the Red Tent

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:40 am

no its not a freak Anti M ...its a Present! like your Gift!Charish your gift! USE THE GIFT! hheheheheee

Lorgasm · Post by **Lorgasm** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:41 am

This explains AntiM's beautiful smile. Keep smilin Baby!

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:58 am

*crawls into tent, teddybear in one hand, pint of ice cream in other*

Damnitall, just when I really need to start busting my ass and getting ready - cramps, and all I want to do is curl up in a ball.

Lorgasm · Post by **Lorgasm** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:17 am

I feel ya Purple Koosh.
Damn cramps had me up at 2 am. Still feelin pretty icky but not as bad as early this morning. Good side: They're here this week and not next week. Of course, I shouldn't knock on wood so soon. I have had the two week visitor before

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:48 am

I feel like someone smashed a baseball bat across my lower back. Delightful new manifestation of PMS; now if the dang flow would just START it will be over with before we hit the road. Gee, just what our camp needs whilst packing, I turn into a screaming banshee once PMS hits.

Lorgasm · Post by **Lorgasm** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:47 pm

So we are all bitches this week. Better this week then next week. Better be nice fellas.

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:56 pm

Oh, bitch does not even come close. Not only do I have PMS in the worst way, I've had hot flashes all day on top of it. Good thing larry's on california for a day or two yet, he'd be hiding from me anyway.

I'm going to go kill me one of them vegans what been buggin' Joel. Should ease the tension eh? "I'm Armed and I have PMS ... and I'm pre-menopausal, so STUFF IT CLOWN!"

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:07 pm

AntiM! AntiM! I don't know that this will make you feel any better, but I've got a custom-made-just-for-you dreamcatcher from the Oh-So-Southern-One who started this very (Red Tent) thread.

A little bird told me to look for you at Hushville, and to look for a sign proclaiming "AntiM's Home for Wayward Art".

And so I shall... See you early next week, sweets!

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:44 pm

Yes, yes it does make me feel better. HUGS!

Lorgasm · Post by **Lorgasm** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:40 am

Its official. I am in the Red Tent today. So just hand me the chocolate, the pinot noir, and tissues, and no one gets hurt. Oh yeah, and maybe a midol or 2. Thanks.

You know what...Fuck the midol.

Peace,
Lorgasm

XOX

Post by **mdmf007** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:09 pm

i thought this was about an actual "red" tent at BM, boy was i wrong.

anyways ladies, i feel for you - later

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:40 pm

I think I'm PMS-ing again. I've been acting especially weird lately.

Yeah...that's my excuse....I'm PMS-ing.

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:00 pm

*trips over guy-wire* Fucking OW, man - why wasn't that flagged...hey, waitasecond, this joint looks familiar....

*looks in*

Oh, wow, perfect timing. The Cycling Minstrels just showed up. I haven't hit the curl-up-and-die phase yet, so I'll just tidy up a bit....

*plumps cushions, dusts a couple of things off*

Aw, fuckit, that'll do for now.

*curls up with her book*

Artemis · Post by **Artemis** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:36 pm

*pops head in tent, does some additional dusting, heads out of tent*

*returns with a vase of red roses, some heating pads, box of chocolates with purple bow, tea kettle and bunsen burner*

Enjoy!

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:58 pm

Why, thank you, Artemis! (I'm not sure we've formally met, so this is doubly appreciated.) Now, I wonder how rooibos tastes iced...? *puts the kettle on*

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:28 pm

*peeks in, sees that everything has been dusted off, new purple throw pillows are all over, waves to Koosh and Artemis*

Wow. This is a blast from the past.

I haven't been in the red zone for 16 months now.
*does a happy menopause dance*

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:42 pm

I thought this thread got flushed down the toilet ?

Da Mule · Post by **Da Mule** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:22 pm

Purple Koosh has a great purple plunger!

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:51 pm

*stocks shelves, touches jukebox*

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PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:32 pm

Monkeypoo wrote:I haven't been in the red zone for 16 months now.
*does a happy menopause dance*

I have a sneaking suspicion I've hit perimeno. My mom hit full meno-STOP by 45, so it's not out of the question.

My periods are still regular (thanks to the babyrepellant), but they've gotten MUCH shorter and lighter - something in the realm of 60 hours, and I could get by on pantiliners alone if I chose. The REALLY irritating thing, though, is that I've started developing migraines as a PMS symptom (I think three consecutive months is sufficient evidence to link the two). I've got my first appointment with a new primary physican next week, so I'll be sure to bring that up with her.

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:02 am

PurpleKoosh wrote:
Monkeypoo wrote:I haven't been in the red zone for 16 months now.
*does a happy menopause dance*
I have a sneaking suspicion I've hit perimeno. My mom hit full meno-STOP by 45, so it's not out of the question.

Perimeno was, IMHO, the fucked up worse for me. I didn't know WTF was happening with me. I didn't have anyone to go by or ask what was happening. Both grandmothers were already gone, my mom stopped having periods in her early 30's, never went through anything remotely menopausal. I started going through perimeno when I was about 38, started having the hot flashes, cold flashes, night sweats, migraines, missed periods for months, then they'd come back with a vengence for years. Because of my bipolar disorder (yes, I'm one of those people) I always had mood swings, but at about 38 I started going fucking rollercoaster BONKERS. No meds could help it. I just thought I was going fucking crazy and dealt with it as best I could.

When I hit age 47, the periods would come for 4 months, leave for 5, come back for a year, leave, etc. Doctors that I worked with and saw medically kept suggesting hormone therapy, but now way - not for me. I dunno. That stuff scared me. I liked the natural progesterone lotion that you run on your neck, armpits, groin. Maybe it was a placebo, I dunno, but after I'd slather it all over me I felt better, but no way was I doing hormones. Instincts told me to sit on my hands when the going got tough, so I did. I'd heard things about hormone therapy causing cancer in 1 out of 10, and with my paranoia and personal fears about cancer, I refused.
I hated the fucking hot flashes. It could be 30 degrees, snowing outside, my windows would be wide open, and when they'd hit I'd be stripping off the sheets on my bed and running outside half naked. God, thank you, for making them STOP...whoever you are.

Finally about December 2007 it all stopped. No more Aunt Flo, no more hot flashes, no more nothing. I kept waiting for the shoe to drop, kept tampons in stock, waiting, waiting, waiting. I finally gave all my boxes of surplussed tampons away to friends last year about Christmas. It had been a year of nothing, so I figured I was safe. Finally. I'm still hormone therapy free. I don't care. I know it works for others, but no way will I do it. That's just me, though. I'm on freaking enough meds just to keep me balanced with the BPD. What a freedom and a blessing to no longer have monthly cramps, PMS, migraines, tampons, panty liners, hot flashes, etc., BUT...there is one thing I cannot stand. Man hairs. There are 3 of these little fuckers. I pluck 'em out every other month - no big deal - but it's just fucking weird and gross. 2 on my chin and one on my left areola. WTF is that all about? (Maybe I should keep the aerola one. It's so weird, it's actually sexy in a sick way.) Now my biggest fear is that when I'm 78 years old or something, I'll be too fucking blind to pluck them, and I'll be walking through Trader Joe's Grocery Store and have some little 12 year smart ass kid nudge his mama and say, "Mama? Why does that old lady have those 2 long hairs coming out of her chin?" Then I'll have to smack him upside his head with my cane at the checkout stand!

It's all good.