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Thanks for posting this e-mail and your progress. It's much appreciated. I had Mirena for a year in which time I had many of the same symptoms listed on this site, including a 25 pound weight gain. (yuck!). I also run and go to the gym, but I am really having a hard time budging the weight. I have the IUD removed 15 weeks ago. Periods seemed to come back regularly almost immediately, which was nice. (I had no periods at all for the year I had Mirena in.) Do you find the weight is still around your tummy (like a tire) and your hips/thigh? That's where I gained it and it seems very stubborn and it's beginning to worry me! I don't want to be like this forever, especially considering I am working hard to shift it.

You are the best. This is exactly the kind of update I have been looking for. I just posted yesterday and have gotten 2 replys. Both positive yet I still wondered if they did anything different to make those changes or was it strictly the Mirena. I plan to continue posting as you have once I have mine removed. I've had it now for 3 year and had never associated any of my symptoms with Mirena until I started getting Cyst. Once I started searching it I found this post and it look like these people were talking about my life.

I am going next Friday after 5+ years of Mirena use. I have many sypmtoms that I thought were due to my Fybromyalgia diagnoses but now I wonder. I have gained 20 lbs. since 2003, have joint pain and severe lower back pain, irratibility, lack of focus and memory..... So many symptoms copy Fybromyalgia. I don't want to get my hopes up that simply removing the MIUD will fix me. I am now nervous about all the stories of post removal symptoms. Please update us on how the last month has been for you. Thanks for the feedback