I just got mine out about a 1/2 hour ago. It wasn't that bad, bu...

I just got mine out about a 1/2 hour ago. It wasn't that bad, but the doctor who inserted it cut the strings very short and it made for a bit of a difficult removal - but all in all less painful than the insertion. The pap smear I had hurt more. She tried to talk me into keeping it. She said that the hormones are not systemic and therefore could not cause all of the symptoms I had - just like all the ones that a majority of the women here have. She thinks it is all in my head. Nice. All I can say is that I will not be going back to this office anymore. I just don't see it. How could the hormones NOT affect the rest of your body? Can someone explain this to me? She said that the hormones stay local to the uterus and makes it so that the endometrial lining does not form. That they do not affect anything else. I guess that being a massage therapist, I know that everything in the body is connected. If something is out of whack, it affects the body in many other ways that you would not traditionally expect. Everything is connected. Anyway - I feel just fine. I don't feel "full" in my pelvis. I feel a bit dizzy, but I think that is from all of the anxiety I had over a painful removal. I am looking forward to having my body hormone-free and back to it's natural state. Hopefully some fo these 20 pounds I gained in the past 18 months will shed off. Cripes...