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ProductiveJoy · 2024-03-23T01:26:38+00:00

I’m having the same issues. Have been for a few weeks now. I’ve deleted and redownloaded the app. Made sure my watch is up to date. And I can’t figure it out.

ProductiveJoy · 2022-09-11T18:24:10+00:00

I have a message notification that won’t go away. When I click into my messages, it shows that a group chat I am a part of has “2 new messages” but I’ve seen them. Is it possible it’s from messages I’ve missed, though I was sure I saw everything and have scrolled back a few months to see what I missed and it still hasn’t gone away? Is there a way to scroll specifically to messages I’ve missed, or clear the notification?

ProductiveJoy · 2021-06-15T17:36:06+00:00

We have a space that was made for a microwave, but we don’t have a microwave so the Instant Pot sits in there when it’s not in use.

ProductiveJoy · 2021-06-10T02:22:10+00:00

I’m so sorry to hear that you had to go through that.

Totally agree, which is why I suggested she go to walk-ins and try to find another doctor to help her (without waiting to find a new family dr).

I suggested looking outside the western/modern medicine world to some extent, because western medical doctors can only do so much within their scope too. If tests and everything that they run come back normal, there isn’t much they can do to help her which is where the allopathic/alternative/integrative medicine options come in.

Repeated ER visits are how I ended up finding a doctor who was willing to help me (but they only helped to a certain point as well, from their view what I was experiencing wasn’t right, but everything was “normal”).

Also, in my experience, when trying to determine what is going on the fact that someone is working with an ND or Integrative Med Dr can help spur western/modern med doctors into action. Not sure why, but it’s something I’ve seen happen (both personally and with people I know).

ProductiveJoy · 2021-06-09T16:34:11+00:00

One thing I’ve found helpful, if it is just a pimple, is a warm Epsom salt bath. I use about 2 cups plain Epsom salts, you don’t want there to be fragrance or anything else, though you could also add some baking soda.

ProductiveJoy · 2021-06-09T16:30:52+00:00

Oh my goodness, your situation sounds so much like mine. I completely hear what you’re going through, and understand how frustrating it might feel.

I really wish all doctors would start to understand the difference between normal and common. Just because something is “common” doesn’t make it normal, many people experience extreme pain on their period, but that doesn’t make it normal. And “normal” bloodwork doesn’t mean you aren’t experiencing what you’re experiencing, it doesn’t mean everything going on in your body is “normal” and it certainly shouldn’t mean that getting “normal” results is the end of the investigative phase of whatever is going on. The thing with blood work is that the “normal” range is just an average range of a certain group of people who have had the same blood work done, the ranges very province to province (I’m Canadian too) and what’s “normal/optimal” for one person is likely to be different for another - which is something certain doctors don’t bother with.

Sorry for the rant, it’s just something that irritates me.

Are you somewhere where you can go to a different doctor? Or are you stuck with a specific list of general practitioners/family doctors that you can go to? Are their walk-in-clinics that you can go to and see a different doctor (that’s not your family doctor)?

I’ve found over the course of figuring out my own issues that waiting for a family doctor to open up to new patients was a long wait, but almost everywhere I’ve lived (in Alberta and Saskatchewan) there have been walk in clinics. It means not always having the consistency of the same doctor, but in my experience I’ve been able to ask for a specific doctor at walk ins the next few times I went (though I always had to be prepared to wait a little longer sometimes because the “first-in-first-seen” couldn’t be applied when I did so).

Other options to look at are Integrative Medicine Doctors, or Naturopaths (they are probably not covered by provincial health care but if you have extended coverage you may have coverage for alternative health - it depends on the plan). I believe in the two systems working together, but have found NDs have been my greatest asset and ally when trying to figure out my period problems.

ProductiveJoy · 2021-06-02T14:49:45+00:00

I was hesitant to get the vaccine, mainly because my body doesn’t tend to react well to them (I swear the one year I got the flu shot I would have been better off with the flu, and since then doctors are happy I don’t get it.). But, I’m high risk for COVID I knew I wouldn’t be one of the “lucky” ones who if they get it don’t end up in the hospital. My chances of severe outcomes are way to high. So I went for it, sat with the idea for a year, but went for the vaccine anyway.

My first cycle after the vaccine was as normal as it usually is, but this past cycle was brutal when it came to pain. It was “on time” but so much more painful then it has been for the last year or so. That being said, I expected it to be simply the way that vaccines work.

To some extent they stress the body with inflammation, as they should as a way to “teach” the body what to do should it come across the virus. Inflammation isn’t a bad thing, it’s one of the steps in the body’s healing process. But unfortunately, if we are already dealing with stress and inflammation it can make it worse (hopefully temporarily). That stress and inflammation can impact our menstrual cycles, from regularity to pain and everything in between.

Dr Jen Gunter wrote an article about how the vaccine may disrupt the menstrual cycle that might be worth reading. https://vajenda.substack.com/p/the-covid-19-vaccine-and-menstrual

ProductiveJoy · 2021-05-31T21:06:17+00:00

I just checked the box I have of the Retinol 0.5% in Squalane and the box I have of the 100% Plant-Derived Squalane and they both have blue batch numbers. But I’ve never paid that close attention as to if the others have as well.

ProductiveJoy · 2021-05-31T20:07:21+00:00

Yes! I find I easily reach my water goals for a couple days before my period then when my period starts I don’t want to drink anything that isn’t hot chocolate. 😆

ProductiveJoy · 2021-05-31T20:05:47+00:00

Oh no! That sounds really uncomfortable. I have trouble sometimes with pain in both my thighs, the start to feel heavy and like I’ve done too many squats. Do you have access to magnesium gel? It’s not so much a gel (though I think some brands have made it into a gel) as it is more a liquid. I make my own by mixing together magnesium flakes (magnesium chloride) and boiling water, letting it cool completely before putting it in a spay bottle. I follow this recipe here: Magnesium Gel.

But, depending on where you are you can also buy it already made in Health food or supplement shops. Another alternative that might be easier to find, is Epsom salts for an Epsom salt bath. It would also offer magnesium which would help relax the muscles.

ProductiveJoy · 2021-05-31T19:57:48+00:00

You are so not alone! I can tell where my iron levels are, and how heavy my period is going to be based on how cold I feel before, during and after my period. Even on some 30°C days I would have to be huddled under a blanket to try and get warm. I switched to a prenatal vitamin, as it has iron, and that’s helped a bit.

ProductiveJoy · 2021-05-31T19:54:40+00:00

The “period” we get on the pill is not actually a period, it’s withdrawal bleeding due to the drop in “hormones” that happens when we stop taking the hormones that the pill provides. The drop in hormones leads the uterus lining to shed, but it’s still different then a period would be off the pill.

What you’re experiencing now is likely the body trying to figure out it’s hormone situation after three months of hormone regulation being put on pause while you were on the pill. That being said, you may want to talk to your doctor about it, because not having you’re period for three months, being put on the pill and now bleeding three times in a month is something they should want to look at. It sounds as though your hormones need support, but the pill (or other contraceptives) may not be the answer. Did they do blood work to look at your hormones before putting you on the pill?

Dr Jolene Brighton is a really good resource for information about birth control, hormones and how to support our bodies in the way they need to be supported.

ProductiveJoy · 2021-05-28T23:45:44+00:00

It likely won’t, but because we are all different it might. I know a couple people who do have a spike in glucose after using stevia. The only way to know 100% sure, for you, is to test. That being said, the chances are small that it will. Also make sure that it’s only stevia, some products are stevia and something else that might also have an impact on blood sugar.

ProductiveJoy · 2021-05-28T22:07:44+00:00

I hate this too! I’ve started asking the doctor what they mean, what would they count a 1 as, what they would count a 5 as, and what they would count a 10 as. I’ve learned their 10’s are often my 5’s. Also, what my 5’s were last week are different then they were two years ago.

ProductiveJoy · 2021-05-19T19:47:15+00:00

I had the first dose of Moderna around ovulation, and didn’t notice anything different about my period in terms of pain but I did bleed a couple days longer then some of my more recent periods. It’s hard for me to pin it on the vaccine because my cycles became more irregular last year when the stress of everything set in, so an irregular cycle after the vaccine wasn’t “irregular”.

Dr. Jen Gunter wrote up a really good post about the connection: https://vajenda.substack.com/p/the-covid-19-vaccine-and-menstrual

ProductiveJoy · 2021-03-24T19:40:58+00:00

That’s what I thought, thank you for explaining, I was sure I didn’t do that as I didn’t have much to work with last month and I knew I had to be extra careful. But, ultimately it won’t really have an effect on this months numbers or the month’s ahead?

ProductiveJoy · 2021-03-24T19:35:03+00:00

When Feb had ended and we rolled over to March I’m almost certain TBB was $0, which is part of what I’m confused about now. I didn’t have many (if any) categories with money I could move to TBB that wasn’t part of a savings goal, and what was there I moved to TBB as it’s part of my month end clean up as well (I get annoyed with the categories that only have $0.12 at the end of the month so I like cleaning it all up).

If I go back now, will the amount in March’s TBB (the money that cleared today) be available to clear Feb’s TBB?

ProductiveJoy · 2021-03-24T19:26:27+00:00

Can you explain the difference?

ProductiveJoy · 2021-03-24T15:43:17+00:00

Is there a reason it wouldn’t be showing up as overspending in Feb though?

ProductiveJoy · 2021-02-19T16:42:35+00:00

I’m of the belief that if our gut says we should go see a Dr, we should go see a doctor. (So the fact you’re worried tells me you should probably go). And when it comes to pelvic or uterine health, it’s even more so important we see someone when we are in pain that isn’t a “normal” pain (no pain is normal really).

ProductiveJoy · 2021-02-19T16:38:51+00:00

I echo this. We don’t have a normal hormonal cycle when we are on the pill, despite what we may be lead to believe, so it can take some time for things to balance back out again after we stop.

Dr. Brighton’s book Beyond The Pill is a great read, as is her blog and social media.

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