cry of agony, TMI

[aesc]

I WANT MY BIRTH CONTROL BACK RIGHT THE FUCK NOW.

SERIOUSLY, BODY, THIS IS GOD-FUCKING-DAMN RIDICULOUS.

THIS IS MY SECOND-TO-LAST DAY OF VACATION. FUCKING STOP IT I HATE YOU.

*cries*

I need chocolate, the world's largest hot water bottle, an overdose of Motrin, John Sheppard to rub my back (I don't care that he'd be horrified), and Castiel to soothe my troubled brow right this instant.

Comments

[randomeliza.livejournal.com]

Man, that SUCKS. I wish we got recompensed for some of the agony we get put through, being women.

I have to say, I love my birth control implant - three years of not having to take pills, no periods after the first three-six months... it's SO worth investigating if your periods are that bad.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Oh man, that sounds like heaven. HEAVEN I TELL YOU.

I am all for an IUD, but the problem is that my current insurance (because I go to a Certain School that has Strong Feelings about birth control) doesn't cover it, and I've heard it's hell to get the insurance provider to agree to special-circumstances coverage. Right now my BC is sort of... under-the-table BC, because my roommate's dad is an OB-GYN and can get us the stuff for free.

Which is probably a bad thing to do, but hey, it means I don't have cramps.

[randomeliza.livejournal.com]

It's not an IUD, so it doesn't require the surgery that IUDs do, but it's still expensive - my insurance didn't cover it, so mine was $600. But oh my god it's worth it. It's great that you're getting yours for free, though.

I hope you feel better soon, bb. *pets gently*

[perspi.livejournal.com]

Just to clarify a (little, tiny) point: My IUD required no surgery--it's an outpatient thing my regular OB-GYN was able to do, no more complicated than your average lady-bits exam.

*hugs for all*

[randomeliza.livejournal.com]

For me, having never had a kid, it would have required dilating my cervix? My OB-GYN classifies that as surgery, though I'm sure some don't. Whereas my implant thing (Implanon) required a topical numbing and an injection, took all of 15 minutes. I know IUDs are easier when you've had kids, and they really dissuade you from getting one if you haven't had kids.

*hearts her Implanon*

[perspi.livejournal.com]

Ah, see, I did not know this! Very interesting, and thank you.

[randomeliza.livejournal.com]

Heh, you're welcome. I had a big freakout over birth control this past summer and did gobs of research on it. And let me tell you, my gyno's explanation of the cervix dilating process has made me seriously ponder whether I want to have kids at all. THANKS DR. HURRY. HA HA NO I GET IT WILL SUCK OK. THANKS FOR REITERATING.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

For me, having never had a kid, it would have required dilating my cervix?

I have heard this too! And hearing other women talk about persuading their doctors into an IUD when they hadn't had kids yet... Ow. Ow.

But the implant, on the other hand, sounds promising! Pills aren't a huge problem for me, because I take other things every day anyway, but it'd be nice to cross one more thing off my ABSOLUTELY MUST BE DONE BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE list. Maybe I will start saving up, so I don't have to wait for work insurance a couple years down the road. *crosses fingers that there will be work insurance*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

It's great that you're getting yours for free, though.

Sometimes, when I'm on BC and also sitting in the student center writing filthy dirty slashfic, I think to myself, "I'm in ur campus, bein uncatholic."