Comments on: Menstruation memoir http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/10069 The daily organ of the Northeast Corridor Social Club Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:32:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachel http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/10069#comment-64072 Rachel Tue, 18 May 2010 17:08:01 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=10069#comment-64072 Hope you are well, Stella. This is an ambivalent time, no doubt, but once you're safely through it, I say have a party! xo Hope you are well, Stella. This is an ambivalent time, no doubt, but once you’re safely through it, I say have a party! xo

]]> By: swells http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/10069#comment-64066 swells Mon, 17 May 2010 16:04:12 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=10069#comment-64066 Stella, best of luck and may the transition be nothing but easy. I have often wondered how I'll feel when that day comes--in your case it won't have the same implications of being "old" as when it happens naturally, which might be a blessing for your emotional transition. I imagine the combination of that implication plus the hormonal wackedoutedness of menopause is really crazymaking. Makes me think I must interact with women all the time who are going through insane physical and emotional spikes and somehow hiding it and seeming normal on the outside. It also makes me reconsider the irrational behaviors of some women I know who are at that certain age--maybe it's all due to this! At any rate, maybe this procedure means you get to skip this five-year rollercoaster that waits menacingly for the rest of us with a broken seatbelt and a clattery track? I hope so. Please do share how you feel about it afterwards, in a few months when you realize it's really gone. And thank you so much for sharing this--as I said over on Dave's post, it's the personal reflections that make this site so interesting. Two days in a row! What a good week. Stella, best of luck and may the transition be nothing but easy. I have often wondered how I’ll feel when that day comes–in your case it won’t have the same implications of being “old” as when it happens naturally, which might be a blessing for your emotional transition. I imagine the combination of that implication plus the hormonal wackedoutedness of menopause is really crazymaking. Makes me think I must interact with women all the time who are going through insane physical and emotional spikes and somehow hiding it and seeming normal on the outside. It also makes me reconsider the irrational behaviors of some women I know who are at that certain age–maybe it’s all due to this! At any rate, maybe this procedure means you get to skip this five-year rollercoaster that waits menacingly for the rest of us with a broken seatbelt and a clattery track? I hope so.

Please do share how you feel about it afterwards, in a few months when you realize it’s really gone. And thank you so much for sharing this–as I said over on Dave’s post, it’s the personal reflections that make this site so interesting. Two days in a row! What a good week.

]]> By: Rogan http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/10069#comment-64061 Rogan Fri, 14 May 2010 18:13:46 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=10069#comment-64061 Adios 'Aunto Flo.' Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Adios ‘Aunto Flo.’ Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

]]> By: Dave http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/10069#comment-64060 Dave Fri, 14 May 2010 18:07:15 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=10069#comment-64060 This is a topic I don't have much to say about, so thanks for being so frank about it. It seems like women often have really ambivalent feelings about their periods in a way that men don't about aspects of their own bodies. Menstruating also forces you to be much more in touch with your body and its processes, it seems, whether you like it or not. Good luck with the procedure. This is a topic I don’t have much to say about, so thanks for being so frank about it. It seems like women often have really ambivalent feelings about their periods in a way that men don’t about aspects of their own bodies. Menstruating also forces you to be much more in touch with your body and its processes, it seems, whether you like it or not.

Good luck with the procedure.

]]> By: LP http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/10069#comment-64057 LP Fri, 14 May 2010 15:19:02 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=10069#comment-64057 Stella, I predict that you may have a brief moment of "missing it in some bizarre way," but that the feeling will be quickly replaced by relief that you never have to deal with all that bs again. Good luck with the procedure! Will be thinking of you. Stella, I predict that you may have a brief moment of “missing it in some bizarre way,” but that the feeling will be quickly replaced by relief that you never have to deal with all that bs again. Good luck with the procedure! Will be thinking of you.

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