Hello everyone, I have had the Mirena in for about a year now, and I have not had any periods at all. So when I went in for my pap, I ask the dr to check and see if the mirena was still there, she couldn't find it, so she gave me an ultrasound to make sure it was there, it was the strings are just missing. So I asked them to take the darn thing out. Well they couldn't, she said I would have to go to the original dorctor that put it in and get it out. They never told me they would have to do surgury to do so! OMG I am freaking out. Not only am I still concerned about how I am going to get this thing out of me, I am also concerned about how am I to know if I am pregnaunt?? This sux... I wish I never would have gotten this thing. But I have two little girls and last year I had a miscariage, so I just wanted good birth control until my husband and I got over our loss. Now look at what a mess this is.