Posts by redgardener5

I’m finally wrapping up my degree in Economics, and honestly, I’m just stunned by how much lack of culture and general ignorance there is—especially when it comes to stuff that seems totally basic to me—among my classmates. I still remember this girl back in freshman year asking why a Woman from Indianapolis like me wasn't studying in Indianapolis since it was closer to home 😲 😬 , not to mention the time some poor guy tried to explain to me where Des Moines actually is 😂
. Now, I don't want to sound like a total snob defending my own turf, but I’ve seen the same vibe with people in nursing, pre-med, and all those other majors too. But look, it’s not even the university's fault—colleges aren't really meant to teach you how to be a functioning human being, they're there to train you for your career (though looking at the recent professional exam results, it seems they haven't quite nailed that either), they're supposed to build on what we learned in grade school. It’s an education system issue, period. And as long as our Secretary of Education is busy traveling the country for tourism openings instead of actually designing a decent curriculum, nothing is going to change. We all love to make fun of Americans who can't even tie their shoes without an algorithm, but unfortunately, we're slowly heading in that exact direction 🤷 Strava.

Eric Newman said:I’ve been scrolling through forums all day trying to find someone to ask about this, and I finally stumbled upon this one... though it looks like an old thread, I’m still hoping someone can actually give me an answer.
I've been on Yaz since last year, but yesterday was the first time I messed up the timing. I was in my seven-day break—had some Midol and everything—and I ended up taking the pill a day early. I checked the little pamphlet they come with, but it only tells you what to do if you forget a pill entirely. Can anyone help me out here? Basically, I took them for 21 days, had my 7-day break, and instead of starting the new pack on day 8, I took that first pill on day 7! Should I just skip today or what?

Nah, just keep taking them normally. The only thing that's gonna happen is you'll probably finish your cycle a day early since you did 21 pills plus that extra one. Don't stress about it! 😉

Chris Lopez59 said:I wouldn't know about that—do you actually have stats on how often Yasmin gets prescribed versus other brands so we can even compare them? Without that data, talking about frequency is kind of pointless, right? 😉

Also, why does every single high-profile case of blood clots in young women here seem to get linked back to Yasmin?

Look, contraceptives aren't all the same. Whether it's the hormone combo, some specific additives, or just how they manufacture the ingredients—who knows—but there are differences that people using them definitely feel. I’d say the health implications and risk levels are totally real and possible.

I read somewhere that it's around 70-80%.
Why? Is deduction not really your thing? What part isn't clicking? Most young women are literally on Yasmin!!
And yeah, they differ because of the component called synthetic progestin. /That's the stuff in pills that isn't ethinyl estradiol.

But seriously, what's the deal—is there some new research on Yasmin causing blood clots that I missed? 🤷

Chris Lopez59 said:It’s wild that nobody’s bringing up these new findings about blood clots in some girls and women taking Yasmin. Okay, look—99.99% won't have an issue... but that 0.01%? They could just drop dead 😲🙄 feels like playing Russian roulette to me...

I feel like a total broken record now—but hey, let's just review the facts.
Yasmin has been one of the most commonly prescribed oral contraceptives lately, and statistically speaking, there's a higher chance of side effects like thromboembolism popping up.
A Yasmin pill has 3 mg of drospirenone (that's a type of progesterone) and 0.03 mg of ethinyl estradiol (an estrogen). Just for context, brands like Sprintec, Yaz, or even older ones like Estaryla contain similar amounts—we're talking 0.02 to 0.04 mg... so the doses are basically identical.
Plus, it's the estrogen that actually messes with your clotting factors, which can lead to thrombosis or even a pulmonary embolism.
The list of who shouldn't take these is super clear—like people with genetic predispositions, smokers, those who sit all day without moving, or anyone dealing with obesity...
Did you guys know that being pregnant or going on long flights significantly bumps up the risk of a clot?
So seriously—please stop relying on "forum doctors" or just Googling everything for answers! Read the side effect list thoroughly, and go get blood work done—specifically checking your lipids, cholesterol, liver enzymes, and a full coagulation panel—no matter what pill you're on!!
I'm dying to know, how many of you have actually had your blood checked?

stormyraven46 said:Greetings! I just have to say, I was on Cilest for several years—about five, actually—and without a single, solitary issue... I didn't even realize I was taking them, absolutely zero side effects... perfection!!! And then (stupid me), based on another gynecologist's recommendation, I started Yasmin... and it was a total catastrophe... I nearly died... absolutely terrifying... lately, it seems like every doctor is just prescribing those things... but clearly, they aren't all that great, if they're even reliable at all... please be careful, and good luck!!!

can you elaborate please?? ☕

Jerry Walker79 said:

I don't know about you guys, but I am absolutely losing my mind today. Seriously, someone needs to come grab me before I start yelling at inanimate objects. It’s just one of those days where everything feels like a personal affront from the universe. You ever wake up feeling like you’re already ten steps behind, and then the coffee machine decides it’s done being a functional part of society? That was my morning. Just standing there, staring at a puddle of lukewarm sludge, wondering if this is actually my life now. And don't even get me started on the traffic on the I-95 this afternoon. Absolute madness. I was stuck behind this guy in a massive lifted truck—you know the type, probably thinks he owns the entire interstate because he spent three grand on chrome rims—and he’s just hovering in the left lane, doing fifty miles an hour. Fifty! In the fast lane! I was sitting there gripping the steering wheel so hard I thought I might actually snap the plastic. I wanted to lean out the window and give him a piece of my mind, but I figured I’d save the energy for my inevitable meltdown later tonight. It’s just constant, isn't it? Little inconveniences piling up until you feel like you're drowning in them. I tried to go to that new bistro downtown—the one everyone's been raving about—only to find out they don't take reservations and the wait was two hours. Two hours! I could have cooked a five-course meal in my own kitchen in the time it takes to sit on a bench outside waiting for a table. I ended up grabbing a greasy burger from a drive-thru, which honestly felt like a defeat. A total, crushing defeat. Anyway, I'm rambling. I just needed to vent to someone who wouldn't look at me like I've lost my marbles. Or maybe I have. Honestly, at this point, it's hard to tell. How’s everyone else holding up? Please tell me your day hasn't been a complete dumpster fire, because I really need some good news to balance out this chaos. kaže:
Ugh, I’m back at it again, sipping on this Yasmin and honestly? My stomach is absolutely killing me. Like, seriously, it hurts so bad right now.
I’m just saying... man, good grief... at the end of the day, you've gotta let some things die. You've gotta let go or it'll take you with it. So, cheers to that! Live it up!😁

Me too! Cheers! 🙂

Exactly! To health! (even if you're living on life support! 😬 )

Rebecca Lee33 said:I mean, putting in a tampon doesn't exactly create an airtight seal down there.
It's an open space—air and water are totally gonna get in.

not to mention those rare, magical cases that just defy logic...😁

:mršti_se: honestly, being "open" is just part of the personality. :mršti_se: if someone is airtight, they're just wound too tight. 🙂

😁

Rebecca Chase73 said:You guys are great—that actually gave me a good laugh.
Maybe all the girls dealing with leaks should start some tightening exercises— Kegleov might help out.🤣

just to squeeze the water out 😬

cosmicwolf72 said:You nailed it! 😁

Either way—not a wreck and not a total joke. Cool. I can live with that 😬

cosmicwolf72 said:🤣🤣🤣
So, what—every girl whose tampon gets a little wet is just "ruined"?

Seriously, people can be so clueless... 🤣

I’m just over here wondering about my own situation—sometimes it goes in easy, sometimes it's a struggle. 🤔

Ugh, seriously? Don't just pull it out before it's actually time—otherwise, how are you even supposed to tell if it's soaked in blood or just, you know, blood and water? If everything worked perfectly for everyone, we wouldn't even need pads or tampons; we'd all just head to the restroom, crack those things open by hand, and let nature take its course. ☕

coppergardener said:Well, I don't know how her cycle works. It seems more likely to me that she’s experiencing phantom bleeding, and what we are looking at is premature menopause—or in her specific case, perhaps surgical menopause(?). The symptoms can actually be much more unpleasant than a standard menopause. God knows how she is feeling, and whether she is taking any (hormone replacement) therapy in the correct dosages. In her situation, given the hormonal imbalance along with the nature of the illness and the surgery itself, it is almost inevitable that psychological issues will surface alongside a host of somatic problems. And that is to say, if you add a lack of family support(?), financial struggles, and who knows what else...

Of course, it is entirely possible that everything is fine on that front and she is handling her therapy beautifully, but...

...it is also possible that her immune system has been permanently wrecked(?). Not necessarily just from the treatment itself, but from heaven knows what else. And that is almost always inextricably linked to the psyche. It simply raises the question: once the recovery happened, which came first: the chicken or the egg—that is to say, the psyche or the soma(?)?

Then again, there is the possibility that her body is actually more or less all okay(?). So okay, in fact, that she could handle that particular task twice a week, but—alas!—she causes trouble for everyone else because the ordeal was so massive that she couldn't assimilate back into a normal state (and it is a non-negligible fact that her illness was diagnosed during such incredibly sensitive years), so she laments, and laments, and makes life difficult for herself and others, manipulating people in a passive-aggressive manner, dodging responsibility as if she were still living under siege, and simply...

...someone (since she clearly cannot do it herself) needs to hit her over the head with a mallet that says: "WAR IS OVER!"(?)

Regardless, if she truly plays badminton with such ease and only messes up when the tasks are already a disaster, then she should be told to step aside for someone for whom the job might be more necessary (given her level of disability), and someone who might perform it more conscientiously. Actually, regardless of the badminton. There is a difference between being collegial and allowing everything to be dumped onto your shoulders. And mentioning that mallet would certainly be highly recommended. Though, of course, it is more than possible that the woman truly is struggling and that her mornings are unbearable. And though none of us would want to find ourselves in a position where we desperately need money to feed a child and send them to school, having no choice but to work while ill despite being incapable of doing so. I don't know. You can't help her much. All employees suffer; the office AC is terrible; instead of letting her sabotage herself, why not let the person who hired her take the hit? Jeez. It isn't fair for everything to fall on you. No matter how hard it is for her. If you haven't already, draw a thick line. Be sharp and bitchy if you have to. Let her know she cannot be rude to you. Tell her off, but don't humiliate her—she probably really is having a hard time. If nothing changes, or if the lady continues in this tone, then go to the manager. Or even earlier, so that he can have a word with her, provided he is a normal human being. Regardless of the potential awkwardness. Honestly.

Look, people can still function even after induced menopause—I see my own mom do it all the time.
Plus, she was sick twenty years ago and managed to have a baby in between... I mean, what are we even talking about here? 🙄

Roger Palmer2 said:Everyone seems to share the same suspicion, yet nobody dares to speak up because they’re terrified of being wrong—fearful that if she truly is acting this way and we deny it, I’ll just end up back in the position of insisting she wouldn't behave like that. I actually tried to be honest with her about it once, and she had the audacity to question my character as a mother. She also constantly insists that serving as the HOA president is some sort of taxing second job. It reminds me of when I was starting my degree at State University; I spent weeks researching how to attend lectures on weekends just so I could maintain a full-time work schedule during the week. Even if my college offered weekend classes, the last thing I would ever consider is spending my Saturdays stuck there just to deal with her.

I was wondering, is it possible for the side effects of chemotherapy to resurface after all these years?

Nah, they aren't. She’s officially cleared as healthy. If she isn't, then she shouldn't be working—period. Especially if she's already on disability. I know someone's probably gonna come at me for this, but why don't you guys just call the Department of Labor? Let them investigate and decide if she's actually fit for duty or not. It’s not about how much work there is or the humidity in the room—it's either she's capable or she's not.
It's just crazy to me... people like her make those who are actually sick and struggling look like they're making excuses, and it just brings everyone down.😢

Roger Palmer2 said:Honestly, this whole operation feels completely off the books, which is probably why they're getting away with it. After everything I’ve heard from her lately, I’m starting to seriously question if she ever even had cancer in the first place. It’s just bizarre; she listens to someone like Sarah talking about how much her stomach hurts during her period, and then she just swoops in and declares, "Oh, I know exactly how you feel, I have cancer!" Like, hello? Sometimes I genuinely wonder if she’s dealing with some kind of delusional disorder. And then there's that look she gives people—that "poor me, I'm so unwell" expression—even though she still shows up to work and heads off to her classes at NYU without missing a beat.

So I gotta ask again—are you just lonely in your opinions, or does everyone else just think you're acting like a total brat?

Christian Sanchez4 said:How can someone collect a pension while they're still working? It’s supposed to be disability, but if they aren't actually incapacitated, what's the point? You either can work or you can't.
Sure, life isn't fair. Cancer is a brutal disease, and I feel for anyone fighting it. But that doesn't mean she automatically earns the right to mess with everyone else or profit off the system just because she's struggling. That shouldn't be how it works.
😕

morning, everyone—this is America! 🙄

Roger Palmer2 said:Last year, a woman started working for me, someone who claims to be a cancer survivor—which I think will make sense later on. She is incredibly subtle and quiet, and even when things go sideways, she maintains this composed demeanor. I’m quite different from her; I tend to express everything I experience, though perhaps she just processes things in her own way, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It all began when she started coming in twice a week as extra help, but eventually, the dynamic shifted so that the rest of us were constantly stepping in because she simply couldn't manage. She claims she can't work two days in a row because she catches a cold or feels unwell, so she ended up working something like Mondays and Thursdays, leaving huge gaps in between. When you ask her to fill in, she's unavailable. About twenty years ago, she battled cancer that had metastasized to her back and lungs, but through chemotherapy, she supposedly resolved it all; however, she claims she achieved this through fasting, prayer, and practicing "the silence of light," and she still insists she hasn't fully healed. I should mention that she had her son at twenty, having been diagnosed at fifteen, and since they didn't remove half an ovary during her treatment, there was significant concern about recurrence when she became pregnant. Regardless, with only half an ovary, she knows exactly when her cycle will hit, and she uses those days as an excuse to skip work because she isn't feeling well—which isn't my problem, but it's a pattern. When we try to coordinate vacation time, she insists on taking the longest stretches because her doctor told her she needs to live by the ocean. She also claims she can't send a text message in neat, legible handwriting because her joints ache so much that she just makes a mess of it; yet, when she went to the coast with a colleague, she supposedly couldn't cook lunch or wash dishes, but somehow found the energy to play badminton with her son. Essentially, whenever anything goes wrong and she is at fault, she retreats into the excuse that she isn't feeling well or is in pain. She demands seven consecutive days off whenever she's feeling under the weather, expects to be thirty minutes late, and acts as though her heavy chemotherapy from decades ago dictates her current lifestyle. I honestly can't listen to it anymore; it’s becoming incredibly grating. I have no desire to accuse her of lying, but many parts of her story just don't add up to me. I am not a medical expert, so I don't know what the long-term side effects of chemo are twenty years later, nor do I know if it's medically plausible to have half an ovary left after such an aggressive diagnosis, especially since she hasn't seen a doctor in the last ten days. To top it off, a friend of mine was recently diagnosed with cancer, and when I asked this colleague to reach out with a kind word, she never sent a single message and never once asked how my friend was doing.

Am I being crazy or just unkind?

From what I understand—and I’ve looked into this—after so many years without any signs of it coming back, we aren't even talking about remission anymore... she's just healthy. I mean, assuming she's being honest and the sickness hasn't flared up again... but based on your post, it doesn't seem like she has any trouble "admitting" she was sick.
My mom also had to take five months off work because of her cancer diagnosis, and once she was back, she worked just as hard—actually, even more than before.
Are you really the only one at your job noticing this? Because if most of your coworkers feel the same way, maybe someone should gently let her know that you guys aren't falling for the act.
I honestly can't believe some people exist 🤷 (and I don't mean you!)

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Chloe Barnes8 said:Can anyone who actually knows about this help me out?

So, I drink like two cups of green tea and maybe two coffees every single day... my blood pressure is usually a bit low and I've been gaining some weight lately...
But yesterday—and I made my green tea way stronger than usual—it hit me hard. I literally felt this heavy weight on my chest, sharp pains, trouble breathing, heart racing... and yeah, I had a Nescafé earlier too....

I'm thinking maybe it was an overdose of both theine and caffeine (tea has caffeine too, right, besides the theine?) ...

What have you guys experienced???
With tea and coffee—especially like, real brewed stuff?

All I know is that caffeine spikes your blood pressure for a second, but once that wears off, it can actually drop it even lower than before—so maybe your pressure just tanked?
That's just my two cents until someone who actually knows their stuff chimes in 😉

Nancy Gomez4 said:Look, you smokers—or anyone defending them—just need to realize how incredibly SELFISH this actually is. That’s the whole issue! I can choose to be addicted to booze, chocolate, drugs... whatever... but I don't have the RIGHT to force my vices on everyone else. And that’s exactly what smokers do. There's zero consideration for others here. It's not just about some picky little thing like someone wearing perfume I don't like; smoking is objectively HARMFUL. If someone decides they want to poison themselves, fine, that's their business—but they shouldn't be able to do it against my will.
I used to work at an office where people smoked constantly, and it was a total nightmare every single day; so yeah, I definitely get why people complain about smokers.

As long as smoking is legal... I mean, honestly? It doesn't occur to anyone to light up where it's strictly banned. But if someone is hanging out in a spot where it *is* allowed? MAN, just go outside.

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Google's your best friend, but hey—I'll give you the lowdown
it's basically just a little pouch bulging out from your intestinal wall