My Troubles With Tubal Ligation
I’m just still so grateful and happy at the way I feel now compared to what I had gone through before. I want the Doctor to know that PTLS is a serious real thing. I know some women lie about it because they want to have another baby. I wanted another baby too- that was ultimately what made me find out about what PTLS was and that was the reason for my symptoms. But my symptoms were real. And thankfully Dr. M was able to reverse them. I am so indebted to him for that.
Symptoms After Tubal Ligation
After I had my tubes tied, and it ruined my life for 4 years and was so traumatic that I think about the affects almost every day, so I am reporting again now that it’s been over two years since I had my reversal. My symptoms were very high blood pressure as soon as I had my tubes tied. A year after having my tubes tied I gained so much weight.
I went from 140 to 190, and climbing. I had massive migraines that were blinding. My periods were so heavy I couldn’t leave the house and so excruciating I had to go to the ER. The ER Doctors wanted me to go on birth control pills to control the symptoms. I couldn’t have sex, it was so painful. I had no feeling left in my body. It was dead feeling or almost numb. My hair fell out became dry and broke off. I have before and after pictures that are shocking from right before I had my tubes tied, one year after, and two years after then I refused to be in photos after that. The most recent pictures I’ve had are of one year post tubal reversal. The differences are shocking. I was so tired I couldn’t function. I had to lay on the couch all day and watch my kids. If I could go one place it was only the grocery and I’d have to lay down as soon as I got home. I would almost fall asleep behind the wheel. I was so depressed. My skin changed into old lady’s skin. And I would get hot flashes all the time and wake up in a pool of sweat in the middle of the night. I almost got a divorce. It ruined my life.
Symptoms After Reversal
It was immediate. I didn’t believe it would work, but I had hope. I prayed. It was worth a shot anything because of how miserable I was. I wanted to die. I couldn’t see living any longer like that. Truly. I was suicidal but would have never done it because of my children. I immediately lost 10 lbs two weeks after. And immediately became pregnant two weeks after. The day after my blood pressure dropped back down to what it had been before. I’ve always had low blood pressure, actually abnormally low. And the Doctor told me I would have to go on blood pressure medication and birth control after having my tubes tied. So it dropped back down the day after I had my reversal and it was so low ever since. My migraines completely went away. I am now 150 lbs.
My hair is soft again. My hair grew back. Intercourse doesn’t hurt anymore and feels the same as it did before. My skin feels the same as before. I still feel the electricity in my body now, and it feels alive. I’m not depressed. I’m not tired. I can drive across country- which I have. I have had another baby, and I can’t say the birth wasn’t traumatic, but I have been able to be here and normal and awake for my baby and all my kids. Something I couldn’t have done before at all. I work out now, and sleep all night. No night sweats. No depression. No migraines. Low blood pressure.
I have sex with my husband now almost every day. Things make me happy again. I really think I am the kind of person who can’t handle hormone change. Which is why I never was on birth control. And I am a slave to my hormones when I’m ovulating, when I’m menstruating, when I’m pregnant. It really bad. And I know I hyper ovulate because of the symptoms of ovulation. I can track it on tests and just by the natural occurrences. Every time I’ve had sex without protection to completion I have become pregnant. I do not want to have another baby, but knowing that now my body is capable of it again also brings me great comfort. To be natural and healthy again is deeply therapeutic, considering how it was before.
Patient age: 42
Tubal ligation type: Other/unknown
Patient hometown: San Diego, California
