Hello to all. I am so glad I am not crazy. I found this site 1 ...

Hello to all. I am so glad I am not crazy. I found this site 1 day before my appointment to have the Mirena removed. I am so glad I did. I will give you a little history of myself. I'm 29 years old with 3 children. In July 2006, I had my 3rd child, and 4 days later I went into cardiac arrest. They diagnosed me with Postpartum Cardiomyopathy. While I was in the hospital they told me I could never become pregnant again. It would be too risky, cause the next time I could die. I was in a coma for 5 days, so waking up to that was hard to take. Before I left the hospital, they begged me to have a tubal. I told them no. When I went to see my doctor 5 weeks later, she wanted to put me on the Mirena, but she had to get my heart doctor's approval. He said according to what I have, I could even go on oral contraceptives and he wouldn't be concerned. But I read the literature on the Mirena and I decided that this was the best thing for me. The doctor inserted it in November 2006. It was very uncomfortable when she put it in. Then the side effects started, but until almost a year later, I didn't realize it was from the Mirena, since I was on heart medication too. The heart doctor took me off my heart meds in June 2007. Then that was when I realized that the symptoms was coming from the Mirena. I had absolutely no sexual desire. I felt horrible, but I couldn't help it. I told my husband of 10 years and he kept telling me to go get it removed. My back and neck hurt all the time. I had gained 16 pounds and felt bloated all the time since I have been on it. I thought that I was doing something way off, now I know that it was the Mirena. I had no energy at all. I felt like I could stay in the bed all the time and then when I would go to bed I couldn't sleep or if I did I kept waking up. I have been stressed and depressed. Then my throat hurt all the time. Also I have heartburn all the time. I have never had heartburn, except when I was pregnant. Then I bled 3 weeks out of 4 every month. So I have to wear a pantyliner all the time. So having to do that has caused yeast infections all the time (which I have never had before). I have never had that in my entire life. I have always been regular and normal. I have had abdominal pains, joint pains. I couldn't stand it anymore. I went to the doctor yesterday for my appointment to have it removed that I made 3 months ago. She said that she could give me this and that for some of symptoms, but I told her I just wanted it out. So thank goodness it's out and hopefully I will be able to see some improvements in my body. Already I have no bloating. I was able to get a pair of pants on today that was too tight last week. How amazing was that. I really wish I had googled this over a year ago or I would have never had it put in. Thanks to all the ladies that I have listed their symptoms, to prove to me and others that we are not crazy.