I have decided to get mine removed next Wednesday and am counting down the minutes to normality. I am trying not to get my hopes up but it is hard not to after reading all of these other women's stories. About the research, after all of this I was planning on doing some research on it- so I will let you all know what I find out. If the only good thing that comes out of all this these last 4 years is -keeping other women from going through it- it will have been worth it. Why do they think there are so many more women that deal with depression and hormonal problems than man do? They are so willing to put crap into us. Why have they not pushed figuring out some hormone to put into men that will keep them from getting women pregnant? Of course most men don't want to take on that responsibility and most of this stuff is probably invented by Men. My husband has put this on me for too long now, 4 kids and 4 years of hell later- he will either suffer for one weekend or suffer forever sexually. I am through worrying about it. Well keep me updated if you find out about any lawsuits or research and I will also keep you posted.