katers

I now only have a period every 3-6 months. And it is much lighter. I also had my tubes tied in 1999 so my Mirena is for bleeding not birth control.

I got my Mirena in January of 2007 for heavy bleeding. I had my surgery in September 2008. I have not had any problems with it. You can have your provider check the strings at the time of your annual or do it yourself. You have to reach up there towards your cervix. The easiest time to check is when you are in the shower. Sometimes it is possible for your partner to feel a little poke if the strings are too long. The strings are easily shortened. Hope this helps.

I started counting from when I started the opti-fast diet 1 week before surgery.

I am so glad you have updated us. I was wondering whatever happened. I am glad you are healing.... although slowly. Please keep us posted on how you are doing.

I am sometimes sore in the port area. Sometimes it feels like my port is shoved into my ribs, it is all in the positioning!

I can eat pasta alot easier then pizza..... last night 2 bites of pizza and up it came.

Hello, I am hypothyroid due to having my thyroid removed in 2002. I had my LB surgery in September. I had my 6 month labs done and I my levels are still great. I take 50mcg of levothyroid. I have lost 45 pounds so far. Unfortunately I will never be able to come off these meds. Good luck.

Yes I would do it again, even with the complications.

I have a salad once a day and it goes down fine.

I get the GNC blue rasberry and fruit punch. They are very tart tasting. It says on the container to refridgerate after opening.

I guess I should be thankful mine were little......... and still are!

I had my first fill at 4 weeks, my second at 5 weeks. I was told it depended on if I felt I wasn't getting restriction or not. Good luck.

My port flipped after a hard time getting filled. My port felt flatter then usual. When I had it removed and put back in 10 days later due to an infection, my doctor confirmed it had indeed flipped. All is well now.

I am 4 months out and my already thin hair is thinning on the top. Not too bad yet, but I am confident it will grow back.

I have a Mirena and surgery was no problem! Good Luck.

I am really sorry all this is happening to you. I hope you get some answers and solutions soon. Kate

I was in the hosp. for about 7 hours. The hosp part of the bill was $54,000. They only got paid $6,000 of it.

Okay so this weekend I made a pumpkin pie andding 1 1/2 scoops of unflavored protien powder.........it turned out very good!

Has anyone added unflavored protein powder to a pumpkin pie? Does it bake correctly?

I was in the hosp for 8 hours. I had surgery on a Monday and went back to work the next Monday.

I have a mirena, it has been in for 2 years. No problem since banding 2 months ago.

I just phoned my Dr's office to ask how they chose where to put a port. They said that he always puts them on the left just below the ribs because that everyone is the same when it comes to finding it for fills.

Mine is on the left side, just under my ribs. It kinda pokes out abit. It is easily bumped with things, like when I carry things or step to close to something. I am wondering if put it on the opposite side of your dominating hand......

Oops I just realized I didn't answer about the restriction part...... sorry. I have pretty good restriction, I can eat between 1/2 -1 cup per meal. I rarely snack and if I do it is cottage cheese. (for the protein)

I was banded 9/15, I had 6cc put in with the band. On 10/20 I had another 1cc and then on 10/27 another 1cc. I am going in again on 12/1.