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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Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
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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Comments (150)
katty18724 25
I'm scared now, I get mine out next week.
isodontgetit 18
Ew. Reminds me of when I was 8 and broke my arm. I was so lucky to have everything skin and all grow around and over the pin that it was beyond painful to have removed.
missjess05 10
I have one in my arm... Now I'm terrified to get it out... Thank you
Xshley 11
The exact same thing happened to me. I know your pain!
farttard 8
That's why you don't do those stupid implant things, depo shot all the way.
Cauldroup 13
Accidentally pressed YDI. Now I'm slowly getting where they come from.
icagoobo 19
Mine was the same. Worst case they’d seen. It had moved and embedded into my muscle. Took them three hours, an x-ray, and two doctors to get it out. Thing is if I ever decide to get birth control again I still wouldn’t hesitate to get it again.