All these stories touch home. I recently lost my metal strings. ...

Yeah, men just don't think much, do they. I could relate when you mentioned the diet pills. I started talking ephedrine / Slimquick for energy as soon as i quit breastfeeding. It worked for a while.. I took off about 20 lbs too. Then after a few months I could even take my second dose of the stuff in the afternoon, and go take a nap... after eating 100 chocolate chips with a cup of peanut butter too! So much for appetite control.. That Mirena is birth control because no one wants to have sex with you.. You're too fat, tired, bitchy, smelly, dry, asexual, achy, sleep deprived... need i go on? LOL. Get that thing out hon, and it may not be my place to say.. but diet pills while breastfeeding? I know you're only nursing at night.. I almost had my husband convinced I could do that but he made me quit nursing. I was breastfeeding because it was the healthiest thing for my baby girl, but then having that stuff in my system.. not so good for her. Kind of defeats the purpose. Is your baby sleeping ok? Gaining weight ok? How is your appetite on the diet pills? I hope I'm not being too personal..

I too wanted it OUT and the GYN could not find my strings; they had "piggytailed" into my uterus and I'm not going to lie, it hurt horribly b/c he dilated my cervix to 5 cm (like having a baby) to put in the forceps to go "fishing". Mine was lodged in my uterine wall and it hurt like mad, but I took two morphine tablets b/4 the appt; he told me that was a mistake that the best pain relief for the cervical area to stop the cramping during dilation (to get the forceps in to dig around) is Advil (Ibuprofen). Take 4 (800mg) which is the prescription-strength dose but be sure and eat b/c it can make your stomach hurt.

Good luck; although the pain was awful, it was over as soon as he took the forceps out and I feel 100% better. It's my opinion that when the strings go into your uterus, the device floats around and looks for a "home" and then gets stuck in your uterine wall and that's when it causes bad side effects (like pains, numbness, etc.). That's my theory, anyway. GOOD LUCK!!! You won't regret the removal.