Hi, I've been dormant awhile on here, trying to get myself in order.
Here's a little about me before I go on to my latest problem
I am 33, Female, 2 children (one is 14 one is 4) I live in the UK
I suffer with an underactive thyroid and LS as well as having bouts of Hidradenitis suppurativa (boils that don't pop) I have also had Rhinitis (just been operated on for this)
I was abused by my Father for many years and I know some people link sexual trauma to LS (not sure I agree on this or not)
I had the mirena coil fit for the first time in 2008.
I have had PCOS and Entrometriosis in the past as well as a large dermoid cyst and other cysts. I had the left ovary removed in 2009 (ish)
After the coil went in I still had periods - softer but still there and more confusing for me was the terrible pain I had in my left "ovary" which had been removed, sometimes it would cripple me and other times it feels like my womb is falling out - terribly heavy feeling pushing down.
At this point I persisted with it until I wanted to have a baby (number two, 10 years after my first) So the coil was removed.
After my Son was born, I had a new Mirena coil fit and found out after a few months that my Thyroid was underactive and was put on medication.
About 2 years ago I developed LS and the boils and the problem with my nose. and lived with it since.
In June I had more surgery to find out what was causing the pain in my left side, they found nothing apart from very large veins in my womb (?)
They also put me a new coil in as they felt it had run it's course.
A month later it fell out. A month after that I had the new one in (15th September 2014)
The month I had this out of my body, I felt like a new me, no flare ups of LS, no spots, HAPPY moods. Didn't put two and two together at the time.
NOW: I'm moody, gaining weight (after doing well and losing a stone in the month I had the coil out!) pain is back in the left side and the heavy feeling in my womb like it's going to fall out of me.
AND the LS has flared up like you wouldn't believe.
Doctors tested my hormone levels when this coild was out too - NORMAL.
Wonder what it would say now?
Long and short is that I am going back to the doctors to have this contraption removed and ask to be sterilised.
After googling LS and Mirena and Mirena and auto immune it came up with some pretty interesting reading.
Please can you tell me im not going mad and this is actually making my auto immune conditions worse? Any similar experiences?
Look forward to hearing back from you all
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post