Now that I finally had a diagnosis for my condition (I had at this point had it removed twice), it was time to try and get some better help than just surgery. My GP said "you're already on the pill, that should help". I was currently taking "Yasmin" and it was not helping at all. So after chatting with my parents about what to do, they said I could try a doctor who works at the family planning clinic.
I booked my appointment and went to the family planning clinic. I sat there waiting to see the doctor and hoping she would be able to help at all but was afraid that I might get treated like I had in the past. I walked into her room and sat and explained my problems. She gave me a pill to try but she made me feel like she didn't really care and was treating me like I was just after the pill so I could have sex.
It ended up that the pill she gave me didn't work and I had a few side effects too including an allergic reaction. I went back to see her again about 3 months later. This time she was much more supportive and compassionate about my situation and really listened to me. We tried a different pill, but it didn't work, and over the next year I tried 3 other pills. None seemed to help, and We ended up trying the Mirena coil.
The Mirena coil is a T-shaped coil with progesterone that is placed into the uterus. It was a little uncomfortable going in but once in place, I didn't notice it was there. However, after 5 months, I suspected I had fallen pregnant with the coil. I only told my (at the time) fiance that this had happened But at the time we were on holiday in Luxemburg. I planned to see my doctor when we returned home. However while still on holiday at I think around 6.5 weeks, I miscarried. This was quite a difficult thing to go through, especially when I saw the fetus on the tissue. Apart from my fiance, I kept it completely to myself for over 2 years, feeling dirty, guilty and in emotional pain. I told the doctor I wasn't getting on with the coil. It had made no difference to my symptoms, plus I was afraid of what might happen again.
The doctor was feeling at a loss for what to try. Because I had had allergic reactions to some of the pills I had taken she didn't want to give me the injection. I tried a pill that was fairly new to her - Qlaira. Like all the others, it didn't make a whole lot of difference to my symptoms but I stayed on it as I didn't want to fall pregnant again. This would be all the medication I would take for a long time.
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