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[KnottedYet]

Love that joke, Trek! Will have to show it to SKnot, the musical offspring.

[Nanci]

I used to use Norplant, for three cycles of five years, till they took it off the market, and meanwhile had moved to Florida, and was unable to have it removed, since the office I was being seen at hadn't installed it. Finally they found a GYN who would remove it, for $250!!! (I thought the removal cost was included up front!) I'm like, no way, I'll just keep it forever. But then a PA I worked with took it out for me at work one day...

So I'm suspicious of something like that happening with the Mirena some day, and that's an even worse thing to get a bootleg removal for!

But, they offer 12-month financing, (why doesn't my health insurance cover it, but they do cover every single other thing, including tubal lig and pregnancy???) so that _almost_ makes it affordable. $45 for a year. Geez...

My NP offered the NuvaRing, too, but if I was going to do that, I'd just do the shot.

Is estrogen contraindicated in people with family history of breast cancer?

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Finished 21 Grams last night. Maybe something lighter for tonight!!

[DrBee]

Like the joke Trek!

[Lise]

Nanci, I'll PM you. L.

[maillotpois]

thank heaven for my handheld email/internet pda. I was admitted to the hospital yesterday and am SUPER bored. when I get back to a real computer I will post the whole story in a separate thread - there are some good lessons to be learned from it. like: just because you have some bad rides and can't breathe doesn't mean you're just out of shape or having trouble controlling asthma - especially when combined w/sharp chest pain breathing (which woke me up the night before my 85 miler) and followed by coughing up blood a few days later.

I have pulmonary emboli, which probably developed after my 6/6 - 6/8 trip to the east coast. so I have had these clots for a while and it is really lucky nothing serious happened and probably excuses my pretty crummy riding (because of not being able to breathe) of late.

I have an amazing view from my hospital window.

[Trek420]

mp (((((hugs))))) thank heavens you caught it in time.

[Brina]

mp - hope you are recovered soon. my husband had a PE a few years back - got misdiagnosed as altitude sickness since we were on a ski trip when it occurred. scary stuff. hope they get your levels regulated soon and let you home.

[Trekhawk]

Yikes MP that is scary. Hope you are up and about soon.