SweetieBsMom
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Aug 7, 2014 23:10:01 GMT
OMG. This made me laugh really hard. I, too, had fibroids, had a hysterectomy because of them. Forget 1 sheep; I would have needed a flock of them. I could have walked to work with my little flock trailing behind me. Mary had a little lamb.... When I suggested this to coworkers and they were mortified. You get my pain. My fibroid was cantaloupe sized. I had no idea that it was there and I was a size 10. Just weird what goes down in your body. I saved the pictures of it to scrapbook, but my kids were just not interested in any part of it. Boys. Oh, I totally get it. I would "suit up" for my 10 minute walk to work from the train station with an ultra super tampon, overnight pad AND a depends. Some days I was bleeding so heavy I wouldn't make it to work without an "accident". When I had my surgery, doc said you had 1 tablespoon of blood to spare, over that and you will get a transfusion. Doctor said the biggest fibroids he's ever seen. I looked pregnant. What an improvement to my quality of life!! Best thing I ever did.
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 7, 2014 23:24:55 GMT
When I suggested this to coworkers and they were mortified. You get my pain. My fibroid was cantaloupe sized. I had no idea that it was there and I was a size 10. Just weird what goes down in your body. I saved the pictures of it to scrapbook, but my kids were just not interested in any part of it. Boys. Oh, I totally get it. I would "suit up" for my 10 minute walk to work from the train station with an ultra super tampon, overnight pad AND a depends. Some days I was bleeding so heavy I wouldn't make it to work without an "accident". When I had my surgery, doc said you had 1 tablespoon of blood to spare, over that and you will get a transfusion. Doctor said the biggest fibroids he's ever seen. I looked pregnant. What an improvement to my quality of life!! Best thing I ever did. My doctor was concerned about me having a hysterectomy. She wanted me to go home and discuss it with my husband because we might want more kids. I said, "Heck no, our youngest is eleven and we might not even keep him." I think when you have gone through this situation you totally get it. I couldn't go 30 minutes without running to the bathroom. Two extra large tampons and a super pad wouldn't last. I am a teacher, and our schedules do not allow this. We teach three hours at a time. When you a passing blood clots the size of lemons, you develop a sense of humor about the embarrassment of the situation. Laugh or cry.
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liv2297
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Post by liv2297 on Aug 7, 2014 23:46:15 GMT
Thanks for the laugh ladies. This thread is hilarious.
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Dani-Mani
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Post by Dani-Mani on Aug 7, 2014 23:50:47 GMT
I'm not easily grossed out, but ewwwwww.
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SweetieBsMom
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Aug 7, 2014 23:58:11 GMT
Oh, I totally get it. I would "suit up" for my 10 minute walk to work from the train station with an ultra super tampon, overnight pad AND a depends. Some days I was bleeding so heavy I wouldn't make it to work without an "accident". When I had my surgery, doc said you had 1 tablespoon of blood to spare, over that and you will get a transfusion. Doctor said the biggest fibroids he's ever seen. I looked pregnant. What an improvement to my quality of life!! Best thing I ever did. My doctor was concerned about me having a hysterectomy. She wanted me to go home and discuss it with my husband because we might want more kids. I said, "Heck no, our youngest is eleven and we might not even keep him." I think when you have gone through this situation you totally get it. I couldn't go 30 minutes without running to the bathroom. Two extra large tampons and a super pad wouldn't last. I am a teacher, and our schedules do not allow this. We teach three hours at a time. When you a passing blood clots the size of lemons, you develop a sense of humor about the embarrassment of the situation. Laugh or cry. With you my fibroid friend
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camcas
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Post by camcas on Aug 8, 2014 0:17:58 GMT
well.....why are the tampons displayed next to what look like dried apricots?.......or are they rose petals....either way ...weird,just weird........
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Post by redshoes on Aug 8, 2014 0:31:41 GMT
And my first post on this new board will be a big, fat OH HELL NO!!! LOL! Aaaand....welcome to the board!
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Post by irisheyes on Aug 8, 2014 0:41:00 GMT
I would think this could cause a great big infections. How do you make sure they are sterile? No thank you, no way, no how would I use those.
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brandy327
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Post by brandy327 on Aug 8, 2014 0:42:48 GMT
umm weird and that doesn't look easily insertable ?? i feel like it would bend Right?! I was thinking the same thing. Yarn tampon...very odd. That was the FIRST thing that came to my mind. Like how the hell does that get inserted? I imagine someone trying to push it in and it collapsing and it being like a wadded up ball of yard shoved up there. ICK! No f'ing way!!
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NoWomanNoCry
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Aug 8, 2014 0:51:04 GMT
I'm not the OP but evidently we are in same group on fb because I seen this today in group and commented on that thread.
The lady who makes these in the group said to sanitize them you put them in vinegar to soak. To insert them she said some of her customers use lube on the end to insert it. If your out though for the day and need to change it I'm grossed out where you would put it to wait to get home to soak in vinegar lol
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eleezybeth
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Post by eleezybeth on Aug 8, 2014 1:07:19 GMT
I apparently do not love the Earth enough. No, just no x hell no =
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Post by nesser01 on Aug 8, 2014 1:26:38 GMT
I've been thinking all day. It's just so odd. Not only would I think it would flop or something....wouldn't it be scratchy? Or have little bits of yarn coming off...Maybe I've only seen cheap yarn but I don't know how this could work. The cloth pads I get. That's not too bad. But a yarn tampon?It's like an absorbent sweater for your vagina...I've felt a wet sweater before...it's gross. I can't imagine one covered and soaked with female blood and tissue...ick ick ick.
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Post by M~ on Aug 8, 2014 1:43:29 GMT
Disgusting.
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Post by Karenina on Aug 8, 2014 1:51:22 GMT
well.....why are the tampons displayed next to what look like dried apricots?.......or are they rose petals....either way ...weird,just weird........ They are rose petals. In RED. Like drops of blood scattered decoratively around the crocheted hideousness. This way you can get an idea of how the red will look ON the yarnpon!!
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Aug 8, 2014 2:24:19 GMT
I remember my grandma talking to us girls about the rag bucket her and her 5 sisters shared. Washing the rags on a wash board, and hanging them to dry for the next sister. Pretty sure this thread just made her roll over in her grave! NASTY
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Post by anniefb on Aug 8, 2014 2:31:14 GMT
Noooooo. :2thumbsdown:
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Post by librarylady on Aug 8, 2014 2:40:18 GMT
Besides all the other comments about how gross and impossible the entire idea of yarn reusable tampons might be.......I am reminded of back in the 1980s when women were getting severe infections (toxic shock) from super tampons that caused the infections.
Reusing these items (--if someone on the planet did so--) is asking for a serious health complication, IMO.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Aug 8, 2014 2:56:23 GMT
Those directions are way too intricate. No way am I washing, soaking, vinegar washing, rinsing, and line drying yarn tampons. OMG, but wouldn't you love to give the Homeowner's Association a heart attack when they see those on your forbidden clothesline? And they have to fight over who has to write up the infraction notice?
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Post by shevy on Aug 8, 2014 3:17:09 GMT
No amount of lube would make that less uncomfortable going in or out while dry. One up there it would stay until a doctor removed it 12 years later like those horror stories we hear of. No. Just no.
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garcia5050
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Post by garcia5050 on Aug 8, 2014 3:30:04 GMT
I remember my grandma talking to us girls about the rag bucket her and her 5 sisters shared. Washing the rags on a wash board, and hanging them to dry for the next sister. Pretty sure this thread just made her roll over in her grave! NASTY I guess I never thought about what women had to do in the olden days. Ugh.
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Post by tinydogmafia on Aug 8, 2014 3:36:29 GMT
Holy hell. I can't even. No. Just no. No.
And I'm a nurse, blood does not gross me out... But this is not something I can wrap my mind around.
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Post by andreasmom on Aug 8, 2014 3:50:40 GMT
Um. No. Just no. Ewwwww.
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Post by Outspoken on Aug 8, 2014 3:50:42 GMT
Wrong on so many levels!
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ComplicatedLady
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Aug 8, 2014 4:11:31 GMT
My first thought was infection. It doesn't seem that yarn could be thoroughly cleaned.
Then I read on about cleaning it in vinegar. I still think infection because I don't think vinegar would clean all of the bacteria.
Someone above mentioned toxic shock. That seems like a pretty big risk with reusable yarn tampons.
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 8, 2014 4:13:05 GMT
I remember my grandma talking to us girls about the rag bucket her and her 5 sisters shared. Washing the rags on a wash board, and hanging them to dry for the next sister. Pretty sure this thread just made her roll over in her grave! NASTY I guess I never thought about what women had to do in the olden days. Ugh. I was told that this was the reason people used to use the term "on the rag." Can you imagine?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 4:16:14 GMT
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Post by wholarmor on Aug 8, 2014 7:02:11 GMT
So grateful for modern invention! I did see on one of the etsy tags "preppers," which made me realize that Doomsday preppers must be in to stuff like this. Make sure you are ready for the Apocalypse with your Diva cups, cloth tampons, or your hoarded collection of Tampax.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 8, 2014 7:14:47 GMT
Another no way from me! When it comes out it plops right in the toilet. Sorry, not cleaning these because it would require a special sink since I seem to bleed 20 days out of the month. You FLUSH tampons? (And thus begins another thread on the pros and cons of flushing tampons!!! )
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Post by melanell on Aug 8, 2014 12:30:37 GMT
Oh my. When I had a fibroid, I had horrible periods. I needed a sheep. Can't imagine what yarn would even do. I'm dying laughing! Me too. A sheep!
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Post by Judie in Oz on Aug 8, 2014 12:44:01 GMT
Another no way from me! When it comes out it plops right in the toilet. Sorry, not cleaning these because it would require a special sink since I seem to bleed 20 days out of the month. You FLUSH tampons? (And thus begins another thread on the pros and cons of flushing tampons!!! ) I do. Or did, thank goodness. Unless it was a septic tank, I flushed it.
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