| If you are a woman who has had her tubes tied, | | | | even the uterus. That's going to impact the |
| there's a chance you may be suffering from tubal | | | | hormones you should be receiving. Those in the |
| ligation side effects. If you are lucky, your doctor has | | | | non-believing camp think the problems are caused |
| listened to you and is attempting to help you with | | | | due to the woman having been on the pill before her |
| your post tubal ligation syndrome (PTLS). If you are | | | | surgery and then going off the pill after surgery. I'm |
| not so lucky, you have one of the many doctors | | | | not sure what they think about the women who |
| who do not believe in these potential side effects | | | | have their tubes tied right after giving birth and who |
| and who will simply tell you it's all in your head. | | | | suffer from tubal ligation side effects. |
| That is unfortunate is you do suffer. Many women | | | | Hysterectomy |
| do. However, the exact number is simply not known. | | | | The next option is undergoing a hysterectomy. This, |
| From all the studies and abstracts available on the | | | | too, might be a surprise as you already had a surgical |
| subject or looking at portions of the subject, quite | | | | procedure in order to become infertile. But some |
| frankly it seems a matter of "I'll see it when I believe | | | | studies have shown that there is an increase in |
| it" with many of those in the medical field. | | | | women of having subsequent hysterectomies at 3 - |
| What is fortunate is that there are those who do | | | | 4 times following their sterilization surgery. If your |
| believe it and not just the unlucky women who | | | | post tubal ligation syndrome symptoms can't be |
| suffer from these tubal ligation side effects. With | | | | relieved any other way, this is something to consider |
| these medical personnel you may have three options | | | | with your doctor. Be sure though that you |
| available to you to change your circumstances. But | | | | understand the risks of having this further surgery |
| each of these options also has its own concerns | | | | against it's possible problems. You will most likely be |
| which you will need to study further in order to | | | | given hormone replacement therapy so you should |
| make your own decision. | | | | research this as well. |
| Birth Control Pills | | | | Tubal Reversal |
| The first option is going on birth control pills. Seems a | | | | The last option for minimizing or eradicating your tubal |
| rather silly answer when you may have had your | | | | ligation side effects is tubal reversal. Many women |
| tubes tied in order to not to have to mess with | | | | suffering from post tubal ligation syndrome turn to |
| taking a pill every day. However, some doctors | | | | this surgical procedure as a means of alleviating their |
| including those on the not believing side think that | | | | symptoms. Of those using the Chapel Hill Tubal |
| any symptoms from PTLS are the result of a | | | | Reversal Center, which I use here since they maintain |
| hormonal imbalance. | | | | a data base of information on their patients, to |
| Those who believe in PTLS think that the surgery | | | | relieve their symptoms, 90% cited improvement and |
| may have impacted your hormone production in | | | | a better quality of life making this a very viable |
| some way such as cutting off or impacting the | | | | alternative. |
| supply of blood to your ovaries, fallopian tubes or | | | | |