Today, I had the contraceptive implant removed from my arm after having had it in for three years. I was one of the unlucky people whose body sticks to it. It took half an hour to cut and pull a tiny little stick out of my arm. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, it's been one week since I went to get my birth control renewed. It also marks 16 days until I get the half that broke off in my uterus removed. FML
Today, I finally had my doctor's appointment to get my tubes tied. I've been waiting for 2 years. Instead, I found out that my birth control failed and I'm pregnant. FML
Today, I put a tampon in. The string broke. I had to go to the hospital to get it out. FML
Today, I found out that I have unnecessarily been using birth control for the past 10 years. A surgery I had following a complication with my first child apparently rendered me infertile, and none of the doctors bothered to enlighten me. FML
Today, I missed an important meeting at work because I was vomiting from painful cramps. Just last week I was recommending that everyone get the implant because I hadn't had symptoms in two years. FML
Today, I found out that I'm pregnant. I had an IUD put in two years ago that's supposed to prevent pregnancy. To put it in perspective, less than 1% of people using this IUD get pregnant. Lucky me. FML
Today, I had emergency surgery to remove my fallopian tubes. I'm one of the 0.5% of people who get pregnant after having their tubes tied. FML
Today, I finally went to have blood taken for an allergy test I really need. Afterwards, I had an allergic reaction to the bandaid they used on my arm. FML
Today, I re-dislocated my arm trying to get it out of the cast it was in because I didn't want to pay the $50 dollar fee to get it taken off. FML
Today, I have peace of mind that I am not pregnant, thanks to my IUD. It's not because of the effectiveness of the contraceptive, but my inability to touch my boyfriend. I haven't stopped bleeding since my doctor installed it 3 weeks ago. FML
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Helenarth 6
And now I'm suddenly scared of having mine out.
amyrules99 7
I can't tell if "sticks to it" was planned or not considering t was a stick
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luckylea24 7
foxfur 25
I had one too. I had mine removed a year early though because of severe issues with it. and she had to practically saw the damn thing out of my arm.
childtr3 0
i had to have three attempts with mine because it broke so i have 5 scars insread of 1
gladiactor2011 3
I have that thing.....now I'm scared o.O
bikerchick24 4
That also happened to me.
littlebluepill 1
That happened to me too!!!! The doctors going 'look, this doesn't usually take so long' - eek!
thesusanne 2
Cheer up, mine took an hour. 30 minutes of digging around in my arm to try and find it, then 30 minutes to cut/pull it out.
Muffin_boo 12
The hardest part with implanon is grabbing it to remove it after the incision. Other than that it's really not that big of a deal OP. I just had my second 3-year implant put in recently, no complaints here! But good luck anyway!
sofiery 9
I am now terrified that will happen to me when mine gets replaced! :( but they inject you with an anesthetic first (or at least they did with me) so the pain would probably just be the aching afterwards, I'm guessing. Either way, FYL!
Sasumay 0
I guess it was a sticky situation.