Wow, just thinking how lucky the people in your life and future are to have this forged in fire, stronger, wiser Pam in their lives. CHL is losing out.
Hi Pam!
Just remembering all your PMS woes and thought I'd share what I'm doing this summer. Bottom line is, I'm not having any periods.
Nope, just decided to keep taking my BC pills right through (three months max). You've heard of the new "Seasonal" right...4 periods a year.
Well they've been studying this for at least 5 years and guess what? For those of us on the pill (I went back on 2 years ago because of erratic, heavy 14 day cycles), our "period" is really just withdrawal from the hormones we took for the past 21 days.
As our bodies think we're pregnant...there's no huge build up of tissue in the uterus and hence no real need to shed it every month. Of course one wouldn't want to do this without consulting their MD, but this has been practised for YEARS (especially for those with fibroids, endometriosis and other Menstrual difficulties).
I'm sailing into month #2 with NO break through bleeding, NO adverse symptoms. Is this worth looking into for you???
Ellie? Do you know anything about this? D'uh, of course she does!!!
