Have a Happy Period!

[itself]

Hi Gals,

I posted it for simply a laugh. Sure it can be perceived as overboard, but my goodness, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

Women have monthly periods
Women have PMS, some more than others
Women bear children
Women go through peri-menopause
Women go through menopause

Men simply don't have to bear with the bodily changes that women do. Women are ignored on all medical fronts. If I see one more drug for erectile dysfunction I will pewk. The Breast Cancer Awareness is a wonderful thing, but I hope you all know that heart disease is the number one killer of women. Now prostate cancer has taken the forefront for men due to Lance Armstrong.

The world is run by men, and I truly resent it. The letter allowed me a moment to just laugh about it, and not take it all so seriously...

Lisa

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

That's fine too. I think it's good that we can all express our various thoughts about it!

Lisa

(hey is there an echo in here?)







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[Fujichants]

Hmm...I didn't find the letter that funny either.

Maybe it was meant as a joke, but damn, I would not want to run into her when she's on her period!

[Dogmama]

Well, I'm one who really suffered & not just physically. I planned my life around my periods. I had my wedding in the middle of my menstrual cycle to make sure that my evil twin sister would be asleep. Seriously, it was like another person came out & she bore a remarkable resemblence to the Wicked Witch of the West. I menstruated for 45 years, starting at age 9. Next month I will be one year without periods and I am rejoicing.

If you were a coworker or casual acquaintance,you did not know because I was good at keeping my feelings under wraps. Perhaps the most frustrating thing was trying to get medical help. Male doctors' eyes just glazed over & I could see them thinking, "Hysterical Female."

So, yeah, I laughed my butt off.

Itself - you're spot on. I worked at a well known heart center for 11 years. The director would lament that although heart disease was the #1 killer, cancer got more funding - both public and private.

As far as E.D. - I agree. If I see another grey haired man with his trophy bride who can't...you know. I want to scream, "Get over it! You married an old man! You traded money for sex!"

But, I no longer scream at the TV because I don't have periods.

[Tuckervill]

Didn't Lance have testicular cancer, not prostate?

Karen

[Aint Doody]

What are you doing wearing mascara on a weekend?

I was so bored that I was playing in some new makeup. Cabin fever!

[snapdragen]

Didn't Lance have testicular cancer, not prostate?

Karen

Yes.

snap "happy period free" dragen

[smurfalicious]

If you've never seen Sarah Haskins she is awesome. She pokes fun at the things marketed to women and the stereotypes they use to do so. I loooove this one about birth control.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFr9RK1L5pI