Quote Originally Posted by yellow
OK, I'm sold. I'm getting the Diva. I feel so special to have a serious 48 hour flood complete with put-you-on-the-floor cramping, all of which seems to be getting worse as I age. This is why women usually died before 40, I'm sure of it!
yellow, mine were like yours from age 10 to 36, when it was yanked out. Cramps so bad puking was the order of the day, and worse, once a monthish.

BC pills regulated it but caused my pulse rate and blood pressure to increase about 100%. The doctor didn't understand my alarm, because they were still normal, until I told her it was a 100% increase from non-BC norms. The medical community put me through all kinds of stuff.

I'd felt an ovary for years but they couldn't feel anything during exams. When the cyst on the ovary burst, worst pain in my life to that point, they removed the cyst. Nothing showed up on the biopsied tissue but they didn't go deep enough for a plug of tissue. Two months later they were removing the ovary, endometriosis.

About 6 months later, I was back for more experimentation by the medical community. About a year later, they removed the uterus. I'd been taken to ER again with severe cramps and my doc was at a loss. Oddly enough, puking made everything settle down. But the pain getting there had gotten worse with age. The culprit was not endometriosis, as the doc suspected, but a uterine wall full of cysts, all benign. My paternal grandmother had endured the same problem. Darn genes!

You may have the same issue and it might be worth getting checked by your gyne.

I wish I'd had children prior to that but it wasn't to be. However, I love being free of all those challenges in womanhood. Once all you gals get to the other side, you'll love it. I haven't gone to the feminine product isle in 9 years! Yippee!!