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Re: Pain using tampons?? 'Instead'?
From: Trisha (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Apr 30 18:32:21 2007
It's a product tht is an alternative to tampons and pads. I can usually
find them at Fred Meyers-Krogers or Walmart. Basially they are these
round bowl looking things that you have to push up into place. they are
designed to "catch" everything, not absorb. When inserted right, they
do take on a bowl shape inside you and are really really great for not
leaking. If inserted right you do not feel them and they can be worn
for up to 12 hours and do not have the risk of TSS like tampons do. No
string hanging down. When it's time to replace you have to insert your
finger to grab it just under the rim and pull it out-can be kinda messy
and gross so it's best to be sitting on the tiolet but for me, I love
the "no string", I love how I've never leaked wearing one and I love
that you can wear them for so long-you can even wear them during
intercourse. Plus, if you know your going to be starting but havn't yet
and are going to be somewhere not easy to get to a bathroom I think it
would be safter to put in an instead rather than a tampon. And they
were made by women. Hope I answered your questions!
At Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Michelle wrote:
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>I feel funny asking this, but what is "Instead"? I have never heard of
>this.
>Michelle
>
>At Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Trisha wrote:
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>>Hello. I'm glad someone wrote about this. I personally have always
>>liked to use Instead over tampons and pads. I never had problems with
>>them until all of a sudden it was like they would not stay in place. It
>>drove me crazy b/c for someone who had used them for several years and
>>never had a problem it didn't make sense. So, months after I had my
>>first lap and I found after having my lap and endo removed I could use
>>them again. Well that was close to 2 years ago. Since my lap I have
>>been manipulating my bc pills so as to not have a period but there are
>>times when I still bleed and need to use something. I have found that I
>>can use the instead like before but it does cause me pain, so I then
>>started using tampons and found that they hurt me as well, although not
>>as much as the instead. Such a bummer, I hate pads and I loved using
>>the "Instead" instead of tampons! Take care everyone.
>>
>>At Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Debbie wrote:
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>>>Hey Steph. Yes, you're not the only one. I can put a tampon in, but 15
>>>minutes later I have the most horrendous cramps. They literally double
>>>me over. I still use them though. I take a bunch of Advil and that
>>>makes it bearable but the first day of period is just awful. It must
>>>trigger something but I like the convenience of them. I may try to
>>>avoid them on the first day to keep the cramps to a minimum.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Debbie
>>>
>>>At Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Stephanie wrote:
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>>>>Hello everyone, i have a werid question: Well a few years back i was
>>>>able to use tampons w/out a problem. Then out of nowhere, it hurt
>>>>really bad, so i dont use them anymore. Just pushing it in, is really
>>>>painful, so i wonder since even w/penetration sometimes, i can have
>>>>really bad pain, maybe that's why it hurts to use tampons. I was just
>>>>diagonosed w/Endo, and now i know why i have painful intercourse. Just
>>>>wondering if anyone else here, had the same problem. I know its a weird
>>>>question! Thanks Steph :)
>>>
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