Ok, I'm way too pleased with myself over this post title.
"Are you going through 2 or more tampons in 2 hours?
Does this count?
Cassandane had a hysterectomy about 5 years ago due to cysts, so this hasn't been a problem for her for a while. Still a few years before it's a problem for Atossa, hopefully.
The "two or more in two hours?" question legit confused me, because two or more in two hours... for how long? Once? A day? The entire cycle? Anyhow, a conversation with my objine eventually cleared up that my normal wasn't normal, and now I have a Mirena, and I am optimistic.
Also unexpected endometrial biopsies are no fun at all. I can't imagine they're much more fun when expected, but the things we're expected to put up with without numbing agents.
It was...not fun! But everything is okay.
I love not having a period + not getting ovarian cancer, but everything else about surgical menopause blows and I don't know if/when it gets better. More on topic, I'm a little bummed that I just missed out on being able to use the new-fangled period underwear because that seems like it would have been amazing. I wonder what those manufacturers are using to test absorbency...
12yo and I have a recurring conversation about different kinds of womanhood and whether it's worse to have a period or give yourself intramuscular injections once a week. I am pretty sure the period is worse to deal with, but the needles squick her out.
You can randomly assign one of those. You could do a study.
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There are so many things where if you've had something your whole life you don't realize that your normal isn't healthy. My mild strabismus is what I knew my whole life, so I wasn't going to complain as a child. I didn't realize that the symptoms of mild hyperprolactinemia were abnormal and something to report.
I had this whole long thing written to about period products, women's clothing, and market failure, but then I remembered that the answers were "sexism" and "c'mon, you're smarter than this, you know that's not actually how markets operate." So I deleted it.
It's been equal parts interesting and frustrating watching investors and the media rediscover menopause as a money-maker/issue, especially as my experience of menopause and being post-menopausal at a comparatively young age is outside the norm.
I'm in a FB support group that is inclusive of people experiencing peri- and post-menopause from all genders and for all reasons. While I don't spend a ton of time there (because there are only so many ways for me to complain about the status of certain bodily systems before I bore myself & alienate others), it's given me a huge appreciation for the sheer range of possible experiences outside what's taken to be the norm.
(For anyone interested in joining, search for "A11-G3nd3r Per1-M3nopaus3 Support" with all letters rather than numbers. There are some heavily enforced community moderation standards for the group, so please be aware of those. Group founder (and awesome friend of mine) Heath/er Co/rinna has also written a pretty great book on the topic.)
9, 13: the prevalence and popularity of these products is one of the things that made me realize that maybe what I was experiencing wasn't normal.
14: On the one hand, yeah, marketing. On the other hand, I'm kind of glad that peri is getting a little bit of attention, in that it seems just as weird as puberty was.
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Not a derail because the Dutch flag has standing under the post title: any Europeans have thoughts on Wilders? Or what just went down in Dublin? The hell is going on over there?
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These colors don't bleed.
The low-hanging fruited plains.
Unexpectedly, the part the kids loved the MOST from Naked Gun was the mangling of the Star Spangled Banner. (The Star Mangled Banner?)
In hindsight, it makes perfect sense because they are compelled to stand for that damn thing so often at sporting events, and it was recently Veteran's Day and they'd all spend an extra amount of time taking it phrase-by-phrase and admiring it at school.
One funny bit from the extremely jingoistic Veteran's Day Assembly that Jammies and I attended was when we said the Pledge of Allegiance, and then said it in Spanish, and then all the kids in the auditorium automatically segued into the Texas Pledge and the teachers and grown-ups were all caught offguard and had to spend a few extra moments shutting them up.
I have mentioned here before how the elementary kids recite six loyalty oaths before they start their day? US Pledge, English and Spanish. Texas Pledge, English and Spanish. School vow to keep their desks tidy and never speak without raising their hands, English and Spanish.
Is having a messy desk the functional equivalent of treason?
16: I haven't been following, but FWIW: I think it's less bad than it looks. On the face of it there are the seats and the will to maintain a cordon sanitaire around Wilders, even if it has to be a minority government. On the silver side of the lining, I think it's telling that the breakout success is by a new party that appears to be essentially Christian democrats. I suspect Rutte's demise and the polycrisis created an election favorable to the protest vote.
An(other) old man is playing old man music on the juke box. Thinking of playing Steely Dan to heighten the contradictions.
Anyway, "Lay Down Sally" is good for Eric Clapton, but it's not that good.
Apparently 100 proof peppermint schnapps is a thing you can get.
They keep it next to the Jägermeister, so I guess that part of the cooler is like Spandau Prison.
Three Eagle's songs in a row should be illegal.
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30: why would you want to lubricate a causeway? It'd make it all slippery and people would fall over or even slide into the sea. You want a grippy causeway.
If no-one slides into the sea the dogfish won't have enough to eat and there won't be enough oil for the causeway.
Surely they can just eat eggs soaked in whisky though
20: Unexpectedly, the part the kids loved the MOST from Naked Gun was the mangling of the Star Spangled Banner.
The only thing my wife and daughter found really funny in Naked Gun was "Hey, It's Enrico Pallazzo!'"
They were watching under semi-protest as none of us had seen it and I was determined to do so after your mention of it. On to Top Secret!