Andrea’s Post Syndrome Story – Tubal Ligation Side Effects

What has caused you to seek out information about tubal ligation side effects? Could it be that you just can't put this post syndrome down to anything else and just want to learn more? If you have felt you are alone, then rejoice for you are not.

Here you can quickly learn what happened to Andrea, another sufferer just like you. At the time this article is being written, she has four children and is thirty-one. Three years ago, during the birth of her fourth child, she had her tubes tied. This was against her doctors advice. Her husband even cautioned against it.

Soon afterward, Andrea starting suffering different symptoms. At first, she put her general malaise down to her regret at having had her tubes tied. But, she began to keep track in a journal of all the different post syndrome symptoms she was beginning to acquire. The list of tubal ligation side effects just kept growing.

She had cyclical migraines with nausea and vomiting, could not lose extra weight from pregnancy even with diet and exercise, erratic emotions, and extremely dry skin. In addition, she would have mid-cycle cramping and then terrible cramping during her period. This latter cramping nearly brought her to tears though she says she has a high pain threshold. Not only did she begin to spot outside her normal period, the bleeding would be so severe her doctor suspected she had menstrual anemia. Indeed, the bleeding was so severe, it caused her to leave in the middle of church because she was too weak and nauseated.

As most of us would, Andrea turned to her ob/gyn and family doctors for help and advice. Both of them told her that having your tubes tied can lead to painful heavy periods. At least her doctors admitted it. Her family doctor even went so far as to tell her that the doctor had heard of numerous cases of women having severe problems after a tubal ligation. Andrea had all sorts of tests done to rule out any other possibilities such as endometriosis, cancer or cysts but got a clean bill of health. She began looking into getting a tubal reversal for the tubal ligation side effects.

While Andrea could have had the tubal reversal surgery done in her local region to alleviate her post syndrome symptoms, she just wasn't happy with her local finds. None maintained their own success rates and statistics and they just cost too much. The price she was quoted was $12,000. However, by flying to North Carolina, she could have one of the world's top tubal reversal doctors do the operation and, even with the tickets and hotel stay, she would pay less than that quoted price in her local area.

Andrea decided to make that flight and had her surgery done in July of 2008. Right away her tubal ligation side effects reduced. The headaches and pain are gone. Of course, a different kind of pain could come back in early summer next year. She got pregnant within two months of the operation and is very happy. But even with her short time before doing so, she was already going back to the way she was before having her tubes tied.

Andrea's story is just an example that you are not alone. Many other women do suffer from tubal ligation side effects and there is a way to rescue yourself. Look into having a tubal reversal and find yourself the best doctor you can.