Menstruation & sick days

[SteveDallas]

1. You probably already know this, but the FDA has approved pills (basically birth control pills if I understand--and IANAD) to reduce and/or eliminate the frequency of periods.

2. An early argument against allowing women to attend college (or at least college with a real academic curriculum, as opposed to overgrown finishing schools) was that they would literally injure themselves by doing demanding schoolwork on top of their periods, which were seen by many [male] doctors as being a debilitating weakness.

[Stormieweather]

Well my monthlies are downright nasty...gut-wrenching, tearing pain, headaches, nausea and massive flooding but I've never missed work because of it. I rarely ever take any sort of medication, for anything. I save my once-in-a-blue-moon painkiller for when my carpel tunnel syndrome is really acting up.

I'm much more likely to call in when stress gets to be overwhelming, so I can take a much-needed 'mental health' day and center myself.

Also, my menses have worsened with each child's birth. They have gotten longer, more painful, and messier. Ugh!

Stormie