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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Natalie1974" data-source="post: 1095807" data-attributes="member: 134746">Hi [USER=53162]@Juicyj[/USER] Apologies for resurrecting such an old thread...just wondering if you're still using the Mirena coil and if so...how you're getting on with it?  I had a bit of a nightmare with ladies problems last year and ended up having to have the copper coil removed for a while due to an infection brought on by the coil.  I'm now looking at getting another one fitted.  I had an appointment this morning to get a repeat smear to check whether infection has now cleared before going ahead but the nurse...whose type 1 daughter used Mirena coil without problems...recommended it very highly.Personally...I'm very dubious about anything to do with messing with hormones...for that reason I gave up on the pill that was prescribed shortly afterwards as it played havoc with my blood sugars...so have been exercising EXTREME caution for many months now.  I now also have a good handle on how things work...I know that the week before I'm incredibly insulin resistant...and during...incredibly insulin sensitive and although a total pain in the bum...I can work with it because I know how it works...so not really wanting to mess with it...but saying that...with my experience of the copper coil and infections...I'm not so keen on that idea either.  Just wondering what everyone's thoughts and experiences are on the Mirena coil?</blockquote>

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