Women - menstrual cycle, weight, and fitness matters
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@Madwife2009 Aw, thank you! That's sweet of you.
My GP tried to place it 3x but he couldn't do it. It was his first time he failed, he told me. A female GP came and did it harshly, but it was needed.
I'm using blood thining meds, so the bleeding was soooo much. But now it's better. The pain is better too, but still sudden intense cramps. I feel like a cry baby now, because some women have worse periods than this lol.
After six weeks, the GP is going to check everything.
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@Madwife2009 Aw, thank you! That's sweet of you.
My GP tried to place it 3x but he couldn't do it. It was his first time he failed, he told me. A female GP came and did it harshly, but it was needed.
I'm using blood thining meds, so the bleeding was soooo much. But now it's better. The pain is better too, but still sudden intense cramps. I feel like a cry baby now, because some women have worse periods than this lol.
After six weeks, the GP is going to check everything.
I hope it will be all right for you.
But now I'm really not sure I want to go that route!!
However, I have to wait for the results of my biopsies to come back before I make a decision, and the only reason it has been suggested is to reduce and regulate my periods.
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@Machka9 Oh, I didn't want to scare you! I'm only 20 years old and never had kids. So I'm so much more sensitive to it. You could ask your GP for some pain meds. They should help. I didn't have any special ones. My friend told me she had special pain meds and they helped a lot. Almost no pain.0
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@Machka9 Oh, I didn't want to scare you! I'm only 20 years old and never had kids. So I'm so much more sensitive to it. You could ask your GP for some pain meds. They should help. I didn't have any special ones. My friend told me she had special pain meds and they helped a lot. Almost no pain.
I'm a few months away from 50 ... and I've never had kids either.
My gyn is suggesting the Merina to regulate perimenopause symptoms, but I'm thinking I might just wait it out. Only a couple years left ... maybe. Less I hope.
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I'm a few months away from 50 ... and I've never had kids either.
My gyn is suggesting the Merina to regulate perimenopause symptoms, but I'm thinking I might just wait it out. Only a couple years left ... maybe. Less I hope.
I think that there are several different factors here.
Firstly, Idle_Moon is young and probably hasn't had many internal examinations or cervical smears (I'm basing this assumption on how things are done in the UK; woman don't usually have cervical screening here until they are 25).
Secondly, each person's tolerance to such a procedure varies hugely, like anything really. For example, I've gone through labour/birth four times with no pain relief but I've worked with other labouring women who've screamed for all the pain relief they can get at the first twinge of labour. And that's okay, because we are all individuals and experience and feel things differently.
Thirdly, the recommendation before having a Mirena fitted is that you take some analgesia, just in case.
Fourthly, the doctor involved with Idle_Moon's procedure was basically clueless and should not have been doing it at all in my opinion. If you don't know how to do something, then you refer on (this is what I was taught during my midwifery training). Otherwise someone gets hurt in some way. That's why I went to the people I thought were the more experienced, at the sexual health clinic. I did ask my GP about it and after a consultation with her, I decided to go elsewhere.
I was fine with it all physically but I'm a tough old thing. However, I hate clinicians touching me down there so for me it's more psychological than anything but I have to steel myself up to do these things.
Don't base your decision about having or not having a Mirena fitted based on a couple of people's experiences. Do some reasearch, ask around and then decide what is best for you, because you are the one that matters
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Madwife2009 wrote: »I'm a few months away from 50 ... and I've never had kids either.
My gyn is suggesting the Merina to regulate perimenopause symptoms, but I'm thinking I might just wait it out. Only a couple years left ... maybe. Less I hope.
Don't base your decision about having or not having a Mirena fitted based on a couple of people's experiences. Do some reasearch, ask around and then decide what is best for you, because you are the one that matters
Well, the thing is ... I really don't want to get one. I've never like the idea of an IUD ... much like how I've never liked the idea of getting contact lenses. But my doctor and both gynaecologists I've seen keep pushing me to get one. I'm probably looking for excuses not to get it.
BTW - I didn't know cervical screening was a thing until just a couple years ago. Almost 50, and had my first cervical screen on Monday ... complete with biopsy.
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A question from a brand new newbie: I start retaining water in my boobs just after ovulation each month, and it lasts until the day I start my period. Apart from the added effects of water on the scale, IT HURTS! Taking off my bra at night is seriously not fun. I've heard that asparagus and lemon are natural diuretics. Any other suggestions for reducing this symptom? I'm 42, and suffer from chronic migraines (as in 4+/week), so the pill, while helpful, isn't really great for me in terms of blood pressure/clot risk. Thanks!1
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I've noticed a few of you see male doctors for gyno related things. Personally, i just couldn't let a male (doctor) get anywhere near my hooha. I've had female doctors for women related things from day 1. Its embarrassing enough stirupping up in front of a woman, let alone a man.. I know they're doctors and they see it everyday, but i just can not do it! same with mammograms.6
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Christine_72 wrote: »I've noticed a few of you see male doctors for gyno related things. Personally, i just couldn't let a male (doctor) get anywhere near my hooha. I've had female doctors for women related things from day 1. Its embarrassing enough stirupping up in front of a woman, let alone a man.. I know they're doctors and they see it everyday, but i just can not do it! same with mammograms.
For some reason it doesn't really bother me.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that my mother was a nurse who was always very open when it came to talking about medical stuff. My family (mother, father, brother, and me) would sit around the dinner table discussing the cases she had seen in graphic detail (with no identifying names, etc. of course)
And I've actually had worse/weirder experiences with 2 different female doctors.
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Re: boob pains. Besides water I've heard/read,etc that when you come across toxic chemicals and such the tell tell signs will many times show up in breath as pain (lots of lymph nodes being the reason perhaps). Sure enough I experience this sometimes. And it makes the me steal cycle worse. So the breasts act like the canary in the mines.0
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Christine_72 wrote: »I've noticed a few of you see male doctors for gyno related things. Personally, i just couldn't let a male (doctor) get anywhere near my hooha. I've had female doctors for women related things from day 1. Its embarrassing enough stirupping up in front of a woman, let alone a man.. I know they're doctors and they see it everyday, but i just can not do it! same with mammograms.
Well I did fertility treatments and the only doctor within a reasonable driving distance was a man, so I got used to it.0 -
Machka9 wrote:
Well, the thing is ... I really don't want to get one. I've never like the idea of an IUD ... much like how I've never liked the idea of getting contact lenses. But my doctor and both gynaecologists I've seen keep pushing me to get one. I'm probably looking for excuses not to get it.
BTW - I didn't know cervical screening was a thing until just a couple years ago. Almost 50, and had my first cervical screen on Monday ... complete with biopsy.
Well, I can relate to that - I could never stomach the idea of contact lenses either, even though I have to put drops in my eyes every night for the rest of my life. I could probably deal with contact lenses now but the cost puts me off.
I was never going to have an IUD either (I'd worked in the sexual health clinic and seen a few procedures that filled me with horror, as well as those that were fine) until I developed a medical problem that meant whilst taking the treatment for it, I was not to get pregnant, ever, as it's teratogenic (harms the foetus). Faced with a choice like that, the Mirena was the most reliable method and way less invasive than sterilisation.
Don't be bullied by the medical profession, take your time and make the decision best for you.
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Madwife2009 wrote: »Machka9 wrote:
Well, the thing is ... I really don't want to get one. I've never like the idea of an IUD ... much like how I've never liked the idea of getting contact lenses. But my doctor and both gynaecologists I've seen keep pushing me to get one. I'm probably looking for excuses not to get it.
BTW - I didn't know cervical screening was a thing until just a couple years ago. Almost 50, and had my first cervical screen on Monday ... complete with biopsy.
Well, I can relate to that - I could never stomach the idea of contact lenses either, even though I have to put drops in my eyes every night for the rest of my life. I could probably deal with contact lenses now but the cost puts me off.
I was never going to have an IUD either (I'd worked in the sexual health clinic and seen a few procedures that filled me with horror, as well as those that were fine) until I developed a medical problem that meant whilst taking the treatment for it, I was not to get pregnant, ever, as it's teratogenic (harms the foetus). Faced with a choice like that, the Mirena was the most reliable method and way less invasive than sterilisation.
Don't be bullied by the medical profession, take your time and make the decision best for you.
That last line is probably one of the best pieces of advice for ANY medical problems!1 -
ladyreva78 wrote: »Madwife2009 wrote: »
Don't be bullied by the medical profession, take your time and make the decision best for you.
That last line is probably one of the best pieces of advice for ANY medical problems!
The problem is though, sometimes it's very difficult to do as to make the best decision depends on having, and understanding information.
The medical profession are very good at giving you just enough information to "encourage" you to make a biased decision (ie, they are trying to influence you without appearing to) whilst with-holding the information that may discourage you.
A lot of people will just go along with a clinician's decision because they don't understand the implications of what they are being asked to agree to, or because they think that the practitioner knows best. And some practitioners are basically offered what I call a "cash bung" to sign people up for things/carry out possibly unnecessary procedures. So they are NOT doing what is in their patient's best interests.
I've found that the best way to approach making decisions is to listen to what they say and if you have time, NOT make a decision on the spot. A lot of practitioners want a response there and then, forgetting that their patients need time to THINK about what that decision means to them and their family. It takes a strong person to say "no" or "I need time to think about this" when facing someone who is supposed to know more but we all have it in us to be that strong.
I am a great believer in questioning EVERYTHING that the medical profession care to advise on, doing research (knowledge = power) and THEN making a decision. It's called informed choice and is very empowering. Even when faced with a non-choice.
I had this recently, it was a case of "if you don't try this drug, there is no alternative apart from living the rest of your life in pain that will only get worse". Seems like a no-brainer, right? But for me, it was really hard to agree to it as I knew nothing about the drug, or the consequences of taking it for me and my family. But I didn't agree to it immediately as I didn't have enough knowledge and the doctor gave me a very limited amount of information. I went away, did loads of research (and learned maybe too much), discussed it with my family (as it had consequences for them as well) and in the end, agreed to try it. That was MY decision and I felt in control of it, even though it was what the medics wanted me to do. BUT, I am much better informed, I know what the consequences are and I know how to reduce the risks involved in taking it. None of which were revealed by the doctor, who just glossed over my concerns (I saw him three times before agreeing to take it, as well as numerous other health professionals, just to get more information). And the internet is fab for research as long as you know where to look
I get quite perplexed by people who just agree with the medical profession; the medics DON'T always know best. They don't really know you and your circumstances, you are often just a set of symptoms to be treated; they forget about the PERSON involved.
Right, I'm getting off my soap-box now and going for a bike ride. For better use of energy!
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I've already had to put my foot down about Nexium. Drs keep wanting to put me back on that drug. So I will say "no" until I'm comfortable with the direction we're going.0
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I am SO hungry. I'm ovaluating and I want to eat the world.
I never paid much attention before, but the last couple of days I have been so hungry and I should be near or at the ovaluation stage.
I'm always hungry during my period but this is the first time I've paid attention and noticed increased hunger around this time too.1 -
Don't mind me. Just bumping old threads.
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Needs a bump. This is a great thread with really useful information.0
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Madwife2009 wrote: »Machka9 wrote:
Well, the thing is ... I really don't want to get one. I've never like the idea of an IUD ... much like how I've never liked the idea of getting contact lenses. But my doctor and both gynaecologists I've seen keep pushing me to get one. I'm probably looking for excuses not to get it.
BTW - I didn't know cervical screening was a thing until just a couple years ago. Almost 50, and had my first cervical screen on Monday ... complete with biopsy.
Well, I can relate to that - I could never stomach the idea of contact lenses either, even though I have to put drops in my eyes every night for the rest of my life. I could probably deal with contact lenses now but the cost puts me off.
I was never going to have an IUD either (I'd worked in the sexual health clinic and seen a few procedures that filled me with horror, as well as those that were fine) until I developed a medical problem that meant whilst taking the treatment for it, I was not to get pregnant, ever, as it's teratogenic (harms the foetus). Faced with a choice like that, the Mirena was the most reliable method and way less invasive than sterilisation.
Don't be bullied by the medical profession, take your time and make the decision best for you.
Well ... the Mirena is off the table!! I am NOT to have anything to do with it or anything at all which might put hormones into my system.
BTW - the biopsy I mentioned above = pre-cancer. And it was my oncologist who informed me that I am absolutely not to take hormones.
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Machka9 wrote:
Well, the thing is ... I really don't want to get one. I've never like the idea of an IUD ... much like how I've never liked the idea of getting contact lenses. But my doctor and both gynaecologists I've seen keep pushing me to get one. I'm probably looking for excuses not to get it.
BTW - I didn't know cervical screening was a thing until just a couple years ago. Almost 50, and had my first cervical screen on Monday ... complete with biopsy.
Well ... the Mirena is off the table!! I am NOT to have anything to do with it or anything at all which might put hormones into my system.
BTW - the biopsy I mentioned above = pre-cancer. And it was my oncologist who informed me that I am absolutely not to take hormones.
I don't know much about pre-cancerous cells but I'm assuming that you'll require treatment of some sort - hope it's not too awful and that it's effective.
Glad that you're not having the Mirena though - speaking from an anecdotal position they are awful things. I actually removed mine three weeks ago as it was causing all sorts of problems, including a horrific flare of an auto-immune condition I have. Once the Mirena was out things started to improve. My GP didn't believe me though, nor did the specialist nurse I saw at the hospital but my consultant and physiotherapist did, thank goodness - I thought that I was going mad.
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My eating habits are the opposite. I barely eat when I'm on my period. This last period I had which was last week was bad. I didn't eat or drink anything for a few days and that's very unusual for me but I made myself eat because I wasn't sleeping either. I used that time to transition my food habits and it's working so far. 1
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Madwife2009 wrote: »Machka9 wrote:
Well, the thing is ... I really don't want to get one. I've never like the idea of an IUD ... much like how I've never liked the idea of getting contact lenses. But my doctor and both gynaecologists I've seen keep pushing me to get one. I'm probably looking for excuses not to get it.
BTW - I didn't know cervical screening was a thing until just a couple years ago. Almost 50, and had my first cervical screen on Monday ... complete with biopsy.
Well ... the Mirena is off the table!! I am NOT to have anything to do with it or anything at all which might put hormones into my system.
BTW - the biopsy I mentioned above = pre-cancer. And it was my oncologist who informed me that I am absolutely not to take hormones.
I don't know much about pre-cancerous cells but I'm assuming that you'll require treatment of some sort - hope it's not too awful and that it's effective.
Glad that you're not having the Mirena though - speaking from an anecdotal position they are awful things. I actually removed mine three weeks ago as it was causing all sorts of problems, including a horrific flare of an auto-immune condition I have. Once the Mirena was out things started to improve. My GP didn't believe me though, nor did the specialist nurse I saw at the hospital but my consultant and physiotherapist did, thank goodness - I thought that I was going mad.
I had read good things and bad things about the Mirena ... enough to make me feel very uncertain about it.
As for the pre-cancer ... my oncologist said that it is a very mild form, and because I am (his words) fit, strong, and slender I should be able to fight it on my own without treatment! Something to be said for getting in shape! I will, however, be monitored every 6 months or so.0 -
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So I got a Fitbit charge 2 for Christmas, and I noticed that my resting heart rate last week during PMS was constantly 67-69.... I got my period on Saturday and now it's 62-63. .
Just figured I'd point that out - I wonder if it affects metabolism at all? I'd guess that wouldn't show on my fitbit though, as my activity level has varied a lot from day to day (obviously I'm much less hungry now though).1 -
So I got a Fitbit charge 2 for Christmas, and I noticed that my resting heart rate last week during PMS was constantly 67-69.... I got my period on Saturday and now it's 62-63. .
Just figured I'd point that out - I wonder if it affects metabolism at all? I'd guess that wouldn't show on my fitbit though, as my activity level has varied a lot from day to day (obviously I'm much less hungry now though).
That's interesting! I wonder if mine is like that. (Too bad I didn't get one for Christmas!)0 -
So I got a Fitbit charge 2 for Christmas, and I noticed that my resting heart rate last week during PMS was constantly 67-69.... I got my period on Saturday and now it's 62-63. .
Just figured I'd point that out - I wonder if it affects metabolism at all? I'd guess that wouldn't show on my fitbit though, as my activity level has varied a lot from day to day (obviously I'm much less hungry now though).
Mine cycles like that too. A monthly cycle from 61-ish up to 68-ish maxing out during PMS.0 -
Haha! Heart "burn"1
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So I got a Fitbit charge 2 for Christmas, and I noticed that my resting heart rate last week during PMS was constantly 67-69.... I got my period on Saturday and now it's 62-63. .
Just figured I'd point that out - I wonder if it affects metabolism at all? I'd guess that wouldn't show on my fitbit though, as my activity level has varied a lot from day to day (obviously I'm much less hungry now though).
ooohh extra calorie burn
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