# The person who wrote I enjoy being a girl should be shot. (TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458 "2011-09-16T01:34:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/1 "2011-09-16T01:34:35Z")
So I missed my menses 3 months in a row, and my doctor gave me hormones (Progesterin) to kick start my cycle when I started spotting. After having taken the 10 day course of pills, I have now been having the MOTHER OF ALL PERIODS. I had to take a frikkin percoset yesterday to get a break from the cramping (after two prescription-strength Naproxen did not help) Not to mention I’ve been going through a super sized tampon every 11/2- two hours and sometimes even bleeding through that. I even loose extra blood when I sneeze. And every time I go to the bathroom it looks like a horror movie. I’ve talked to my favorite Nurse Practitioner (Who also happens to be my Dad) and he said this is what was supposed to happen & to take lots of Ibuprofen. Anyway, just looking for petting, sympathy, and chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/2 "2011-09-16T01:39:24Z")
Utmost sympathy. I’ll bring you over a pint of double chocolate ice cream, the tabloids, and a DVD of your choice. Keep your feet up and if you have to go to work, call in sick. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/3 "2011-09-16T02:36:17Z")
Those incontinence pads are good for containing tampon leakage. Just saying. I had to resort to them during the last couple of years of my uterus ownership. Let me tell you, I LOVE being without a uterus. Other than that, all I can offer is some extra strength ibuprofen and some hot chocolate and your choice of a heating pad or a warm cat. Also, I’ll loan you some old Agatha Christie novels and stories. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/4 "2011-09-16T02:43:59Z")
I can’t say that I feel your pain because I don’t have the appropriate plumbing, but I do have to give you props for the ‘bloody sneeze’ line. 😃 for that, and ☹ for your ‘condition.’ ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/5 "2011-09-16T02:49:57Z")
Well, you have my sympathies for sure! I just went through something similar, although, being nearly 45, I attributed my random-spotting \ as peri-menopause. When Hurricane Flo finally came to town for real, holy fucking shit…I thought I was bleeding out. HAD to go to work, bled through EVERYTHING, every day, for almost a week. Fucking Flo. My least favorite relative. Hopefully I get back on track; I can’t handle another 10-15 years of this shit. Edit to add: I am NOT a fan of going overboard with things, won’t go to the doc unless I _know_ it’s something that won’t resolve itself eventually, etc, but…there was a time I thought maybe a hysterectomy would prevent menopause, and I was all over that idea for the 10 minutes it took to look it up and realize it wouldn’t help. But DAMNIT…I wish it did, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/6 "2011-09-16T02:50:18Z")
Did a similar course, many years back, and I was warned that it would be a heavy one. Yep. My sympathies!! For what it’s worth, the worst should be over pretty soon - I mean, you’ll run out of internal organs before much longer! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/7 "2011-09-16T02:55:57Z")
Dayum, girl, sounds like you may need a transfusion. 😉 My sympathy and let us know where to send the chocolate truck. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/8 "2011-09-16T02:56:35Z")
**Rysdad.** It would be funny, if it wasn’t true. 😛 **Lynn** & **salinqmind \*\* You guys ROCK! thank you!** Lynn\*\*, I would use one of thoes, but I wear boxers, and that would not work very well! Guess I need to get some granny panties. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/9 "2011-09-16T02:59:54Z")
Mmmmmmmmmm. Chocoate truck. Thanks, **Ruby**! \*\* Mama Z\*\* & **Tao,** glad I’m not the only one. Time to go change the Plumbing! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/10 "2011-09-16T05:07:07Z")
So…when you get to the far side, is it common to have a heavy period that won’t stop for weeks? I know two women who had to go on hormone replacement therapy to stop it. I’m really hoping that they’re super unlucky. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/11 "2011-09-16T05:34:59Z")
Before I had The Surgery (TMI details in another thread), that was the level of my normal monthly periods. I so felt your pain, every 35 days. For a 75 minutes class, I’d have to use an ultra-level tampon AND a maxi-pad, and change them both at the end of class Prescription levels of ibuprofen, hot tea, and Godiva chocolates to you. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/12 "2011-09-16T06:39:13Z")
Sending lots of sympathy. Watch on your moods, too. Progesterone can do a number on brain chemistry. It’s a bummer of a hormone to have to take the synthetic version of. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/13 "2011-09-16T07:49:33Z")
I went back on the Pill at age 40 just to stop my damn periods. I hate them, and I can’t even complain to the level of the OP! I keep asking doctors to take my uterus out, but they won’t do it. Girl, get you some “period panties.” There’s no way I could go to work on my period without a pad to catch what the tampon didn’t. I don’t know how you do it without being conscious about it constantly. I’m on my feet all day and can’t always stop when I want or need to get to the bathroom, I’d have bloody pants every day. Anyway, I hope you get plenty of time to put your feet up until it’s over, and that it’s the only one like this you have to suffer. ☹ Wishing you chocolate, warmth, painkillers, and hugs. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/14 "2011-09-16T10:57:16Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > **Lynn** & **salinqmind \*\* You guys ROCK! thank you!** Lynn\*\*, I would use one of thoes, but I wear boxers, and that would not work very well! Guess I need to get some granny panties. My Mom has gone from “incontinence pads” to “pull-ups”. She’s a big girl now! Condolences, chocolate and have some Real Strength Ibuprofen (600mg). ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/15 "2011-09-16T12:39:35Z")
Hugs and sympathy. I could have written your post two years ago. I went off all birth control in 2009 and after 2 months of light periods suddenly I stopped menstruating. For three months. After a million (ok probably 5) pregnancy tests came back negative they diagnosed me with PCOS and gave me progesterone to start up my period again. That week sucked big time. I used the OB super plusses as well as an Always Overnight size pad. I like the Overnights 'cause they extend back towards the butt where I was always afraid of leakage. Have they explored why you had amenorrhea? Once I started meds for the PCOS (metformin) my periods came back on their own and were not as heavy. Have a heating pad, some hot chocolate, and get the OK from the NP to take prescription level ibuprophen. It helped me a lot! ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/16 "2011-09-16T12:51:26Z")
Is there an article or book or essay or something entitled _I enjoy being a girl_ (referenced in OP)? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/17 "2011-09-16T12:55:29Z")
My sympathies! Lots of warm hugs and here’s a warm blanket. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/18 "2011-09-16T13:02:40Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Is there an article or book or essay or something entitled _I enjoy being a girl_ (referenced in OP)? From Rodgers and Hammerstein’s [Flower Drum Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjWn-ueeeLw) ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/19 "2011-09-16T13:11:19Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > So…when you get to the far side, is it common to have a heavy period that won’t stop for weeks? I know two women who had to go on hormone replacement therapy to stop it. I’m really hoping that they’re super unlucky. Things just generally get nutso when you hit a certain age, and I know some ladies who’ve had super-heavy flows, but it’s not super-common. I didn’t have this happen, anyway! Back to the progesterone (what I had was Provera, same thing?): I’d had nutso irregular bleeding for a year or so and the doc suggested that, in lieu of going straight to a D&C. Sort of like the D&C only hormonally induced. It did help, then things got wonkier and wonkier over the course of the next couple of years until I basically had a normal period, 3-4 days off, then spotting the rest of the cycle (which was quite irregular). So they did a _real_ D&C, which was better than the Provera in that I was knocked out for it, and the mess was pretty much cleaned up on the spot. That stopped the spotting, but the cycles were still pretty irregular until a year or so later when I got pregnant for the first time (to the doctor’s surprise, actually, she thought I’d need help there). Since having kids, the hemorrhage / spotting never recurred. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458/20 "2011-09-16T13:58:29Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > So I missed my menses 3 months in a row, and my doctor gave me hormones (Progesterin) to kick start my cycle when I started spotting. After having taken the 10 day course of pills, I have now been having the MOTHER OF ALL PERIODS. I had to take a frikkin percoset yesterday to get a break from the cramping (after two prescription-strength Naproxen did not help) Not to mention I’ve been going through a super sized tampon every 11/2- two hours and sometimes even bleeding through that. I even loose extra blood when I sneeze. And every time I go to the bathroom it looks like a horror movie. I’ve talked to my favorite Nurse Practitioner (Who also happens to be my Dad) and he said this is what was supposed to happen & to take lots of Ibuprofen. > Anyway, just looking for petting, sympathy, and chocolate. Wait.. A healthcare professional told you to take “lots of ibuprofen” when you’re bleeding?!? NSAIDs can increase bleeding. Talk to your GYN. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-person-who-wrote-i-enjoy-being-a-girl-should-be-shot-tmi/596458.md?page=2)