jami82's Blog

Hi My name is Jami I live in Texas I have three daughters Sierra age 10 Shyanne age 6 and Savanna age 2. My husband is Chris. I had my tubes tied when Savanna was born in November 2006, I would have changed my mind when she turned out to be a girl instead of a boy like I was told she was, but I was to drugged up and exhausted and I had already signed the papers so away I went. My periods after she was born started to become irregular and come with bad cramps that I never had before sometimes I will have 2-3 periods in a month and then not have one for the next month. I will get this dull achy pain in my ovaries right before my period that no pain killers will touch, I have tried them all vivarin, pamprin, etc. I have had headaches everyday for the past year some are mild some are severe but it’s an everyday thing I have tried advil, alieve, Excedrin, ibuprofen nothing touches them. I have even seen a Dr. that prescribed me naproxen, darvocet, and muscle relaxers none of which helped. I also noticed that my vision was blurry, I thought that my contacts were the cause of that and that was probably even contributing to my headaches so I switched lenses twice, my eye doctor said the contacts I have should give me pretty close to 20/20 vision but my vision is still blurry even with my glasses on, I also have irregular heart beat I feel like someone jumped out and scared me because it starts racing for no apparent reason. I don’t sleep thru the night and have trouble falling to sleep, I have night sweats and hot flashes, I’m tired all the time and I feel grouchy or moody a lot. I have a hard time concentrating on simple things watching a movie, cooking, reading a book. I have a terrible memory I have always been forgetful but now I cant even remember where I set my phone, keys, etc. 2 seconds after I put it down. I have itchy crawly tingly skin. I get dizzy when I stand up too quickly or I have been sitting for a long time, My boobs hurt they get sore and I tell Chris all the time if I didn’t have my tubes tied I would swear I was pregnant. I have muscle aches sometimes too. My hair falls out when I brush it, and in the shower when I wash it more than what is supposed to come out…I had no idea that any of this could be caused by getting my tubes tied, one day last week I googled irregular periods/frequent headaches causes and one of the results was a message board that had women discussing their symptoms and PTLS I then googled PTLS and found that it stood for post tubal ligation syndrome. I couldn’t believe what I was reading when I read the list of symptoms I sat at my computer and cried…I couldn’t believe it. I did more research on it and found out that women are trying to get laws passed that have to tell you that getting your tubes tied can cause all these problems.. I know that had my Dr. told me all of this there is no way I would have gotten it done, I was on Medicaid when I had all 3 of my kids. Medicaid paid for me to get my tubes tied so I will probably have to live with these symptoms for the rest of my life, or end up having to have a full hysterectomy like several people that I know. Most women like me who have had their tubes tied are probably experiencing these problems and just don’t realize that this could be the cause, it may not be the cause in every case, hell it may not be the cause in my case but if not it’s a damn crazy coincidence and I still feel that women should have the right to know what COULD happen to their bodies by getting your tubes tied. I would not consent to having any procedure done to me without knowing what it could cause and the only thing that I signed stated that under general anesthesia there were risks, and that the breathing tube could chip my teeth and that there was a slight chance that the tubes could grow back together and I could get pregnant, nowhere did it say all of this could happen....