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My Brain and my Ovaries
14 years ago
So I went to the girly doctor yesterday spur of the moment because they had an opening. I've never been to that doctor before, my old one was in Hayward, a good 60 miles away from where I live now. I moved back in December/January 2011. Anyway, I get there for an exam and hoping to get my birth control pills refilled. I fill out patient history. I'm extremely healthy, just get migraines often and have had them for around a decade now. I get tunnel vision, or lack of vision on one side, extreme pressure on my eyes, neasuea, seeing starts, can't be around light and sound, all of that.
Currently, I am on Lutera for birth control pills. When I was on Ortho Novium and Levora, my migraines got way worse and happened every other day. I was taking migraine medication like mad and in pain for a good 5 months. I switched to Lutera and many of them went away. I change my diet, lost weight and they became even less. I get them about every 2 weeks now (better than every night).
So at the doctor, I get an exam and then I was told because of my migraines, I can't be on pills anymore. No pills, no ring, no depo (but depo decreases bone mass, so never wanted it). The estrogen puts me at a pretty high risk of stroke, brain swelling, neurological damage with the type of migraines I get. I was pretty bummed about it. The only options I have left are an IUD (intro-uterine device) or an implant in the arm called Implanon. I chose the Implanon implant because it was less invasive than going into your cervix with a punch saw. The good news is the implant is only done every 3 years. No remembering to take pills ever again.
I call the doctor next week to make an appt to get the implant, since they are booked solid for several weeks. I should gain any weight on the implant. I've worked my tail off to lose over 30 lbs, don't want to gain any of it back. Periods may be constant/irregular for the first 6 months, but worth it not to remember to take a pill every single day.
P.S. got my annual STD testing and I'm negative for everything, yay.
Currently, I am on Lutera for birth control pills. When I was on Ortho Novium and Levora, my migraines got way worse and happened every other day. I was taking migraine medication like mad and in pain for a good 5 months. I switched to Lutera and many of them went away. I change my diet, lost weight and they became even less. I get them about every 2 weeks now (better than every night).
So at the doctor, I get an exam and then I was told because of my migraines, I can't be on pills anymore. No pills, no ring, no depo (but depo decreases bone mass, so never wanted it). The estrogen puts me at a pretty high risk of stroke, brain swelling, neurological damage with the type of migraines I get. I was pretty bummed about it. The only options I have left are an IUD (intro-uterine device) or an implant in the arm called Implanon. I chose the Implanon implant because it was less invasive than going into your cervix with a punch saw. The good news is the implant is only done every 3 years. No remembering to take pills ever again.
I call the doctor next week to make an appt to get the implant, since they are booked solid for several weeks. I should gain any weight on the implant. I've worked my tail off to lose over 30 lbs, don't want to gain any of it back. Periods may be constant/irregular for the first 6 months, but worth it not to remember to take a pill every single day.
P.S. got my annual STD testing and I'm negative for everything, yay.
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Good annual test results are always a good thing.