Your TMI is no match for mine! (WARNING: Girly Issues)

[RecoveringKinkoid]

But I thought it was silly I had to explain that to him. I guess our girl things really are a big mystery to some guys.

I really do thing that's a primal male fear. Sometimes, the little caveman voice is very loud in some people.

"Primitive" cultures actually thought a woman was dangerous to them during that time she was menstruating. I think men's being freaked out by it now might stem from that. It's pretty deeply ingrained.

[mandaliz8704]

I dont know, I'm pretty dangerous when I'm on the rag.

[Supermarket Slave Girl]

I haven't had a period since the beginning of 2007 thanks to the Mirena

Love that thing it's a god send, not that my periods were bad before that, my cramps were nothing compared to my sister who would be curled up on the bed crying until mum took her to the doc and she went on the pill.

My sister is 6 years older than me and I remember during one particular harrendous period for her me asking my mum what was wrong with her, and then being afraid of getting mine because I thought I would be in the same amount of pain as her.

[Racket_Man]

That's me. I don't bring the empty pack, but I go for the packaging. And yes, if they change the color scheme, she's getting a phone call.

However, I'm one of those guys who can sympathize / do the one-up thing. Had a stent installed in one of my ureters. I was peeing bloody chunks for weeks. At least a gal's parts are built to pass large objects, eh?

And then *removing* it... they had to drag the whole damn thing out my pee hole. While I was conscious, and without even an effective anesthetic. And remember, a man's urinary tract is some 10+ inches (not centimeters, inches) longer than a woman's.

Good times. Gooood times.

But yeah, I don't mind picking up those sorts of supplies for my gal.

Arm I can sympathize with that. my problem was not surgical in nature but I used to be prone to kidney stones.

try being in sever pain (and the occasionasly upchuck) just from the stone in the kidney. then the stone moving (slowly very very slowly) from the kidney to the bladder. then the stone moving (again slowly very very very slowly) from the bladder on out. then having to pull it out with tweesers (a stone about 4mm in diameter with little spikey points all over)

[crazylegs]

in the Navy we called this one Red Wings... *shudders*

Known as a "Wet Weekend" in UK military parlance...

[Becks]

"Shark week". That's a good one. I prefer to say that I'm out of commission, myself.

[AccountingDrone]

ladies, not to derail the thread, but have you ever had an "episode" so bad that your vag itself hurts?!?! I HATE that!

Yes, the way I describe what my cramps can feel like is:

Imagine someone reaching up your ass, grabbing a handful of intestines and pulling them out slowly while twisting. For a week. Every month from puberty to menopause.

I got a guy to almost make it to the bathroom before vomiting on that one once.

Ah, my job is done here!

[AccountingDrone]

WHY couldn't someone have invented this about twenty years earlier?! Think of how much money I could've saved on pads!

if it wasnt gross Id volunteer to send my old one to someone so they could try it free ... my gyn found a 4 cm cyst on my left ovary and opted to arrange imaging and a consult with a gynecological oncologist about it. He got the imaging and report last week, my records and decided he was recommending a total hysterectomy for me rather than just biopsing it and going from there. As of the 19th, no more internal girly bits tormenting me [where is the jumping up and down squeeeing smiley?]

And before either medically supressing it, or using the diva cup I was going through 3 overnight ultrathins with wings per day for 7-9 days, and 12 to 14 super plus tampons per day. Do the math ...

[Becks]

I totally forgot to mention...

At certain times, I'm known to answer "How are you today?" with "Oozing" or "Gushing", depending.

I think I made guys puke by giving a not-so-detailed account of feeling some of the lining make its way out. (Oddly enough, most of the time it tickles, but sometimes it's painful.)

[Arm]

Arm I can sympathize with that. my problem was not surgical in nature but I used to be prone to kidney stones.

try being in sever pain (and the occasionasly upchuck) just from the stone in the kidney. then the stone moving (slowly very very slowly) from the kidney to the bladder. then the stone moving (again slowly very very very slowly) from the bladder on out. then having to pull it out with tweesers (a stone about 4mm in diameter with little spikey points all over)

It's AMAZING how much pain you can feel from such a tiny set of tubes, isn't it? I used to get a kink in mine- that's why they put in the stent, to straighten it out- and it would just swell up with the fluid pressure behind the kink... the Army just put me on profile and told me not to do things like situps, run, etc. (because bouncing around said fluid-filled tube was a Non-Fun Experience)

Did they ever give you those little pain charts? Like, 'how much does it hurt now, how much does it hurt when it hurts the most'...?

I was a solid 8/10 for being alive and 9/10 or 10/10 after drinking lots of fluids (10/10 being 'I wish I could throw it back up, but I'm in pain because my body has already processed what I drank...'). Apparently after I drank fluids, my ureter would be stretched to like 9cm across (about 3 and a half inches). The Korean docs that gave me the scan didn't speak English very well but it seemed pretty bad from what he was trying to explain.

It went on for over a year, before I finally got back to the US to have the stent put in, and it was enough to change my posture and give me entirely new mannerisms... I tend to do the Napoleon these days if stressed/tired, even though it doesn't hurt any more. One arm wrapped around my abdomen, a little hunched to the side.

I always wondered if kidney stones like you get would've been better or worse. Hopefully I'll never find out!

...and suddenly, bleeding from your crotch became an olympic sport

[Rapscallion]

That sounds like the moon cups Rapscallion has posted about before (although a quick search failed to locate those posts).

http://www.customerssuck.com/board/s...ead.php?t=2244

I really do thing that's a primal male fear.

In my father's case, it's more to do with a mother who wants to protect her secrets, and generations of women in that vein. "Nothing you need to know about," is pretty much how it went. My mother has eased up these days, but he's still scarred. For me, it's a bit like trying to guess if someone wants to be called 'Mrs', 'Miss', or 'Ms' - you never know if the person you're talking to is going to want to keep everything secret and be offended or if they want to give a powerpoint presentation.

Must admit, a funny memory of mine was when I was searching for christmas presents (probably eight-years-old or so) and found a pack of 'press on towels'.

"Why don't we use these? Just press them on and dry off instead of rubbing?" was pretty much my thought train, but fortunately I got distracted by something shiny before I asked anything too awkward.

Rapscallion

[depechemodefan]

Off topic but... I'm not sure why you have one to empty out but um... ironically I actually know how to keep the stink down in one of those. Have a bucket of ashes next to it. Each time it's used, have a hand full of ashes tossed on top.

I read about that in the Legacy of Gird series. The soldiers would toss down a layer of ash in the jacks (outhouse) after each use.

First, my mom had knee surgery and she had to have a pot in a special chair near her bed. So I had to clean it out, ugh.

Now she spends most of her time in bed since she has dialysis and that makes her tired. Also, she is weak and she stumbles a lot, so having the pot near her so she doesn't have to walk to the toliet and might fall is better for her.

I've been using lysol a lot.

Ok, work related story! years ago we had computers for the public with chairs and stand up terminals. The chairs are wicker chairs. A woman comes up to me and ask for a sit down one but they were all in use. So when she walks to a stand up terminal I see she bled through a lot, and was still wet. I felt sorry for her, but if sat in a wicker chair she would stain it and being wicker it would be hard to clean.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I dont know, I'm pretty dangerous when I'm on the rag.

Same here; cept more so during "PMS Week". XD

I call the period "Arsenal's playing at home"; stems from the days when I used to support a football team, yup, I was a Spurs fan. Therefore, I picked Arsenal to represent my period.

I once went thru a checkout with a giant novelty bar of chocolate (present, dammit) and some womanly products. The male cashier had a frozen look of terror on his face thruout. XD Since I wasn't on my period (the womanly products were on half price; you get 'em while they're cheap), he was in no danger.

In the days BBC (before birth control), my periods were awful. They were stupidly irregular; I could go six weeks without a period, then have two in quick succession with just two weeks between them, so I never knew when I was going to have one til I woke up with stained knickers. They were also super heavy; during them I had to wear a super thick pad and change it every couple of hours. I was also prone to fainting cuz of anaemia, and sometimes had to take days off school due to the horrible cramps and headaches I got.

My mum is a nurse, so it wasn't long before she took me to the doctor. My periods started at age 11; I went to the doctor at age 12. My mum begged the doctor to do something about the periods and about the PMS which turned me into the bastard child of Godzilla the week before rag week; he put me on the pill which did the trick and I've been on it ever since. I am not coming off it and going back to that hell, dammit.

OK; hands up who has special "period pants"? I do; they are super large and unsexy; which is ironic, cuz when I'm bloated, crampy and feeling sick, I feel exactly like that. X_x

[wagegoth]

Me has a theory though, that if men had periods, they'd brag amongst each other over who bled the most, who used the most tampons in one hour, and pads and tampons would be funded by the government.

Did you ever see the Mo and Kathy show? Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy. They did the most hysterical skit on that subject.



I have muscle relaxants for my back. They are the greatest things when I'm having cramps. I know longer dread the first two days.



Work story: I was temping long term at a company. I was the only one who had the ovaries to tell the VP in the white patterned dress that she had bled through. Thank goodness, she was really a down-to-earth person.

[mariamousie1]

Only guys have major craps? That's news to me!
Well played with the menstrual talk! Do you guys remember period panties? They were like actual underwear but absorbent so if your pad leaked it wouldn't reach your pants. They were mostly for night use, but I used to wear them to school in 8th grade when I had a problem with leaks. Very useful, but a bit too much like a diaper. Maybe that's why they never took off.