Yup, she's here.

Well hello there my long lost friend, Aunt Flo. I'm quite honestly surprised that things are seeming quite normal right now. Not only did she arrive just 3 days before I expected her, everything seems quite normal and back to the way it was before Mirena.

One thing I'm noticing is that THIS is the way cramps should feel like. Dull and achy. Not like the intense unable to move pain I was experiencing with the Mirena. I'm slightly bloated with a little headache, but it just feels so normal. This what my body is supposed to be doing!

Feeling good!

I felt pretty crappy all weekend and basically just slept it off. I guess I needed it because today I feel pretty fantastic! I hope this lasts!

I'm expecting aunt flo here I think pretty soon, have a few PMS symptoms so I wonder if it's the hormone change that is giving me a mood boost. Although I think this is the first time in all of EVER that PMS made me happy instead of extremely cranky, haha. I'll take it!

Mirena Belly Update

Here we almost 3 weeks post mirena, much better!

Weight loss?

On a quick note, even though I've dropped maybe 2 or 3 pounds, a friend had mentioned I looked a lot smaller already. I'm assuming that's the bloat as that's basically completely gone now. Yay!

I got the new meal plan from http://happyherbivore.com/, vegan AND gluten free AND 1200 calories a day (adjustable if need be). Hoping that helps to jump start some weight loss. Now that I'm coming off the crash (or at least improving some) I hope to be more motivated to start trying to lose some of this excess fat!

Detoxing

On day 2 of my liver detox, and I can definitely feel it now. My skin keeps breaking out into a bit of a rash, and I kind of feel like I have the flu. I get SUPER irritable in the evening as well. I decided to have a detox bath tonight (1 cup of epsom salts, 2 cups baking soda, 1 cup apple cider vinegar) for 20 minutes, oh my goodness I have never experienced something like that before. Complete exhaustion, felt like full blown flu, and my muscles were twitchy afterwards. I had laid on the bathroom floor for 5 minutes after the bath just so I wouldn't pass out. Now, I take hot baths very frequently but I have never had that happen before. I don't know if it's the mix of going through a liver detox that did it, or the baking soda or what. I'm going to try and have a detox bath twice a week for awhile and hopefully that helps to clean my system out.

 All in all just trying to clean these toxins and hormones out of my body!

Naturopath Visit

Things have been slightly better but I still feel a little off, more just tired and sluggish than anything else. I just want to sleep!

I saw a Naturopath today and discussed all of the symptoms I had and how I'm doing so much better now, and that all of the symptoms are gone, I'm just left feeling so very tired. She explained to me how I'm sensitive to the hormones in the IUD which gave me such horrible side effects. She's put me on a liver detox for the next month to help push all of the leftover hormones out of my body.

I'm taking one of these in the morning (she also suggested having extra fiber when I take them):

And two of these with dinner:

Here's to hoping things keep improving! 

A little better

Today was a little better! Not nearly as tired and blah as I have been. I tried to go for a run, failed miserably. Weird though, I went last week and my shins didn't hurt at all, I just pulled a groin muscle. So I decided to give it a little rest. Today however I could barely run at all! I still went out for a 30 minute walk though. I just felt so frustrated over not being able to run, it didn't do much to improve my mood.

Then I decided because I noticed my stomach was looking flat today I would weigh in. Ummmm yeah will not be doing that after dinner again. Major mood buster. I FEEL better but the scale is not agreeing with me.

I decided to scroll back (I use the Wii fit to weigh in so it tracks weigh in's for me) a few years, and from May of 08' (I got the IUD in Feb) to October of '08 I gained 20 pounds!!! By January '09 I was up another 10. From then until now I have stayed within the same 10 pound range and I just CAN'T break out of it. I really really REALLY hope having this IUD out will help things a bit. It's incredibly frustrating!

Crashing hard

Ugh, I am definitely experiencing the mirena crash. I'm exhausted, achy, dizzy, nausea, shakey and have vertigo. Seriously just want to crawl into bed and stay there. Trying to eat well, drink lots of water and take vitamins. Hope this doesn't last for too long, and really looking forward to my Naturopath appointment next week.

On a good note though, my skin is looking fantastic! For the first time in a long time... not a single breakout. It's weird to touch my face and it's actually smooth. Bloating is still down and I feel less swollen. Things down below are seeming more back to normal as well (I'll spare the TMI details...).

So while this crash isn't fun, I do feel better overall. At least I haven't had any mood swings!

Crashing

On day 5 now and I can feel the "mirena crash" now. Started a little on Friday with headaches and feeling a bit sluggish, Saturday was much of the same, but today I just want to sleep and I feel like I have the flu or something. Trying to drink lots of water and eat healthy to help ease the crash at least a little! I hope this doesn't last for too long.

2 days since removal

Feeling amazing!!! Cooking dinner last night my boyfriend says "who are you and what have you done with my girlfriend?" after he said something that would normally make me fly off the handle. So, mood has been a huge improvement.

The bloating is going down now! Here's a before and after of 2 days..

12 hour update

So it's been 12 hours since removal, and what a difference in my mood! We went to home depot and I ended up in a laughing fit for no reason at all.. I just felt that good. I've been having muscle spasms in what feels like my uterus which is rather strange feeling, if I put my hand over the area it feels like a baby kicking, lol. Bleeding stopped, just had a little spotting about 2 hours after removal. So far so good!

And, the photo I took this morning of my mirena belly. This is before breakfast, previous day was completely clean eating.

Removed!

I had my Mirena removed this morning. It was very quick, and not too painful. Bit of a sharp pinch for just a second, followed by a weird cramped up feeling. It's been about 3 hours since it was out and I just feel  kind of empty or something, I didn't realize how much I could feel the Mirena! I just feel nothing, no cramping or tightness.

I've got a slight headache and I'm a little lightheaded, but that happened when it was inserted as well. I took a quick photo of my "mirena belly" this morning, I'll take another tomorrow and see if there is a difference at all.

I booked an appointment with a naturopath in 2 weeks to discuss the symptoms I had and I'm hoping to be put on a detox plan.

In the meantime I'm waiting for the crash!