My name is Marie, I'm currently 54 years old, I have a 22 -year -old daughter and a 20 year old son. I put an IUD for 10 years and got an olfactory meningioma in 2011 (44 years)

After the birth of my son Guillaume in 2001, my gynecologist put me a Mirena IUD when I had no problem with abundant and painful rules, I said that I accepted by confidence.

At first, I did not have significant adverse effects, just fatigue that turned into a depressed condition over time

I thought it was at work due to my low -aged children, and my concerns of families but absolutely not in IUD.

I had more and more mood jumps and hurtful words that my husband and my children did not understand, and that I regret elsewhere. So I was going to consult my psychiatrist who each time prescribed an antidepressant to me.

I wore the IUD for 8 years (I wait for my medical file for more details) and I also seem to have had a hormonal pill. Two years before I had it removed, I had a few violent migraines and especially dazzling.

I thought it was because of the sun or clarity. But the most amazing and important of all the symptoms is to wake up in the morning thinking of my IUD, to see it in the exact location of my tumor on the front. And also to paint paintings with balls that exploded !!

So I informed my gynecologist of the gene that my IUD provokes me. She just answered me without prescribing an exam, either we withdraw it, or you are waiting for its validity date next year, I made the choice to keep it another year because it is a bit painful to remove it.

It was after his withdrawal that my migraines and dazzling became more frequent, and I had strong temporal beats and noises in my head.

So I made the decision to go see the doctor and in February 2011, I spent an MRI that showed an olfactory meningioma type 2 from the size of a fiery ping-pong ball and therefore, full of edema in the head. His size confirmed that he was about ten years old.

I had an appointment with a neurosurgeon in the hospital to have my operating (it was the only way to make edema disappear); He asked me the question well if I had put a hormonal IUD and since then I have convinced that he is the cause of my tumor. Only, already killed by what happened to me, and aware of the anxiety caused to my family, I have since been in doubt without having the courage to inform myself. I had the chance to be healed. The operation went perfectly well despite that I lost the Narine Right smell but the return to the house was very difficult; Fear, stress anxiety and loss of taste. Foods no longer had the same taste, and now I have become very sensitive to smells such as perfumes, chimney smoke etc ……

I very often have migraines and nausea (Doliprane and Dafalgan follow me everywhere) and I am always tired, I have the constant feeling of injustice and I have lost confidence in myself.

To my last visit to the hospital in 2017, the doctor told me that with what I had had, I was no longer allowed for hormonal treatments. For what? I failed to ask the question; Perhaps because since all this time I have been afraid of knowing the truth and becoming aware of being a victim.

Now that I discovered Amavea, I know that I am no longer alone and that the strength to fight has come back,

I know that the IUD Mirena is the cause of my meningioma and the doctors also know it, only, they do not approach the subject.

So what I can advise you according to my experience,

It is above all not to take these hormonal contraceptives except in the event of an extreme emergency.

Beware of dazzles, migraines, temporal beats and abnormal noises,

Ask to do MRIs,

And listen to your body to talk to you ………………………….