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Um, IUD + Lap Band? Any problems?

tomatogirl

By tomatogirl, in The Gals' Room

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tomatogirl    0

tomatogirl
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I'm hopefully having surgery within a couple of months and I have an IUD. I don't see why, but would I need to have it removed?

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luigismama    0

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I have the Mirena (the 5 year plastic IUD) and I was fine. My doctor said there was no reason to be concerned. Just to be sure ask yours, but you should be fine. Good luck!

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Miss Michelle    1

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I have the copper IUD (atleast I think its made of copper) and my surgeon knew about it before hand and it was fine. I am going for my first annual since surgery in Sept, but I cant see one affects the other?:confused2:

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tomatogirl    0

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I didn't think there would be a problem (couldn't even think of a possible reason why), but you just never know. :whatchutalkingabout

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NN32    0

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i have the mirena, and I made both my Gyn and surgeon aware of the implant. The only thing my gyn recomended was to periodically check that the strings are still there. Feeling the strings will let you know that the device is still in place. The other thing is that with severe rapid weight loss, the device can slip, so if you start to feel weird or have unnecessary discomfort dont let it go. My friend lost 8 oz of blood from a punctured uterus from the mirena.

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rodriguezequal    3

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Before my surgery I had the ParaGard IUD...about 2 weeks post op I started having abdominal pain. I went to the ER and I had a cyst that was a little larger than my uterus on my ovary...I continued to grow more (they would each burst after getting so large) and finally my doctor decided that I needed to have my IUD removed as soon as possible...so now I'm back on the pill :)

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snowflake21al    0

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I have the Implanon, it goes under the skin in your arm, close to your arm pit. It lasts for 3 years. I had it placed back in July and my surgeon said that it was fine, I have had no problems with it at all and I love it...

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2big4U    0

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My wife has a Mirana and I have a lapband, it has never been an issue for us...:drool::tongue2::w00t:

Dan

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NukeChik    1

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I also have the copper IUD. I had it about 3 years before lap-banding. I've been banded for over 10 months now and no ill effects.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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