Females only - Period.

[Lady Kayura]

Hannah Yeager

The good thing is, as a person gets older, the hormones tend to settle down. I remember before the whole condition started that I use to get very heavy flows. My hormones, were just running over the place. Now that I'm older, things have settled down.

I'm not saying she doesn't have the right to b***h about how her periods are, I'm just reminding everyone that they should be thankful to get them on a regular basis.

Actually, you did say say you didn't want to hear anyone complain. There are better ways to say 'be thankful'. Perhaps next time, you can choose a better way. And if you don't want to hear someone complain, then you have the option to, you know, not post in their thread.  

[rahna]

Hannah Yeager

Sorry about my hiatus, but I'm back.

As for the cramping and menstrual cycle, just be glad you have it. Until I started losing weight and dropping sizes, I had always found it odd that I wasn't having a period. The longest I went without a period was three years.

Then I went to my doctor about losing weight and she asked me about my period problem. We (parents and I) later learned that my body was producing too much testosterone - which explains the chest hair I have between my breasts and my facial hair. Not only that, I have poly-cycstic overian syndrome. The third charmer, because I hadn't had a period in three years, I was running the risk of my uterine lining building up and developing uterine cancer.

The doctor's solution, birth control and losing weight. I've been on the birth control of years, and I'm finally having regular periods.

I don't want to hear anyone complain about their periods. It's either a period or a brush with uterine cancer. I'll take the period any day over uterine cancer.

P.S. - Don't even talk to me about being able to concieve children. It probably will never happen naturally with my condition. So it's either fertility treatments or adoption. crying

Um...oh wow. Okay, I'm very glad I have a period since it means my body's in healthy condition. And I'm kinda sorry I ever complained about the pain. I'm glad you're okay though, hearing about what could've happened was probably a really big scare. (It frightened me at least.)

And if you can't have a kid naturally, I say go with adoption. There's plenty of children out there who would love to have you for a Mom.  

[squeakygirl]

Hannah Yeager

Sorry about my hiatus, but I'm back.

As for the cramping and menstrual cycle, just be glad you have it. Until I started losing weight and dropping sizes, I had always found it odd that I wasn't having a period. The longest I went without a period was three years.

Then I went to my doctor about losing weight and she asked me about my period problem. We (parents and I) later learned that my body was producing too much testosterone - which explains the chest hair I have between my breasts and my facial hair. Not only that, I have poly-cycstic overian syndrome. The third charmer, because I hadn't had a period in three years, I was running the risk of my uterine lining building up and developing uterine cancer.

The doctor's solution, birth control and losing weight. I've been on the birth control of years, and I'm finally having regular periods.

I don't want to hear anyone complain about their periods. It's either a period or a brush with uterine cancer. I'll take the period any day over uterine cancer.

P.S. - Don't even talk to me about being able to concieve children. It probably will never happen naturally with my condition. So it's either fertility treatments or adoption. crying

I am sorry to hear about this. I couldn't imagine going through that. Although, as I get older I do seem to have facial hair issues.

Anyways, my topic was in no way complaining. I was simply expressing how my period changed when I lost weight and to see if anyone else had gone through the same thing.

The pain only becam excrutiating after the weight loss which was not normal for me and was a cause for worry. I have had family members with cysts and their periods were horrible for them.  

[rahna]

I normally don't work out the week of my period since it hurts so bad I can barely move. But yesterday, I did my workout anyway and the menstrual pain decreased. I guess I really should have seen it coming, my old PE teacher did insist that exercise relieved the pain. I'll make sure to do my sit-ups and squats all 4 weeks of the month now, as opposed to the previous 3. (Still taking medicine for the pain though. I think Excedrin is out of the question now. -sigh-)

And I want to thank whoever said that women who are more active have less pain. Cause they were right. ^___^ I ought to have tried this YEARS ago.)