Filshie clips- 4 years post op
I don't want to take forever writing this:
I had a Tubal Ligation with Filshie Clips on September 2022- and as early as late January 2023. I started experiencing issues with my women's health. Heavier periods, severe menstraul migraines that I didnt have before surgery, funky gut health, yeast infections after EVERY period, and cramps that gradually got worse with some lingering cramping outside of menstruation period. The cramps in the past two years have gotten dibilitating, leaving me bed ridden because the slight bit of movement or strain on my abdomen would he excruciating. I'd be left in the same position, for upmost 8 hours at a time.
Come around to June 2025.
I started experiencing CONSTANT, NONSTOP CRAMPING from then to present day. Ive had numerous ER visits due to severe pains, and always stemming from the same spot. I had CTs show that my left Filshie Clip appearing stuck in the same exact position over months of time, and my most recent MRI shows the same exact thing. Ontop of thay, there is a noticeable mass you can see on my lower abdomen in the LLQ. You cant feel a mass if you pres into it but it HURTS. I'm constantly dealing eith a stabbing searing pain. Best I can explain is like having a small piece eof wood or pebble between your toes when you have socks on that keeps stabbing into you. But guess what? YOU CANT REMOVE YOUR SOCKS.
No one wanted to listen to me, and finally I just told my OB to take my tubes out. I've been off work because eof this pain and existence has been so, insanely hard.
I have surgery soon, and I'm hoping its these stupid clips that are the problem.
With the imaging, I want to know if anyone had their clips removed and were told that the flips had fused or stuck to any of their surrounding organs or the pelvic wall?
edit: I'd like to add that I specifically asked for a tie and burn but my OB at the time told me that Filshie Clips were a safety way to go. to be honest, I am so incredibly angry about that now.