I started taking yaz about 8 months ago January 2007. I started ...

Hi,

I have experienced horrendous pain in my calves also when I went off Yasmin in July 2006. The pains lasted until the end of October. I was so bad especially in September that I could not walk properly for at least 5 weeks. I went to see a Physio and he told me I had very tight calves muscles and suggested that I do some swimming (20mns per week) but very slowly without straining myself (swimming is very good for blood flow). and that I walk also 10mns a day. These calves pains have now stopped and my legs have gone back to normal (my calves were swollen and painful to the touch). Also, if you experience cramps, I would suggest that you do some streching. This has helped me a lot (especially before going to bed and first thing in the morning (1 mn per leg). The leg tights will help the blood flow also.
Let me know how you are doing.
Best of luck, I am sure you will get through this.
Sylvie

Be really careful with any birth control, I was on YAZ for 1 month and I got two large blood clots in both lungs, I had severe shortness of breath and felt severe pain in my back, I was hospitalized for two weeks and was told that I could have died any minute because of the size of the clots.

If you have sensitivity to hormones, i.e if you're form clots when you're on them its best not to use them, you happened to get a clot in a superficial area but blood clots can travel and affect a major organ and the consequences can be fatal.

Talk to a well informed GYN to find out about side effects.

Good Luck
Ramya