After a few unpleasant attempts with "The Pill" many years ago, I switched to the Rhythm Method along with the knowledge of my body's scent and secretions. It worked perfectly and reliably and is a natural method any woman can learn.
When are people going to get the fact that pharmaceutical companies do not give honest information or do honest studies. It’s happened throughout history. It’s still happening and people just take drugs because they are recommended by our government alphabet agencies and our doctors follow what the government agencies say. Do drs read the studies? To patients read the studies? Do you know that Big Pharma funds a good chunk of our alphabet agencies? That’s a huge conflict of interest. Everyone just blindly trusts. Huge mistake. You’re the ones paying the price with poor outcomes while Big Pharma gets wealthy. 🤔🧐🤨This article is just one example.
My own experience should have fully opened my eyes to the systemic evils of the medical establishment. Alarmingly, because it occurred when I was just finished up my own four-year (veterinary) medical indoctrination, I did not fully appreciate just how dark it goes until years later.
I was on birth control pills since my teenage years. This was not because I was in any way sexually promiscuous -- in fact, I was monogamous that entire time -- but because I *was* in a relationship, and didn't want babies, period. The notion of biological, intuitive pregnancy prevention never dawned on me.
Like most users, I suffered from SEVERE mood swings and depression thanks to the pill. (It is an absolute miracle that they didn't throw me on antidepressants -- bullet dodged.) This was bad enough that one prescriber put me on the "minipill," the one associated with the highest risk of blood clot. (A previous doctor at Cornell had refused, citing the fact that I had a history of scotoma, which, according to her, was a major signal for blood clot risk. My local family doctor scoffed at that, noting that I was neither overweight, nor a smoker.)
The minipill did seem to help with mood ... Right up until I threw a clot to my left lung. Because I have an extremely high pain tolerance, I walked around with said clot for ~36 hours before seeking emergency medical attention. My a miracle, because I was on neurology rotation with 16+ hour days, the urgent care center was closed by the time I got there; I almost just went home, thinking it was an orthopedic issue (the pain was localized to my left shoulder), but it was just bad enough to go to ER. Thank God I did, because the clot was serious enough to have killed a small piece of lung.
When I was first being treated, the attending medical student -- who happened to be a former vet student at the same school that I was about to graduate from -- told me that the clot was because of the pill. He said that they saw this ALL THE TIME. He also told me that none of the doctors would admit to this, because they were all paid off by pharma not to acknowledge it. I found this a little hard to believe ... But he was right.
Every since doctor who saw me, every doctor who read my chart, said, "Oh, it can't be the pill. You were on birth control pills for years before this happened. It must have been some other cause." This despite the fact that my labs consistently showed normal clotting factors (after the mandatory course of warfarin, that is).
Now I know. The pharmaceutical industry is far, FAR more evil, plain and simple, than anything most people can imagine. I should know, too -- that's my day job.
I am absolutely shocked that Unbekoming made no mention of the diaphragm which as far as I'm concerned is the best birth control method available.
I got pregnant when I was 19 years old and had three children by the time I was twenty-three. I did not use birth control until after the last child was born. I knew I couldn't use the pill because of the blood clot issue and I didn't trust the rhythm method even though the Catholic church pushed that for all women. I grew up with the big Irish and Italian families that were the results of mothers who wanted to be good Catholics.
Somehow I found out about the diaphragm- probably from a clinic I went to back in the 1970s and I used it successfully during all the years I could have gotten pregnant. The diaphragm has many benefits including the fact that it is not in any way permanent- just insert and remove as needed. Anyway, it worked for me.
Fast forward to the menopause years. As with many women who've had multiple births, I developed a prolapsed uterus- uncomfortable but not painful. The first thing that was suggested by the gynecologist was the "mesh surgery". That's the one that is advertised by lawyers who are looking to make a quick buck doing a medical malpractice case for all the women whose bodies were wrecked by those botched surgeries. No thanks.
I went back to a local clinic and the wonderful nurse practitioner suggested a pessary- another old fashioned device on the same theory as the diaphragm except you can leave it in for long periods of time and they come in different shapes and sizes. I have used pessaries for many years with no problems and they do an excellent job of supporting the prolapse.
When it comes to women's health- diaphragms and pessaries are Big Medicine's worst nightmare. Other than getting fitted for the devices, we don't need constant and everlasting medical intervention and expensive prescriptions that never end. I highly recommend these old fashioned remedies to any woman who needs them.
After a few unpleasant attempts with "The Pill" many years ago, I switched to the Rhythm Method along with the knowledge of my body's scent and secretions. It worked perfectly and reliably and is a natural method any woman can learn.
When are people going to get the fact that pharmaceutical companies do not give honest information or do honest studies. It’s happened throughout history. It’s still happening and people just take drugs because they are recommended by our government alphabet agencies and our doctors follow what the government agencies say. Do drs read the studies? To patients read the studies? Do you know that Big Pharma funds a good chunk of our alphabet agencies? That’s a huge conflict of interest. Everyone just blindly trusts. Huge mistake. You’re the ones paying the price with poor outcomes while Big Pharma gets wealthy. 🤔🧐🤨This article is just one example.
My own experience should have fully opened my eyes to the systemic evils of the medical establishment. Alarmingly, because it occurred when I was just finished up my own four-year (veterinary) medical indoctrination, I did not fully appreciate just how dark it goes until years later.
I was on birth control pills since my teenage years. This was not because I was in any way sexually promiscuous -- in fact, I was monogamous that entire time -- but because I *was* in a relationship, and didn't want babies, period. The notion of biological, intuitive pregnancy prevention never dawned on me.
Like most users, I suffered from SEVERE mood swings and depression thanks to the pill. (It is an absolute miracle that they didn't throw me on antidepressants -- bullet dodged.) This was bad enough that one prescriber put me on the "minipill," the one associated with the highest risk of blood clot. (A previous doctor at Cornell had refused, citing the fact that I had a history of scotoma, which, according to her, was a major signal for blood clot risk. My local family doctor scoffed at that, noting that I was neither overweight, nor a smoker.)
The minipill did seem to help with mood ... Right up until I threw a clot to my left lung. Because I have an extremely high pain tolerance, I walked around with said clot for ~36 hours before seeking emergency medical attention. My a miracle, because I was on neurology rotation with 16+ hour days, the urgent care center was closed by the time I got there; I almost just went home, thinking it was an orthopedic issue (the pain was localized to my left shoulder), but it was just bad enough to go to ER. Thank God I did, because the clot was serious enough to have killed a small piece of lung.
When I was first being treated, the attending medical student -- who happened to be a former vet student at the same school that I was about to graduate from -- told me that the clot was because of the pill. He said that they saw this ALL THE TIME. He also told me that none of the doctors would admit to this, because they were all paid off by pharma not to acknowledge it. I found this a little hard to believe ... But he was right.
Every since doctor who saw me, every doctor who read my chart, said, "Oh, it can't be the pill. You were on birth control pills for years before this happened. It must have been some other cause." This despite the fact that my labs consistently showed normal clotting factors (after the mandatory course of warfarin, that is).
Now I know. The pharmaceutical industry is far, FAR more evil, plain and simple, than anything most people can imagine. I should know, too -- that's my day job.
I am absolutely shocked that Unbekoming made no mention of the diaphragm which as far as I'm concerned is the best birth control method available.
I got pregnant when I was 19 years old and had three children by the time I was twenty-three. I did not use birth control until after the last child was born. I knew I couldn't use the pill because of the blood clot issue and I didn't trust the rhythm method even though the Catholic church pushed that for all women. I grew up with the big Irish and Italian families that were the results of mothers who wanted to be good Catholics.
Somehow I found out about the diaphragm- probably from a clinic I went to back in the 1970s and I used it successfully during all the years I could have gotten pregnant. The diaphragm has many benefits including the fact that it is not in any way permanent- just insert and remove as needed. Anyway, it worked for me.
Fast forward to the menopause years. As with many women who've had multiple births, I developed a prolapsed uterus- uncomfortable but not painful. The first thing that was suggested by the gynecologist was the "mesh surgery". That's the one that is advertised by lawyers who are looking to make a quick buck doing a medical malpractice case for all the women whose bodies were wrecked by those botched surgeries. No thanks.
I went back to a local clinic and the wonderful nurse practitioner suggested a pessary- another old fashioned device on the same theory as the diaphragm except you can leave it in for long periods of time and they come in different shapes and sizes. I have used pessaries for many years with no problems and they do an excellent job of supporting the prolapse.
When it comes to women's health- diaphragms and pessaries are Big Medicine's worst nightmare. Other than getting fitted for the devices, we don't need constant and everlasting medical intervention and expensive prescriptions that never end. I highly recommend these old fashioned remedies to any woman who needs them.
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