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Posted at 6:42 PM on Nov 29, 2008 by smithbourne, #36957
OH MY GOSH! I thought I was crazy until I found this site. Ok, I had my Mirena inserted January of 2007, and IMMEDIATELY experienced joint pain, pain in my hands and feet, and it's 22 months later.. the pain NEVER went away. I thought because I was a very hardcore athlete when I was younger, that this was par for the course, that I will be getting arthritis. I'm 34 years old. Crazy to say arthritis at 34? I think so. Well, I have been researching my symptoms for months and months online and gone to a few different doctors over this. My symptoms include chronic fatigue, headaches (on a good week 4 days out of the week), joint pain in my hands and feet, sensations in my hands and feet that feel like they are swollen (but they aren't), upper and lower back pain, heart palpitations, leg cramps, hair loss, ABSOLUTELY NO SEX DRIVE AT ALL, muscle fatigue, and I've gained 40 lbs since I had it put in... OUCH. NONE of this (except for headaches and some depression) was experienced before the Mirena. Funny, I never linked it to the Mirena. I've had my thyroid checked, been diagnosed with carpal tunnel (lol what about my feet? Good doc!) had blood sugar checked (nope, not diabetes!), well, now I'm on to getting checked for fibromyalgia. Kinda wondering though, if there is a link to fibromyalgia and Mirena, like it could induce it? Sounds like so many of you have the same symptoms, and many have thought the same things... fibro, diabetes, lupus, ms, hell, I even though lyme disease at one point. This is ridiculous... I'm having it out this week.
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Reply 7 months ago on Apr 26, 2009 by lisa0819, #19201

Well, How are you doing? Please send me a quick message in your recovery from having the mirena out?? I am 35 and just put a post up....we sound identical! I'm a healthy 35 year old with a 20 month old baby being tested for everything under the sun?? (x-rays, mri spine/neck all came back normal) Now I'm getting bood work ...(thyroid & vit. D) and a another test I requested after going to the mayo clinic and putting in syptoms.. for ms! (YIKES!) My Dr. thinks it's just a pinched nerve and has nothing to do with the mirena...and for me to just relax .I'm printing some of these posts and getting the mirena out! HOW ARE YOU REALLY FEELING?? I HOPE ON TOP OF THE WORLD!

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