Tinnitus

I hadn’t noticed how bad the ringing in my ears had gotten over the years.

I was watching late-night TV, slumped in a comfy chair, and got a little attitude about the seemingly endless string of commercials. I cut off the ambulance chaser in mid-yap with the mute button and the room was suddenly silent. Except for the racket in my ears.
Do you have tinnitus too? Try the mute button thing and listen for it. Mine is half ringing/whining, half white noise. I hadn’t noticed how bad it had gotten over the years—too much loud music, I guess. Once I listen for it, I am amazed what obstacles other people’s speech must overcome for me to hear them. No wonder I say “Huh?” to Carol so often. She thinks I am ignoring her. Actually, I just can’t make out her message over the tinnitus.

Do You Know A Woman With a Blue Menstruation?

The issue is bigger than blue dye in a tampon commercial.

by Pamela Madsen in Shameless Woman

If I ever checked my menstrual pad and saw something blue there instead of red, I think I would infarct! So, why do so many makers of "feminine sanitary supplies" feel the need to demonstrate menstruation with blue dye? Is the blue dye supposed to make us feel less ashamed of our monthly bleeding? Did someone - somewhere in the great marketing sky decide that women and the world at large would feel better if blue dye was used to demonstrate effective menstrual pads and tampons?

Why do they think we need to see any demonstration at all of how pads or tampons work or absorb menstrual blood? I am not really sure. But you can never be too careful with directions when it comes to menstruating females I suppose!

Frankly - I have been on a menstruation rant for a few days now. There is simply not enough real information out there for women about their menstrual flow. What is normal - and what is not normal. And what if our menstruation doesn't feel normal to us? What then? Talk about it?