As I mentioned in my last post, my IUD has been giving me back trouble. In the past few days, it's gotten quite bad. To compound the problem, I opted to go for a bike ride on Sunday even though my back was hurting. That made it worse and I've had to take a few days off from any activity.
The good news is that I have an appointment with a new doctor tomorrow. My hope is that I can convince him to take the IUD out then and there. Since the flare up of my back, I've done some additional reading about the side-effects of the Mirena. It's actually pretty mind-boggling. Not only the back pain and the weight gain...but reduced sex drive, bad skin, moodiness, fuzzy thinking, migraines, etc....lucky for me, the worst part of my issue has been only weight gain and back pain. And to be honest, I've got this giddy feeling inside of me at the thought that my weight struggle can be explained. And even more so at the possibility that removing this tiny device could reverse this situation! How exciting would it be to get my old body back? Of course, with this change comes my own responsibility to eat right and exercise...and to apply myself diligently inorder to get to my goals before I turn 44. I was just informed last night that my mother started menopause at 44 so I should be prepared for the same. Lovely. ;-)
No comments:
Post a Comment