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why are you late?

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Well, it's mostly money. Since I no longer have health insurance, I have to make an appointment with the Goddard Women's Center to get a shot, and they won't give shots until they give me their own annual examination, which I don't know the price of...

and Jason couldn't send me his half until he got a job, which he just did...

and being late getting it at this point in time isn't 'dangerous' like it was last time. So I've just been putting it off and putting it off. I'll get around to it soon.

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i'm so very glad i never went through the no health insurance time that it seems most people have. how scary!

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adalius.livejournal.com

I'm in the middle of my no health insurance issue right now. Can't get some real insurance until I go back to work, which I really can't do with out some paxil or something similar to stop the panic attacks I'd get if I went to work, which I can't get without insurance. Whee for catch 22's.

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missderinger.livejournal.com

if you got to the health department you can get that sort of thing for free. that's the way I go.

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I'll look into it.

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What's been your experience with Depo?

I mean, obviously you keep going back so it can't be too bad..but it's pretty new over here so I'm a little skeptical of it...would love to hear from someone who has been using it..

Is it worth it? Does it have side effects etc?

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it's been related to loss of bone mass. higher risk for osteoperosis, if that's spelled right. that said, the only thing i've heard people complain about on it is gaining weight.

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Yeah, that too. Take your calcium!!!

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I am pleased with Depo overall... I suppose you want to know more about it than that though :)

There are three side effects that I think are the main ones that women worry about. #1) weight gain. I only gained 2 pounds (a little less than a kilo) in the first year taking it, but I was exercising and eating healthy during that time, too (for a time I was 15 pounds/7 kilos than when I started taking depo). #2) depression. Since I had been diagnosed with this BEFORE starting depo, I can't really say anything, heh.. I've had bad times and good times while on depo. #3) messing up with your cycle. The first 6 months for me were icky, as my period was completely unreliable. At one point I bled for a month straight! Very light, but still.. a month! At the one year mark it was completely gone, though. However, this itself can be a problem in the long term. Not letting your body do what it naturally wants to do can lead to health problems in the end... so I don't plan on doing Depo forever, but man, it's so GREAT not to menstruate...

Oh dear, I just created a chant. It's great to not menstruate!

Let's see. Not having to worry about it all the time is good too, but it can lead to problems like I had over the summer... I was so used to being 'safe' that I completely forgot when I had to take it, and was late getting my shot! And that's when I was visiting Jason... so we had to take other measures for a few weeks. That was quite stupid of me. But hey, learning experiences...

As far as I know, it's just about the same price as pills. It's always been about $60-65 per shot for me.

I hope this helps!

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It's great to not menstruate!
It's great to not menstruate!

I say this every morning when I wake up.

Good morning world! It's great to not menstruate!

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That made me think of this (http://www.goats.com/archive/020116.html)...

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Wow, thanks...yeah..that's the type of thing I wanted to know...

I think I might stick to the pills though, I haven't had a problem with them so far..and I don't really think I need anymore of the side effects...the tablets I take have similar side effects so I don't want them multiplied...

I'm only allowed to have every 4th period anyway, so I only get 3 a year...having more would drive me nuts at this stage!!

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i'm nosy. if you don't mind, what happened to cause you to only be allowed to have every 4th period?

i'm on the pill too, and not liking it. but there's just something about not getting my period at all that really scares me away from depo.

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missderinger.livejournal.com

what do you not like about the pill?

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no major complaints. i don't really like artifical hormones in my body, but i've decided that i like them much more than i'd like another pregnancy.
and i guess this is weird, but i don't really feel protected while on the pill. there's no evidence that i'm protected from pregnancy, and so i'm always worrying in the back of my mind. but people i've talked to say that that goes away after a while. it's only been 3 months for me.

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I started taking it in may-junish, and really I haven't had any problems, either--no weight gain, decreased moodiness, lighter and less crampy periods, etc, so I was just curious as to what you thought. I do get The Fear, though, every now and then, but I too have been assured that it goes away soon enough.

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Well, I have insulin resistance, and that has caused polycistic ovaries syndrome...which makes it incredibly painful to have periods and also puts my hormones out of whack and makes the insulin resistance worse...

So the Dr decided that to balance things out a bit I should try not to have as many as is possibly safe, every 4th is stretching the 'safe' level to skip periods without permanent harm to your body...

I was also incredibly iron deficient because it caused them to be way heavier than normal..I'd quite often faint etc and sometimes have to go to hospital for a night to have a minor transfusion of 'new' blood because iron tablets etc just weren't strong enough to combat it....

So that's what I'm doing...

I have to say though, considering how painful mine were, I'm glad not to have many.

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wow. are they better now, in addition to being far apart? blood transfusions -- and i thought my cramps were bad. guess i won't be complaining to you. ;)

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