i am 24 and have 2 kids i also have the mirena i am going to get it taken out on the 28th i can not find the string to it either and i went to the doctor a couple of months ago because of my stomach swelling on the left side and i cant move when it happens but the doctor told me i have fulids around my stomach where it should not be and a lot of it i believe it is due to my mirena now that i have been looking things up on it i have had my mirena in for 2 years and have had problems since then losing hair, bad mood swings all the time, trimmers in my hands and that is only the begining. i cant wait to get it out my husband try to tell me bout 4 to 5 months ago that a guys wife that he worked with had the mirena also and she got ms form it and a bunch of other medical problems i didnt believe so i kept mine in but now that i had look up stuff on it and found all this info i believe him now.