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vaginapagina2008-10-14 10:20 am
atalanta0jess.livejournal.com) wrote in vaginapagina2008-10-14 10:20 am
PSA! Automatic toilets!
Y'all, yesterday the WORST THING EVER happened.
First a little background. A few months ago, I bought a ladycup, which cost $40. I'm kind of poor right now. And I loved that ladycup, oh my god. I've been a divacup user for years, but the lady cup is an amazing improvement. So I loved loved loved it. (You can see where this is going, I imagine). Oh, and I have really heavy periods.
So I'm at school, at the beginning of what will be a long and busy day. And my period is so heavy, I have to empty my cup every hour or so. And the first time I go to empty it....plop. I drop it in the toilet. Never in five years have I ever dropped my cup! So I was going to fish it out. I know that's kind of gross, but I'm sitting there bleeding like crazy, no tampons or pads in sight, and a long day ahead of me. I was gonna do it. I stood up to get a better angle....WOOSH.
It was gone. :(
So the PSA is this: IF YOU DROP YOUR MENSTRUAL CUP IN THE TOILET AND THINK YOU WANT TO FISH IT OUT, DO NOT STAND UP. DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU ARE NOT SITTING ON AN AUTOMATIC FLUSH TOILET. IF YOU ARE, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES STAND UP.
In other news, I just found out that my health insurance offers NO contraceptive coverage. WTF.
First a little background. A few months ago, I bought a ladycup, which cost $40. I'm kind of poor right now. And I loved that ladycup, oh my god. I've been a divacup user for years, but the lady cup is an amazing improvement. So I loved loved loved it. (You can see where this is going, I imagine). Oh, and I have really heavy periods.
So I'm at school, at the beginning of what will be a long and busy day. And my period is so heavy, I have to empty my cup every hour or so. And the first time I go to empty it....plop. I drop it in the toilet. Never in five years have I ever dropped my cup! So I was going to fish it out. I know that's kind of gross, but I'm sitting there bleeding like crazy, no tampons or pads in sight, and a long day ahead of me. I was gonna do it. I stood up to get a better angle....WOOSH.
It was gone. :(
So the PSA is this: IF YOU DROP YOUR MENSTRUAL CUP IN THE TOILET AND THINK YOU WANT TO FISH IT OUT, DO NOT STAND UP. DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU ARE NOT SITTING ON AN AUTOMATIC FLUSH TOILET. IF YOU ARE, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES STAND UP.
In other news, I just found out that my health insurance offers NO contraceptive coverage. WTF.