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Car54

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 01:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Square, I never understood why my mom made such a fuss over periods...mine were not a big deal til I was about 38...then this...I guess you never can tell.

Jeep

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 01:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
DOES ANYONE HAVE MOOD SWINGS????? HUH??? HUH????

Car54

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 01:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
NO OF COURSE NOT!!!!! IT IS JUST YOU, JEEP! LOL!

Jeep

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 02:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
YEAH, HUBBY SAYS THAT'S IT! MOOD SWINGS AND HOT FLASHES!!! BOY, IT'S A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT!

Moondance

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 02:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
STOP SCREAMING!!!!! I have a headache!!!!!!!!

:)

Twiggyish

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 02:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have cystic fibroids, too. I relate to so many of you! Square, my family, too!

Katlady53

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 02:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG, I love this thread! LOL

Well, kids, I haven't had a period since August 1st, and HRT stopped the night sweats. Eat your hearts out.

Katlady53

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 02:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"DOES ANYONE HAVE MOOD SWINGS????? HUH??? HUH????"

No, of course not (errrrr....well, not since my gyno put me on Prozac. :))

Fanny

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 02:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Katlady.

My sister and I have cystic fibroids. We call ourselves cysters.

Pamy

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 02:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL

Car54

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 02:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
STOP YELLING YOU GUYS, MOON HAS A HEADACHE!!!!!!

oh yeah Katlady..rub it in...rub it in!!!!

Moondance

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 02:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
THANKS CAR!!!!!

Tabbyking

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 02:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
car, mine suggested 'ablation', but they put you out and then put a boiling liquid in. doesn't sound like fun!
also, i only wear tampons for 15 minutes if i am going swimming. i worked in ob gyn for a lady 30 years ago who had me keep a list of whether our patients 'always' 'occasionally' or 'never' used tampons. virtually every pap that came back less than a class 1 (perfectly normal) was a tampon user during the 3 years she and i kept track. she died in a car accident a few years before the first toxic shock cases came to light. after seeing first -hand toxic shock cases, and having 2 people i know die of it, i use about a dozen a year and that is when i am camping and want to swim for a few minutes. i hate to wear pads, but am afraid to use tampons.

Whoami

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 03:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tried tampons a few times as a teen. Hated them! Even got to the point I'd skip my swimming class rather than wear one! Been a pads person from the beginning, and will be to the end.

Neko

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 04:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm a pads person too.
I can put the tampon in fine, but even though when I have in right..
I can always still feel it a bit..
And it makes me have worse cramps than usual.

Unforuneately, I'm going to have to get used to them, at least for a little while, since at the camp I'll be at,
I'll be teaching the campers how to swim and I can't exactly, on my day, be like, "Uhhh..I sorta can't.."

Since I'm only going for 3 weeks, I'm hoping I'll finish just before I go or I'll start right after
*Crosses her fingers*

Twiggyish

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 04:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm glad we can have a mature discussion of this subject. It's very difficult to discuss without people making jokes. As a result, many women do not feel comfortable talking about it.

Tabbyking

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 05:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yeah, we can be mature and a little silly, too. it makes it more comfortable to be able to be a little light about it. but i know what you mean, twiggy.

i was just wondering how many guys don't even look at this topic because they see the title and how many want to figure it out and are reading and lurking! if it enlightens them a little, read on. i honestly believe that if men had the cramps, let alone had a baby, we'd have died out centuries ago. women are stronger than men, but also nice enough to know how to let the men think they are 'all that'!

Car54

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 05:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
tabby, that is really interesting. I haven't heard of that procedure...I will have to ask my dr about it. With embolization I think it is an outpatient thing...they insert a plug in the artery that feeds the tumor and it shrivels up and dies (I always have an image in my head of the Wicked Witch from the Wizard of Oz when she talks about it). I keep getting more tho, so it seems like they would just have to keep goin in and pluggin me.

You know Twiggy, I was thinking the same thing..we have joked a bit..you have to sometimes, but this has been a really interesting thread and I have learned some stuff.

I am a tampon AND pad girl...that's how bad it is!

Super Plus on both!

Twiggyish

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 06:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Me, too Car!

Yes, I think some humor is good, too. =) I wasn't referring to poor Moonie's headache.

But, it's hard to discuss with other people in an open discussion. It's almost a taboo subject, so people laugh about it.


Starfire

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 06:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
When I'm having pms and all the wonderful mood swings my hubby says pms[pack my suitcase] Hes going to ralphs pms shelter for men

Starfire

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 06:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
He also walks around mumbling,"she will love me again"LoL

Sia

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 06:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Starfire, LOL @ "pack my suitcase!!" That's a riot!

Tampons worked fine for me for years, but I never did use the Rely brand ones which were associated with toxic shock sydrome. I couldn't understand why the company'd brag that they were so fabulously absorbent that you didn't need to change them often. Yuk! I just stuck with Tampax brand.

I'm happy to say that tampons/pads are no longer an issue since my hysterectomy. I could occasionally benefit from the minipads, however, since I have been known to laugh so hard that I could WET myself! Guess the next stage in my life will be the "Depends" bladder-control goodies. I can't wait to put those on my weekly shopping list. Gee, is there anything good about growing old?!?

Pamy

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 06:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
WOW! When I started this I had no idea it would end up with such great stories and advice.
One of the things that makes me know my hubby loves me is that he will go buy tampons for me and not even care, he will stand in line with just the box. Even I will grab some other stuff, usually cheetos, cookies, and wine!

Weinermr

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 06:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Pamy,

It has never ever bothered me to buy tampons in the grocery store, or anywhere else. It doesn't faze me in the least.

In fact, I'm very self conscious buying condoms, but not tampons. Go figure.

Lyn

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 07:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I haven't been able to use tampons since I had son 16 yrs ago

I don't get mood swings I just get one mood - grumpy. I warn my boys, "bug me and die" and they usually leave me alone. (I only get my period for a day or two so my mood is VERY intense). It's not very often that they forget my warning my picture