# Stupidest advice ever given to you by a Doctor **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588 "2011-12-09T04:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588/181 "2011-12-14T14:59:32Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > can we agree to disagree and quit hi-jacking the thread (especially for the men who have the misfortune to be reading this?) I’d guess that most men are aware that women have periods (I’m male, by the way, since by handle doesn’t make it obvious). I suspect you’re about the only reader of this thread who’s grossed out. However, FTR, none of my GF kept a calendar record. ---
**Author:** ![coolbyrne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@coolbyrne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coolbyrne)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588/182 "2011-12-15T00:32:33Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > So I just had the breast reduction I mentioned earlier in this thread. > > There’s no way I could go back to work in two more days. Absolutely no way. I am glad for every minute of these two weeks off, and that’s with feeling much better now than I did yesterday (got home from surgery and pretty much slept for seventeen straight hours). > > My back doesn’t hurt anymore, though! Good for you! It was the best thing I ever did. I was told to take 2 weeks off, and when I did return, I couldn’t do any sort of heavy lifting for an additional 2 weeks. I needed every bit of that time. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588/183 "2011-12-15T00:44:41Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > However, FTR, none of my GF kept a calendar record. That you know of. I’m hardly embarrassed by these things, so I’m certainly not hiding anything, but I’m sure if I asked my current boyfriend and the last handful of guys I’ve dated if they knew I tracked my period on my phone, they’d probably say no. I mean, I have no idea how they’d know and it’s not exactly information I sing from the rooftops. I’m sure if I were married, my husband would be hip to what’s going on, but I figure at that point, my fertility is a group effort. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588/184 "2011-12-15T00:47:23Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > That you know of. I’m hardly embarrassed by these things, so I’m certainly not hiding anything, but I’m sure if I asked my current boyfriend and the last handful of guys I’ve dated if they knew I tracked my period on my phone, they’d probably say no. I mean, I have no idea how they’d know and it’s not exactly information I sing from the rooftops. > > I’m sure if I were married my husband would be hip to what’s going on, but I figure at that point, my fertility is a group effort. This. You may not be aware when your GF were keeping track. Case in point. I just recently discovered my HUSBAND has been keeping track of my periods! :eek: I had no idea. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588/185 "2011-12-15T00:51:51Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > This. You may not be aware when your GF were keeping track. Case in point. I just recently discovered my HUSBAND has been keeping track of my periods! :eek: I had no idea. You better have a talk with him-- I hear it’s obsessive and, frankly, a bit gross to track a period. . . especially when you don’t have a uterus. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588/186 "2011-12-15T00:58:12Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > You better have a talk with him-- I hear it’s obsessive and, frankly, a bit gross to track a period. . . especially when you don’t have a uterus. 😛 It was hysterical when I found out. I made some off hand comment about being a little or something and he let slip that he knew. I almost fell down laughing. I didn’t realize how paranoid and gross he apparently was. It’s not like my PMS is that bad… Is it? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588/187 "2011-12-15T01:22:09Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > It was hysterical when I found out. I made some off hand comment about being a little or something and he let slip that he knew. I almost fell down laughing. I didn’t realize how paranoid and gross he apparently was. > > It’s not like my PMS is that bad… Is it? 😛 Maybe he just wants to know the best times to approach you, if you know what I mean. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588/188 "2011-12-15T01:30:31Z")
> [@Silver\_Tyger](#): > > Maybe he just wants to know the best times to approach you, if you know what I mean. 😛 Mid-cycle is usually a winner. ---
**Author:** ![troubledwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588/189 "2011-12-15T01:40:54Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > It was hysterical when I found out. I made some off hand comment about being a little or something and he let slip that he knew. I almost fell down laughing. I didn’t realize how paranoid and gross he apparently was. > > It’s not like my PMS is that bad… Is it? 😛 [Of course](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hysterical) you were hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588/190 "2011-12-15T01:48:43Z")
> [@troubledwater](#): > > [Of course](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hysterical) you were hysterical. The word choice was not accidental… 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-advice-ever-given-to-you-by-a-doctor/605588.md?page=9)