I don't know about you, but the moment the killer cramps are over, I feel waaaaaayyyy powerful.
I felt all giddy for a while after that post (I was even inspired to spend money), but now the cramps have coem back in amilder way and I'm jsut stting at my computer kinda hunched over and lethargic.
I answered - pads - and she gave me this funny look and continued the exam. Later she said she "didn't think [I] would have any trouble with tampons". It was very strange. Is there an assumption in the medical sphere that all young women automatically use tampons? I don't, and I've actually never tried one.
I think people assume that tampons are preferred. I use pads. I do use tampons if I'm going to go swimming, but that's pretty much the only time if I can help it. Tampons aren't difficult to use, but I could never forget that they were there, like I can seeing contacts. I always knew there was something up inside my vagina; it's a constant niggling feeling in teh back of my awareness that makes me---not uncomfortable, per se, but unable to really relax. I know it's there, and constant thinking about it is annoying, so I just use pads.
Of course, this was after our minute discussion of my sexual history - aka there is none - which I think surprised her greatly. At 23, and especially in a university town, I may be the oldest virgin she's ever dealt with.
I had a weird conversation with a doctor about non-existant sexual history when I was fifteen, because I had a yeast infection. She asked me twice when I said I was a virgin. As if it's something I wouldn't be sure about. :snort: Either I'
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Date: 2003-07-06 03:03 am (UTC)I felt all giddy for a while after that post (I was even inspired to spend money), but now the cramps have coem back in amilder way and I'm jsut stting at my computer kinda hunched over and lethargic.
I answered - pads - and she gave me this funny look and continued the exam. Later she said she "didn't think [I] would have any trouble with tampons". It was very strange. Is there an assumption in the medical sphere that all young women automatically use tampons? I don't, and I've actually never tried one.
I think people assume that tampons are preferred. I use pads. I do use tampons if I'm going to go swimming, but that's pretty much the only time if I can help it. Tampons aren't difficult to use, but I could never forget that they were there, like I can seeing contacts. I always knew there was something up inside my vagina; it's a constant niggling feeling in teh back of my awareness that makes me---not uncomfortable, per se, but unable to really relax. I know it's there, and constant thinking about it is annoying, so I just use pads.
Of course, this was after our minute discussion of my sexual history - aka there is none - which I think surprised her greatly. At 23, and especially in a university town, I may be the oldest virgin she's ever dealt with.
I had a weird conversation with a doctor about non-existant sexual history when I was fifteen, because I had a yeast infection. She asked me twice when I said I was a virgin. As if it's something I wouldn't be sure about. :snort: Either I'