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Archive through March 20, 2003
Tabbyking | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 08:33 am     i thought PMS stood for 'putting up with men's $hit', because every time my husband's irritable and cranky, i get my period! lol |
Tabbyking | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 09:17 am     squared, and anyone else on it, be careful with the bc pill. i was put on it for 7 weeks last summer to regulate periods and i developed a blood clot... i went off the pill immediately and just went off the coumadin (6 months of it) on valentine's day. i am now at more risk for another clot. it was very scary!! my only symptom was pain in my calf (even though the clot was in the thigh) and i almost didn't go to the doctor because i was sure i had just pulled a muscle or something mowing the lawn. glad i went!! within 2 hours i was having to give myself shots around my belly button.....my husband was in alaska fishing. a few days later, i had shortness of breath and thought i was going to die--knowing 1 in 3 people who develop pulmonary embolisms die didn't help regulate my fear or breathing at all!!(sometimes being an emt is not good because i know all the scary stories!) my newly-licensed son had to drive me over the pass in a high wind to get to the hospital emergency room 75 miles away. hey, it's good to know that even thinking i was gonna die, i was able to scream at him the whole way over the mountain, just like any parent of a kid who just got his license! LOL |
Not1worry | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 09:29 am     Oh my gosh, Tabby that is scary! Mostly the driving part, but the rest isn't good either. Now I'm going to get paranoid every time my calf hurts. I embrace my hypochodria. When I was in Italy, the pharmacy on base couldn't keep the same brand of pill in stock. So every month I was using something different. Don't know why they were surprised when I hemorraged and needed emergency surgery. PMSing here too. I'm talking through gritted teeth all day trying not to scream at people. Hey, Weener, my best friend and I have referred to it as "Fred" since high school. I thought we were the only ones. |
Ginger1218 | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 09:47 am     Well, if things were normal I would be (and probably am) in prime PMS mode. The only problem is that I have not been getting it exactly every 28 days, (as I have ever since I was a kid), it has been coming every other month or so. Which means that I get to enjoy the beginning of menopause along with my PMS. My cycle has tortured me - I get severe PMS for 4 days, then I get bad, bad cramps for 3 full days, and then at the end, 5 days after it started, I get migraine headaches for 3 days. And then when I ovulate, I get all the symptoms. I have approximately 3 good days a month. But, I have the fun of menopause and hot flashes, etc. to look forward to momentarily. GRRRRRRRRRRR |
Tabbyking | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:02 am     well, just don't go on the pill to regulate them!! i am beginning menopause, too, i am sure. unfortunately, my grandma died at age 45, my mom and both older sisters had hysterectomies in their early 30's...so no one can tell me what it's like for the women in my family! i was put on the pill because i had a period at 30 days, then 26, then 22, then 18...they were getting closer by 4 days each cycle! pretty soon i would have just had a continual period. i was given the pill until i could see the gyn specialist for a biopsy. it was 7 weeks until he could see me. they had me take the pills straight through without taking the placebo to have a period. so on my 48th birthday i got a biopsy and the next day i got a blood clot! the good news is the biopsy was negative and, since august, my periods have been exactly 28 days apart! and the blood clot scared me so much, i forgot to be worried about the biopsy results that took a week to get to me! i totally forgot about it! well, time for the dreadmill... |
Pamy | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:15 am     LOL at all of you!!! We will have to check again next month and see how many more have started pms-ing with us. Adven...I am sure you could have done a better more detailed survey than I have done. I am sure you have earned brownie points w/the mods for not doing so! lol |
Squaredsc | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:17 am     ((((Tabby)))) ive been on the pill since i was 18, im 33 now and ive been using the same pill the whole time, so far so good. you know i don't have a cute name for mine, i will have to come up with something. |
Grooch | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:25 am     Square, how about Laurence? ;) |
Tabbyking | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:33 am     how about 'the aubergine rag'...lol |
Wargod | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:33 am     LOL. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:35 am     sounds like an al jolson jazz title!! |
Weenerlobo | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:57 am     Well, when my best friend and I came up with "Fred" we were actually trying to find the ugliest guy name we could find. I've heard it called Flo Aunt Flo Aunt Rose and so on. Oh yeah, I guess I'm officially off the PMS wagon because Fred arrived a little while ago. I really hate his attitude lately. |
Bandit | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 12:31 pm     I use "Aunt Flo" all the time. If I'm PMS-ing, then my BF says that "Aunt Flo is flying into town." |
Essence | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 12:58 pm     We always say the reds are in town. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 01:09 pm     i think it was aunt 'flow'... we had neighbors newly arrived from sweden. ursula, who was 13 like me, asked what we called it here. i told her a period. one day at school she told me she had to go to the restroom because she got her question mark! |
Neko | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 01:45 pm     Add me to the list.. I don't get extreme PMS, but I always do notice that I am irritated easily by things that wouldn't bother me normal. "Fred" and his crampy friends, woke me up last nigth at 3 am in the morning so I had to wait for the Actaminophen to kick in before I could sleep again. Man was I pissed... Still am actually.. This is quite the amount of people who all have their Aunt Flow coming to visit around the same time.. Cool. I didn't know it worked over the internet |
Squaredsc | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 01:45 pm     grooch, it i named it laurence, then that would mean im happy to see it. tabbyk, now if tampax came in aubergine, then that would be a winner. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 02:06 pm     i have seen an aubergine colored tampax holder...does that count?! or you could just carry a hollowed out eggplant around....lol |
Pamy | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 02:19 pm     Isn't this interesting? Look at how many of us pms at the same time. It will be interesting to see if some others are on this same cycle next month that weren't this month. Half...I love the mouse in the house!! |
Fanny | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 02:36 pm     ...mouse in the house...lol When I'm not singing the aubergine rag, I call it "Fanny! Unplugged!" |
Pamy | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 02:39 pm     ROTFLMA!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Pamy | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 02:39 pm     oops forgot to add the O at the end |
Bookworm | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 02:49 pm     Well I am not PMSing but I think my pregnancy hormones are out of control today since I am a bit grouchy, does that count? |
Whoami | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 03:02 pm     I feel so left out! When mine comes around again, I'll probably be the only one posting in this thread! Another funny story about this monthly thing (even tho nobody seemed to care for my first one ).... I was at a shop in the mall. It was the type of day where it had been a bit cold outside, so all the shops had the heaters going, but it had since warmed up, so everything was stuffy and hot inside. It was so warm, I had to stop midway into writing a check to wipe my brow and fan myself. There were two teenage girls at the register. I commented on how hot it was in the store, and one of the girls giggled and said, "maybe it's hot flashes." The other one elbowed her and said, "shhh, Kelly!" obviously thinking I would be horribly humilliated. The first girl apolgized, to which I replied, "are you kidding, I can't wait for the time I don't have to deal with the monthly mess and expense!" The two girls looked at each other, got this very enlightened look on their faces and commented, "wow, I never thought of it that way before!" I think I may have changed their lives that day. Okay, well maybe just their outlook on it!  |
Wargod | Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 03:22 pm     LOL, Who. My biggest complaint was that anytime I got the stomach flu or felt nauseous, someone would pipe up with, "are you pregnant?" ACK! I hate that....can't I puke without being pregnant? I don't get grumpy...I cramp. For at least a week before and the whole week of it, I cramp. My heating pad is my best friend. Poor Darren all he has to do is walk in the front door and follow the extention cord, lol. The first few days of my period, I can't eat, can't look at food, would rather stay curled up with my heating pad. We're talking major cramps...back, legs, abdomen....I so can't wait for this to be over, lol. I keep saying that if they ever start uteras transplants, I'll be first in line to donate mine. Oh, and I'm with ya, Who. I still go in cycle with the girls from work. |
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