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From: annab@azure.UUCP (A Beaver)
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Subject: Re: IUDs & the Dalkon Shield
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Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 11:05:08 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  6 11:05:08 1985
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> Re: IUDs & the Dalkon Shield___________________________________________________
> 
> 	The Dalkon Shield, like other IUDs, has a string attached from it so
> that its owner can check its placement in the uterus.  Its string, however, is
> a number of strands wrapped together.  This works like a wick, drawing infec-
> tion into the uterus.

> but they marketed it anyways!  Perhaps they had a huge investment in research
> for it.  I don't know.
> 
> 	I think it's terrible.  For those of you with a "that's their problem"
> 		<_Jym_>

	Back in 1972 I (a person who had never had cramps or problems) had
	an IUD put in at the local planned parenthood clinic. I bled for
	3 months before I was able to convince them to remove it. The next
	month, I broke down and went to a doctor, who said that I had a 
	pretty bad infection. It took about 3 months to get rid of it.
	For the next 10-11 years, I had problems with ovarian systs and I
	often had cramps and discomfort when they were present. They at
	times would get about as big as a plum or small orange and would
	at times block off my bowls. It was those times when the syst would
	rupture and I would once again have to fight an infection. The
	3rd time I had a syst rupture, My 30th birthday, I got an infection
	that after 4months of trying to kill, settled in my tubes. They did
	my hysterectomy in March. (My birthday is in Oct) 

	One of the doctors that I saw years ago, in an emergency clinic, 
	said that He felt that my problems started with that IUD. Though
	the systs would come and go almost monthly I was lucky that I only
	had 3 ruptures. I have two friends who have similar problems, but they
	are in their mid 20s and the doctors tell them that they should live
	with it a few more years. 'You're too young for a hysterectomy'
	I had been on my back in pain (I COULD NOT sit) for almost 6 months
	continuous, before I convinced the doctor that my age had NOTHING to
	do with it. 
		Still young enough to enjoy life...
			 Annadiana Beaver
			A Beaver@Tektronix	"The mind must be tuned to
						  the right Frequency"
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