*long, drawn out sigh*
It appears the saga with my IUD is not over (see related posts below). You may recall that the first time I went to have my Mirena Coil replaced, they couldn't locate the strings so I had to wait to get a scan to confirm it was there. After the scan had confirmed it was still in place, I went back and after 3 attempts, a new coil was put in.
That was the end of August.
Since then I've been getting more headaches than usual and I've had a couple of migraine attacks.
I was able to explain these two instances away as lack of food and then loss of blood due to blood tests, and too much computer use. Maybe they still were a factor but my coil wasn't replaced by a Mirena, I was given a Levosert one. At the time I didn't think too much of it as the doctor said it was the same hormone anyway and I trusted that they knew what they were doing.
After doing some reading around, including the NHS' own guidelines, Levosert isn't licensed for use in conjunction with HRT.
It sounds like Mirena has just been around longer but I'm still not happy with the idea of having a coil in place that isn't licensed for the use I need it for.
I've decided that I am going to call the clinic on Monday morning. I'm not even going to be asking for advice at this point, I'm just going to tell them I want a Mirena. Better the devil you know.
I had the Mirena for years. Did I still get headaches and occasional migraines? Yes, but not as frequently as I'm getting them now and I'm pretty sure they can be linked to my conditions.
The frequent headaches and screaming tinnitus I'm getting lately just feel like too much of a coincidence after getting this new and different coil.
I'm obviously not over the moon about the prospect of having to go back for a third time to have the same thing done and right now I'm feeling quite upset and angry about the whole thing, but that's the way it has turned out.
I already cope daily with pain and discomfort, I don't need the wrong medication to be getting in on the act of making me feel unhappy in my own body.
I feel quite annoyed at myself too. At my first trip to the clinic, the nurse asked me lots of questions about why I had the coil in the first place, my conditions, and the medication I was on. My second trip didn't involve any of that so I just assumed they had read my file. It wasn't until I had a migraine attack last night that I even thought it might be related to my new coil and discovering it wasn't licensed for use with HRT.
I woke up with a headache and tinnitus this morning. I've taken some codeine to take the edge off but I'm conscious of potential psychosomatic symptoms since I'm currently feeling anxious and upset about having the wrong coil.
Regardless, I'm requesting an appointment for a Mirena coil when I call the clinic on Monday.
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