abnormal uterine bleeding
"I received the depo shot right after I had essure surgery to block my tubes, in 2006. I got my period about two weeks later and I never stopped bleeding for 3 months. I saw my doctor and she put me on hormone therapy, did a D&C and I still continued to bleed. By this time I was going through pads every hour. I had to get up at night and change the bed sheets. I was sent to the lab to have my blood drawn. My red blood cell count was at 18%. Normal count for an adult woman is 31-34%. I was sent immediately to the hospital where I had two blood transfusions and a hysterectomy. To this day my doctor doesn't know why I bled so much. I keep telling her it was the depo shot and she continues to say I don't think that was it. Don't Get the shot."