Posted on 05/07/2010 8:24:18 AM PDT by LouAvul
As a Factor 5 myself, I understand the risk of the disease by itself. However, the death was directly related to the higher intensity of the risk due to the Pill.
Would she have died without taking the pill anyway? Perhaps, but hers is not even remotely an isolated story. When I see the advertisements for Yaz and all similar drugs, I wait for the disclaimers about blood clots and the such (and that’s for people without factor 5, as well).
Given that factor 5 is genetically inherited, you’d think no responsible parent, no responsible doctor, and no responsible pharmacist would allow birth control to be prescribed without a DNA workup of some sort. Blood clots are like time bombs. The pill is the match that lights the fuse prematurely.
Thank God the pill is younger than me.
My mom lost 3 of 4 babies born before me. If the pill had been around then, I wouldn't be today.
Facts are facts, and chastity doesn’t seem to have a lot of appeal for most, including me. Sue me for being honest about it.
It certainly didn’t help. For the record though, pregnancy is a higher risk for those unfortunate women with Factor V, than the pill itself. The veinous system in my wife’s left leg is completely decanualized as the result of a blood clot during pregnancy.
Me too. I was born 8 months after the marriage, a fact I learned much later in life.
Sunday, Mother’s Day, is the 50th anniversary of that provocative announcement
There’s a warped bit of irony for you all, eh?
My left leg was the locale as well. Permanent blockages all over. Permanently larger vis a vis the right leg. When I was having my incident the pain was so great I would gladly have let them cut it off if they had wanted. Factor 5ers are also at greater danger while playing contact sports, exercising, sitting for long periods of time, etc.
However, the danger of pregnancy and the birthing process for Factor 5ers (ie. my daughters) can generally be minimized by concurrent use of bloodthinners like coumadin and heparin. Use of the pill, on the other hand, is contraindicated by the use of blood thinners.
Being 50, broke, and out of shape is the best birth control I have discovered thus far.
Thanks for posting that. I was going to say they forgot all about the other reasons a woman may be on the pill. It’s not always about contraception.
I’m sorry you had that experience. I don’t have PCOS but my medical situation was greatly improved by taking the birth control pill. I wasn’t ready to get married at 18 so I could have get pregnant and suppress the ovulation/menstruation process that aggravated my situation so I went on the pill. It improved my health. After I got married and had children, my health problems went into a type of remission for a while and I didn’t need to be on the pill anymore. But, it’s been 6 years since my last pregnancy and here I am at 40 and facing those same old problems again. I’m choosing the pill over invasive treatment.
>>America’s favorite birth control method turns 50”<<
Finding it hard to believe “I have a headache” has only been around 50 years.
Sometimes the jokes are just there, but just to prove that I do have willpower, I'm abstaining.
As much as I might like to deny it, I'm guilty as charged. However, weakling would imply that at some point during my bachelor days, that I even attempted to resist, and I'm not that good of a liar.
Hmmmmmm, could have fooled me, I thought for many years that America’s favorite birth control method would have been created by Gene Roddenberry.
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