. I love it

I was on the combined oral contraceptive pill from 1989-1999 and no issues. After I had kids I tried a progesterone only one but that one is hard to take since you have to take it EXACTLY same time each day, and I kept missing it and ending up not protected against pregnancy so I gave up and tried Implanon® which I had in for 6 months and bled nearly the whole time! Once I'd finished with all kids I went back on combined, had horrible migraines every second day, stopped with that and used condoms for a few years until the master got his vasectomy

I'm worried I would also have migraines again

Yikes @ bleeding for 6 months

These things are really tough because everyone reacts differently to them. It's the kind of thing that you won't know until you try. It sucks I had a really bad experience with a different pill. I was an emotional wreck. It had me crying for hours every day. I'm just really glad the one I'm on now is working well for me. I have an alarm set up on my phone to go off at the time I take it so I never forget

LionsAndTigers said:

ZombieKitten said:

I was on the combined oral contraceptive pill from 1989-1999 and no issues. After I had kids I tried a progesterone only one but that one is hard to take since you have to take it EXACTLY same time each day, and I kept missing it and ending up not protected against pregnancy so I gave up and tried Implanon® which I had in for 6 months and bled nearly the whole time! Once I'd finished with all kids I went back on combined, had horrible migraines every second day, stopped with that and used condoms for a few years until the master got his vasectomy

I'm worried I would also have migraines again

Yikes @ bleeding for 6 months

These things are really tough because everyone reacts differently to them. It's the kind of thing that you won't know until you try. It sucks I had a really bad experience with a different pill. I was an emotional wreck. It had me crying for hours every day. I'm just really glad the one I'm on now is working well for me. I have an alarm set up on my phone to go off at the time I take it so I never forget

I only got a phone this year that's a great idea, you can get apps for everything too, like I have a menstruation tracker, it's a great idea!

I feel like say I try a thing like mirena, and I gain weight and get depressed and suffer mood swings and stuff, it's not just me suffering, it's my whole family! If mummy is unhappy EVERYONE is unhappy

ZombieKitten said:

LionsAndTigers said:

Yikes @ bleeding for 6 months

These things are really tough because everyone reacts differently to them. It's the kind of thing that you won't know until you try. It sucks I had a really bad experience with a different pill. I was an emotional wreck. It had me crying for hours every day. I'm just really glad the one I'm on now is working well for me. I have an alarm set up on my phone to go off at the time I take it so I never forget

I only got a phone this year that's a great idea, you can get apps for everything too, like I have a menstruation tracker, it's a great idea!

I feel like say I try a thing like mirena, and I gain weight and get depressed and suffer mood swings and stuff, it's not just me suffering, it's my whole family! If mummy is unhappy EVERYONE is unhappy

This is tricky stuff I'd be nervous to try it too. You can't just stop if you don't like it. It's all up in your uterus

LionsAndTigers said:

ZombieKitten said:

I only got a phone this year that's a great idea, you can get apps for everything too, like I have a menstruation tracker, it's a great idea!

I feel like say I try a thing like mirena, and I gain weight and get depressed and suffer mood swings and stuff, it's not just me suffering, it's my whole family! If mummy is unhappy EVERYONE is unhappy

This is tricky stuff I'd be nervous to try it too. You can't just stop if you don't like it. It's all up in your uterus

exactly!!!! if it works its way through your uterine wall into other organs, not unheard of, it's major surgery to get it back out

ZombieKitten said:

http://mirena-side-effect...-women.php

soooooo, I won't be getting one NO WAY!!!

Hun these are all from 2009, did you find anything more recent concerning this?

MoniGram said:

ZombieKitten said:

Anyone using progensa 20 cream?

Never heard of it.

ZK, do you ever sleep?

dJJ said:

ZombieKitten said:

dJJ said:

Never heard of it.

ZK, do you ever sleep?

Of course! But don't forget I live in the southern hemisphere and I'm not sleeping when you are

It was all projection, for me it was middle of the night and I was orging!!!!!

ZombieKitten said:

Anyone using progensa 20 cream?

This is just a 20 mg progesterone cream - probably not enough to affect your bleeding in any way. (The dosage is too low for that.)

This is also pretty expensive for the amount of progesterone you're getting.

when I had heavy bleeding issues I used to take Seasonale year round and that helped somewhat, but I had fibroids and eventually nothing helped but to have a hysterctomy. I can understand not wanting to necessarily go to that extreme, but I have to say being completely period free is like AAAAAAAAH *holy voice*

Like I can have sex whenever I want. Although it seems that I had more sex before surgery and can't get none but after next week Imma be breaking in the basically revirginal territory

I might even bless y'all with an update LOL

Genesia said:

ZombieKitten said:

Genesia said:

This is just a 20 mg progesterone cream - probably not enough to affect your bleeding in any way. (The dosage is too low for that.)

This is also pretty expensive for the amount of progesterone you're getting.

Do you use a cream for your bio-identical progesterone?

Yup. But it's not just a cream - it's a process. I started with a 20 mg cream (which is the base level) and, in the last eight months have had three dosage increases as we try to find the optimal level. I'm up to 40 mg in the first half of my cycle and 80 mg in the second. I don't know of any OTC creams that are at that level.

Genesia said:

maybe they'll get this ready soon. hope so

6/8/11

http://www.huffingtonpost...73145.html

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A long-hoped-for birth control method for men could finally be on the way. Or at least, we're getting closer.

Indian scientist Sujoy Guha has developed a male contraceptive called (unfortunately enough) Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance, and it's starting to get recognition in the U.S.

RISUG, as we'll call it, works like this: Men receive an injection of chemicals that form a gel along the vas deferens -- the pathway that transports sperm, writes Ars Technica.

The gel can last for 10 to 15 years. During that time it both reduces the number of sperm making the trip, and also physically disables the ones that do make it safely through the passageway. According to WIRED, despite battling skeptics at each step, Guha "has prevailed because, in study after study, RISUG has been proven to work 100 percent of the time."

XxAxX said:

ZombieKitten said:

Genesia said:

Yup. But it's not just a cream - it's a process. I started with a 20 mg cream (which is the base level) and, in the last eight months have had three dosage increases as we try to find the optimal level. I'm up to 40 mg in the first half of my cycle and 80 mg in the second. I don't know of any OTC creams that are at that level.

I'd be interested in a process. Anything other than that fucking mirena

endometrial ablation sounds like it would work for you... sounds kind of scary though. i hope you find an easy, safe way to resolve the heavy bleeding. that's serious.

http://women.webmd.com/en...tion-16200

XxAxX said:

ZombieKitten said:

XxAxX said:

endometrial ablation sounds like it would work for you... sounds kind of scary though. i hope you find an easy, safe way to resolve the heavy bleeding. that's serious.

http://women.webmd.com/en...tion-16200

To be honest, I'd rather bleed heavily for 2 days every 26 days than put up with all the possible side effects

i wonder what an acupuncturist would do? if anything? sometimes western medicine gets a little bit invasively broad spectrum.

"looks like that'll have to come out, ma'am! oh, and while we're in there we'll get that pesky spleen out too!"

XxAxX said:

ZombieKitten said:

XxAxX said:

i wonder what an acupuncturist would do? if anything? sometimes western medicine gets a little bit invasively broad spectrum.

"looks like that'll have to come out, ma'am! oh, and while we're in there we'll get that pesky spleen out too!"

I used the word "railroaded" to my GP when I asked her to refer me to another gynae - I'm sure I now have "difficult patient" written in my notes

they write that in bold, underlined on my notes it's always good to remember that surgeons are financially motivated and feel pressure to bring business in to the facility where they practice; and many doctors and practitioners have strong ties with pharmaceutical and medical companies who encourage them to try new products and procedures in exchange for kickbacks.

XxAxX said:

ZombieKitten said:

Genesia said:

Yup. But it's not just a cream - it's a process. I started with a 20 mg cream (which is the base level) and, in the last eight months have had three dosage increases as we try to find the optimal level. I'm up to 40 mg in the first half of my cycle and 80 mg in the second. I don't know of any OTC creams that are at that level.

I'd be interested in a process. Anything other than that fucking mirena

I have no idea what you are talking about. However, as my body resembles that of my mom, I can expect my hot flushes within 10 years.

Should I get that cream to? Or do hormones? I've never thought about menopause. Please tell me.

dJJ said:

ZombieKitten said:

Genesia said: I'd be interested in a process. Anything other than that fucking mirena

I have no idea what you are talking about. However, as my body resembles that of my mom, I can expect my hot flushes within 10 years.

Should I get that cream to? Or do hormones? I've never thought about menopause. Please tell me.

ask your doctor. I'm asking the specialist about it tomorrow