"i was on nuvaring for just over a year. on september 15, 2016 i was admitted to the hospital for a blood clot in my leg. i do not smoke nor did i do anything to injure myself for this clot to appear. it went to my lung as well. my doctor immediately told me to discontinue the nuvaring. and i can no longer take anything with hormones in it. fast forward to the beginning of november, i discovered a lump in my breast. after ultrasounds and mammograms and surgical biopsy, on december 8, 2016, at 34 years old,  i was diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma, a type of breast cancer. just saw my primary doctor today (01/18/2017). she believes the blood clots and the cancer are all related to the nuvaring. breast cancer does not run in my family."