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Wargod | Friday, March 21, 2003 - 08:46 pm     I send Darren all the time for Kotex. Of course, I used to have him pick them up at Costco on his lunch break (not sure how he felt buying them somewhere he worked, but he did it.) Weiner, when we used condoms, I was the same way...everytime I had to go buy them, I'd find myself hiding them under other purchases, lol. |
Tabbyking | Friday, March 21, 2003 - 10:04 pm     well, how do you think it looked when the 2 items i happened to need (and bought) were cat litter and vaseline.. and the clerk loudly said, "that must be some party!". luckily, the guy behind me had only 2 items and they were toilet paper and chili, so i quickly pointed out about "his party"... |
Tabbyking | Friday, March 21, 2003 - 10:14 pm     sia, although they targeted the 'rely' brand, it was any 'super' tampon that someone might wear more than 3 or 4 hours. one girl i knew, i called the night before. we were supposed to meet at lunch the next day. when she didn't show up, i called her dorm room. her roommate told me she had been taken to the hospital for low blood pressure/shock. by the time i contacted the hospital, susan was dead. that was 1981. another friend called me one day and told me she felt really wiped out. she told me she had started her period and just felt awful. i asked if she was using a tampon. she said she was. i told her to remove it and get to the emergency room. she lived 2 hours from where i did...in the town where i now live. i called her husband at work and had him go home. his wife had fallen unconscious. he had her taken by ambulance to the hospital. she was in for 5 days for toxic shock syndrome. her blood pressure had dropped to 40/0. and the sad part is, she still uses tampons! that would have been my wake up call! i can't tell you the number of women who have had fingers blackened and lost or noses gone...but are lucky to be alive. so, those of you who use tampons. use them for only a few hours on heavy days. do not use them at night when they might be in for several hours. if you feel 'faint', remove the tampon and go to the nearest e.r. it's serious business. |
Melfie1222 | Friday, March 21, 2003 - 10:42 pm     I despise tampons. I don't care how "easy" they are or whatever... And now there's this Pearl Girl, She's a Pearl Girl, advertising campaign, I don't get it. Sorry, but I like knowing what my body is doing. And to compare Pearls to plastic is quite a stretch. |
Squaredsc | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 06:54 am     melfie, im a tampon tampax girl. i tried the pearls and they wouldn't come out of the tube easily, so i thru out the box and went back to my tampax which i love. tabbyk, i do use the super cause of heavy flows bit i change every 3 hrs(mainly cause of the heavy flow) and i was worried about toxic shock which is why i change frequently. i don't use them at nite, i use the kotex overnights. my dh will buy my feminine products. now my father would never buy them, he said he doesn't use them so he didn't need to get them personally, i had to. i would try to hide them in the cart when i was younger. now i don't care i will buy the tampax, kotex, and the always panty liners all at the same time. |
Mware | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 08:05 am     Add me to the list of guys with no problem purchasing tampons. (or any other feminine hygiene product my wife needs) Any worry I had about doing this was worked out when I was in high school. See, I worked as an athletic trainer during high school, and it was very common for an athlete to get a bloody nose during the course of a game. Our head trainer advised that a tampon worked well to contain the bleeding, so I used to make sure that whenever I traveled with the team to an away game that I had a box of tampons in my trainer's kit. Imagine how a high school kid felt making this purchase, and you can see why it no longer bothers me!  |
Tabbyking | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 08:09 am     yeah, mware!!! my father had to buy for 4 teenage daughters at the same time. too bad they didn't have costco at the time! |
Jeep | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 09:22 am     WOW! You guys scare me with all this talk about toxic shock! I've used tampons since I was 16 and have never had a problem. Now I use them for about two days (day & night) and just need a light liner for the rest of the time. Everything else on my body seems to be drying up, why can't this dry up too?? But let me just add that I also enjoy fibroids, mood swings, hot all the time with flashes thrown in and extra pounds that show up out of nowhere. And let me tell you......gray hair is NOT confined to your head All this and not even 50 yet! Can't wait for the rest! |
Egbok | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 09:47 am     Pamy, you started a great thread!! I'm perimenopausal and it's been going on for a year now. My doc put me on Prempro to help with the hot flashes that were waking me up all through the night which resulted in a cranky Egbok due to lack of sleep. The Prempro was very helpful in relieving the flashes and I was able to get a solid nights sleep at last, which resulted in a happier Egbok. Just recently my doctor has asked me to start tapering off the Prempro because of reported problems/side effects, so I'm taking one every other day with no noticeable difference (knock on wood!). I'm not sure if she'll take me completely off but I'll be seeing her in April for a f/u appointment. Anyone else out there on Prempro and willing to share their experiences with this Rx? |
Wargod | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 11:35 am     Mware, I keep kotex in all my first aid kits..they're great for bad cuts. . We used them at the retirement home for the same thing, and it wasn't strange to see even the elderly men keep some for the same purpose. |
Twiggyish | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 02:25 pm     We should start a thread about other uses for feminine products..LOL Back when women wore falls (long hair pieces), one trick was to put a kotex UNDER the front part (place the hair over it). It made an impressive height in the front. (Priscilla Presley's wedding picture is an example of the look) |
Car54 | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 03:43 pm     Well now THAT is just nasty. |
Twiggyish | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 03:54 pm     It wasn't a used one! It didn't show, so no one knew it was there..LOL My mother had a friend who did it all the time. It was funny because the fall would slip sometimes. |
Car54 | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 04:07 pm     LOL..I knew it wasn't used Twiggy, but who wants to be an ol Kotex head? |
Twiggyish | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 04:12 pm     ROFL! |
Mak1 | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 04:22 pm     ROFLMBO at tampon hairdos, never heard of that before! I hope somebody can answer Egbok's question. I'm perimenopausal, but not taking anything for it yet. |
Pamy | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 04:24 pm     I think that kotex hair was a good idea, not only would it give you height but would absorb any sweat. |
Car54 | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 04:54 pm     Great, now I am never going to be able to look Priscilla Presley in the forehead again. |
Squaredsc | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 04:55 pm     lol. sorry egbok and mak, i can't help you there. |
Urgrace | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 05:14 pm     Egbok, The best thing that I've found is not a drug, it's called ProgestaCare or Procreme or Progesterone Cream - a body cream made from wild yam. Used as a cream it is at least 90% effective, whereas pills that are injested are only up to 10% effective. Since it is all natural it can be used without side effects, and it relieves hot flashes, night sweats and keeps your other hormones in balance. You can find Progesta Care and Dr. John Lee on the internet for complete details. (sorry i don't do links) I've been using it for four and a half years with the best results and have quite a few friends and aquaintences who use it too. Find it at your health food store and ask for it by name. |
Jbean | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 06:03 pm     wow, what a great thread! i too am a tampon user...regular size, not super though, as being on the pill has really slowed down my flow. i can't stand pads, i feel really dirty with them on, and can't stand that feeling. i can't remember the last time i wore a pad. i have worn tampons since i was 13. before i started taking the pill (lo-ovral is my specific kind), i had some serious cramps. i mean they were so bad that no matter how much ibuprofen i took, they were almost crippling to me. that's the whole reason i had my doctor get me on them. for me they are a miracle product. i still get cramps, but they are mild, and the regular dose of ibuprofen gets rid of them, usually for the whole day. now, mood swings are another story. the week of my period, i could cry at any given moment. don't even need a reason. also my stupid face breaks out the week of it. any other time of the month i usually have clear skin. i hate it! it's hell being a woman sometimes! |
Sia | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 06:11 pm     Tabbyking, I'm really sorry to learn of the loss of your friend. It's tragic for any life to be lost, but always especially sad when the loss is so needless. After you mentioned the "super" tampons I do recall that Rely was just the brand most often cited as causing problems. I'm thinking that that brand had filler made of a synthetic sponge in addition to the usual cotton-fiber filling found in a tampon and that use of the synthetic matter was a big contributing factor in cases of TSS. You're right to point out that the real culprit is trapping the blood in the body for any length of time. Certain strains of staph bacteria (staph is found in 1 of 3 people normally, with no ill effects) can produce toxins which cause TSS, so it is critical to change tampons frequently. Wonder why this isn't something that is still told to young women when they're beginning to use feminine hygiene products? It's an important safety issue. Something I learned while reading about TSS: toxic shock can result following burns, boils, insect bites, or post-surgery infections--and can be fatal in those instances, too. |
Jbean | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 06:16 pm     btw, i'm not pmsing. i will be next week. and mine is named "aunt flow"....clever, i know. lol also, my friend that i hang out with all the time are on the same cycle...but we are on the same pill cylce. before i was on the pill, though, my former roommate and i were always on the same cycle, and also my best friend and i were, too. it is supposedly due to pheremones i've heard. it is weird. |
Tabbyking | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 07:01 pm     now, for a funny take on what men think of pads...when they came out with the adhesive pads that you stick on your panties, you would be amazed how many men thought you stuck the adhesive side to your body!! i didn't realize that until a boyfriend asked me if it hurt to remove the pads. he thought maybe it ripped the hair out down there!! and he was in his late 20's, not a dumb teeny bopper! and for the lo-ovral user--that's the brand i was on for 7 weeks when i developed a blood clot! be careful and note any calf pain (it felt as if someone had hit me in the calf with a rubber band, but it was constant and made me limp.) although the pain was in my calf, it was because the blood flow was blocked from a clot in my thigh. other people notice swelling of the leg. if you have either of these symptoms or maybe different ones, put your leg out in front of you while sitting on a chair. flex your leg (point your toes toward your body). about 80% of people with no other symptoms, or some they aren't sure of, will have pain in their thigh about 3 or 4 inches above the back of the knee. just for info. i really don't expect any of you to develop this problem, but you never know who may benefit from something we post about! |
Jbean | Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 08:21 pm     that is GREAT to know tabbyking. no, seriously, thanks for the 411. i have never had any leg pains, and i've taken them for 5 years now. can't believe that guy thinking you stick the sticky part to your body....OUCH! that is crazy! |
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