is this possible?  has anybody else had sever edema, extreme water retention, and a lump at the injection site when the weather is hot, or in a sauna, bathtub, or somewhere hot for a longer period of time?  It has been two years sice the 5th one.  I really thin that the water retention is from this shot because it started about 2 days after I received it.
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I had five injections also  I had a lump around the injection site, and after the fifth one, I got a fever.  I know guys that were really sick after the injections.  But none of them that I know have had any symptoms solong after the injections.  I'd go see a doctor if I was you.
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my daughter had skin asthma and shes taking as prescription a drug with steriod. the result was like yours and in addition to that, she gained weight. it took six months of recovery, and three months her weight back to normal. she had this water theraphy, no softdrinks , no tea, no juices, just plain water. her monthly period it takes a few months to got back to normal. anyway consult your doctor just to be sure.
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Hi.  I know how bad this is so my thoughts go out to you.  I've had this condition many times and I've seen many doctors.  Almost all recommened to me, to sit in a shallow, hot tub of water and soak for a long time. Use water as hot as you can stand.  Use the creams or supps and you can ask the pharmacist for other options.
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You are injecting artificial  hormones into your body and any sort of hormonal inbalancing or consequences can happen.  Hormone "imbalances" can cause sore, swolen, or leaking breaks (like it would if you were pregnant).  This may be just the beginning for you, so please watch carefully for other side affects.  \n\nDepo Provera is akin to forcing your body into an early menopause state.  If you ever heard what women say about their personalities while "going through the change".  Depo can produce the same thing!\n\nI've been off the Depo Provera since 2000 and my hair and my eyebrows still haven't grown all the way back. I lost about a 1/4 inch along most of my front hair line. The rest of my hair came back and is thick and strong, but the hairline is not the same compared to what it was. In addition to the severe hair loss, I gained over 40 pounds, 20 while taking Depo and 20 after coming off. I never had a migraine before Depo and during use and for the first year after being off it, I had severe migraines at least once a week. My skin itched like I wanted to rip it off and I was hot all the time. I would get extreme vertigo with no warning. Just try staggering at work or while in the pharmacy and not look like you had a drinking problem! My bones also ached a lot. Depo has been proven to cause osteoporosis. Over a year after coming off the Depo Provera, I developed two serious blood clots one after the other. The cause was never completely determined because I had not been on birth control of any kind for over a year and my blood tests were normal. I finally had a rib removed and the clots stopped, but I will contend to this day the Depo had at least a little something to do with it. About the same time as the blood clots, I started having severe cramping and a year into it, my doctor found pretty severe endometriosis. With the resulting depression and the lack of sex from Depo you may not have to worry about getting pregnant because you won't want to have sex anyway. I know some people do just fine with this birth control, but it's not worth the chance. It takes upwards of 6 to 8 months for the effects to wear off and sometimes longer. My hair has never grown completely back along the hairline and I am having a hair transplant at a tune of $5,000.00 to fix it.  I had to have my eyebrows tattooed because they will not fill back in!   I am only 35! I can't wait until Depo is researched more deeply and to someday find out what else this drug did to screw up my system. \n\nI got the (copper) IUD (since I can't use hormones anymore due to future clotting risks). My insurance paid for it. You still get your period, but it's worth it.\n\nOur bodies are made to have periods unless we are pregnant. If you force your body into an unnatural state, it WILL fight back!\n\nPlease be careful and watch for other side affects.   I would hate to see you have dire consequences for trying to make your body do something it should not.  Remember, people do die from the changes that hormones cause their bodies.
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Depo Provera is akin to forcing your body into an early menopause state.\n\nI've been off the Depo Provera since 2000 and my hair still hasn't grown all the way back. I lost about a 1/4 inch along most of my front hair line. The rest of my hair came back and is thick and strong, but the hairline is not the same compared to what it was. In addition to the severe hair loss, I gained over 40 pounds, 20 while taking Depo and 20 after coming off. I never had a migraine before Depo and during use and for the first year after being off it, I had severe migraines at least once a week. My skin itched like I wanted to rip it off and I was hot all the time. I would get extreme vertigo with no warning. Just try staggering at work or while in the pharmacy and not look like you had a drinking problem! My bones also ached a lot. Depo has been proven to cause osteoporosis. Over a year after coming off the Depo Provera, I developed two serious blood clots one after the other. The cause was never completely determined because I had not been on birth control of any kind for over a year and my blood tests were normal. I finally had a rib removed and the clots stopped, but I will contend to this day the Depo had at least a little something to do with it. About the same time as the blood clots, I started having severe cramping and a year into it, my doctor found pretty severe endometriosis. With the resulting depression and the lack of sex from Depo you may not have to worry about getting pregnant because you won't want to have sex anyway. I know some people do just fine with this birth control, but it's not worth the chance. It takes upwards of 6 to 8 months for the effects to wear off and sometimes longer. My hair has never grown completely back along the hairline and I am having a hair transplant at a tune of $5,000.00 to fix it. I am only 35! I can't wait until Depo is researched more deeply and to someday find out what else this drug did to screw up my system. \n\nI got the (copper) IUD (since I can't use hormones anymore due to future clotting risks). My insurance paid for it. You still get your period, but I think it's worth it.  \n\nOur bodies are made to have periods unless we are pregnant. If you force your body into an unnatural state, it WILL fight back!
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Yep, it can be.  I developed the same thing from taking lovenox and it was normal.  They said to avoid giving yourself the shot in that spot until it went away.  It look months and months to pass.  Call you doc though just in case.\n\nGood luck to you!
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Rikki - I wouldn't touch it!\n\nDoctors are wrong about this one. Depo provera is not safe!\n\nUnbeknownst to many women on birth control, Depo-Provera has been on the radar for the FDA and other research-based health organizations for several years. Last year, the FDA ordered the maker of Depo-Provera to revise the packaging and promotional materials to contain the new "black box" warning which states, "Use of Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection may cause you to lose calcium stored in your bones. The longer you use Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection the more calcium you are likely to lose. Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection contains a powerful variant of the hormone progestosterone which is released through a hypodermic shot given every few months. \n\nSeveral studies have indicated that this hormone can increase the loss of bone density in women of all ages, including teen and young adult women who are in critical stages of natural bone growth. Osteoporosis and the loss of bone density typically effect women later in life making them susceptible to fractures throughout the skeletal system. Health care professionals advise those taking Depo-Provera to discuss a bone density test with their physician and advise using Depo-Provera for no more than 2 years or using a birth control alternative.\n\nHere is one young lady's experience:\n50lb weight gain (half off most of it now years later) \nExtreme Excitability, Nervousness (first two years terrible) \nPanic Attacks, Paranoia (first two years) \nShortness of Breath (horrible first two years - still with me today) \nGreat loss of libido (first two years, getting better every year) \nPainful intercourse (for about two years) \nSevere lack of lubrication (at least 2 yrs., getting better) \nLowered immune system (still suffering but not as severe) \nLoss of hair (the first year with shot, then subsided) \nNow (current) unwanted hair on breasts, toes, face \nViolent headaches (coming from pain at base of skull) \nExtremely sore, stiff, crippled muscles all over body (still today but MUCH better than 97,98,99) \nBlurry vision - trouble getting my eyes to focus on objects \nDizziness (still today - but MUCH improved) \nInability to bend over (feel like I will pass out) \nSevere neck and shoulder pain (still today) \nJaw pain.. facial pain (like TMJ symptoms) 5+ years \nBreast Tenderness & Pains - Fibrocystic breasts (still today) \nHeart palpitations - irregular heart beat (still today) \nChronic sinus and yeast infections (still today) \nConcentration and memory problems (still today) \nAcne - not (teenager type acne - large boil/cyst like acne) \nSuicidal thoughts because daily debilitating pain was too much
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This is a lot of info but if you follow it you'll see improvement. Fluid retention is often caused by allergies, persistant edema may be caused by kidney,bladder,heart or liver problems. So you may want to have some tests ran to rule out those factors. Go to your local health food store and ask for free-form amino acid complex(sometimes edema is caused by inadequate protein assimilation), SP-6 Cornsilk blend from Solaray(this contains corn silk and other herbs that help the body expel excess fluids.Take two capsules three times daily).Vitamin B complex taken with vitamin B6 will reduce water retention. 50-100 mg of B vitamin twice daily with meals and 50 mg of B6 three times daily. Also to replace minerals lost with the correction of edema:Alfalfa, good source of important minerals. It also contains chlorophyll a potent detoxifier. Take 2,000-3,000 mg daily, in divided doses. Calcium(1500 mg daily) and magnesium(1000 mg daily), silica(a natural diuretic) as directed on label. Make sure you eat more raw foods. Eat plenty apples, beets, garlic, grapes and onions. A high fiber diet is very important. For protein eat eggs, broiled white fish, and broiled chicken or turkey. Eat small amounts of buttermilk, cottage cheese, kefir and low fat yogurt. Use kelp(seaweed)to supply needed minerals, avoid alcohol, animal protein, beef, caffeine, chocolate, dairy products(except those listed)dried shell fish, fried foods, gravies, olives, pickles, salt, soy sauce, tobacco, white flour and white sugar. Exercise daily and take hot baths or saunas twice a week, avoid stress. But make sure a doctor keeps track of your condition.
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I just got mine... saline... beautiful... they feel heavier, thicker, firmer or harder...skin is the same as before.... don't get textured implants..it will eventually cause muscle damage if you get textured..My husband said at first (the first month) I looked like a pumped up tire.. ha ha you are always bigger the first 4-6 weeks.. swelling. Not too much bigger..I am so happy I have them... just so you know.. It hurts ALOT. (alot for 2-3 days).. BUT.. by the 5th day you feel pretty much normal. Still cant lift heavy things for 3 months... and make sure if you do it you have it done under the muscle... dont let the price determine where you go... I got a good deal for like $3200 and hes the best.. Just because the others were 5 to 7k doesn't mean their better.. you need to talk to people that have work done by that doctor before... not just pictures of their work.. they can lie..also call the medical board and better business bureau.. to make sure no complaints have been filed..I did alot of research first and I'm happy.\nThere's not much risk with saline.\n&#92;Let me know if I can help
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I was on the depo shot for 5 years. I hardly ever had an appetite. However, I gained about 75lbs from it. I called my doctor and she said that it was normal. I was goin to stop it, but it was to late I found out I was pregnant already. She should try other types of birth control if shes not happy. Theres alot out there now from when I was on it. Good luck with it.   :)
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My friend had one last February.  For a few weeks she was really sore, and couldn't really do anything.\n\nShe looks fabulous now, she has always had a weight problem but only weighs one pound more than when she had the op.  It has encouraged her not to put any more weight on as she would look silly fat everywhere else with a super slim tum.\n\nLook to the future, in a few weeks you will feel and look fantastic.
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Once you get one they pop up forever especially from stress and sun. I use Abreva on mine as soon as I feel it coming on. Sorry. I know how bad they suck.
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Don't do it yourself, its super simple to have it removed.  I had the same problem, my doctor gave me an injection of steroids and synvisc (not sure how its spelled)...I was better in a matter of hours and that was 4 months ago..I havent hade any problems since.  I also had that problem where it changes shape or gets bigger.  try and schedule the injection with your doctor when its gets bigger because its easier for them to find it and inject it right if they can see it really well.  Mine was about the size of a walnut when it really hurt
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had the same prob years ago, the antibotica was working for me 2 days i tooked the first one a little. amazing but true, i was totally ok after 11 days!!!\n\ngood luck and my best regards;\n\nLucy
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That's would be Depo-Provera. It's a shot to stop your monthly friend for 3 months. There is some spotting involved. However, after I was on it for 9 months it helped to stop the horrible cramps I was getting. Now that I am no longer on it, I have relief from all the cramps I would get.
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I feel for you.  I had Totalis.  Thankfully the cortisone both orally and injected worked for me.  I took 40mg a day in one dose for a week then went to 30-20-10.  Then I started again with 80mg a day for a week and went to 60 then 40 than 20 and off.  Ask if this is an option for you.\n\nBest of Luck
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I know from experience. Trial drugs do NOT work. I was placed on several medications. I have lived with the condition 16 years ...mine started at puberty. I was 13. Sometimes, excessive sweating, cramping, bleeding and lack of bleeding. irregular cycles, fatigue..all are part of this...I only know of one thing that relieved SOME of the syptoms...the PILL...thats it...trust me I was on many trials medications...don't do it!!!