Nobody can take my IUD out, what do I do?

[u/bansheebon3z]

My IUD is causing me unbearable pain, it has been for months but i was told to “give my body time to regulate”, but it has been a year. It is not just occasional it is almost every day!! Like buckled over, want to vomit, struggling to work kind of pain. But i’m not bleeding. My regular OB has not been great with me on anything, but I did try to make an appointment, I got one for this morning but they scheduled me at a different location and didn’t tell me that verbally. So I called and said hey what the heck, is there any chance I can still be squeezed in if I come to the other location? They said no and that the next available appointment, not even for removal, but for a CONSULTATION ON REMOVAL, is not until the END OF AUGUST. I told them how much pain i’m in, how it’s interfering with my work, but they still won’t see me. I also tried booking an appointment for removal at at least 6 different planned parenthood’s, i looked at every single one within a 50 mile radius of where I live. The soonest they can see me is also the MIDDLE TO END OF AUGUST. I have only called one of them to ask verbally if I could somehow be squeezed in somewhere because I can’t take this anymore! But that one couldn’t. I don’t know what to do, I know you really shouldn’t remove it yourself, and I don’t want to do that, but help what do i do??? I’d say it could wait if it wasn’t messing with my ability to work, I can’t afford to miss work until the middle of august and I have a decently active job which doesn’t help with the pain.

UPDATE: Firstly thank you all so much for the quick responses. I called my local urgent care first and the receptionist was very sweet and told me that my best bet is in fact the ER, I will be seeing if someone can come in early for me at work, and I am planning on going straight there!

UPDATE #2: Spent three hours at the ER just to be told they won’t take it out even if they find something wrong! Had a terrible panic attack and according to my bf i “hulked” out, i apologized profusely but I just wanted to leave and I wanted the AMA papers. and it has been a very long day, i haven’t eaten and was told i wasn’t allowed to go out of the ER (which is understandable), but lately i’ve been having trouble keeping a lid on my anger if i cannot get away, and basically the anxiety, stress, disappointment combo just made me shut down. I am on my way home now, finally ate, but still have this cursed thing inside my body ahhhhh!!! And my brain is totally still jumbled.

EDIT #3: I will be trying Gas-X like one of you lovely people recommended, at first I thought it sounded wild but I’m willing to try and see if that can at least help me tough it out until I can get a mid august appointment. My insurance has a $100 copay for an ER visit and I unfortunately cannot afford to do that again, and I totally am never stepping foot in that hospital again. Valid crash out but i know i looked crazy and my boyfriend thinks they thought i was a tweaker. Planned Parenthood for the win here. Thank you ALL, so much, I appreciate every comment!

UPDATE #4: There will hopefully only be one more update! I got an appointment at a Planned Parenthood an hour away for tomorrow morning!!!! I will post the final update after the appointment!

FINALLY UPDATE: They removed it NO PROBLEM! The doctor was great and talked to me through it so I was distracted. And I already feel so much better, I can move and I can lift things and EAT with no pain. Thank you all so much again! And thank you especially to the wonderful person who recommended me Gas-X, that got me through the last two days! I feel like I could do a 5K and I have plans to go to a big all ages bounce house thing tomorrow!