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Oh hi perimenopause buddies! Ah, the grand irony of a reproductive system I never wanted/needed, ran like clockwork for 30ish years, and now is falling apart in my middle age. In the last year I’ve passed clots so massive I wish it were socially acceptable to share them because it’s just impressive in the way all body functions are morbidly fascinating. I really need to get to a specialist and make sure I don’t have fibroids or worse. I do know my iron is in the toilet so there’s that!
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Skratte posted:what the gently caress are menstrual clots? Perhaps I should be grateful I even need to ask that question Imagine enough blood jello to fill a shot glass. There ya go.
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Dec 7, 2020 02:27
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Accurate. Also I refuse to believe there’s anything absorbent enough to handle my clots.
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Dec 7, 2020 23:24
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Haven’t tried the pads yet but The Honeypot liners are excellent for my end-of-period and midcycle spotting. Warning: they will leave your area minty fresh and at first it will feel like burning almost but everything is actually fine, whoa, this herbal poo poo is wild.
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Dec 10, 2020 09:56
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Hey who’s over 40 and dropping multiple clots the last few days the size of tennis balls? This guy! I bled through everything multiple times. Wednesday I went home and changed even (thank you working near home). I’ve clotted for years but this is unprecedented. At least it’s all pain and exhaustion free! What’s wild is the mornings are “normal,” but right after lunch in the afternoon it’s as if both my uterus and gravity have a hot date and the next six hours my body wants to eject as much as possible as fast as possible. It would be impressive if it weren’t medically concerning and a touch dysphoria-inducing! Thanks perimenopause! I’m kinda terrified of going under anesthesia but wondering how much further in debt I’m willing to go to have the entire works removed. I’d have done it 20 years ago but wasn’t willing to track down a willing surgeon. Now that I’m firmly old and probably have fibroids or something I’m sure it would be easier to have it done, but of course I’m at a new job with a whole new insurance to navigate 
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Aug 11, 2023 10:06
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I’m waiting on an infusion center and a specialist to contact me to schedule ferritin and a biopsy. I have vascular masses in my uterus and cysts on my ovaries. 46. Never had kids. The specialist is an oncologist. I tend to joke about the DNA crapshoot and shrug and accept what comes is what is but I’m scared as hell on a certain level. On another I’m thrilled to think maybe I’ll get offered a hysterectomy before anything which yes, yes, yes, please take these useless organs I never asked for or wanted out of me. My iron is so low I have anemia because the masses are using all the blood (which comes out in massive clots for weeks at a time). I knew I had some iron issue since 2019 but my periods and smears were normal and it was more important to get my levels up. And then there was covid and I became a shut-in for about three years. I keep wondering if this was my fault even though it was more an issue with my previous doctor making me feel like poo poo for asking sexual health questions. Sorry for the dump out of nowhere but I don’t really have anyone or where else to discuss this. I wish it didn’t take half a lifetime to learn some iota of worth and finally advocate for myself.
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Nov 15, 2023 16:18
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Powerful Katrinka posted:Good luck, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Thank you! SulfurMonoxideCute posted:Goddamn, I got it today. First time in over a decade. And it went immediately back into super heavy, like I expected. I got out of bed and within seconds, the insides of my thighs were covered in blood almost down to my knees. I had to shower to clean up. Ugghhh I’ve been in that situation and feel like such a dick even though I’m the one cleaning up after myself. May your yeet be sweet!
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Nov 19, 2023 01:37
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I’ve had that same fear of the creeping stank even while wearing period underwear that in part handled odor. That’s always fun with my dysphoria! /s The new mega-supplement the doc suggested is working wonders. I spent so long worn out I forgot what feeling normal for me was like, it’s been literal YEARS. No, it’s not my diet, not my mind, not laziness, I literally did not and could not have done anything “right” because I didn’t know. If anything it’s a lesson in learning positive selfishness.
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Nov 24, 2023 20:30
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Pyrtanis posted:What is this supplement? 👀 It’s called He-Max. I’ve had no stomach or digestion issues after the first day. I’m cutting them in half atm (they’re scored) and being careful with timing on drinking coffee so I don’t gently caress up absorption. It’s $37/month on subscription which not fun but well worth it.
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Nov 25, 2023 06:25
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As a transmasc with ADHD who grew up on He-Man it’s weirdly fitting
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Nov 25, 2023 18:10
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Big same. I spent yeeeeeaaaaarrrss dysphoric over the idea people knew I had a period rather than the period itself. Periods are just a bodily function, but the social idea of a period is shamed to begin with then toss my dysphoria on top of that. Dreadful. Probably part of what held me back getting medical help.
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Nov 26, 2023 16:33
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Welp, won’t know the biopsy results til next week but the surgeon was like “yep, uterus has gotta go” so unless circumstance pushes it back I’m yeeting the bitch on the 12th (along with the tubes which is standard these days). This is what happens when you consort with trickster gods! I’m scared but also kind of? Excited? Or at least interested in the sense of despite the (low) risk of surgery I’ve never done one before and I have genuine interest in the process. I doubt they’ll give me an epidural but in a perfect world I’d stay awake and ask to see the camera feed from the robot because the more I understand the science of the process the less scared I am. I’m just hoping for no bad reaction to anesthesia and timeskip my way into saying something ridiculous in recovery. PS: biopsy did not hurt at all because I learned there’s no nerves on the cervix. My mass is sticking out of the “nostril” so it was easy for her to get the sample. She described it like a potato in there. I guess it’s true what mom said about eating too much of one thing!
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Nov 30, 2023 14:28
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I wish I could spin mine around by the tubes that are also being removed and fling it into the biohazard bin. Make it a post-op game where I win a free follow-up if I make it in, like a three pointer
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Dec 1, 2023 15:35
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Two days to yeeterus and the goofy organ with the world’s most inconvenient mini mystery sphere really said HAHA ONE LAST PERIOD FOR THE ROAD, BITCH! I better get a tooth, dammit (very unlikely, but STILL)
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Dec 10, 2023 20:29
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Yep, it’s a rarity but if a mass ends up being a teratoma they can have teeth and hair because there’s all kinds of random cells. They can be anywhere in the body. Humans are poo poo at making pearls. It’s YEETERUS TIME (I’m waiting in check in) SulfurMonoxideCute posted:I had my first transvaginal ultrasound today, hopefully the last. It was for my hysterectomy. Yay hysterectomy buddies! I’m sorry and that sucks, I had my first a few weeks ago to ID my issues and mine was easy if not kinda weird to experience.
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Dec 12, 2023 13:20
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Thank you so much everyone!!! I lived bitch! And also down one ovary to boot (which I agreed to previously if there were issues). Surgeon told my sister it was “funky” so I can’t wait to learn in what way, I hope they remembered to take photos. Consequently that’s the most achy incision. I also learned morphine and norco makes me quite sick so gently caress that poo poo. I do not understand the appeal when robaxin and ketorolac are right there.
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Dec 13, 2023 10:33
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killerwhat posted:Yay congrats! Two organs less I don’t know yet, waiting on discharge so who knows when the md will show Pyrtanis posted:if you're nauseous ask for some nausea meds, if you can't keep your pain meds down crush the nausea meds and rub the powder on your gums. I had to do that after my nerve grafting surgery, I found that technique on some cancer forums and it works loving aces, do not let the pain build up because it's a lot harder to get the level down than to maintain Thanks for the tips, nurses were on the ball and got zofran going right away. That crushing tip is awesome. And can’t wait for pathology, in another life it what I would have done for a living
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Dec 13, 2023 16:25
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any teeth?
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My friend wrote “not sorry for your loss” in the card she brought me
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Dec 13, 2023 23:26
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Surf well, comrade, for those of us who no longer traverse the blood ocean. Hmm, is still having cycles with hormones only like being in one of those undersea brine pools? Because considering this is technically day 4-5 of my period I’m having the non-bloody symptoms.
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Dec 14, 2023 23:41
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AbstractBlacksmith posted:I swear it’s like a switch went off in my body and now I get the worrrst night sweats. I’m not even 40 yet (only a couple years out). I can’t gauge any period changes because I got that yeeted. Is this perimenopause? Or just one of those random things that happens as we get older? I thought it was but now wondering if my funky organs had something to do with it. 5 cm fibroid dangling around (aka pedunculated) gave me ridiculously heavy periods yet my hormones came back in normal range. I’m only three weeks post-op on the 3rd but already can tell I’m only sweating from being under a heavy blanket with the heat on and it’s not nearly as much as before.
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Jan 1, 2024 19:28
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If you are passing cuts of meat please get an ultrasound. That’s how I learned about all kinds of fun growths that were using all my iron and blood. Yeeting almost the whole works was the best decision of my life and it’s a shame I didn’t do it sooner (thanks lovely healthcare system)
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I never could figure out a cup, tried Intimina and Honeypot and I just could not get that thing to stay in. Maybe my cervical growth had something to do with it but not an issue now, other than having two cups with no practical use. The last few days I had hot flashes and was extra tired but I’m still fuzzy on working out a cycle with one ovary and zero overt symptoms other than (cw poo) bowel issues reminiscent of the period poops of my 30s, although I’ve eaten heavy meals recently too so it could just be my goon diet
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