DedeJoy
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I think the yoga advice is because of the flow of Chi or some other such nonsense new age woo BS. If I have terrible cramps, I just don't feel like poling, but you can take an Advil and then just go for it. Do you think gymnasts don't compete when they have periods? No, they plug it up and get to work like anyone else.
I'm sure your Chi will be fine.
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I seriously think that male doctor thought you were too stupid and just thought you had an IUD. When he couldn't find it, he just gave you the new one. I would not go back to him, but I would definitely call his office and let him know. Doctors tend to think patients are stupid and I think that goes double for male docs with female patients.
Of course, I've been listening to too much MSNBC about men making BC decisions for we poor, stupid women, so I could be projecting my bias. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
Anyway, I wouldn't worry about it now. I'm getting my second Mirena in about a month, so I will be sure to tell my doc (a woman) your story while she's down there. Give her something to think about. I might mention my good friend the personal injury attorney while I'm at it. LOL
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As a member of the studio where Hsiang teaches, I just have to say: YEA HSIANG! That was amazing. I am so proud of her! Way to represent for Art of the Catwalk! Wooot!
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I just found a ridiculous movie called "Somewhere." It's about a bored movie star who's trying to find something thrilling to fill his empty life. He drives around too fast in his Porsche, he drops stupid amounts of money in clubs and whatever… and every night, he orders these twin strippers to come over and do a duo pole dance for him. Their routines are so elementary and simple… it's quite hilarious. They actually pull off several decent beginner tricks, but they are not smooth really and the routines are kind of dumb.
I keep watching it over and over and fast forwarding to the pole scenes just for laughs.
Apparently the movie takes a turn for the serious about halfway through when the guy decides to adopt his 11-year-old son, but I couldn't be bothered to get that far. I'm too amused by the bad poling. Still, it's better than some of the pole in Dancing at the Blue Iguana…
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I'm not sure, but I'll share with you a tip that my BF gave me (he teaches Kung Fu, so it turns out, I'm actually doing Pole Fu! LOL).
He suggested, once you get into your handstand, that you rock back and forth from side to side just a little. Not enough to throw off your balance so you crash to the floor, but just enough to find your center. You soon learn how forgiving your handstand is and your body tells you what to tighten or relax in order to stay inverted.
If it's a strength issue, then one thing I do to condition for handstands: Start in your basic invert. Slide down to your handstand. Walk your hands out about one foot from the pole. Bring your chest down to just a couple inches above your hands. Push up and back like you're doing a caterpillar climb. It's basically an inverted push up, using your feet to hang on to the pole. Do about five or ten of those and then go work on your handstand against the wall. Worlds of difference.
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I should clarify. I was made aware of the risk of osteo and advised to take calcium supplements, which I did not do because I get in a lot of dairy. What I meant was, nobody said I had to come off it after five years. I'd even asked a couple times about long-term usage, so it's possible that was so long ago that the studies and literature weren't out or well known by then. No docs ever ordered a bone scan or suggested they saw signs of it at all. No family history of it, but there is family history of breast cancer, so I've been avoiding excess estrogen wherever possible.
I suppose this is another really great reason to keep poling: building strong muscles builds strong bones. Strength = good. Weak bones = bad.
LOL
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Thanks for sharing about the Keppra. So far, my BF hasn't had the side effects that badly. I think it does make him a little grumpier than usual, but I haven't seen the Keppra rage yet. He's only been on it about ten months. We're hoping he can step down the dosage and get off it completely within a year or two. Thank all the gods his sex drive seems to be just fine. No weight gain either, but then again, he works out six days a week, for at least 4 hours a day — teaches martial arts and is learning a new one (to him), so he's pretty ripped.
Good to know info, thanks again. And good luck with your BC quest.
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That's interesting. My BF has a seizure disorder resulting from brain surgery. Is there some reason you don't take Keppra or Dilantin? (If this is too personal, feel free to ignore. I was just curious if BC could help him. LOL)
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I was on Depo for ten years (from age 25 to 35) and loved it. The only negative for me was weight gain of about 2 pounds per year. Yes, that meant that I put on 20 pounds. Couple that with quitting smoking and you'll understand why I started poling: I'd put on 40 pounds! Which is all gone and now I weigh less than I did in college (from pole). Yea me. Not everyone can take Depo and the real disadvantage is: if you can't tolerate it, it's already in your system. There's nothing you can do about it until it wears off in three months. None of the docs required bone scans and nobody suggested the osteoporosis problem was an issue with me. I was also told it could be 6 months to a year before my cycles would return. No. The very next stupid month, I got my period. Grrr. I was all, "WHAT? I only got 23 days off? WTF?" Anyway, if your concern is weight gain, then I'd probably keep looking for something else.
Now I have a Mirena and love it. Mine is just about to expire, so I will be getting a new one in the spring (and I'll be 47 or 48 when that comes out, so hopefully it'll be my last). I had just about two very light 1-day periods and then nothing for the last five years. Once in a while, I'll spot a little bit, but that's not even worth a tampon. My body still goes through PMS symptoms (not badly though, but I've never had bad PMS) but I rarely bleed.
Nobody I've been with has been able to feel the wire/string thingy and I can't feel it myself whenever I go fishing to check for it. You're supposed to stick a finger up there once and month and feel for it to make sure it's still where it's supposed to be. I've never managed to find it, haven't bothered, and the doc isn't concerned about it at all. In fact, my OB/Gyn can't find it either. Sometimes they migrate a little bit. This will probably mean that removal will be tricky and a bit painful, but I pole dance; I have a very high pain tolerance. ;>) My point being, your doctor can trim it really closely so it can't be felt. I'll also say this: insertion is very painful, and disturbing your cervix by forcing dilation like that makes you not want to have sex for a while. It took me about three weeks before I was ready to get back in the saddle and even then, certain positions had to be done very gently and carefully. There was no slammin' monkey sex for about two months. Sorry if that was TMI, but I think you should get full details. ;>)
Regarding the Mirena and not having had children: My doctor told me that the risk is uterine perforation but that she's put hundreds of them into women who had never had kids and she'd never seen a uterine perf. That is extremely rare. Having your cervix dilated is what is so painful and the sounding they do when they measure the depth of your uterus. Use yoga breathing, hold the nurse's hand, go to your happy place… it's over in five minutes. They are also extremely expensive. My doc's office makes me pay cash up front so I got a price quote for my replacement next year and it's around $700 plus a $125 insertion fee, some of which my insurance covers, but not much. Insurance will cover the pill and depo but some insurances will not cover the Mirena. So the cost is a factor to consider, but you won't spend a dime on BC and you won't spend much on tampons/pads/what have you for the next five years after that so it evens out.
If you decide a Mirena is what you want, call around to different clinics to check on the price and check with your insurance company to see how much of what is covered. You should definitely do your homework with any form of birth control and remember: You are not the same as all other random women on the internet. Everyone is different and everyone tolerates different kinds of BC differently. Please take all our advice with many large grains of salt.
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@StudioVeena: Thanks! Just posted the pic on my profile. Still a little way to go to make it really flat, but I'm getting there.
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42 and yes, it's possible. When I started poling in June of 2010, my split was a good foot off the floor.
Last week, I got my Jade Split.
You have to stretch every. single. day. Sometimes, even if I don't work out, I will at least sit in front of the TV in a stretch. I also did the Splits in Six weeks program, although I am not completely down to the floor on my splits, that program helped a lot. I probably have just about 2-3 inches to go. It can be done. 30 is not even a little bit old.
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Another good link: Scroll down to "Fix your Upper Back & Shoulders."
http://www.floota.com/carpal_tunnel_syndrome.html
One more comment: Carpal tunnel has a terrible effect on grip strength. This will make it difficult to get some of the trickier tricks until wrist and hand strength is built back up. I pinched a nerve trying to get my Spiral spin; my right hand was numb for two months! I had to back off and work on easier tricks and spins for a while until the nerve was released.
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Thanks, yogabeachbabe!
Here's some links: Note, this may not work for everyone. My reading indicates that exercise and strength building only seems to help for mild to moderate cases. If it's severe enough to warrant surgery, probably no amount of stretching and exercise will help all that much.
http://www.eatonhand.com/hw/ctexercise.htm
http://carpal-tunnel.emedtv.com/carpal-tunnel-syndrome/carpal-tunnel-exercises.html
http://www.umm.edu/patiented/articles/how_can_carpal_tunnel_syndrome_be_prevented_000034_6.htm
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I will be 42 tomorrow and was diagnosed with bilateral carpal tunnel a few years ago. I was doing some reading about some yoga stretches designed to help. I found them to be excruciating. So I went back to the internet and came across a web site that said if you build core and upper body strength, thus improving posture, you can reduce pressure on the nerve that starts in your neck and goes down to your hand. I started pole for this reason!
After a year, I'm pleased to report that the increase in strength has helped tremendously. I cannot stress that enough. I have no pain in my left hand anymore, ever, and only occasional mild pain in my right wrist (which I think is actually arthritis and not carpal tunnel). No more tingling or numbness in my fingers!
Split grips have never been a problem for me. What hurts, and what I have to be careful with, is anything requiring a handstand. Build strength, especially core, before doing too much with handstands. My advice to her is: do what you can and stop if it hurts!
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Have you tried talking to him about it and letting him know how you feel? If you haven't and you want to do this (I think you should, but that's just an opinion), my advice is to be careful to not make any demands or ask him to do anything.
Simply tell him that you feel hurt and disappointed that he doesn't seem to be very interested. And then stop talking. Let him address your feelings. See what he says.
I had a similar situation with my BF. There was this one need I wasn't getting met. I understood how he felt about it, but the compromise I'd agreed to wasn't really working for me anymore. One night I burst into tears and the issue came kicking and screaming out into the light of day. I was careful to not ask him to meet this need — just told him why it was important to me and how I was feeling about not having that need met. I told him, "I don't want you do this because I want you to or because I asked you to. I want you to do this because YOU want to." He did not commit to or agree to doing anything at that point. The very next day, his behavior changed ever so slightly and he began meeting that need.
I'm a big fan of just telling him how his actions make you feel. And yeah, post vids here, focus on your girls you work out with (if you have pole buddies), and think about why you're poling. If you're doing it for yourself, then it really doesn't matter — at the end of the day — if he's interested in watching or not.
