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zarabee has reminded me...
1) I got put on Triphasil when I was 12, and remained on it until I was 19.
2) My Dr prescribed it to counter menstrual cramps. The sort of cramps that wake you up in the night to make sure you're aware of the agony and send you scrabbling for *any* drug at all to counter the pain.
Why I am Glad the Pill exists:
- It really was the bgeinning signs of change for the sexual revolution. No longer did we have to trust that men would "take care of everything" when we fucked.
- We could control out own bodies. Instead of being on a wild ride, we could be as well timed as a clock.
- Men didn't even have to *know* we were taking the pill.
- It freed women from the fears of unwanted pregnancy. (Backup backup backup plans.)
- Stopped a lot of children from being in unhappy homes due to unwanted pregnancy.
- Soon after, people stopped stamping "BASTARD" in big red letters across children's birth certificates where the mother was not married to the father. Perhaps because there were less ofthem? *grin*
Why I think the Pill is Not Good (TM)
- The body is a complex peice of machinery. I do not believe in the ability of men to introduce a synthetic or animal based hormone into this machinery can be a good thing. When I think of the millions of chemical changes and transformations going on, every amazing second of the day, I am always impressed that humans don't explode. Especially when we catch a cold.
- Our bodies produce hormones in response to specific stimuli. The hormones may naturally be out of kilter, which causes many problems, but when we are healthy, happy humans who eat correctly and look after our bodies correctly, then I also believe a lot of those problems will disappear.
- I believe the Triphasil pill is directly responsible for my size. I was always a little bit larger than other kids, but after several years on the pill I was MUCH larger than other children. Not all of it could be pill induce, I know that, but hormones in developing children can is fraught with unknowns. Maybe I'm not supposed to be a 24EE or F by genetics. Maybe I was supposed to be a 20D? *shrug* too late to ever know now.
- It can take up to two years for your body to return to "normality" once you stop taking it. And during those two years, you can have mood swings, premenstrual tension, pain, every possible sign your body may have been having troubles but the signs were suppressed. Once your body is running healthily with fresh vegetables and lean meat and enough water, those pains are usually rare. And if they still occur, then you need to get someone to check you out. If you are experiencing pain, it is a SIGN. Modern medicine is so focussed on "fixing the symptoms" that often women need to seek other help, to solve the problem rather than fix the symptom. I used to get bad period pain. I saw a naturopath, who told me to drink a sh*tload of water. I had my first ever pain free period after that slip of advice. This is just ONE example of holistic healing.
- Women stopped listening to their bodies. Women stopped listening to what was going on, and lost contact with their own hormone levels. I peak at 14 - 16 days, I'm randy as hell, and if a convention is on that weekend, then people had better watch out because they might get sucked into the vortex *grin* (I've yet to have complaints.) My energy is totally different during the middle week, and my period is actually due a day or two after dark moon. I have always known when I ovulate. I like my body, and in return, it seems to like me. *grin* Also, there is a metacycle of about 4 months, which sometimes co-incides with Chesh's 9 week cycle, during which time we're both .... very enegergetic. I got all this from listening to my own body. So much gets suppressed with the pill!
- Most pills are/were designed for a woman of up to 220 kilograms in weight, because manufacturers think that this is the largest a woman would be who would wish to use the Pill. I know this is changing, and hell, compared to 30 years ago, this is a LIGHT dose, but seriously! That's over TWICE my own size! What about all those tiny chickies who weight NOTHING? They were getting the same amount of hormones. Overdosing on *anything* is bad, whether it's strawberries (guess what I had for brekkie) or cocaine. I have heard you can go and see your dr, and monitor your own body for a few weeks/months and then get a pill designed for your own body. However, I can't imagine it taking off because 1) What modern woman would bother to get to know her own body that well anyway when she can just take an off-the-shelf pill and forget about it and 2) Who has the time? When I really started to pursue my pagan studies, it only takes a few minutes a day to start tuning ito your own body, and when you start to listen, you don't even need to sit quietly and concentrate.
- It affects your senses. Women who have been perfectly happy with their life, their loves, and etc, stop taking the pill so they and their partner can have a child. You suddenly hate the smell of your partner. You wake up in the morning,and can't stand him. What on earth would you do? This has happened! About as often as the problems with beagles on the pill, I guess. :-) But my senses and my husband are WAYYY to important for me to play russian roulette with.
- Trust factor. Do I trust this unknown man who created and designed the pill with my own body? How do I *know* it's not causing more cancer? How do I *know* I'm not ovulating? Women get pregnant on the Pill all the time. I'm sure they are quite surprised! I ran into a woman who had gotten pregnant three times whilst on the Pill. I don't know why she continued to trust it after the first child, but hey, each to their own. I like to see that there is a physical barrier to stopping contraception.
- Causes cancer in beagles. Woof! Though why you would put your beagle onto the pill, I don't know. :-)
- I think the pill is often used by Drs to fix "womens' problems" who don't have the knowledge/interest to delve any further. My Dr, we used to call the "horse doctor." Dad still goes to see him. But afer his fascinating talk about big flies and small flies in car accidents when I was about 14/15, I used to give mother "a look" if she suggested I go and see him. Instead, we discovered my Drs Khoo (there's two of them) who are wonderful, and firmly believe in offering all information and then waiting for the patient to make an informed decision. Ee-byn was also the first dr to spot my hooping cough when I had it, is not afraid to use all of her reference books in her room, and is focussed, listens, and once you have told her all you can, asks questions and is competent. Yes, I have issues with many doctors. :-) She is also energetic, loves her job, and friendly - rabbits on like nothing on earth when you've been diagnosed and she's finishing up. I've been seeing her ever since we ditched the horse doctor, except when I was in Noranda or Mount Lawley and was too sick to drive to Armadale. She is also the only dr who, when arranging for shots before I go to Bali, made me chose between an synthetic serum or a blood based serum because "we can check the blood based one for diseases we know about, but not for the diseases we don't know about." Sorry, I digressed and ranted. Oops. :-)
Ok, I should stop here. I am sure I will start paraphrasing myself if I haven't already done so.
Oh, and a lot of my info is out of date I expect, but I don't care. I believe that my body is an amazing work of chemistry and that I should not fuck with it too much. And a constant overdose of hormones sounds like too much fucking for me *grin*
zarabee has reminded me...1) I got put on Triphasil when I was 12, and remained on it until I was 19.
2) My Dr prescribed it to counter menstrual cramps. The sort of cramps that wake you up in the night to make sure you're aware of the agony and send you scrabbling for *any* drug at all to counter the pain.
Why I am Glad the Pill exists:
- It really was the bgeinning signs of change for the sexual revolution. No longer did we have to trust that men would "take care of everything" when we fucked.
- We could control out own bodies. Instead of being on a wild ride, we could be as well timed as a clock.
- Men didn't even have to *know* we were taking the pill.
- It freed women from the fears of unwanted pregnancy. (Backup backup backup plans.)
- Stopped a lot of children from being in unhappy homes due to unwanted pregnancy.
- Soon after, people stopped stamping "BASTARD" in big red letters across children's birth certificates where the mother was not married to the father. Perhaps because there were less ofthem? *grin*
Why I think the Pill is Not Good (TM)
- The body is a complex peice of machinery. I do not believe in the ability of men to introduce a synthetic or animal based hormone into this machinery can be a good thing. When I think of the millions of chemical changes and transformations going on, every amazing second of the day, I am always impressed that humans don't explode. Especially when we catch a cold.
- Our bodies produce hormones in response to specific stimuli. The hormones may naturally be out of kilter, which causes many problems, but when we are healthy, happy humans who eat correctly and look after our bodies correctly, then I also believe a lot of those problems will disappear.
- I believe the Triphasil pill is directly responsible for my size. I was always a little bit larger than other kids, but after several years on the pill I was MUCH larger than other children. Not all of it could be pill induce, I know that, but hormones in developing children can is fraught with unknowns. Maybe I'm not supposed to be a 24EE or F by genetics. Maybe I was supposed to be a 20D? *shrug* too late to ever know now.
- It can take up to two years for your body to return to "normality" once you stop taking it. And during those two years, you can have mood swings, premenstrual tension, pain, every possible sign your body may have been having troubles but the signs were suppressed. Once your body is running healthily with fresh vegetables and lean meat and enough water, those pains are usually rare. And if they still occur, then you need to get someone to check you out. If you are experiencing pain, it is a SIGN. Modern medicine is so focussed on "fixing the symptoms" that often women need to seek other help, to solve the problem rather than fix the symptom. I used to get bad period pain. I saw a naturopath, who told me to drink a sh*tload of water. I had my first ever pain free period after that slip of advice. This is just ONE example of holistic healing.
- Women stopped listening to their bodies. Women stopped listening to what was going on, and lost contact with their own hormone levels. I peak at 14 - 16 days, I'm randy as hell, and if a convention is on that weekend, then people had better watch out because they might get sucked into the vortex *grin* (I've yet to have complaints.) My energy is totally different during the middle week, and my period is actually due a day or two after dark moon. I have always known when I ovulate. I like my body, and in return, it seems to like me. *grin* Also, there is a metacycle of about 4 months, which sometimes co-incides with Chesh's 9 week cycle, during which time we're both .... very enegergetic. I got all this from listening to my own body. So much gets suppressed with the pill!
- Most pills are/were designed for a woman of up to 220 kilograms in weight, because manufacturers think that this is the largest a woman would be who would wish to use the Pill. I know this is changing, and hell, compared to 30 years ago, this is a LIGHT dose, but seriously! That's over TWICE my own size! What about all those tiny chickies who weight NOTHING? They were getting the same amount of hormones. Overdosing on *anything* is bad, whether it's strawberries (guess what I had for brekkie) or cocaine. I have heard you can go and see your dr, and monitor your own body for a few weeks/months and then get a pill designed for your own body. However, I can't imagine it taking off because 1) What modern woman would bother to get to know her own body that well anyway when she can just take an off-the-shelf pill and forget about it and 2) Who has the time? When I really started to pursue my pagan studies, it only takes a few minutes a day to start tuning ito your own body, and when you start to listen, you don't even need to sit quietly and concentrate.
- It affects your senses. Women who have been perfectly happy with their life, their loves, and etc, stop taking the pill so they and their partner can have a child. You suddenly hate the smell of your partner. You wake up in the morning,and can't stand him. What on earth would you do? This has happened! About as often as the problems with beagles on the pill, I guess. :-) But my senses and my husband are WAYYY to important for me to play russian roulette with.
- Trust factor. Do I trust this unknown man who created and designed the pill with my own body? How do I *know* it's not causing more cancer? How do I *know* I'm not ovulating? Women get pregnant on the Pill all the time. I'm sure they are quite surprised! I ran into a woman who had gotten pregnant three times whilst on the Pill. I don't know why she continued to trust it after the first child, but hey, each to their own. I like to see that there is a physical barrier to stopping contraception.
- Causes cancer in beagles. Woof! Though why you would put your beagle onto the pill, I don't know. :-)
- I think the pill is often used by Drs to fix "womens' problems" who don't have the knowledge/interest to delve any further. My Dr, we used to call the "horse doctor." Dad still goes to see him. But afer his fascinating talk about big flies and small flies in car accidents when I was about 14/15, I used to give mother "a look" if she suggested I go and see him. Instead, we discovered my Drs Khoo (there's two of them) who are wonderful, and firmly believe in offering all information and then waiting for the patient to make an informed decision. Ee-byn was also the first dr to spot my hooping cough when I had it, is not afraid to use all of her reference books in her room, and is focussed, listens, and once you have told her all you can, asks questions and is competent. Yes, I have issues with many doctors. :-) She is also energetic, loves her job, and friendly - rabbits on like nothing on earth when you've been diagnosed and she's finishing up. I've been seeing her ever since we ditched the horse doctor, except when I was in Noranda or Mount Lawley and was too sick to drive to Armadale. She is also the only dr who, when arranging for shots before I go to Bali, made me chose between an synthetic serum or a blood based serum because "we can check the blood based one for diseases we know about, but not for the diseases we don't know about." Sorry, I digressed and ranted. Oops. :-)
Ok, I should stop here. I am sure I will start paraphrasing myself if I haven't already done so.
Oh, and a lot of my info is out of date I expect, but I don't care. I believe that my body is an amazing work of chemistry and that I should not fuck with it too much. And a constant overdose of hormones sounds like too much fucking for me *grin*
