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Choosing happiness or choosing to look like an acne covered werewolf: the downside to birth control for PCOS
Something that surprisingly is not common knowledge but really should be is that the birth control pill is not just used for birth control. Birth control is health care.
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Obituary for My Period
I am now post-menopausal and proud, but I cringe when I remember the monthly angst I endured surrounding PMS and my period.
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Essure
What do you do when you've researched, fact checked, read reviews, and done your deciding, only to find out that your well researched choice was almost the worst possible choice? Well, for starters, you do everything you can not to die. Then you take all of that guilt and self loathing and you chuck it out the window because it…
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Nexplanon Removal – IT FINALLY HAPPENED!
After exchanging the typical British social niceties, ‘we wear masks now/the weather/sorry for the wait’, the doctor ran through the reasons for getting the implant out. Mine were: two stone weight gain, nightmares which increase in frequency and intensity before my period, hormonal acne, worsening of all current symptoms since the Nexplanon implant went in, and pain from the implantation…
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The Nexplanon Implant Still Sucks
At the beginning of October 2019, I got the Nexplanon implant. It wasn’t completely unwillingly, it had been discussed, however, I did not want it. The only reason I agreed to it was that I knew I’d be seen as a ‘troublemaker’ if I didn’t try it again before more extreme treatment. That’s the reality of birth control. If you…
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My Nexplanon Implant Story: The Procedure
I am nervous. In a little under an hour I will be getting the Nexplanon implant. I am not nervous about getting the implant. After all, I’ve been through it all twice before, and I know the procedure. I’m nervous about the potential effects of the implant. I’ve been hormone free for a little over three years, and if I…
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My menstrual cycle controls my life.
My menstrual cycle controls my life. This post was written a few weeks ago but is still completely relevant. I know I’ve written something on this topic before, but it’s cathartic to write about it. Currently, I’m home alone. My partner is away for the night, and I have a friend on the train who’s coming to stay with me…
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My uterus controls my life, but my medication makes the doctors listen.
My uterus owns me. It has free rein over my body without the regulatory body of doctor implanted hormones. Though, that’s not for the lack of trying. During the run up to my period I get severe PMS, to the point where my anxiety is up, and I'm forever paranoid, and worried about my partner and myself leaving the house.…
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Don’t brush off my ovulation pain.
Don’t brush off my ovulation pain. Part 1 of my experiences with the medical system, and hormonal health. It’s not a sharp pain, not usually. It’s an aching gnawing pain that makes me press my hand to my stomach. In February, I was told that this was perfectly normal. The gynaecologist said that to my face, she said that it’s…
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My battle with contraception … aka I’ve taken 5 pregnancy tests this week.
My battle with contraception … aka I’ve taken 5 pregnancy tests this week. And that’s not click bate! As of July 2017, the only contraception method I rely on is a good old condom. Three years ago I never would have imagined I’d be saying that sentence – I was the ‘having backups of the backups’ type of person. But,…
