Episode Eight: Alyssa

Episode Eight: Alyssa

21-year-old Alyssa Tomchek still uses the implant as her birth control method, but not without going through a usual event in the process. Her first implant got stuck in her arm so before it was set to expire, her doctor put in a second one, a direct violation of the FDA recommendations for dosage.

Episode Seven: Shannon

Shannon Owens was 29-years-old when she asked her doctor for a hysterectomy for her severe vaginal hemorrhaging. He told her no and that she, a gay woman, would change her mind about having children. She never did. 15 years later, Shannon has had eight implants to cope with her condition, with the last two migrating.

Episode Six: Kayleigh

23-year-old Kayleigh Marshall was finishing her last year of college when she developed Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Her future plans derailed and she had to get brain surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic - she attributes this all to her implant.

Episode Five: Hannah

In her sophomore year of college Hannah Blanchard had something happen to her no college student expects, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. While on the implant she couldn't eat without getting sick and later learned she had gained over 100 pounds while on the implant, without changing her diet.

Episode Four: Frankie

33-year-old Frankie Hann couldn't find anyone to take her implant out, they refused - there wasn't anything medically wrong with it so doctors saw no reason for removal. She wanted it out, but that wasn't enough. Frankie struggled for two and a half years finding a doctor to believe her.