tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post3394012407140311965..comments2023-11-05T22:09:32.884+11:00Comments on nailpolishblues: Status update brought to you by the drugs don’t work.Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-37815084503219402702009-08-17T19:39:39.481+10:002009-08-17T19:39:39.481+10:00Caz, works for me.
JahTeh,I've heard similar ...Caz, works for me.<br /><br />JahTeh,I've heard similar about the period pain/labour thing. I gather the drugs are better for labour though.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-9294748634365190632009-08-17T19:19:26.178+10:002009-08-17T19:19:26.178+10:00Having had one child and a history of ovarian canc...Having had one child and a history of ovarian cancer in the family, I was quite happy to get rid of the ovaries and companion cysts with a hysterectomy. <br />My first gyno told me that period pain was virtually first stage labour and I'm thinking "fuck what are the 2nd and 3rd like" and pressing knees closer together.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-90846227121585148202009-08-17T18:39:00.186+10:002009-08-17T18:39:00.186+10:00Sometimes it's easer just to throwup - so much...Sometimes it's easer just to throwup - so much quicker to end their running commentary about your person. :-DCazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387674413840435759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-89612682641554177242009-08-16T22:24:42.023+10:002009-08-16T22:24:42.023+10:00One of the aforementioned cousins is also has Coel...One of the aforementioned cousins is also has Coeliac Disease and a colleague has Insulin Intolerance but I don't think I have either of those. My mother remains convinced that I have Pernicious Anaemia but I've never been tested. I think as you do - surely, by now, it would be obvious. <br /><br />Sometimes it's easer to be a throwback - so much less angst.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-32542937401225570392009-08-16T18:24:01.986+10:002009-08-16T18:24:01.986+10:00"Only" 5-10% amounts to, maybe half a mi..."Only" 5-10% amounts to, maybe half a million, or more, women in Australia. That's actually a lot. <br /><br />My sister has no autoimmune disorders, but that's one anecdote, and not much value to you. My unprofessional opinion is that if you don't believe you have any autoimmune disorders, then you don't, unless medically identified at some later time. <br /><br />Pleased to hear that you have a good GP, who got onto the problem quickly and has referred you to an appropriate specialist. <br /><br />Sometimes proper diagnosis takes such an age that it's a wonder people bother going to GPs at all, instead of just asking some random person around the neighborhood. <br /><br />Not sure how women with endometriosis fair when it comes to menopause. Overall, most women sail through menopause without any problems; I have no inkling if it's less fun when there's a history of prior problems. <br /><br />However, that's a waaaayyy off for you young lady! Not a cure on the verge of happening. <br /><br />I don't think most men or women "know what they want", not really, in relation to having children, until they meet someone they feel a genuine urge to breed with. <br /><br />I guess that has shifted a lot, far more people making a decision not to breed, having that fact on their dating calling card up front and centre. <br /><br />There are also the clucky folk who coo from an early age about all the kiddies they want to have, but they're throw-backs to some older, less expensive and less emotionally draining era. <br /><br />You don't have to "decide". In any case, sometimes the decision is taken out of people's hands. In the meantime, you should head the call of "preserving your fertility", just in case a time comes when you do want to exercise it. If not, you haven't lost anything.Cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387674413840435759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-33565045179703935382009-08-16T14:41:13.054+10:002009-08-16T14:41:13.054+10:00Caz, yeah, I've been doing quite a bit of rea...Caz, yeah, I've been doing quite a bit of reading - internet and the charmingly illustrated leaflets the doctor gave me and also talking to people. I'm surprised how common it is given that the stats claim only 5-10% of women. Seems to be quite a link to autoimmune disorders of which I have, to the best of my knowledge, none. I will, however, have to wait for the hormones to kick in to figure out if the exhaustion etc has any other cause. How tedious that this could take a while when I want it fixed now! <br /><br />Pain really has been a bitch and for the moment we're working on stopping that. The big problem is that between periods I forget how bad it was and it does seem to get worse each time now. Still, I keep swallowing down far too many drugs and that seems to work sooner or later. I'm a screaming coward so there's very little chance of me trying to brave it out.<br /><br />The doctors have been pretty sympathetic and upbeat. I just haven't been in a state to appreciate it. My GP was really good actually, she had it figured out so fast that the specialist she referred me to is something of an expert in the field. No time wasting there. <br /><br />The angst re children comes from never having decided what I want and having the phrase 'preserving your fertility' thrown at me. Otherwise, I've ever looked forward to menopause/hysterectomy. Can't wait for it to be over.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-75029645793842882672009-08-16T00:18:02.360+10:002009-08-16T00:18:02.360+10:00Yes, I gather endometriosis is a total bitch. One...Yes, I gather endometriosis is a total bitch. One of my sisters has it and has suffered awfully over the decades. The ship has come and gone for her to have children, but that was mostly her choice, I think, even if a passive one. <br /><br />There are many dietary matters to be aware of - perhaps you've already done a Google on that. Every little bit helps: the proven medical support, 'natural' therapies, nutrition, looking after yourself. Take a multifaceted approach ... you will resort to that eventually in any case, so may as well start now, not later. <br /><br />Children are not out of the question, but medical support and advice are often needed, by which I don't mean IVF, although I'm sure some end up giving that a whirl too. Sometimes persistence is enough, despite gloomy medical opinions. Not something you need to make a decision about, and at your age, you shouldn't be putting pressure on yourself to make such final decisions. For now, you need to do what's appropriate to look after your uterus first, rather than thinking about tossing it away. <br /><br />Good post btw. <br /><br />If the pain meds aren't working for you, insist that your GP gives you something that does work, or provides different options for you until you find an effective pain relief. Pain is horribly debilitating, physically, mentally, emotionally. Try to take it easy on yourself, and take pain meds early and often, don't be brave.Cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387674413840435759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-23552970544749073632009-08-15T22:36:27.908+10:002009-08-15T22:36:27.908+10:00Maria, more frustrating for me is alcohol intolera...Maria, more frustrating for me is alcohol intolerance. How the hell does menstruation effect one's ability to hold one's beer? That's just not cool.<br /><br />Lack of design is probably a key issue. Thank goodness for pills, implants, and surgery.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-63251328631877555082009-08-15T22:29:49.726+10:002009-08-15T22:29:49.726+10:00"I gather that the latter removes the part of..."I gather that the latter removes the part of your brain that causes hysteria."<br /><br />Wish it did, I know someone who had a hysterectomy who could do with some hysteria removing at the time ...<br /><br />For many it is not, I believe, an easy transition to make.<br /><br />As for me, I really think we have some evolving to do, why is it we have such a messy and painful way to signal our abiliy to procreate?? Surely a better designed human would be able to do this in such a way that wouldn't put a woman out of action for quite a few days in a month and turn her into a snarling animal!<br /><br />Seems to me very inefficient. I read Judy Blume too but I didn't really want to get my period. I didn't spend preteen years checking my undies for spots.<br /><br />I do experience emotional differences then, I don't think that's a myth at all, and also medical differences, I'm actually more vulnerable to certain things medically during my period. Like you I think of it as a literal pain.<br /><br />Oh yeah, and when am I due ...?Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371925558254933645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-72805126528463749282009-08-12T22:20:26.687+10:002009-08-12T22:20:26.687+10:00Exceedingly cold comfort.Exceedingly cold comfort.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-78501969032924819382009-08-12T20:45:24.867+10:002009-08-12T20:45:24.867+10:00I think the one pregnancy did it, actually, but it...I think the one pregnancy did it, actually, but it was mighty hard to conceive (which is where the surgery came in, clearing endometrium out of the ol' tubes). Sorry, that's hardly consoling.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-45384935194873980622009-08-11T21:47:34.526+10:002009-08-11T21:47:34.526+10:00Alexis, it's pretty obvious in retrospect - fo...Alexis, it's pretty obvious in retrospect - for me, anyway. It's just that it got a lot worse in a very short space of time. Which, obviously, hasn't been a whole lot of fun. <br /><br />Please tell me I don't need five pregnancies to get rid of this shit. What horror!Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-58161642227610197802009-08-11T19:44:55.084+10:002009-08-11T19:44:55.084+10:00Oh, gah! I'd assumed from the way you've s...Oh, gah! I'd assumed from the way you've spoken of your period in posts of your that you had endometriosis - and gosh, wish I'd said something. My former housematess has it and my eldest sister used to (before three bouts of surgery and five pregnancies). I hope now that there's a diagnosis there's a treatment that works for you and isn't itself too hideous. I'd definitely be giving you my chocolate, and I don't part with my chocolate lightly.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.com