Depro Provera Shot

Hello, I *thought* I had posted my last post on THIS board, but I guess it was another one...anyways...I posted my expierance using the Depro shot once before but now I have a whole new story to tell. Let me go over my first post a little so you will know what all has been going on with me. On Feb. 1st I had my first and ONLY shot, March 1st I started bleeding NON stop. I bled so much that I was passing clots, and having to sit on towels due to so much blood. I bled so much that a few weeks ago I had to be rushed to the ER. There, I found out that I was dehydrated, and severly anemic... So bad that I had to have 4 pints of blood (having a blood transfusion is SOOO scary during these days and times). My blood count is usually 48, well that night it was 6. The ER doctor told my husband and I that if I had NOT come into the ER that night, I would have had a massive heart attack and died before morning. ALL because of the shot. Ok, that`s not all... 2 weeks ago I had to have a D&C, and a partial histerectomy because of the shot. Before my surgery, nothing the doctors tried would stop the bleeding. I bled for over 90 days. So bad that I couldn`t go anywhere, the blood would run down my legs if I stood up. I`d sneeze and it would gush out through my clothes (I was wearing a tampon AND pad, but nothing kept it from gushing.) I am 33 years old, and am unable to have anymore children due to THE SHOT. I strongly suggest to those considering the shot to look elsewhere for other options. I see where some people say..."did you not read the info or didn`t your doctor explain what could happen?"....well, I`m telling everyone NO, no one told me it was dangerous or could cause excessive bleeding. I asked my doctor RIGHT before she gave me the shot, if there were any side effects??and she said NO there`s nothing to worry about. (There was no info in the box my shot came out of... I trusted my doctor to tell me the truth.) BOY, do I wish I`d come across this site before I took that one shot that changed my entire life forever. I think that shot should be banned and taken off the market before others have it harm them like it did me.
Posted by Sabrina; updated 06/21/05

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I just had my first depo shot 3 dats ago.i needed to have the shot because iam having a surgical procedure called thermachoice to stop heavy bleeding. I am also having my tubes tide and my doctor said this shot would protect me from pregnancy while my tubes heal.please let me know if anyone has had the shot before this surgery......reading all this has really made me nervous. Please advise, thanks, kim
Posted by kim; updated 08/06/05

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I am currently on the shot (20 years old) and i haven`t had any problems...i`ve only had one shot but i had it october 19 and november 24 i began to have slight irregular bleeding which is a pain but its nothing more than a small spot that i just have to wear a panty liner and that`s all...other than that i love not having to remember to take my pill every day and when i was on the pill (for 2 years) i had severe headaches on a daily basis and will the shot i`ve only had about 2 headaches since from october 19 - today(december 5)
Posted by kristi; updated 12/06/06