On The Best Time I Thought I Was Going to Die Alone in Punta Cana
@Gone Away Lass feeling you on the TMJ. I just got a new bite guard because I wore through my old one, and I was having a lot of jaw pain and headaches (normal kind). Say what you will about chiropractic, but going to one has totally helped my TMJ. Seriously, it's amazing. She does adjustments in other areas besides my jaw, so maybe fixing my alignment helps as well. She does some other eccentric stuff like reiki. But yeah. I recommend it.
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On The Agonizing Ecstasies of Male Contraception
@mackymoo YES this was exactly our conversation! I apparently made it sound like he was forcing me to be the one taking birth control in the relationship. it took me a while to realize he was mad and feeling like i had lumped him into some gross patriarchal category of controlling women's bodies, etc.
then i also related all this to the ongoing debate of what our hypothetical future kids' last names will be. when he talks about it, i hear "i think it's great that progress has been made and i think things are definitely unfair, but i just don't think i could give up the privilege i was born with of not worrying about birth control/getting pregnant/changing my last name/changing my future kids' last names."
this also had to happen via mobile gchat while he's halfway around the world at a conference. oops.
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On The Best Time I Thought I Was Going to Die Alone in Punta Cana
@Gone Away Lass yes, I was super lucky. I had been on combo birth control before that for several years while experiencing the migraines w/ vision change, so it scares me that I was at a higher risk for stroke for that long. I was driving the first time it happened and totally freaked out, pulled over, called my mom to come get me. So at least I knew what was happening the second time.
bonding over periods and weird health things on the Hairpin is my favorite :)
good luck tomorrow! bow chicka bow wow ;)
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On The Best Time I Thought I Was Going to Die Alone in Punta Cana
@Gone Away Lass same for me! i had a migraine aura (2nd time) one day while on my horse--I could only see one of his ears and was like oh, shit. luckily my nurse and doctor friends were riding with me and helped me down, and also told me to switch to the mini pill. i've been on it for a year and a half and i've had like 2 random periods? at first i freaked and my nice nurse friend let me pee in a cup and checked me for preggers for free :(
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On The Agonizing Ecstasies of Male Contraception
@Saskquatch yeah, the only reason i'm still taking them is because I'm so terrified of getting pregnant :( and i don't trust condoms by themselves. my naturopath told me to do condoms and spermicide, and that it's actually more effective than the pill (according to her). so maybe i'll try that?
We had a long talk/argument about it and I think it boiled down to he wants me to do whatever makes me happy and healthy, and I was mad that he wouldn't consider ball surgery when I had considered an IUD.
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On The Agonizing Ecstasies of Male Contraception
ugh, sent this to my boyfriend and he is not enthused. trying not to feel enraged because otherwise he is awesome, offers to help pay for my pills, etc. but he read it and said his gut reaction was he just couldn't do it to his precious testicles. he did say he might be more receptive to a pill form. but still. "Suck. It. Up." also i have been talking to him for several months about how badly i would like to get off of hormonal birth control.
it would be nice for him to share some of the responsibility besides agreeing to use a condom when i forget to take the pill. team curry/no babies!
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On Friday Bargain Bin: Gift Exchange Edition
Ahhh I bought that Vosges pancake mix for my family's Yankee swap/White Elephant last Christmas! And NO ONE wanted it. Except my french bulldog, who had kind of unwrapped it a little under the tree and gnawed at a corner and had a chocolate chip or two...
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On Xeni Jardin, "The Diagnosis"
@pastina man, that is scary :( i hope everything is ok now. I have that same convo with my GYN. I found a weird little lump once, like the size of a quarter, and went to the doctor; she told me it was a lump from fluid retention from my period. She said caffeine and and salty foods can cause them. So, I gave up chocolate, coffee, chips for... 3 days. I feel a little helpless trying to self-exam because I don't know if the things I "find" are fluid-retainees or something to get checked out. Blah.
@feartie--eek! hope everything is alright now! Xeni's essay (and the 'pin) are both good reminders that we are not alone. :)
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On Xeni Jardin, "The Diagnosis"
tough read, but bravely and beautifully written. i remember reading her tweets from the doctor's visit as she live-tweeted it. I had no idea until I saw the BB article this morning that it had actually resulted in a diagnosis--I was shocked.
A friend of mine (also 24) recently got biopsied; her doctor found a lump, and she also has strong family history. It turned out to be nothing but it was scary. I agree @pastina, it really feels like it's everywhere... almost unavoidable.
Also self-exams freak me out. I need to learn/get over this.
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On Really Good Books About Horses
yay love this! no, more horse posts please! what about Rita Mae Brown's Sister Jane books? they are delicious. My foxhunting friends turned me on to them.
I was traumatized when I read Ruffian as a child. I was even more traumatized when I read the Horse Whisperer in the fifth grade. Worst birthday present ever from my uncle (he had no idea what it was about, beyond horses.) I still have my Saddle Club and Thoroughbred books collections!