Mirena IUD Vs. Breast Cancer Relationship

[KristinSchwick]

I feel like Sarah is getting attacked in these posts- so I want to voice my support. I agree with Sarah- shit happens to perfectly healthy women without IUDs. IUDs are extremely popular in Asian populations- and their incidence of BC is reduced compared to ours.

Everyone's response to a foreign object in their body is different. And that depends on their immune system, the physician's technique inserting it and the environment of their uterus. Some people are more prone to inflammation and the hormone derivatives in the IUD. That is not a reason to deny millions of women access to a "potentially" wonderful form of birth control. Its just like chemo- some women breeze through tough treatments and others really suffer from significant side effects. Our bodies are all unique and respond differently.

For me personally, I was on oral birth control, then my IUD and I loved the IUD and had lots of complaints on the oral birth control. Neither of which I blame for my cancer.