my doctor's thing was, why be exposed to the risks when the Nuva Ring works fine without them?
Well, hormone stuff, for one.
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 30: Going on Thirteen
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Steph L. - May 30, 2006 10:34:48 am PDT #6758 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Aims - May 30, 2006 10:36:21 am PDT #6759 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Yeah, I'd way rather go the IUD route and avoid the hormones. I don't want to risk anything interacting with my BiP meds. Even though they don't, I'd rather the amount of chemicals in my body remain as few as possible.
What with the crack-smoking and all.
Amy - May 30, 2006 10:37:00 am PDT #6760 of 10002
Because books.
my doctor's thing was, why be exposed to the risks when the Nuva Ring works fine without them?
Well, hormone stuff, for one.
And that's my issue, right there. No one will prescribe the pill or Nuva Ring or any of that stuff to me (not that I'd want them, too) because I'm over 35, a smoker, and I have diabetes (which can lead to risk of heart disease). So my options are pretty limited.
Although having Stephen get a vasectomy looks better and better some days.
esse - May 30, 2006 10:38:51 am PDT #6761 of 10002
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
There are risks with EVERY form of BC. There are risks with having kids, too for that matter. Docs should let women be grownups and decide for themselves which risk they'd like to take.
Exactly.
I mean, frankly, I'd rather get my tubes tied. I know it's more risky than an IUD, but I don't want kids, and I don't want to risk getting pregnant. But finding a doctor that would sign off on it for someone my age and covering the cost is just too much stress for me right now.
P.M. Marc - May 30, 2006 10:39:20 am PDT #6762 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Although having Stephen get a vasectomy looks better and better some days.
Y'know, if he's willing, that does sound like your best bet.
juliana - May 30, 2006 10:39:40 am PDT #6763 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
(there! I said it! MY BIRTHDAY APPROACHETH!!!),
I was wondering when you'd start your yearly campaign!!! (I love it, by the way.)
askye - May 30, 2006 10:42:46 am PDT #6764 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
On the 29th I have an appointment with the endrochronologist to talk about birth control for the PCOS stuff (my non existent periods and stupid hair in unwanted places), I have no idea what my choices will be but I hope it's something other than the Pill. I'm terrible about remembering to take it at the right time.
Nicole - May 30, 2006 10:46:12 am PDT #6765 of 10002
I'm getting the pig!
I only have three weeks to shop for Tep's birthday present?!?
What happened to the 90 day reminder, dammit?
I was wondering when you'd start your yearly campaign!!! (I love it, by the way.)
Me too.
Polter-Cow - May 30, 2006 10:49:06 am PDT #6766 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
June 23, if memory serves me correctly.
Steph L. - May 30, 2006 10:51:45 am PDT #6767 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
What happened to the 90 day reminder, dammit?
I'm trying to be less of an albatross as I age.
(Albatross! Albatross!
What flavor is it?
It's a bloody sea-bird; it's not ANY flavor!)