Tag: womens health
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For The Men in Our Lives
We all have women in our lives: mothers, sisters, grandmothers, aunties, nieces, girlfriends, wives, daughters, female friends, female co-workers, female acquaintances, etc. Showing compassion and understanding goes a long way, even for things you don’t fully understand or go through yourself. The weight of being able to bear children comes with some challenging aspects of female life…
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The Day Of My Hysterectomy
I was scheduled for a 6:45 am check in at the hospital, and a 8:45 am surgery. Michael and I arrived and got checked in. We were shown to my pre-op room. I was told to strip down to “nothing but what God gave you” and wipe my whole body down with some special wipes. …
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The Decision
For as long as I can remember, my cycles have been really bad. When I was young, I was diagnosed with severe dysmenorrhea. Which is basically the medical term for period from hell. Years of being on birth control helped to level out the pain. Around eight years ago, I took myself off birth control,…