Help me, perimenopausal women!

[shewhobikes]

shewhobikes, I wouldn't want to change a Diva cup in a porta-john, as I really, really need to wash my hands after dumping it out if I am at the heavy part of my cycle. I mean, scrub under my nails and everything. Hand sanitizer just wouldn't do it. And especially since you haven't been using one before, there is a learning curve (at least there was for me) inserting it and getting it seated properly, removing it, etc. -- you don't need that extra worry during your MS-150. With my luck, I'd drop it down into the hole, and then what!?
Emily

Yikes! Hadn't thought about all that. OK, I'll get a diva and practice some, but mayabe stick with super tampons for the ride. Thanks, Emily. And yeah, if this keeps up I will talk to doc about ablation,
Dale

[Bad JuJu]

I, too, went through a few months of periods so heavy I was often afraid to leave my house. My doc did all the usual tests, determined I had multiple fibroid tumors in my uterus (I'd had a large one removed surgically when I was in my late 20s), and put me on a very low dose birth control pill for a few months until my perimenopausally-crazy hormone levels changed. After that, I started into menopause proper, which had its own craziness, but was never bad enough that I needed medication.

Anyway, just a thought.

[Zen]

If you want to know more about ablation, read about the Novasure procedure