LMAO!!!!....i hear ya hun, what method to the madness eh!! omg...weeell on the upside aside from all the stuff it caused... it prevented pregnancy as well as abstinace would,dear god id rather be pregnant, had the infection, skin problems and the swelling is still lingering, and as for weight gain for a while there i was being told i looked like i was pregnant...its a great self esteem boosting mechanism too eh! have your symptoms subsided?