TSS and the Keeper?

[adjectivegail]

just on an information-gathering quest at the moment, and haven't been able to find anything...

there's lots of info on the Keeper site about how tampons give you TSS and therefore you should use the Keeper. except that, if i understand it correctly, what gives you TSS is when Staph. aureus bacteria get into your vagina, and get into microscopic cuts/tears in the vaginal wall, and enter your bloodstream. or at least, i think that's what current theory is.
well, if that's the case, surely wearing a Keeper, or using Instead, or sea sponge tampons or whatever would have at least the same level of risk as tampons? in the case of the Keeper and sea sponge tampons, if you're taking it out and reinserting it, surely the risks are then increased?

i'm not trying to bad-mouth alternative products; i'm wearing my Keeper at the moment, and i love it *grins* but i do want to get clear on this point, because i think it's important.

thanks :)

Into the Hut

[whatevah.livejournal.com]

My so called pre-menstrual cramps ended up being the real deal, as I started my flow yesterday. This is teetering on disappointing.

I decided to go ahead and get Instead for this month's cycle. Seems like they've changed to plastic "cup" portion since I last used it...seems sorta thin and flimsy compared to what I remember it being like. Anyone notice any change in the Instead cups in the last couple of years (I think I last used them about 2 or 2 1/2 years ago)?

Entering... the hut :)

[ladyariadna.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone *waves*

It's that time again, and I thought she was never gonna get here! With any luck, the entire Valentine's Day weekend won't be a total bust, though from a comment my SO made the other day when I thought she was coming, it might not be an issue - he said "I don't mind. It's part of you." I thought that was really sweet! What a guy.

Have a great day, all!

she's hheeeeere

[cuzgoatsrkool.livejournal.com]

well yesterday was my 2nd sugar pill..and i could feel it..then it would go away...started to feel it more around 11:00pm....watched the rest of the movie with my SO..then he left..and right after that (around 12) i felt it a lot..and then bang..there she was..right on time

now im in a lot of pain today...ugh.

thank god for advil and naproxen sodium...

first time with tampon

[emerald87418.livejournal.com]

Hi. I'm 15, turning 16 in 2 months. I finally got a tampon in after 4 1/2 years of my period... I tried and tried. But today, I just pushed it in and up it went :) Any recommendations for best slim tampons?

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[maggiemac.livejournal.com]

I had hoped that Aunt Flo would stay away until after Valentine's day, so I would actually want to be AROUND my boyfriend (moodiness sucks), but it turns out hes stupid and didnt ask off from work when he told me he did. So I asked off, and now hes working and I get to stay home by myself. Lucky me.


(No Aunt Flo, though)

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[amber-moon.livejournal.com]

This is for a program I'm in for the entire week-
Safe Art with Tracey Penfield. She talks about domestic abuse, any kind of abuse with human relationships and on friday we're doing an assembly for the school.
If you gals/women/goddesses/amazon warriors could list some things of why you love being a women, why it's so great, special things, quotes whatever floats yer boat...

It'd be appreciated!
you can leave a comment or email me at raspberrygoddez@yahoo.com

thank you!

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[morning-stand.livejournal.com]

6 Days late, and counting...



maybe if I start wearing a pad, it'll come, like that one saying 'If you build it, they will come,' Would it work if I said 'if you wear it, she will come'?

I've got no life.