A woman is suing her birth control company after developing a brain tumor. At 30 years old, doctors discovered a lime-sized tumor in her brain. Fortunately, Elizabeth Fleurisma survived both surgery and radiation.

But she still has a piece of the tumor in her skull.

“When I came out of surgery, when I came home, it’s almost like I didn’t even know my environment,” Fleurisma told New York Post. “Sometimes when I’m trying to speak, I’ll forget a word. It’s not easy healing from these things or getting back to where you left off.”

Fleurisma is suing Depo-Provera birth control after using the device fore eight years. She’s one of 1,700 lawsuits against the Pfizer, the manufacturer of Depo-Provera. Fleurisma alleges that Depo-Provera failed to warn users that the birth control increased brai

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