My first day back at work was the beginning of my second week of recovery.
I work as a receptionist so I have somewhat of a desk job, but I do have to get up and down to get files, answer phones, and assist clients. I took my heating pad to work with me those first few days.
I only worked half a day Friday and I was exhausted by the end of the half day shift.
Tubal ligation reversal surgery wasn’t an instant decision for us. We had questions, concerns, and decided to investigate this further. How would our family and friends feel? What would they think? What would our kids think? How would we pay for it? What exactly do we have to do to have tubal reversal surgery? So many questions…..
Future Tubal Ligation Reversal Patient Georgia Peach | An IntroductionMy name is Tanya (Georgia Peach) and I am a 32-year-old receptionist at a vet clinic. I had my tubes tied in May of 2000, after the birth of my fifth daughter. My doctor at the time had dire predictions of the dangers to my health if I had any more children. Concerns for my health and pressure from my family really pushed me into having a tubal ligation. I had given birth to five healthy daughters. I lost my second born to SIDS in 1995. I reluctantly agreed to a tubal ligation.
Katherine is planning to be a future reversal patient of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center in the fall of 2008. She discovered us while searching the Internet.
My ligation was two years ago. A month later, while getting ready for a wedding, I destroyed my bathroom upstairs in my home!
My boyfriend was in total shock! He flew up the stairs to see what in the world was going on up there. I had a “fit of rage”. It was awful. It is still very embarrassing to talk about. I do not have a history of mental illness or mood disorders. This ‘fit’ was extremely terrifying for me and for my boyfriend. After calming myself enough to grab the phone, I called my gynecologist. It was a Saturday and the Doctor on call suggested I seek psychiatric help.
Still shaking, and holding the phone in my lap…I thought for a moment…”Maybe I am crazy.”
Needless to say I never made it to the wedding, as I was afraid that I might have another “episode”. A few months later…my boyfriend moved out because he never knew what kind of woman he would come home to. The sad part is I’d wake up and wonder what kind of woman I would be that day. My instinct told me the tubal ligation was the cause of my emotional instability. I just knew it. It was intuition.
I made an appointment with the Doctor who performed the ligation (Filshie clips). When my name was called, I was ushered into the Nurse’s office instead of my Doctor’s office. The nurse explained the Doctor heard I was there to talk about a reversal and wanted to relay to me he “does not do reversals and is not aware of any post ligation symptoms and that I should seek professional psychiatric help.” I left crying.
I then called a psychiatrist who put me on Depakote, Lamectil and Klonopin. I informed her I have Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTLS) symptoms PTLS, but I think she feels I’m bi-polar. The medication does help with the violent mood swings and depression.
The main symptoms are:
daily headaches
2-week PMS
7-8 day HEAVY periods (pass clots the size of walnuts)
anxiety, panic attacks, depression
pitting edema in ankles
fits of rage
uncontrollable crying spells
during ovulation..I have to sit on a pillow while driving and can’t sit flat on my chair at work. Pain with walking
sharp pains in my right side
pain during and after sex (especially after…I curl up in ball and suffer)
I have a small 10-acre farm with horses, dogs, and cats and soon…pigs! I don’t have time to be a pain ridden Tasmanian devil. I love my job, my family, my farm and it is so hard to enjoy it all when PTLS rules my life. I feel all of this is about to change now that I have found Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center!
Most importantly…My boyfriend and I have started dating again after a year apart. I showed him all of the emails, websites, etc that explain why I am the way I am…
A complete discussion of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome and the stories of other PTLS patients who have undergone tubal reversal can be seen in our blog series on PTLS. The first of fourteen articles is Pain After Tubal Ligation: A Symptom of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome? .
Readers can also view other patient submitted stories about their menstrual symptoms, reasons for reversing tubal ligation, and outcomes after reversal reversal surgery. Each patient’s story is listed below:
We invite readers to join our Tubal Reversal Message board and discuss and share personal experiences with tubal ligation. We also have a dedicated PTLS forum for readers to share experiences of worsening symptoms after tubal ligation procedures.
I am a Registered Nurse and have worked most of my career in Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit. I took a three year break and worked in Labor and Delivery and really loved that, as you can imagine…EVERY day was THE best day of each of my patient’s lives. I loved being a part of it and was emotional during just about all of my deliveries! My husband is a wealth builder…he owns his own financial firm and does investment/financial advising.
We have a happy family with 5 children and would feel blessed with another child biologically or through adoption; unfortunately both of us were sterilized during our previous marriages. No one ever plans for their spouse to leave, their marriage to be torn apart, and be left infertile. As my new husband and I had very similar stories, morals and beliefs and united in marriage and family, we thought long and hard about adding to our family to essentially “tie” our children together with a half sibling– so that when they are older and we are gone, they will still be close and not drift apart. This is what led me to do my research about tubal reversal surgery and what led me to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center.
Before this point, I had NO IDEA that Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTLS) existed and I did not know all of my many symptoms were probably linked together due to the decision I made to have my tubes tied in 2003 after the birth of my daughter. I researched PTLS even further and found a very long list of symptoms and just cried as I showed the list to my husband one night. I was literally astounded.
I remember my mom telling me before I had my tubal ligation she had always heard a “Tubal ligation makes you have much more severe cramps and heavier periods”.
I asked my OB/GYN this question as I was making my decision (I worked with this doctor in L&D at the time) and she said this was not true at all. It is evident that many physicians do not recognize PTLS as a true syndrome and it’s saddening. I am very blessed that my husband empathized with me and all the symptoms I had and supported me in having the tubal reversal for symptom relief, without a second thought. I had my tubal reversal 7/31/08 and if it is God’s plan to add to our family, He can provide that miracle…but if not or until then…I am extremely happy to have had the opportunity to be “reconnected” by Dr. Monteith.
Below is a list of symptoms that I found on a PTLS website and I listed the symptoms I have (there were many, many more).
1. Bouts of rapid heart rate: In 2005, I was having palpations so frequently that I saw a cardiologist that I worked with at the time. He did a stress echo, which was fine, but placed me on a beta blocker medication due to the symptoms interfering with my everyday life. I have since weaned off of the medication myself and it only happens on occasion now.
2. Irritability/mood swings/PMS: I was never this bad before…I’m a very pleasant, laid back person and the past 4 years or so, my PMS symptoms have increased in length more and more until it was about 2 weeks long, and it would go away two or three days after my cycle was over.
3. Trouble sleeping thru the night: Absolutely! I have had severe insomnia since 2003 or 2004. Of course, my doctor gave me another pill to help this symptom…but I hate having such trouble sleeping and try not to take the medicine. I have tried hypnosis, herbs, melatonin, Benadryl, and acupuncture…many things other than using the prescription medicine.
4. Irregular periods: Not so much irregular, meaning I have 25-28 day cycles, but HEAVY and EXTREMELY painful…To the point of being doubled over in pain for the first two days of my cycle and curled up in a ball. It’s worse than any labor I had before I had to have my C-section. A couple of years ago, I would bleed up to 11-14 days every month and I was advised to have a hysterectomy due to the pain and bleeding. Being age 32 at the time, I refused to go that route.
5. Anxiety: I was never a very anxious person before. I have had increased anxiety, to the point I talked to my doctor about it (I was also going through a difficult time)…and was given yet another medication to try. It did help, but it was an antidepressant used for anxiety and was very hard for me to get off of once I decided I did not want to be on medication anymore.
6. Decreased energy: My energy level has dropped so much, but I just figured it was from getting older. I’ve never been a morning person, but this is much worse…it’s like constantly being tired and sluggish.
7. Feelings of doom/apprehension/despair: Some months, not all (especially a couple years back), my PMS symptoms are so severe, that it makes me think very sad thoughts…and it’s always about 2 days at the end of my cycle (which is the same point my migraines come as well…so it could be related).
8. Depression: I’ve had some bouts of what I call depression (non diagnosed) over the last few years…my “depression” is more in the form of anxiety/overwhelming feelings and wanting to sleep and not face anyone.
9. Headaches: Migraines…I used to have them in college when I was on birth control pills. Finally, when they figured out it was probably the hormones and I came off the birth control pills; I did not have any more migraines, until AFTER my tubal ligation. I’ve been on a migraine medication for over a year and use a different one if it gets out of hand. They can be debilitating.
10. Weight gain: I have had a very difficult time trying to lose my ‘baby weight’ from my last pregnancy from 2003 and tubal ligation. Although I had always been proportioned before, the worst of my weight now is around the middle.
11. GI problems: I have had reflux or heartburn since my tubal ligation as well.
I have only had one cycle since my tubal reversal, so I will be watching for much symptom relief!
A complete discussion of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome and the stories of other PTLS patients who have undergone tubal reversal can be seen in our blog series on PTLS. The first of fourteen articles is Pain After Tubal Ligation: A Symptom of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome? .
Readers can also view other patient submitted stories about their menstrual symptoms, reasons for reversing tubal ligation, and outcomes after reversal reversal surgery. Each patient’s story is listed below:
We invite readers to join our Tubal Reversal Message board and discuss and share personal experiences with tubal ligation. We also have a dedicated PTLS forum for readers to share experiences of worsening symptoms after tubal ligation procedures.
At the age of 32, Rebecca underwent a tubal ligation in 1995. Within one year, she began to notice worsening menstrual symptoms which were attributed to Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTLS). She dealt with these symptoms for 12 years before deciding to undergo tubal ligation reversal surgery.
Her story prior to tubal ligation reversal can be read in the article entitled Meet Rebecca. Rebecca reported her symptoms after tubal ligation as:
Loss of libido
Losing more that the normal amount of hair daily
Unexplained Weight gain
Loss of sexual arousal
Loss of natural lubrication
Painful intercourse
Depression
Isolation
Spotting
Heavier cycles
Unexplained Joint pain
Migraine headaches
Severe Mood Swings
Severe Temperature fluctuations
Rebecca underwent an outpatient tubal ligation reversal in July 2008. Drs Berger and Monteith performed her surgery. Rebecca’s fallopian tubes were found to be in good condition and she had a successful bilateral, microsurgical tubotubal anastamosis. Her surgery lasted 88 minutes. She was subsequently released to the local Sheraton hotel, was seen the next day by a Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center staff member, and was then discharged to home. She has recovered from reversal surgery without any complications.
Rebecca’s report on her symptoms since having reversal surgery:
As far as my symptoms at this point:
I believe it is too early to really notice any changes but here are the few that I am aware of this month.
I am thinking about intimacy once again and I feel that my libido is coming back.
Intercourse was not painful.
My headache this month lasted only one day.
My moods are still erratic and my hair continues to fall out.
I plan to keep track of my feelings, including the desire for intimacy, and sexual arousal signs; in addition to other symptoms.
I believe hormone testing is important before and after a tubal reversal. Perhaps every 3 to 6 months along with keeping a journal of menstrual symptoms.
This is the twelfth article in our fourteen part series on PTLS and associated medical conditions. Our first article, Pain After Tubes Tied: Symptom of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome?, reviews symptoms associated with PTLS.
Our next several articles will continue to present patients who have suffered from worsening menstrual, physical, and emotional symptoms after surgical sterilization procedures ( women who had their tubes tied).
Readers can also view other patient submitted stories about their menstrual symptoms, reasons for reversing tubal ligation, and outcomes after reversal reversal surgery. Each patient’s story is listed below:
We invite readers to join our Tubal Reversal Message Board and discuss and share personal experiences with tubal ligation. We also have a dedicated PTLS forum for readers to share experiences of worsening symptoms after tubal ligation procedures.
My name is Rebecca and I am 45 years old. My husband’s name is Dana and he is 47.
I have a BA in Elementary Education. After teaching, I chose to stay at home the past twelve years with my daughter. I have home schooled her for the past 7 years. At the present time, I design and sew costumes for ballets and other performances.
My husband has a BS in Industrial Engineering. He works for a non-profit organization. He works as a liaison between the government and manufacturers that hire individuals with disabilities, in particular those who are blind.
We have been married for 26 years. We have four children. Two sons, ages 25 and 22 and two daughters ages 23 and 12. We have a grandson (4) and granddaughter (2) by our daughter, who is married to a wonderful man.
I had the tubal ligation in 1995 after the birth of my daughter. Just prior to this pregnancy I had a miscarriage. This put a scare into my husband. It was a pretty nasty miscarriage and although the next pregnancy was fine, he was concerned for my health and future pregnancy’s in addition to the age factor. I had my daughter at the age of 32. I did regret the tubal ligation. I felt I had interfered with God’s plan for my life. However, this I had come to terms with.
I found Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center in 1999. However, I did not read the message boards because I thought it was selfish of me to even think of spending that kind of money (for reversal surgery). The thought of a tubal ligation reversal went to bottom of the priority list. Life went on for the next 12 years. I finally began reading the boards and realized how many other women had suffered what I had and that there was hope by having a reversal.
I was approximately 33 when the symptoms of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTLS) began to show up. It is only after researching PTLS and reading my journals I realized my symptoms were very similar and often times identical to many other women out there. When the symptoms did show up I did not realize what the “condition was”. I thought what I was going through was part of the aging process.
The first thing to go was the desire for intimacy. This included a diversion to intercourse. I was unable to produce any signs of arousal, including cervical mucus. Intercourse became painful and had never been so before.
Doctors told me I had endometriosis, when in fact I did not.They also told me it was because of my tipped uterus. Not so. A tipped uterus has nothing to do with arousal. I told myself it was age, and the fact that I had born four children.
My moods became very erratic. I would blow up at the least little thing. Then moments later I would be fine. I would get depressed and have no desire to be around people.
This was not me; I love interaction and being around people. The saddest part about the erratic mood swings was the very real possibility that my husband may get fed up with me and all we had would be lost. It felt as if I had no control over my emotional state of mind, as if my world was crumbling and the only way to fix it was to take anti-depressants. This was not an option for me.
I began to get migraine headaches prior to my menstrual flow.
Severe headaches. They would last up to four to five days. I had never had headaches. My hair began to fall out. That began happening almost immediately. Again I thought that was normal.
Although I was very active, I began to put on weight around the age of 35. I began to get night sweats. One moment I would be cold then sweating profusely. My joints began to ache. I got unexplained joint pain. I was even diagnosed with tendinitis at the age of 35 (I do not play tennis). My doctor could not figure this out.
My menstrual cycle stayed at 28-day cycles, lasting about 7 days. Typically 3 days heavy 4 days light. However, they also began to be much heavier for longer than 3 days, and I began to experience spot bleeding. I would believe my cycle was over and then I would begin to bleed again about 3 days past my cycle. I didn’t say anything to the doctor; I was too concerned he would say I needed a “hysterectomy“. Or they would tell me that I was preparing to go into menopause. My friends even had me convinced that I was in the early stages of menopause.
I had been told for so long that everything that was happening to me was because of early menopause; I have a tendency to question if PTLS is real. That is why when I read the stories on CHTRC’s message boards about PTLS; I came to realize it is real…
Rebecca’s after surgery story can be viewed on the following blog article entitled Rebecca After Tubal Ligation Reversal.
This is the eleventh article in our fourteen part series on PTLS and associated medical conditions. Our first article, Pain After Tubes Tied: Symptom of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome?, reviews symptoms associated with PTLS.
Our next several articles will continue to present patients who have suffered from worsening menstrual, physical, and emotional symptoms after surgical sterilization procedures ( women who had their tubes tied).
We invite readers to join our Tubal Reversal Message Board and discuss and share personal experiences with tubal ligation. We also have a dedicated PTLS forum for readers to share experiences of worsening symptoms after tubal ligation procedures.
Andrea describes her recovery and improvement of symptoms after tubal ligation reversal surgery. Her story prior to ligation reversal is Meet Andrea.
I had my tubal ligation reversal surgery on 7/30/08. I was on my second day of my period that day. After surgery, I bled for only four more days!
This past month was the first month I had NO migraine or cluster headaches, no odd bleeding or cramping, and I have now started my period. I started right on time, and had tolerable cramps with NORMAL moderate blood flow. This isn’t the blood flow that has caused me to leave in the middle of church-weak, nauseated and pale. I am so very happy that I can live without the exhaustion of anemia during my period, and not live in fear that one time will just be too heavy to be OK. I don’t have to live with the pain, constant moisture, showering 2-3 times a day and clotting.
Most importantly, I’ve given God control over my body. I don’t have to cry and grieve over the loss of a possible future child, nor do I have to cry over the pain and turmoil my physical body is in.
Andrea has become pregnant almost two months after her tubal ligation reversal! Her baby is in her uterus and things seem to be progressing well.
The staff of CHTRC wishes Andrea and her family good luck with their first tubal reversal baby. Undoubtedly, there is nothing like a pregnancy to cure bad menstrual periods!
This is the tenth article in our fourteen part series on PTLS and associated medical conditions. Our first article, Pain After Tubes Tied: Symptom of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome?, reviews symptoms associated with PTLS.
Our next several articles will present patients who have suffered from worsening menstrual, physical, and emotional symptoms after surgical sterilization procedures ( women who had their tubes tied).
Readers can also view other patient submitted stories about their menstrual symptoms, reasons for reversing tubal ligation, and outcomes after reversal reversal surgery. Each patient’s story is listed below:
We invite readers to join our Tubal Reversal Message Board and discuss and share personal experiences with tubal ligation. We also have a dedicated PTLS forum for readers to share experiences of worsening symptoms after tubal ligation procedures.
My name is Andrea, and I’m a 31 year-old home schooling mother to four children.
I’m married to my partner in Christ, Jeff, who is 36. Jeff has his own CPA practice here near our home. We live in beautiful Coeur d’ Alene Idaho, where we are a very close knit Christian family.
In 2005, against the advice of my doctor and with my husband cautioning against it, I had a Filshie clip tubal ligation at the planned c-section birth of my daughter. My doctor used clips because of my age at the time of tubal ligation, as well as the fact that he believed I would want more kids based on my nature.
Soon after the birth of my daughter, I began experiencing symptoms that independently wouldn’t have been alarming, but when gathered together, had me very worried and feeling terrible. Early after the birth, I felt very sad about not having more children. At times I thought the symptoms were just because I was sad about ending my fertility. Now I know they are separate, as well as the desire to continue to have more children, even if you already have “more than normal”, is a God given desire, and NOT something BAD.As my symptoms began to mount, I began a journal of NEW symptoms for me. While one or two of these may not be abnormal, each one of these was new for me, and together made a host of symptoms.
· Period returned 3 weeks after post-partum bleeding, despite breastfeeding full time. The earliest I had a period while breastfeeding before was 8 months!
· Cyclical migraines or cluster headaches. Typically, one in the week before my period, one upon my period leaving, and one mid-cycle. Each took up to 4 days to clear completely, and each required prescription medication. Nausea and vomiting would accompany without treatment.
· First time I couldn’t lose my baby weight through breastfeeding, diet and exercise.
· Highly emotional, and easily brought to tears or sadness.
· Extremely dry skin.
· Mid-cycle cramping and breast tenderness.
· Terrible cramping for 1-2 days of menstruation, with moderate cramping before bleeding starts, with light cramping entire period. I’m a very active woman with high pain tolerance. This cramping was enough to nearly bring me to tears.
· Bleeding so severely, I would soak a pad in an hour. My doctor suspected menstrual anemia.
· Bleeding sometimes mid-cycle. Spotting would begin on CD 23-24 and continue through 28 when heavy period would start. Bleeding would last 7 full days, with spotting another 2-3 at the end.
· Persistent yeast infections, presumably from being “damp” due to having to wear pads much of the month to catch unexpected flow.
When looking at this journal, I sought the advice of my OB/Gyn and family physician. Both doctors acknowledged tubal ligation can and often does cause painful and heavy periods. However, my family physician went a step further. She conveyed that she had heard numerous cases of women having severe problems following tubal ligation, and was fully on board in my seeking a reversal. She did hormone screening and other blood work, and my OB/Gyn performed a pelvic ultrasound to rule out endometriosis, infections, fibroids, cancers and cysts. Both doctors gave me a clean bill of health, with no other cause for my new problems. Both doctors wrote to my insurance company, requesting payment for a tubal reversal on the sole basis of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTLS).
The insurance company, a national and well-known provider, wrote back these words:
“Although a tubal ligation reversal is medically necessary for the health of the insured, tubal reversals are not covered as the code falls under fertility treatment which is excluded. *Named insurance company* will authorize payment for treatments of hormone therapy, ablation, D&C and hysterectomy.”
Obviously, at 29 years old and also seriously mourning the loss of my fertility, these were not acceptable treatments for the physical manifestations of my tubal ligation.
We began the process of searching out the best doctor to perform a tubal ligation reversal, and saving the funds to do so. Some local physician’s, including my own, perform tubal ligation reversal. However, I was unable to feel satisfied about the outcome since none maintained accurate PTLS relief and pregnancy statistics based on their own work. Doctor’s in the Seattle area also do tubal ligation reversal, as well as many other cities in the nation. The local doctor’s were going to cost us about $12,000. Even with travel from Northern Idaho, Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center was a more affordable, and a more highly skilled facility.
This is the ninth article in our fourteen part series on PTLS and associated medical conditions. The first article, Pain After Tubes Tied: A Symptom of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome?, introduces the most common symptoms some women attribute to their tubal ligation.
Readers can also read Andrea’s after surgery follow-up story: Andrea After Tubal Ligation Reversal Surgery. In addition to telling us how she has done after her tubal ligation reversal, she also has some exciting news to share!
Our next several articles will present personal stories of some of our patients who have suffered from worsening menstrual, physical, and emotional symptoms after surgical sterilization procedures ( women who had their tubes tied).
We invite readers to join our Tubal Reversal Message board and discuss and share personal experiences with tubal ligation. We also have a dedicated PTLS forum for readers to share experiences of worsening symptoms after tubal ligation procedures.
Momzilla is actually Tracy. She is a 43 year-old married, mother of three and is employed as a Senior Human Resource Manager. Tracy is married to Glenn who is a Transactional Real Estate and Business Attorney. In the previous article, Meet Momzilla, Tracy described her symptoms of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTLS).
Tracy is currently four months out from her tubal ligation reversal surgery and both she and her husband describe her recovery.
In their own words….
“Just weeks after my reversal the first thing I noticed was that I had lost the overwhelming sense of dread that had been shadowing me. As I was still healing from the surgery I was less fatigued and more energetic. My mood and outlook were “lighter”. My emotional healing began quickly and the physical healing soon followed. As the weeks passed I noticed improvement in my hair, skin and nails. I was sleeping again and my fogginess and inability to concentrate improved. I have not had a PMS headache, dizziness or tingling in my extremities. Each menstrual cycle since the reversal has gotten progressively better and more “normal”. My exaggerated and prolonged PMS symptoms have diminished. At about 6 weeks post reversal I got my libido back and, for that, my husband is eternally grateful (LOL!). I was no longer feeling like a stranger in my own body. Aside, of course, from getting my health back, the best part of my recovery has been re-connecting with my family. I feel like I have gone from the evil “Momzilla”, tired, moody and short-tempered all the time to just plain “Mommy” again. I feel at ease again in my own skin and with life. I no longer wake up dreading what symptom might take control of me. Shortly after the surgery, Glenn said to me “Welcome back, I missed you…”. In good times and in bad, he and I have always “loved” each other, but, for the duration of time that PTLS held me hostage, we “lost” our connection to each other. After the reversal, along with my obvious physical healing came the healing of my marriage and my family. It still amazes me that, after 3 years of suffering, I could see relief from my symptoms so quickly. I hope, through this series of blogs, that more women and their families as well as their physicians can be educated about PTLS and know that a reversal can bring them new hope for restoring their health and their lives.”
Aside from the symptoms, the tragedy of PTLS is that we could have ended up divorced if Tracy didn’t have an inquisitive mind and, after almost three years, discovered PTLS online. From my viewpoint, PTLS transformed my best friend and wife into a detached unaffectionate roommate. Since the medical community did not recognize the possible effect of the tubal ligation procedure, we did marriage counseling which, of course, was unhelpful at best and could not succeed since the cause of the problem was biological. With no other explanation available from medical “experts”, we went through a series of episodes of “blame” with pop-psychology reasons to explain disinterest, depression and other symptoms that we didn’t know were symptoms. I received some truly bad advice from well-meaning sources. Symptoms like memory loss also put a strain on day-to-day living. In the end, we made it through because we started with love, a strong relationship and mutual respect. I have to wonder how many marriages have ended without ever knowing the reason?
I hope that the data compiled by the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center can be used to provide proof to the medical community of this syndrome because it could help so many families if doctors provided pre-tubal ligation counseling and recognized this a possible cause of common symptoms experienced by women.
This is the eighth article in our fourteen part series on PTLS and associated medical conditions. The first article of this series, Pain After Tubes Tied: A Symptom of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome?, discusses the most common symptoms associated with PTLS.
Our next several articles will present stories of our patients who have sufferred from worsening menstrual, physical, and emmotional symptoms after surgical sterilization procedures ( women who had their tubes tied).
Readers can also view other patient submitted stories about their menstrual symptoms, reasons for reversing tubal ligation, and outcomes after reversal reversal surgery. Each patient’s story is listed below:
We invite readers to join our Tubal Reversal Message board and discuss and share personal experiences with tubal ligation. We also have a dedicated PTLS forum for readers to share experiences of worsening symptoms after tubal ligation procedures.
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