Silent Sigh
Nov0
A couple of months ago I began researching non-pill types of birth control. I have a couple of problems with the pill, from issues of power and control to issues of “I have trouble remembering to take it every day”.
I settled on Implanon, which is a low dose hormonal implant that is inserted into the skin tissue of the arm.
Well, I had it implanted last Friday, and I am glad I have waited five full days to post about it. Because if you had asked me on Monday I would have been crying and told you “IT HURTS”. I wouldn’t have been crying because of the pain, but it somehow slipped my mind that of course, when one starts new birth control, thats adjusting one’s hormonal levels. In other words, I went temporarily crazy. And my arm hurt.
They want people to get the implant, so they don’t really present the product as “this is a piece of plastic being inserted between the levels of your deep skin tissue. It will hurt as your body adjusts to the presence of a new foreign body” Yes, it’s very small, but it’s still there. And I can definitely feel it with my fingers. It’s weird.
But today was the first day that it didn’t twinge whenever I moved in a slightly strange way (bending my arm and moving my arm slightly behind my back, carrying anything…. and wait… yeah, I’m still moving on Friday). So I’m starting to feel a little more reasonable about the whole situation.
I didn’t see a lot on the internet about Implanon, so I hope that anyone searching for input will find this, and feel free to get a hold of me.
[dels][tags]implanon[/tags][dels]