Mary-Cakes
365/178: Menorrhagia
Pads, tampons.... just not enough help for the Menorrhagia. I know this is not a most appealing photo to men, probably not to women either, I know I don't care much for it, but it is a fact of life for me and many many other women.
I spent my day at work trying to get work done between trips to the bathroom where I'd deal with these 'things' that I use to help keep mess from happening. I thought I'd try a day without the Diva cup (a menstrual aid I found online in the past year that really does help control the mess)... I found my day without the cup was no good, in the end I required 2 clothing changes at work, and two since coming home... following my bath I did put in the diva cup again, so I'd have better control of the heavy flow. The Diva cup can hold one full ounce and I can unfortunately fill it up to 7 times the first and second day of my cycle. (I have tracked the amount I have dumped from it and I really do have over 200mls per day the first day or two of my cycle which comes every 3 to 3.5 weeks on average.)
Aside from keeping control of the mess I am going to bring this to my docs attention when I go for my annual physical this coming week. Time to maybe get a Gynecologist to check this again, see if the Fibroids (which I have been diagnosed with in the past via ultrasound) are getting too big, they may well require intervention (and to be honest, I'm so ready to have my uterus out if needed, it is getting to be a real pain!... physically with back/pelvic pain, and also a 'pain' to keep up hygiene when menstruating. )
365/178: Menorrhagia
Pads, tampons.... just not enough help for the Menorrhagia. I know this is not a most appealing photo to men, probably not to women either, I know I don't care much for it, but it is a fact of life for me and many many other women.
I spent my day at work trying to get work done between trips to the bathroom where I'd deal with these 'things' that I use to help keep mess from happening. I thought I'd try a day without the Diva cup (a menstrual aid I found online in the past year that really does help control the mess)... I found my day without the cup was no good, in the end I required 2 clothing changes at work, and two since coming home... following my bath I did put in the diva cup again, so I'd have better control of the heavy flow. The Diva cup can hold one full ounce and I can unfortunately fill it up to 7 times the first and second day of my cycle. (I have tracked the amount I have dumped from it and I really do have over 200mls per day the first day or two of my cycle which comes every 3 to 3.5 weeks on average.)
Aside from keeping control of the mess I am going to bring this to my docs attention when I go for my annual physical this coming week. Time to maybe get a Gynecologist to check this again, see if the Fibroids (which I have been diagnosed with in the past via ultrasound) are getting too big, they may well require intervention (and to be honest, I'm so ready to have my uterus out if needed, it is getting to be a real pain!... physically with back/pelvic pain, and also a 'pain' to keep up hygiene when menstruating. )