Periods, every woman has them, men dont understand them and we have to put up with them.

Today i got my period at work. Then I got serious pain. Then I have to explain to my boss why I have to nip to the shop. Then I come back and spend a few minutes in the toliet. By this time everyone knows I'm on my period. Fantastic! I shared it with my workplace and now I sharing it with you :D

Please tell me i', not alone!!! :help:

WM

That's what handbags are for. Tampax and nurofen. Still, My handbag goes in my desk drawer and doesn't come out til hometime, unless... Bit obvious when you only lug the damn thing about one week in four, isn't it. (Did I mention I'm an engineer?)

Yes I know, I usually have one floating around somewhere, you know the one, that reasuringly surfaces when searching for your keys on a full bus and falls out and dances it way to the end of the bus, I'm guessing thats where the last one escaped to....ahem....aneeeeeeeeeway. The nearest shop was Aldi and they only sell Aldi things. My luck was that all they had today was a box of 40 non-applicator delights! The box was quite bulky so I emptied them into my bag, big mistake, so next time when i'm on the bus they can do the conga down the aisle. Oh I'm so tragic, lol.

I had a comment from my child the other day of 'They are in the car now! Do they breed?'

Tampax live all over our house and in bags at all times, that they look like they breed. The funniest is get out a rucksack not been used for ages and guess what you will find in the pocket. At least i always have one, and child does too if he takes the rucksack. (He is 15, this goes down well:D :D )

Don't think i get noticed at work or out as i slip one in my pocket and dont take my bag to loo. Hey i used to be able to get my bra off and in my bag without anyone noticing, so i should be able to get one of those in my pocket. I can tell when other people are though. :o

If it's any consolation... I used to be in a uni where it was one guy to 30 women ratio....

Heaven you blokes say... HELL! I reply...

one week out of four, the few guys around would lock themselves in their rooms and stay VERY quiet... and more than once I got drafted to visit the chemist to buy everything from applicator tampons to heavy duty panty liners...

I know more about period accoutrements that could possibly be healthy for a bloke.... :P

Originally posted by Martin_s
If it's any consolation... I used to be in a uni where it was one guy to 30 women ratio....

P
Lots of sex three weeks out of four, though, Martin? :D :D

typical women, think they go through all the pain


its just when they have babies,
as i see it if a man had a baby, pop a few paracetomal and be back to work within the hour he he he he

There are seven of us girls at work and we have now all syncronised that time of the month to within a couple of days!

Its awful for the men! We all get vile PMT and they have to put up with an office full of nasty, badtempered chocolate craving women. Poor fellas.

They have my sympathy but the upside of it is that its like Boots in the ladies loo so no one ever has to do the dash to the shops!

I recently strted taking evening primrose and star flower oil. I'm starting with the 1000mg for 30 days then dropping the dose.

I have to say it's been a bit of a miracle, even stopped the pmt migraines!!!

I would recommend it to all women, it's working wonders for me and the results have been almost instant.

haven't had them properly for at least 4 years now..it has had it's advantages but the PMT is coming back with avengence, it is supposed to be due about now so heads up :help:

When my eldest was younger (hes nine now) he often asked what was in that box in the bathroom, I am sure he thought they were some sort of sweet. When he learned to read he soon knew they were called tampax, he developed a nasty habit of shouting "mom dont forget your tampax " at the top of his lungs at the supermarket. We soon corrected this habit mind.
I try and be as discreet as poss at that time of the month, but there are times when it just is'nt going to happen and then you get the knowing nods from the menfolk while they all whisper "shes on the blog best watch out" or one of the other many nice little names they have concopted, just to help you feel a little less stressed!

Due to the hormonal similarities between men and women I read somewhere that men experience their own 'time of the month' were we get ratty, snappy and aggrevated and also get pains.

The Hormone Hostage knows that there are days in the month when all a man has to do is open his mouth and he takes his life in his own hands!



This is a handy guide that should be as common as a driver’s license in the wallet of every husband, boyfriend or significant other!



DANGEROUS: What’s for dinner?

SAFER: Can I help you with dinner?

SAFEST: Where would you like to go for dinner?

ULTRASAFE: Have some chocolate!



DANGEROUS: Are you wearing that?

SAFER: Wow, you look good in brown

SAFEST: Wow! Look at you!

ULTRASAFE: Have some chocolate!



DANGEROUS: What are you so worked up about?

SAFER: Could we be overreacting?

SAFEST: Here’s my payslip!

ULTRASAFE: Have some chocolate!



DANGEROUS: Should you be eating that?

SAFER: You know, there’s a lot of apples left.

SAFEST: Can I get you a glass of wine with that?

ULTRASAFE: Have some chocolate!





DANGEROUS: What did you do all day?

SAFER: I hope you didn’t overdo it today.

SAFEST: I’ve always liked you in that dressing gown!

ULTRASAFE: Have some more chocolate!

Originally posted by draggletail
Lots of sex three weeks out of four, though, Martin? :D :D
I wished... Nope.. I got to play big brother or the "stand-in fella" all the time...


Oh and GazB... never a truer word... :D

Originally posted by wibbles
Due to the hormonal similarities between men and women I read somewhere that men experience their own 'time of the month' were we get ratty, snappy and aggrevated and also get pains.
Must admit having read this that my dad used to allways have a few off days in every month, He'd go off into the garage for days and be really sulky. My mom said that it allways coincided with a full moom and that he must be a werewolf, cant vouch for him now (left home years ago) but I think theres definatly somthing in that.. Although you must understand that we women have the monopoly on pain and monthlys :)

Men have their moments once every month but because it`s not medically recognised when it occurs it`s always something we have done that makes them react funny.

As for if men could gave birth, they would take paracetamol and be back to work in a few hours, never heard such a load of rubbish (even as a joke), they would never recover enough to ever go back to work it`s bad enough when they have a cold, they go to bed and us women can`t go to bed when we are ill because we always have too much to do.

I might not have periods anymore but because I had a Hysterectomy young I am now in the Menopause and I don`t know which is worse, having a period or that.

Originally posted by Robbie_Lovin
as i see it if a man had a baby, pop a few paracetomal and be back to work within the hour he he he he

I assume someone has been watching Men Behaving Badly :hihi:

Lastly, you women have my sympathy :help:

having just been put into the menopause for medical reasons, i hate either way!! either rediculous pain, PMT, cravings etc solidly for at least a week, or hot flushes, dizzyness, nausea etc every hour or so thru the day and night... hmmm.... which would you choose???
:blush: :evil: :x :rant: :gag: :confused:

Hated periods, but going through the menopause is whenever your hormones want to go bananas they do and that can be every day every week for months at a time.

The only good think is I don`t have a period.

You men don`t know how lucky you are.

And then theres the cost of all the sanitary goods the goverment so kindly add V.A.T to.. I bet if you add up the cost spanning over the avarage cycle of 30-40 years it mounts up. My maths is'nt that good but spending an avarage of £3.80 a month for 40 years is about £1824, but for me there are months when its possible to spend up to a tenner..

I have never agreed that you should pay for sanitary stuff, it can`t be a luxury to have a period.

I now have a daughter who is 10 and has started her periods, she is a child but I have to buy womens products for her.

It should be free for all women and children or at least a reduction on it.

Originally posted by Deejay

Lastly, you women have my sympathy :help:

Sympathy? WTF - we don't want your bloody sympathy how patronising is that? We just want to be able to whinge about it every now and again heel will come to the earth the day I need a mans sympathy .....:cool: :P ;) only joking

Originally posted by Deejay
I assume someone has been watching Men Behaving Badly


your a man after my own heart, we could be separated at birth you know

In addition to taking the EPO, the B Vitamins - particularly B6 and B12 - are good.

The synchronising thing is quite amazing. Some women can actually act as pacemakers for others. If 6 or 7 women in the workplace is bad, imagine a nunnery or a girl's school....

I'm glad I'm a bloke!

My sympathy to all those who suffer today.

Joe

Originally posted by Robbie_Lovin
your a man after my own heart, we could be separated at birth you know

We could well be :suspect: , But I feel questions will be asked in my family if this is the case :hihi:

Originally posted by rosie
It should be free for all women and children or at least a reduction on it.
*cue: tongue firmly in cheek*

Does that mean I'll be able to claim free mental health counselling for being in the firing line and doing something really evil like... ooh saying something nice to a woman and getting my head removed with the verbal equivalent of a tsunami ;)

Do men actually say nice things to women when it`s the wrong time of the month.

Having a period is not like smoking, you can`t pick and choose to have a period.
At birth you are a woman and that`s it. Do you think it`s fare my daughter having to pay for them at 10. I don`t.

It is a great annoyance to have something that resembles an RTA in your knickers one week out of four but instead of bleating on about it I just go out buy the necessary equipment and get on with it.
Sure its embarassing when the only checkout available is manned by a... well man ...scanning through the Tampax and giving you knowing looks, its embarrasing when the towel that did not stick to your gusset firmly in the first place now decides to cling on for dear life as you try to remove it, finally ripping it off and cracking your elbow on the cubical wall, or even worse if youve been neglecting the old bikini line for a few days you can give yourself an impromptu waxing :shocked: but hey what doesnt kill you makes you stronger, and its a viable excuse to stuff your face with rubbish and blame any weight gain on water retention yeee haaaa! :wink:

My daughter suffers terribly and has been prescribed Ponstan from the doctor as her periods are so bad. The school can be very unsympathetic with her. She can be in a great deal of pain or need to come home and change her clothes and they just tell her to get a drink of water!!! I mean WTF??

I wish there were more to be done about heavy, painfull periods. She is in her last year of school, GCSE's on the horizon and once a month she is in and out of school as she is physically ill. She works hard and loves school but we both worry about the effect it has on her. How can you concentrate when in extreme pain?

They can send man to the moon, perform heart transplants yet can find no proper cure for painfull periods!!

I'd go to the hospital if I was a woman.

A gash that won't stop bleeding? That needs seeing to pronto!!!!





Cant wait for the replys!!!

If you are suffering quite badly with your periods you may have something called oestrogen dominance.

Look it up and if you think you have then tell your GP.

Originally posted by Martin_s
*cue: tongue firmly in cheek*

Does that mean I'll be able to claim free mental health counselling for being in the firing line and doing something really evil like... ooh saying something nice to a woman and getting my head removed with the verbal equivalent of a tsunami ;)

oh just shut it Martin_s !!

;)
:help:

I once worked out that I had been buying Tampax for 45 yrs (cos of HRT) so I wrote to Tampax asking if this was a record. They replied, thanked me for my loyalty, said no but sent me s £5 voucher. I thought if I reached 50yrs they would send me a golden tampax to hang on the lavatory wall.!!

Hazel

Originally posted by fuzzy

Don't think i get noticed at work or out as i slip one in my pocket and dont take my bag to loo. Hey i used to be able to get my bra off and in my bag without anyone noticing, so i should be able to get one of those in my pocket. I can tell when other people are though. :o

I usually shove mine up my sleeve or in my sock. That's hoping I don't get stopped by a guest at the front desk on the way to the loo.

Hmmm, Fuzzy, why are you taking your bra off in a public place??
No one else seemed to notice but it caught my attention!

Originally posted by FetishFairy
My daughter suffers terribly and has been prescribed Ponstan from the doctor as her periods are so bad. The school can be very unsympathetic with her. She can be in a great deal of pain or need to come home and change her clothes and they just tell her to get a drink of water!!! I mean WTF??

I wish there were more to be done about heavy, painfull periods. She is in her last year of school, GCSE's on the horizon and once a month she is in and out of school as she is physically ill. She works hard and loves school but we both worry about the effect it has on her. How can you concentrate when in extreme pain?

They can send man to the moon, perform heart transplants yet can find no proper cure for painfull periods!!

i had the same problems when i was at school, i suffered badly from the age of 13, the doctors either gave me ponstan (useless) or put me on the pill (also useless). i ended up taking at least 2 days off every month just because i couldn't walk/stand/concentrate because of the pain. this carried on after i left school and started work and then uni.

finally at the age of 25 (after complaining to the doc's for 12 years!!!) i was diagnosed with endometriosis and am now having treatment for it! :clap:

don't give up if the doctors just try painkiller after painkiller, there is often an answer and the cause should always be investigated.

What about us men who have our own thing to suffer with EVERY DAY of our lives - shaving! Most of us don't have a choice - we have to scrape our faces with a razor blade every day and beard growth doesn't just stop when we're middle aged.

And have you seen the price of razor blades? Perhaps we should get them for free!

;)

God gave men beards for a reason, Its so once a month you can cover up your faces so we dont have to look at them :)

Originally posted by Funke88
I usually shove mine up my sleeve or in my sock. That's hoping I don't get stopped by a guest at the front desk on the way to the loo.

Hmmm, Fuzzy, why are you taking your bra off in a public place??
No one else seemed to notice but it caught my attention!

And i thought i had got away with it as usual :D . Twas just after i had had my boobs done and bra was uncomfy. I only did occasionally but i believe i got away with it.;)

Originally posted by bonny
oh just shut it Martin_s !!

;)
:help:
See see... abuse.... abuse...

*sound of baseball bat smacking something hard and a sigh of relief as Bonny dusts off her hands and wanders off with a smile on her face*

Originally posted by Martin_s
If it's any consolation... I used to be in a uni where it was one guy to 30 women ratio....

Not Christ Church college canterbury by any chance?

My, my, my! Gosh, I only just popped in and I saw how many peeps replied to my whinging :P I liked the male comments too, quite funny.

Thankfully my pain has now eased and I'm relaxing at home while my speacial lovely is watching the match :gag: I'm going surfing.

WM

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
Not Christ Church college canterbury by any chance?
Heh... well I went to school near there so know what you mean but no, in this instance it was Bulmershe Campus in Reading... Pretty much the exact same deal though... :)

I used to have the injection to prevent me from getting pregnant, and you dont have a period, i thought it was excellent, would say go for it if you are fed up of the womans curse.

I had to have it every three months but it was worth it, can you imagine , no hastle and no worries about holidays, going out in white!!!! and the freedom to have loads of sex of course, but if you are not into loads of sex then you dont have to tell your other half and still have a week off, eat chocolate all day and stay in bed:)

send all p m s sufferers to the front line in iraq.show the yanks how to end a war within a week

All this talk about tampons reminds me of the time when I was a teenager, and used to carry a disposable lighter in my bag, even though I didn't smoke. When the dishiest bloke in my class asked if anyone had a light in a crowded bar, I put my hand in my bag and with a flourish produced a Lil-Let and tried to light his cigarette for him.... Oh the embarassment.

I wish there were more to be done about heavy, painfull periods. She is in her last year of school, GCSE's on the horizon and once a month she is in and out of school as she is physically ill. She works hard and loves school but we both worry about the effect it has on her. How can you concentrate when in extreme pain?

I went through the exact same thing. I started my period early on in year 7. It was all well and good for a year or so, but then the pain started. I was in agony and noticed that my periods lasted a lot longer than most girls' my age. My friends were getting away with a light 3-4 day ache, where as I was averaging at 2 weeks. Seriously. :gag:

I put up with it for a while, I had a 2 week period, then went 4 weeks without one, then had another 2 weeks... I was very regular, but very long and VERY heavy. I always had to go home to get changed and sometimes I took spare pairs of school trousers with me as I knew what was going to happen. I was changing my whatsits every two hours and my Mum wasn't too pleased about all the extra laundry! I went to my GP who gave me some tranzexamic acid (sp) pills which were absolutely, unbelievably useless and made me want to throw up. I was put on the pill but noticed severe leg pains and immediately stopped taking it.

Very disheartened, cross and PMTish, I waited for an appointment with a specialist consultant at the hospital. During my wait, I had my 2 week period, just before my holiday in Spain. Yippee I thought, I could chill out and not be hot/irritable and generally nasty on my fortnight's holiday... But this is when things went majorly wrong. I didn't finish my period as normal.... I was still on for the entire fortnight's holiday! I was exhausted, grumpy, in agony, hot and nasty, so when I returned I was glad I'd be seeing the Consultant a week after we returned... When I visited the Consultant, I was STILL on.... There had been no break in 5 weeks. I told him and he didn't believe me! Angered and worn out I said and what would you know lol! :rant:
I went for blood tests to see if I was anaemic, which I wasn't, so eventually I went back to my GP and I was put on a different pill, which I have been on since I was 14 and its been fine. I now have light periods which last about 3 days and I don't get so PMTish anymore, but I do notice my temperature going up and my emotions are a little more fragile, but thats it really.

I can totally understand what your daughter is going through Fetish fairy... I'm living proof that you can get through it and get over the pain and still do well in exams etc. Make sure your daughter always has clean undies to take to school with her, some painkillers, tons of sanitary protection and an un-dated note to get her out of PE if ever she needs it... Thats what I always used to have.

http://www.naturone.co.uk/international/symptoms.htm

Take a look at this is you have problem periods. Then see your GP if it fits

please remove!! Sorry!!

Originally posted by caprice

I went to my GP who gave me some tranzexamic acid (sp) pills which were absolutely, unbelievably useless and made me want to throw up.


I had been on the pill for years but having been told i can no longer take it i have had some big problems, including a large ovarian cyst that had to be removed by abdominal surgery. I now take mefanamic acid and tranxenamic acid and they work well for me i have to say (along with paracetamol and ibuprofen). Though they doen't stop the PMT.

Different thing for different poeple.

I am stunned at the amount of responses I have had from my subject matter. I'm glad that my ranting wasn't in vain and we have had a brillant discussion, with hints and tips for every woman or man of how to cope.

WM x

My friend thinks the Government should buy the tampons ect,
I don't, that realy CONTROL>

What do you think ?

Hot water bottles are just the best.

my g/f has rather bad pains sometimes, I think perhaps part of that is due to her back already bad back troubles due to her spina bifida...

but thankfully my head gets saved a lot cus she has a whinge with my mum, steals some of her feminax (sp?) and cuddles a hot water bottle... ME :D

and I dont get where all you guys are coming from with being extra nice when its their periods... you should be extra nice to your partner all year round... i am and the only trouble I get into is when i confuzzle my head and say something that comes accross rude when I dont mean it to... then i get an evil scowl or a clip round the ear... lol

one thing we're trying to figure out is what contraception she should go on, condoms are getting a bit of a pain in the ass after you've been with a person a while... but she doesnt want to go on anything thats gonna make her start piling weight on as she's already big-ish and she's just lost about 20lbs whilst she's been in Africa for a year...

any suggestions lady's? from what she and I have read theres quite a considerable amount of different pills/injections etc...

I would stick with the condoms and get her to take some evening primrose oil with starflower.

Basically, I not in favour of taking extra hormones but that is just my opnion.

does evening primrose really work???? in what ways??? where can i get it from at the best price????

Once a month you bloat, over heat, eat too much, and get a stabbing pain in your belly like no other - you are not alone

i hide mine up my sleeve and make a dash to the loos when at work, thinking there is a sign above my head saying SHES ON HER PERIOD when really nobody see me even move!

i keep a box in my draw incase i aint got any in my handbag, which may i just add - contains everything such as Towels / tampax / pants / baby wipes / mints / tablets / sewing kit / plasters / nail file / tweezers and much more possibly than you needed to know- and the day i leave any of this at home is the day i need just one thing from it

Originally posted by poppins
My friend thinks the Government should buy the tampons ect,
I don't, that realy CONTROL>

What do you think ?

I think the goverment should contribute yes. As the cheap ones are crap and you always buy what feels best and they are blooming expensive every four weeks at £2.05 per pack and i use two packs then theres the liners and tablets or the pain

I can never tell with you Lucy, your always grumpy with me :suspect: :P

Originally posted by em3978
does evening primrose really work???? in what ways??? where can i get it from at the best price????

Well, I had known about it for years and never bothered trying it until my doctor told me to for the 20th time.

After trying it the results were a lot better and immediate than I expected. I just bought mine from boots but you may find it cheaper elsewhere if you shop around.

Start on the 1000mg dose for 1 month then decrease to the 500mg then to the 250mg and keep taking that. If symptoms persist then up the dose again.

Good luck

( don't forget to get the one that includes the starflower, it works a lot better)

I worked so well on me that I got worried! I started taking it the week before my period and was having mygraines etc, all the usual stuff. After a day or two all my symptoms stopped and I was worried that my period had totally disappeared. So when it did arrive it was a shock.

Since coming off the Pill i suffer very badly with stomach cramps and severe back ache... fortunately this only lasts for a day... I guess i could be lucky... When the pains are there boy do i know about it...

I was told about red wine... also keeping your feet warm...

Men are so lucky... at a guess i would say they disagree... due to their partners having PMT... :lol:

I also find alcohol a good cure angel. :D

Painkillers all day then just wine evening.

Originally posted by fuzzy
I also find alcohol a good cure angel. :D

Painkillers all day then just wine evening.

Yep painkillers... then when ya home snuggle up with a nice drink... NO not Horlicks ;)

Does nobody else see the plus side of being REALLY horny for a week?

Originally posted by mjlacey21
Does nobody else see the plus side of being REALLY horny for a week?

I have heard of this... :( not happened to me... not a whole week anyway ;)

It's a joy... even my boyfriend thinks so. The pleasure can override the pain!