Menstrual Cycle-Very Important! Please Read!

[Doberluv]

Menstrual cycle - very important send to all your friends.
>> >
>> > I am sure most of you have a daughter, a granddaughter, a
>> > niece, a friend or a friend's daughter... this might be
>> > worth checking out. PASS THIS ON EVEN IF YOU DON'T USE
>> > IT!!
>> >
>> > Recently, this past week, my cousin Nicole Dishuk (age
>> > 31... a newly graduated student with a doctoral degree about
>> > to start her new career as a Doctor...) was flown into a
>> > nearby hospital, because she passed out. They found a blood
>> > clot in her neck, and immediately took her by
>> > helicopter to the ER to operate. By the time they removed
>> > the right half of her skull to relieve the pressure on her
>> > brain, the clot had spread to her brain causing severe
>> > damage. Since last Wednesday night, she was fighting for her
>> > life. They induced her into a coma to stop the blood flow
>> > and then operated 3 times.
>> >
>> > Finally, they said there was nothing left that they could
>> > do. Multiple clots in the left side of her brain were found,
>> > the swelling wouldn't stop and she was on the life
>> > support. She died at 4:30 that day. She leaves behind her
>> > husband, a 2-year old, Brandon and a 4-year old, Justin.
>> >
>> > The CAUSE of DEATH they found was a birth control she was
>> > taking that allows you to only have your period 3 times a
>> > year. Doctors said it interrupts life's menstrual cycle,
>> > and although it is FDA approved... it shouldn't be. So
>> > to the women in my address book, I ask you to boycott this
>> > product and deal with your periods once a month, so you can
>> > live the rest of the months that life has in store for you.
>> >
>> > Please send this to every woman you know - you may save
>> > someone's life. Remember you have a cycle for a
>> > reason.
>> >
>> > FYI: The name of this new birth control is Lybrel.
>> > If you go to Lybrel.com you will fin d at least 26 pages of information
>> regarding this drug.
>> The second birth control is Seasonique. If you go to Seasonique.com you
>> will find
>> > at least 43 pages of information regarding this drug. The warning and
>> side
>> > effects regarding both pills are horrible.
>> >
>> > Please forward this to as many daughters AND sons, co-workers, friends
>> and relatives. Several lives have already been changed.
>> >
>> >

[MafiaPrincess]

Snopes says not so much.

snopes.com: Another Birth Control Death - Nicole Dishuk

[FoxyWench]

they tried to put my sister on the seasonique and it states soooo clearly on the packaging "NOT SUITABLE FOR PATIENTS PRONE TO MIGRANES" she just happens, like myself, to get horrible migranes multiple times a month...

the deppo works well for me, but the likes of the 3 month pill thing...i dunno theres just something about those that bother me.
truth or not...

[KenyiGirl]

I could never be on that form of pill where you go months between periods. For one, I just have a hard time believing that its perfectly ok for my body not to have a period every month, when that's what it was made to do; and two, I need the monthly assurance that I'm not pregnant. I do some less-than healthy things (have a couple drinks on the weekend, take REALLY hot showers) that I wouldn't do if I were pregnant.

[Doberluv]

What's unhealthy about having a couple of drinks on the week end if you're not pregnant Kenny girl? You should drink more. LOL. It's good for your heart and arteries.

I totally agree with you Kenny girl.

I don't care what Snopes says. Artificially interrupting and stopping very important function of our bodies can not be healthy at all. That alternating on and off, on and off, just doesn't make one bit of sense. All that tissue and blood...hormones going haywire....what is it suppose to do with itself when it's suddenly interrupted?

[Grab]

lots of BC pills have risks of blood clots.

As far as the period thing goes, as I understand it, the "period" you get while on the pill isn't a "real" period anyway. I can't take the seasonal pills (my body only likes one type of pill) but I have gone months skipping the last week of my pills and going to the next pack, which has the same effect. Never had a problem.

I'm currently off the pill for a medical reason (nothing to do with any effects of the pill) and frankly I miss my pills

[KenyiGirl]

Originally Posted by Doberluv

What's unhealthy about having a couple of drinks on the week end if you're not pregnant Kenny girl? You should drink more. LOL. It's good for your heart and arteries.

LOL! I'm picky about my drinks. I only like the super sweet ones. Plus, I haven't made any drinkin' buddies yet. My hubby is a light-weight

[Maxy24]

I don't take the pills where it tells you you only get your period every few months, I take regular daily pills. However I will take 4 packs in a row, skipping the last week (when you'd get your period) so I have three months period free. My doctor said I could never have my period if that's what I choose (I think that's a bit much though). to be honest it's the greatest thing ever, i'm on the pills due to severe cramps and heavy bleeding.

So is it dangerous because you are going so long without a period or is it simply the brands themselves? Perhaps they are stronger.

[Zoom]

Actually, having monthly periods for years on end is more detrimental to our bodies than stopping. We were meant to begin menstruating later, like early teens and begin having babies earlier, around 18-20. But with our lifestyles and the addition of hormones into much of what we eat, we are beginning to menstruate earlier, as young as 8 years old in some cases and putting off babies until our late 20's and early 30's. We are having dozens more periods than our predcessors and that might not necessarily be a good thing. The studies are still being done.

Blood clots are a risk with ANY birth control, it's common knowledge and stated on all packaging. Smoking increases the risk, etc. etc.

[Dekka]

Originally Posted by Doberluv

What's unhealthy about having a couple of drinks on the week end if you're not pregnant Kenny girl? You should drink more. LOL. It's good for your heart and arteries.

I totally agree with you Kenny girl.

I don't care what Snopes says. Artificially interrupting and stopping very important function of our bodies can not be healthy at all. That alternating on and off, on and off, just doesn't make one bit of sense. All that tissue and blood...hormones going haywire....what is it suppose to do with itself when it's suddenly interrupted?

I am with Zoom on this one. Its not normal for us to menstruate for years on end. Starting and stopping is far more natural. Many bc methods trick our bodies into thinking we are pregnant. (hormonally) which is a far more natural state than bareness.