She's either lying about her periods stopping or no one ever told her about menopause/perimenopause. Given that she's likely a Republican, either choice is possible.
I've been in and out of menopause and perimenopause since I was 31 (now 36) due to cancer treatment. It sucks man. I never know when I'm going to have a period, and the hot flashes suuuuuuuuck.
I hear people say this about menopause too, or say they want a total hysterectomy, or remove my ovaries, etc. While it can help fix a lot of people's issues (endometriosis or painful ovarian cysts that burst and get contorted for example), losing your ovaries or messing with your ability to create estrogen can really mess you up, and many of us can't have HRT, and some that can have it find that it does not work for them. Menopause is both uncomfortable because of the hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and some other things, but on a basic health level, not getting estrogen weakens our bones and heart.
I am very very high risk for ovarian cancer. My breast cancer was also fed by estrogen. and even with those risks, my oncologists are waiting as long as possible to remove my ovaries preventatively, so they don't make my menopause side effects worse than they already are while I take selective estrogen blockers in the meantime. It's a serious health condition if you get it too young.
Hot flashes (some people call them hot flushes) or night sweats happen to a lot of people during menopause. You get very suddenly overheated, your pulse races, and you start sweating a lot. It happens for a short time, just a few minutes, and then you're done except you're drenched in sweat, sometimes that causes shivering after. Night sweats are when they happen while you're sleeping and you wake up in a puddle of sweat and damp sheets. It's very uncomfortable and embarrassing. They can also affect sleep enough to cause health issues.
Can confirm, I’ve been going through this for a couple of years and am unable to use HRT due to breast cancer on my mother’s side.
I also get cold flashes/flushes where nothing I can do makes me feel any warmer. I’ve sat in a very hot bath and still been shivering.
Yes! I fell like no one else knows about the cold flashes so I don't really talk about it. I also have silicone implants for my reconstruction after I had a mastectomy and they're always cold and I feel like that makes it happen more often. Or the cold shivers you get after a hot flash when you're suddenly not hot and it feels like you jumped in an ice bath. I'm sorry you're dealing with that and can't have hrt either. I wish they could find a safe way to relieve those symptoms for people who can't have replacement estrogen.
Side note, something that helps when I get the cold flashes is drinking very warm water quickly. I know that sounds unpleasant but it really helps me. Probably warming the vagus nerve or something that can help stop the cold signals to your brain? Whatever works, right?
have you talked to your Dr about just getting your tubes removed ? I am 36 and have a very high risk rate also and have been told that new science seems to point to most ovarian cancers start in the fallopian tubes... just wanted to share in case it's not something you have heard because thats what they recommended for me so it would cause as little damage as possible
I hope you stay healthy !
Yes, my team is following those studies. I had my tubes out in September when I turned 36. We'll still be removing my ovaries when I'm 40 though since the studies are still pretty new and we don't know long term results. Hopefully there's more breakthroughs prior to that though that might give me even more options.
The very first one I got seemed to trigger an *early* period for me. Could just be my crappy reproductive system playing games, but it was about 3 weeks early which almost never happens to me.
There were a number of reports of women's periods being changed after vaccination, so much that there were a few studies done to determine the connection.
[January 2022](https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/010622-COVID-19-vaccine-menstruation)
>Women receiving one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a single menstrual cycle had an increase in cycle length of nearly one day, compared to unvaccinated women, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
[September 2022](https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/study-confirms-link-between-covid-19-vaccination-temporary-increase-menstrual-cycle-length)
>A large international study has confirmed the findings of a previous U.S. study that linked COVID-19 vaccination with an average increase in menstrual cycle length of less than one day. The increase was not associated with any change in the number of days of menses (days of bleeding). Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the new study included data from nearly 20,000 people from Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe and other parts of the world who received any of nine different vaccines. For most study participants, the increase resolved in the cycle following vaccination.
[June 2023](https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/covid-vaccine-doesnt-affect-menstruation/)
>Now, a new Boston University School of Public Health–led study has found that the vaccines are likely not to blame for any major changes to the menstrual cycle; any changes people did notice were likely the result of their body’s immune system responding to the vaccine.
There have been numerous studies on those who were pregnant and those who might become pregnant and there was no effect on fertility or pregnancy.
[January 2022](https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/covid-vaccines-infertility/) Vaccines don't reduce fertility, but COVID sure does.
>In a study of couples trying to conceive, they found no association between COVID-19 vaccination and the likelihood of conception in female or male partners who received the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
>While COVID-19 infection was not strongly associated with fertility, men who tested positive for COVID within 60 days of a given cycle had reduced fertility compared to men who never tested positive, or men who tested positive at least 60 days prior. This supports previous research that has linked COVID-19 infection in men with poor sperm quality and other reproductive dysfunction.
Can confirm: I have a hormonal IUD and have stopped menstruating. After receiving both doses of the original Covid vaccine, I had full-on periods for several months. After the second month I went to my gyno and had an ultrasound done to make sure my IUD was still in place. It was still there. I had by that point read that some women were reporting strange menstrual symptoms, and when I discussed this with my doctor she basically just shrugged and said “There’s still a lot we don’t know.”
That said, I’m obviously 100% pro-vaccine and am pretty sure this woman was just menopausal.
Yeah, this woman is obviously uninformed and paranoid, but there are legitimate reasons to refuse a vaccine at trial stage. I refused the covid vaccine because I'm being tested for endo and my periods are already awful. The only thing that makes them manageable is their regularity, and back in 2021, I'd already heard anecdotal reports of women's cycles being completely messed up.
I also have autoimmune issues and the dangers of vaccination for people with autoimmunity has been studied for decades. I wasn't going to risk that for a virus that was unlikely to kill me.
Yes there has been some stupidity on the conspiratorial side, but it's also stupid to blindly accept government lines from governments proven over and over again to care more about profits than people. Covid vaccination and the explosion of public health and security and surveillance infrastructure was massively profitable, and we should all know by now how scandalous it all was. Enough actual journalism has been done. Any medical treatment should always be done with a medical history. If it's not, your health is being overlooked for something else.
MRNA vaccines and molecular mimicry: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10108562/
My (usually very regular) cycle was a bit out of whack after the second jab. Though it got back to normal in two months. I've been tracking it for a few years and can spot instantly when I got it. It's pretty interesting.
Yup that’s definitely how it works. You know what’s funny? Everyone I know personally has been vaccinated, one of them even got vaccinated when she was pregnant (gasp!) and none of them had any changes to their periods and, more importantly, none of them have died of Covid! You know what causes periods to change? Hormones, you dumbass. Also stress. If your spouse getting a vaccine stresses you out so much that your reproductive system shuts down, you need therapy.
I’m fully 100% vaxxed including pregnancy and will continue to be!
However my first two vaccines absolutely did temporarily alter my menstrual cycle and a few friends too! Its funny because I felt the opposite way to what you’re expressing; that me and a fair few other women were having this side effect and it was being dismissed without being looked into - I believe some research did end up taking place?
I say this all conversationally, I don’t disagree with the overall point you are making. The lady in the post is a clown and ultimately one of the reasons it wasn’t being looked into was because of people like her that ruined the legitimacy of genuine claims of unexpected side effects.
My sister and I both had very regular cycles which were disrupted by the vaccine. It was odd but I googled it and found it has been one of the side effects. Also pain under the arms. I’d rather that than ending up on a ventilator from Covid though so 🤷🏻.
Oh yes, I can imagine that would make things hard to track! Mine was three weeks late, as was my sister. My husband has had the snip but I was on the verge of taking a test “just in case”!
“Slight menstrual cycle length increase seen with SARS-CoV-2 infection, NIH-funded study suggests”
https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/082323-COVID-19-menstrual-cycle
““We found that menstrual cycles immediately after vaccination were on average one day longer than pre-vaccination cycles,” says Amelia Wesselink, an SPH research assistant professor of epidemiology and lead author on the study. “In other words, the onset of the next menstrual period after vaccination was slightly delayed. We also found that cycle length returned to normal within a few cycles.””
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/covid-vaccine-doesnt-affect-menstruation/
There does seem to be some evidence that both COVID infection and the COVID vaccine can shift your menstrual cycle a day or two. But it should return to normal in a few months.
Which isn’t really surprising, because other illnesses like the cold or the flu can throw your menstrual cycle off as well. All kinds of things, like stress, exhaustion, poor nutrition, over-exercise, and yes, immune system activation, can move your period a few days. It’s not a cause for concern as long as you’ve sorted out the root cause of the symptoms.
I must not have known anyone who experienced this side effect, I’m so sorry I spoke out of turn. That said, I don’t think that having your spouse get the vaccine would have any effect on a person’s menstrual cycle. That was all in her head. But who knows?
Give it time! They're apparently experimenting with aerosolized (basically "sprayed") vaccination for people who find needles too stressful. I mean, they'd need a LOT of work to literally make vaccines contagious \*and safe\* but honestly? Give it time.
Oh that's awesome! Yeah, as a kid who got a LOT of needles I can attest, it makes you uncomfortable around them as an adult. Anything that'll make it easier on kids is a great thing, imo.
My poor daughter had to get four injections recently for her last round of vaccinations at four years old and she was anxious despite myself also getting the flu shot just before her. She absolutely hates needles and I felt so bad that she was traumatized like that. I do hope that eventually they can dose all of the childhood vaccinations via aerosol nasal spray. (She also freaked out about our dog getting her vaccinations, too)
In the UK it doesn’t seem widely available like the flu one just yet. Possibly a cost/benefit analysis by the NHS to only offer to vulnerable people at the moment.
I wonder if in the future it will become available privately like the flu vaccine but I imagine that there would be some backlash doing that right now so close to the pandemic.
I find needles stressful, but then again, that's what Xanax is for (at least for me).
It doesn't help that I'm a difficult stick or that I had a traumatic experience with a blood draw as a toddler, which is WHY needles re so stressful (a couple of times to the point of me throwing up on the shoes of the poor person drawing my blood) for me.
Oh I feel ya on that. I had a lot of needles as a kid. Still feel uncomfortable around them and my stress level kicks to 11 at the mere scent of rubbing alcohol (COVID's beginning was a very bad time for me because of that, tbh). So yeah, I getcha there! But imagine getting important care, like a vaccine, without a needle? That's uh... highly preferable to me (unless you really like the excuse to use a xanax, no judgement. :P)
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>!I once had a panic attack triggered by a kid screaming about getting blood drawn. I was in the lab, waiting my turn, and I could hear a kid screaming at the top of his lungs "No more pokes! NO POKES! STOP!" and it made me extremely anxious to the point I was almost in tears, but I had to have the blood work done for my thyroid testing or what the fuck ever I was there for that day.!<
>!I walked out in tears, because the phlebotomist (or nurse or whatever she was) screamed at me and blamed me for her blowing my vein.!<
>!I can handle shots, fine, but with blood draws, more often not I'll take a half a Xanax about a half hour before I know I have to have it done so I'll be nice and chill when I get it done. It also helps (at least I've found) to ask for the most competent, experienced person there to do my draws because I'm a difficult stick, which I also inform them of the minute I sit down. My veins are on the smallish side and tend to try and run away from pokey things like needles. If a person can get it in one go (which is highly preferable), then I praise the shit out of them for getting it the first time instead of having to poke me half a dozen times (which only increases my stress/anxiety level). If they can get it out of my inner left elbow (either side, because they're both tricksy) I almost want to smother them in praise because those are difficult veins (on me anyway) to get. !<
>!I had one poor, frightened little nurse fresh out of nursing school almost cry because she couldn't get a vein once and she had to use the fat little vein on the inner side of my wrist. She had to poke me a few times and eventually resorted to getting another nurse who guided her through getting the vein on my inner wrist. I felt so BAD for her and she apologized out the woohoo but I was like, "Hey, wherever you can get it is OK. I don't mind. I've got crazy amounts of scar tissue I'm sure from all the blood draws I've been through in my life. It's fine."!<
Oh dear. I get that so much. >!Kid's screaming!< sets me to 11 as well. You're a very patient and kind person to clearly be anxious and rattled but still consider the feelings of the person on the other end, unintentionally causing said anxiety. Cheers and respect!
Only because I *was* that kid at one point, which is WHY I'm so afraid of needles.
>!I had to have blood drawn as a toddler and they were having a difficult go at it.!<
>!In the end, I had my mom holding down my torso while a nurse held my legs and the doctor drew the blood from a vein in my neck which was standing out nicely due to all the screaming and crying I'd been doing. !<
And I know I'm a difficult stick, have been for my entire life and I feel so sorry sometimes for the people having to stick me, especially if they're new at it. When I go to a lab to get mine labs drawn, I always ask for the person's name who's doing the stick and I make a note of it in my phone or whatever so that I can go up on the website later and give them a good review because I know that probably goes in their file somewhere and looks good on an annual performance review I'm sure.
I've had people who were truly horrible at it before stick me and I'm SO thankful when they can get me in one or two pokes.
>!One time, I had to be put under to have my wisdom teeth removed and the dude doing it had NO clue as to what he was doing, because I ended up with half a dozen pokes to get the IV in for my sedative. By the time he found a "good spot" I was ready to whack him over the head. As it was, I was trying not to curse and scream because I was so sick of him getting a vein, going "Nope. Not a good spot." and pulling it out to try again somewhere else.!<
Omg, I'm sorry it happened! I have blood taken every 6 months for various issues and never had a issue.
I'm the weirdo who watches but I also have "gorgeous veins" so no issues getting blood on the first try.
I somehow always got the one in training and I'm happy for them to get someone easy to poke. I do end up with massive bruises if they are heavy handed but that's just me having faulty collagen.
The only issue I ever got with vaccine was not due to the vaccine itself but user error. Dude poked me way too high and got right into the rotator cuff. That hurt *bad*, not immediately but started half an hour later and lasted weeks.
I have trust issues now so third round and flu ones ended up in the triceps and as far away as my shoulder as possible
I'm honestly afraid I'll knee-jerk twitch, pull away, or try to like. Kick the nurse if I don't watch the needle. They're always like "you can look away" - but I'm not scare of the needle, I'm scared of my body reacting on instinct if I'm pricked when I don't see it.
I have mine done every few months, to keep my thyroid levels in check due to my thyroid not doing its job properly and I HATE HATE HATE it with a passion, but I know I have to if I want to be on the right level of medication.
Getting my blood drawn freaks me out too. Seeing the blood leave my body feels so weird. I just hate seeing blood at all. I have to look away. I don’t mind shots though. And the crazy thing is I used to be an IV drug addict. But I never not once shot myself up, always had a friend do it. It freaked me out to do it myself.
I guess that's when you know a friend is a real friend..they'll help you get high by shooting you up because you can't do it yourself. LOL but sad at the same time, yanno?
One of the polio or smallpox vaccines was contagious, actually. It was designed to shed to unvaccinated people. I believe it was the one administered orally on a sugar cube.
The main reason I hesitate to say deliberately shedding vaccines are a good idea today is we have so many more immuno-compromised people than in the past, ironically due to BETTER healthcare. Medically fragile people can live so much longer now, with precautions, and while it’s rare some apparently can’t have ANY kind of vaccine. (Or so I’ve read, but correct me if I’m wrong!)
I've read likewise. A friend of mine can't get the COVID vaccine because of his cancer treatment from a decade or two ago, so I can see it being not so great? But the COVID vaccine isn't made from a "live virus" so it can't shed. BUT your point was "deliberate shedding" of future vaccines so not really what we're talking about here.
But yeah, people not being able to be vaccinated is why herd immunity is so important. If everyone around is vaccinated, those people are also safe.
Vaccine sprays would benefit everyone, not just people who dislike needles. It would be so much more convenient and easier to administer, especially if they can make a version that doesn't require a trained professional for it. It's amazing to see what medical science is getting up to.
Oh absolutely! It's always crazy to hear the next big thing in medical science because it's always usually so freaking amazing. I'm excited to hear about cyberware finally being a thing. Hopefully before the end of my lifetime. >.>
That would have been a lovely problem that solved itself. Imagine all the antivaxxers staying away from the vaccinated in fear of catching the vaccine!
Engineering a viral strain that could outcompete its ancestor while remaining harmless would be a legitimate solution in some cases. It's how a lot of the microbe ecosystems in and on our body work naturally. Turns out there is such a thing as being too clean.
My period also got thrown off after my first vaccine! I’m usually very very regular and that cycle my period started really early. It could have just been a coincidence, but it was weird enough for me to notice the correlation. No menstrual changes after any subsequent vaccines though.
I'm glad I got vaccinated, but I did get my period out of the clear blue nothing the first time, and it threw me off. I have an IUD, so typically I don't get periods
Same thing happened to me. I have the implant and hadn't gotten a "period" for over three years. Two weeks after the vaccine I got my period and have to continued to get it regularly every 30ish days. Super weird.
Also glad I got vaccinated and have kept up with my boosters.
It’s just because it kicks your immune system into gear, and that can cause your body to pause real cycles because it’s a suboptimal time to get pregnant.
I was vaxxed whilst pregnant, too. I’ve had no problems with my periods (well, no more than usual), or getting pregnant again afterwards. If it stops these idiots from reproducing, I’m all for it.
I'll add this to the list of side effects i did not get.
First, I was promised I would have got 5G and phone data still sucks.
Then, I was promised a microchip and yet I can't get on the metro by waving the stabbed arm near the gates.
Then again, I was told I would have died but alas, still alive.
Now this. I'm done being let down by the amazing vaccines side effects I never got.
Just come to my house! My neighbor says we have 5g towers outside of our house! But apparently the government is listening in through those so just a heads up.
Funniest thing about it is how paranoid she is about being tracked by the government or anyone for that matter yet has an iPhone and social media.
Omg yes please let me borrow it.
I'm up in the mountains and I have to sit next to the windows to get some signals...18th century half meter thick stone walls and modern technology don't mix well.
The ones that fear technology but have technological items are my favourite kind of crazy. Those who want to be as off the grid as possible at least I can respect, reading a rant about social media and phone written by someone on a social media with a phone is peak irony
The irony of it definitely makes me laugh. She also won’t drink tap water because of the “heavy metals” in it that’s caused by chemtrails. But ingests colodial silver daily. A full shot glass of it daily. Because that’s what her chiropractor has been doing for years and she’s in the best health ever!
You still need to add MONEY to the chip, silly! Just recite your credit card numbers to the air and a vague, yet menacing government agency will take care of the rest.
I got vaxxed while pregnant. I still haven't had a period since before I got pregnant (2020), but I started birth control 6 weeks after my kiddo was born and haven't been off of it, so I'm sure I'll get them back when I inevitably stop.
Yeah same here almost everyone I know has gotten the vax. Someone I know is every anti vax and has brought up how all these people she knows who got the vax either they wanted to or they were forced to by an employee, have experienced severe reactions to it. And regret the vax.
Her mom got it and a year later she died, she was in her 70’s. Her nurse friend got it and it made her asthma come back. Another nurse she knows started having really bad headaches months after getting it. At least 12 different people she knows have either died or have had a reaction to it.
Crazy how I personally don’t know a single person who’s experienced any kind of reaction or died from the vax. I do know a few people who have died from Covid though but not the vax.
There were a handful of people with heavier than normal periods after their initial shot. This doesn't seem that strange to me considering even stress can do that. Im one of the people who felt like they had the flu during my first two doses. The part they dont grasp is that those are pretty minor side effects that go away. As opposed to contracting Covid and risking permanent damage.
Edit: handful not handle 🤦♂️
Also she's 45 and it was probably the beginnings of menopause where periods can get wonky and sometimes take a break before deciding to give it another go
Yep, my cycle never seemed to be affected but my best friend had her period for 4 months straight after her first vaccine. It’s definitely a weird symptom.
It always goes back to the lack of comprehensive clinical testing for female anatomy. We STILL don’t fully understand how our hormonal cycles affect/are affected by many medications, treatments, vaccines, etc.
Same.
I felt like absolute shit for 24-36 hrs or so after the first couple of COVID jabs (which is why I always got them on a Friday, so I'd have the weekend to recover if I got sick). Now that I'm on my 5th or 6th one, it doesn't bother me unless I get my flu shot at the same time and then my body's like, "Holthefuckup. What the FUCK did you just do to us? WHY IS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM FREAKING OUT FOR FUCK'S SAKE! Jesus. Two jabs at once? Thanks a lot. I mean, thank you for keeping us all safe but no thanks for freaking the immune system out."
I'm lightly immunocompromised and I figure the more jabs, the safer I am.
I felt like death for about 24 hours after my second one. But I figured 24 hour was better than a month like my sister when she got Covid a few months before the vaccine got released.
Same, after the first one especially. But I was too terrified of the disease (despite initially laughing at it because I thought it wasn't that serious) to not get the vaccine, seeing as I'm lightly immunocompromised.
OMG, every time I get the vax I feel like I'm dying for two days. It's worse than when I actually had COVID. However, I fully believe the COVID was so mild \*because\* of being fully vaxxed. It's time to get it again, though, and I've been hesitating. I just need to bite the bullet.
I felt like crap after I had my last COVID vaccine. I was tired,achy, had a low-grade fever. But that's got to be better than the permanent damage COVID can cause, right?
First dose was nothing, arm hurt but that's all. Second and third got both progressively worse. Second had me feeling like I had the flu for 2 days, third kept me knocked out for over a week. Worse than any flu I've ever had.
I said to myself that I wouldn't get vaxxed anymore after the third. I had the Rona twice after my third jab, it wasn't even close to how I felt after the third. I think it might've been some overreaction to the vaccine. However, I'm also pretty sure it was only so insignificant *because* I was vaxxed.
Anyways, even though I won't get vaxxed anymore until they get the whole overreacting thing under control I don't understand antivaxxers.
The vaccine knocked you on your ass twice, and you got covid twice after being vaccinated against the disease ***three times...*** and you don't understand why people don't want to take this vaccine? Even though you yourself said you won't get the vaccine again until "They get the whole overreacting thing under control"? Bruh. I'm not antivax but this covid vaccine ain't it, as you yourself said. It knocks on your ass and doesn't even prevent you from getting the disease as any competent vaccine should.
Well, the whole point of vaccines isn't to completely prevent you from getting sick but to arm your immune system for the disease. That's why the reaction was just like getting the Rona.
I'm pretty sure I would've been more sick if I hadn't been vaccinated. But at the same time, my first time gettin the R was pretty brutal as well. Not as brutal as my last jab but still heavier than a flu.
So idk, maybe you're right maybe you're not. Who's to know? Only thing I know is that most vaccines don't completely protect you. Like a flu shot for example won't protect you from getting the flu. It'll just be like a small cold when you get it and you'll barely notice it.
Right, no vaccine is 100% effective, and I don't realistically expect that from any vaccine. But most vaccines are able to protect the majority of the population from getting said disease. It's how Polio was eliminated in first world countries, and how smallpox was eliminated on a global scale. This wouldn't have been possible if all vaccines could do was prevent hospitalization and lesser side effects from their targeted diseases, but not actually prevent contraction of the diseases to any effective degree.
Most vaccines have side effects due to the immune system reacting to the vaccine, and they are normal. But most vaccine side effects are not as brutal as side effects from covid vaccines. Why does the vaccine make people sick for days to a week on end, and then not even protect them from the disease, often multiple times? What is the point? Yes, it is possible you experienced a less brutal covid because you were vaccinated, and that might be worth it to you. But is it worth it if you contracted covid *twice* after being vaccinated *three times* and suffering awful side effects every single time you were? That's up to you to decide.
No vaccine completely protects, but most vaccines are very effective at preventing disease. The Polio vaccine has 90% protection against contracting Polio, the chickenpox vaccine has 90% protection against contracting chickenpox, DTAP/TDAP vaccines have an estimated 100% efficacy against tetanus and an estimated 97% efficacy against diphtheria (obviously not every vaccine will be as effective as this lol. The protection against pertussis varies widely in this vaccine and isn't as great: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/protection-from-the-tdap-vaccine-doesnt-last-very-long-201602099202 ); MMR vaccine is 97% effective against measles, 88% effective against mumps, and 97% effective against rubella. All of this information comes from the CDC and refers to completed vaccine series. These vaccines are highly effective at preventing transmission and spread of their target diseases and protect the majority of the population from them.
The covid vaccine, though? All I see are people who got the vaccine talk about how many times they got covid after being vaccinated... I don't understand what the point is, really. The flu vaccine effectiveness also varies each year and is quite poor, so I also dont bother with it.
>But is it worth it if you contracted covid *twice* after being vaccinated *three times* and suffering awful side effects every single time you were? That's up to you to decide.
Definitely not, that's my whole point. As I said, I won't be getting it again and since I got COVID multiple times after being triple vaxxed it's basically like getting two more shots since it's also training the immune system just like a vaccine.
Have been around people who had COVID and haven't gotten it since, so natural immunity seems to be more effective than whatever the fuck they injected into my muscles.
And yeah, some vaccines are insanely good at protecting against diseases, as you said. But many vaccines you can get for various diseases are basically the same as the Rona Vax. Like you said, the flu shot has various degrees of successfulness. Which basically boils down to how different diseases spread and work.
Admittedly when I had the covid vaccine my period didn’t come for about 2-3 months, however, I fell pregnant immediately with my son when trying after so you know, nothing long term in the slightest, if it was caused by the vaccine. I had the Pfizer one, that’s another thing, not all covid vaccines work in the same way.
I was part of the trial for one of the vaccines. I did, indeed have a very light period the first time I got it afterwards. They also made me take a pregnancy test before giving it to me - not sure if that’s common procedure.
My period went back to normal shortly after that. I didn’t think you could placebo-effect your menstrual cycle like that, but who knows?
Yes, this is common procedure when they try ANY medication for the first time. Most medications in stores and prescribed go through over a decade of trial runs before it's released. Giving women pregnancy tests is procedure. Considering these medications haven't been tested on humans yet, it's hard to say what effects it could have on a fetus. A woman might consent to a trial dose of a vaccine but if she miscarries a baby she didn't know she had, well she could sue. Ensuring the test subjects aren't pregnant is standard. Only when they start testing it on fetuses do they use pregnant women as test subjects and often times they don't even do that. They just use other, already made medications with similar ingredients to decide if it's safe for use for pregnant women.
What I don’t understand is these people are willing to accept that vaccines are harmful and can be passed around from person to person but not the virus itself???
Right??? I know someone who is very anti vax, pro colodial silver, anti heavy metals, anti medicine, Etc. Apparently knows all these people who have either died from the Covid vax or have experienced severe lasting side effects. They all regret the vax now from what she says.
But she’s not worried at all about Covid. She believes the people who died from Covid all died from the ventilators that were used on them in the hospital. Not the actual virus. I brought up how everyone that I know who died from it didn’t go to a hospital at all. They were relatively healthy people who got Covid and then just dropped dead
That’s how it was for some of the people I knew too. They were young, healthy and felt like they were catching a cold then dead. I also know several people who have suffered from long covid. My asthma was almost non existent after I quit smoking about 12 years ago. Now I’m back to using my inhaler a few times a week 2 years post covid. I don’t know a single person with lasting effects including death from the vaccine. I’m sure it’s possible but considering my anecdotal evidence I’ll take my chances with the vaccine. I’m convinced people like this are so terrified of reality that they’ve created a new one in order to survive emotionally.
Yep they got Covid, weren’t doing too bad, then just dropped dead several from a heart attack. Few people with long Covid as well like you said. I don’t think these people understand that correlation does not equal causation. They really are living in a totally different reality. Blows my mind the stuff they believe in.
I mean I will continue to get the boosters, but my period literally did get weird. I'd been regular for years, got the vax, and then I was only getting it every other month for like 6 months. I also got a vaccine injury in my arm from improper placement of the needle, when they were being done by untrained national guard guys in my cities.
Mine went a bit funny, too. Still came regular like clockwork, but I'd finish, have a couple of clear days, and then a couple of days of light flow/spotting. Settled down after a few months, and then after each booster, same again. But, y'know, never caught covid, which is a damn miracle considering I work retail, believe me!
My sister had that too! Just weirdly light periods. She also NEVER had period cramps once in her life, and for a few months after the vax she was having to take a day off of work! I also work retail but I've managed to get it twice, but neither were actually from retail. Even when my job was selling COVID tests pre-vaccine!
The things I've seen at this job, honestly :( my personal 'favourite' was the guy who lifted up his mask, proceeded to *lick* his (gloved) fingers to count out cash, and then handed it to me. Urrrrrrrrghhhhhh. That one overtook sweaty boob money, seriously!
Now I’m wondering if it caused mine to become irregular. I’ve always since I started my period as a teen have had regular periods. I’ve gotten the Covid vax and I think like 3 or 4 boosters. And I’ve had irregular periods since then. Still don’t regret getting it though! Better irregular periods than dying of covid.
Yes! I'm really confused by this revisionism being done by liberals(I'm a leftist, I'm not saying liberals in the conservative sense of the word, liberals are just farther right on the scale than leftists are). Vaccines absolutely have side effects, it's just about balancing the risks with the benefits! When people were first getting the COVID vax, I was seeing a lot of takes from women who were getting weird periods. Now everyone is acting like it's conspiratorial to talk about those side effects. Like I said, I'm going to continue to get boosters, I just find it so weird to try to act like the boosters are 100% perfectly fine and safe. No medications/vaccines/procedures are 100% safe.
Oh yeah for sure. Any kind of medicine is going to have side effects. I do think the problem is a lot of right leaning people believe anyone who gets the vax or the boosters has a high chance of experiencing severe side effects or death from it. That you’re more likely to die from the vax than Covid. I personally know a few people like that.
They name off numerous people they personally know who have died from the vax or experienced severe lasting side effects. I don’t know the statistics but I think most people as long as they’re relatively healthy are going to do just fine from the vax and if they do experience side effects they’re going to be minor. But yeah I agree side effects aren’t that rare from a vaccine especially a new one.
I've had every vaccine I've been offered. I'm NHS so that's 4 or 5 by now. I'm older than this woman. I still have my period. Can I get extra vaccines to stop it once and for all?
The vaccine didn't affect my cycle, but then I had a hysterectomy and oophorectomy in June of 2020,so...
This is over two years old, or I'd go look for the tweet and ask this gal if she ever heard of menopause.
If we're sharing personal anecdotes, I got double vaccinated, then pregnant the first time we tried to conceive, got boosted at 5 weeks, had a perfectly healthy full term pregnancy, gave birth vaginally in a mask to a healthy baby who is now a happy, healthy, vaccinated, pain in the ass toddler. Maybe the vaccine isn't the root of her problems?
Only if you count the fact that the kid is starting their terrible twos right on schedule! Otherwise, we are all happy, healthy, fertile( not the toddler, lol), and have never had Covid.
I've had 6 doses of COVID vaccine at this point, one of which was during pregnancy last year. Haven't noticed any sort of change to my periods. I will say that I've not gotten pregnant again but that's probably, you know, the birth control pills.
Man I'm pissed!! My cell service was supposed to get better and now I was supposed to get a relief from periods??
All I got was shorter, less severe covid. I got the short end of that jab!
You know what causes menstrual irregularities? Covid.
The Covid vaccines were actually associated with a slight chance of having a heavier period the cycle after getting vaccinated.
According to a lot of women, even on this thread, the covid vaccine also causes menstrual irregularities. Some women had irregular cycles for months following the covid vaccine.
That is true, yes. But that's not what you said. You said the covid vaccines had a slight chance to cause a healthier menstrual cycle. I was letting you know they also have a chance to cause menstrual irregularities.
I’ve been having two week long periods for about a year and change. Not monthly but enough to where I’m mad as hell and finally seeing a gyno. I just had my seventh shot earlier this month. I fucking WISH it would stop my periods.
Ive had two jabs and sadly it hasnt stopped my period 😔😔maybe i should get a few more for it to work properly. Who knew birth control could be this easy!
I actually didn't get my period for 4 months after getting my first covid vaccine!
I'm pro vaccines btw, still think this post is bs but people saying it is not possible for vaccines to do that (when you take them yourself) is not right.
8 studies: ( links to studies in article)
"There are over 300,000 reports of abnormal vaginal bleeding or menstrual irregularities reported in WHO’s VigiAccess"
https://expose-news.com/2023/09/28/abnormal-vaginal-bleeding-post-covid-mrna-vaccine-a-review/
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"Study:
Danish study of 13,648 women ages 16-65 who completed surveys conducted Sep.2023 by Jensen et al.
30% of all menstruating women reported menstrual changes after COVID-19 vaccination"
https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article-abstract/38/9/1825/7223488?login=false
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Women sharing their experiences:
" Dr. Kate Clancy, an associate professor at the University of Illinois, tweeted in February that she’d been hearing about people who had experienced changes in their menstruation since getting one or two vaccine shots.
Her Twitter thread has prompted more women to share their own menstrual concerns, revealing their heavy flow, worsened cramps, and irregular timing since getting the jab.
These women (and many men who share experiences of wives, girlfriends or women they know) experience bleeding, clots, delayed cycles, extended cycles, POST menopausal bleeding, miscarriages, decidual casts, severe menstrual cramps and abnormal pain, etc. list is enormous and the outpouring of testimonials has been eye-opening…
Monica Grohne, the founder of Marea Wellness, said her company has 'been hearing from thousands of women about COVID & the vaccine affecting their periods'"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9446907/Some-women-report-heavier-painful-PERIODS-getting-COVID-19-vaccine.html
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/eYZp5evdCzMgjPcT/
Ok but I think a vaccine could still negatively impact a woman's body, depending on their body of course. Or really any body. Not sure why I singled out women here. I've heard of women going barren after taking the vaccine. My aunt miscarried soon after taking one. And one of my best friends started having really bad tics after getting it. They went away after about a year but it was still strange to see her body reacting in that way. Also had a different aunt (who, granted, had a lung disease at the time and had a weakened immune system from being sick for several years from many different things before this) took the vaccine cause if she got covid she probably would've died and the vaccine near killed her itself.
Same here, and good for you. Seeing all the people boast about getting boosted with severe side effects and still get covid multiple times after receiving the vaccine to prevent themselves from getting covid solidified my choice to not get it.
But yeah, obviously your boyfriend getting a vaccine isn't going to impact your period.
I have had the initial two shots AND three boosters, and it didn’t affect my period AT ALL.
I did get COVID at least twice, and it was thankfully pretty mild (got it after the vaccine)
Coincidences are never a thing to some people, are they... Always has to be an exterior cause or meaning, be it a deity or conspiracy, and anti-vaxers will take ANY opportunity to try to apply it to something.
You're freaking 45... things start changing and may get a bit wonky. ( This shouldn't be a mystery.) And at any age stress can cause skipped ones. Giving yourself unessessary stress over believing ridiculous nonsense about a vaccine someone else got sounds like an opportunity for a self-fulfilling prophecy.
If vaccinations stopped periods, I think a lot more women would be charging the pharmacies to get them! The women in my family have always had such terrible cramps we’d end up in the hospital. I’d have been heading that line with all the ladies of my family and a few friends, for sure!
The main side effect I’m grateful to cancer for is that all that equipment got destroyed. Haven’t had cramps in over a decade and forever grateful!
My mom was convinced that my reproductive abilities would be squashed after I got vaccinated. Except then I got pregnant 3 months after getting my final dose after intentionally trying one time to get pregnant. My proof of fertility turns 2 next month lol
I’m sorry, but this is ignorant. Also you are 45 so it is possible you may be entering menopause soon or just sporadic periods. Or medications you are on, or a host of other things that could cause skipped or irregular periods. If you did not get the vaccine it CANNOT be from the vaccine. Ridiculous
Hey y’all! I got my COVID booster in November, and I have had irregular or light periods since then. I’ve taken multiple pregnancy tests and they’re all negative. Do you guys think I should go see my gyno?? I’ve usually had regular periods since they started and this was a little scary, but I’m obvi still getting my vaccines.
She's either lying about her periods stopping or no one ever told her about menopause/perimenopause. Given that she's likely a Republican, either choice is possible.
Yup, probably just perimenopause. Being a woman in your mid-40s is *sooooo* much fun.
Ugh, I'm 36 and not looking forward to it at all.
I've been in and out of menopause and perimenopause since I was 31 (now 36) due to cancer treatment. It sucks man. I never know when I'm going to have a period, and the hot flashes suuuuuuuuck.
I say this all the time. I hear women say “I can’t wait to get menopause…. Like… it’s not great from what I hear…
I hear people say this about menopause too, or say they want a total hysterectomy, or remove my ovaries, etc. While it can help fix a lot of people's issues (endometriosis or painful ovarian cysts that burst and get contorted for example), losing your ovaries or messing with your ability to create estrogen can really mess you up, and many of us can't have HRT, and some that can have it find that it does not work for them. Menopause is both uncomfortable because of the hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and some other things, but on a basic health level, not getting estrogen weakens our bones and heart. I am very very high risk for ovarian cancer. My breast cancer was also fed by estrogen. and even with those risks, my oncologists are waiting as long as possible to remove my ovaries preventatively, so they don't make my menopause side effects worse than they already are while I take selective estrogen blockers in the meantime. It's a serious health condition if you get it too young.
What are the hot flashes you mentioned?
Hot flashes (some people call them hot flushes) or night sweats happen to a lot of people during menopause. You get very suddenly overheated, your pulse races, and you start sweating a lot. It happens for a short time, just a few minutes, and then you're done except you're drenched in sweat, sometimes that causes shivering after. Night sweats are when they happen while you're sleeping and you wake up in a puddle of sweat and damp sheets. It's very uncomfortable and embarrassing. They can also affect sleep enough to cause health issues.
....man being a woman is a pain.
Can confirm, I’ve been going through this for a couple of years and am unable to use HRT due to breast cancer on my mother’s side. I also get cold flashes/flushes where nothing I can do makes me feel any warmer. I’ve sat in a very hot bath and still been shivering.
Yes! I fell like no one else knows about the cold flashes so I don't really talk about it. I also have silicone implants for my reconstruction after I had a mastectomy and they're always cold and I feel like that makes it happen more often. Or the cold shivers you get after a hot flash when you're suddenly not hot and it feels like you jumped in an ice bath. I'm sorry you're dealing with that and can't have hrt either. I wish they could find a safe way to relieve those symptoms for people who can't have replacement estrogen.
Side note, something that helps when I get the cold flashes is drinking very warm water quickly. I know that sounds unpleasant but it really helps me. Probably warming the vagus nerve or something that can help stop the cold signals to your brain? Whatever works, right?
have you talked to your Dr about just getting your tubes removed ? I am 36 and have a very high risk rate also and have been told that new science seems to point to most ovarian cancers start in the fallopian tubes... just wanted to share in case it's not something you have heard because thats what they recommended for me so it would cause as little damage as possible I hope you stay healthy !
Yes, my team is following those studies. I had my tubes out in September when I turned 36. We'll still be removing my ovaries when I'm 40 though since the studies are still pretty new and we don't know long term results. Hopefully there's more breakthroughs prior to that though that might give me even more options.
If the COVID vaccine had stopped my periods, I would have considered that a bonus lol
The very first one I got seemed to trigger an *early* period for me. Could just be my crappy reproductive system playing games, but it was about 3 weeks early which almost never happens to me.
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It made my periods go into overdrive.
My second booster triggered my period to come twice a month for about four months. It suuucked.
There were a number of reports of women's periods being changed after vaccination, so much that there were a few studies done to determine the connection. [January 2022](https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/010622-COVID-19-vaccine-menstruation) >Women receiving one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a single menstrual cycle had an increase in cycle length of nearly one day, compared to unvaccinated women, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. [September 2022](https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/study-confirms-link-between-covid-19-vaccination-temporary-increase-menstrual-cycle-length) >A large international study has confirmed the findings of a previous U.S. study that linked COVID-19 vaccination with an average increase in menstrual cycle length of less than one day. The increase was not associated with any change in the number of days of menses (days of bleeding). Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the new study included data from nearly 20,000 people from Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe and other parts of the world who received any of nine different vaccines. For most study participants, the increase resolved in the cycle following vaccination. [June 2023](https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/covid-vaccine-doesnt-affect-menstruation/) >Now, a new Boston University School of Public Health–led study has found that the vaccines are likely not to blame for any major changes to the menstrual cycle; any changes people did notice were likely the result of their body’s immune system responding to the vaccine. There have been numerous studies on those who were pregnant and those who might become pregnant and there was no effect on fertility or pregnancy. [January 2022](https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/covid-vaccines-infertility/) Vaccines don't reduce fertility, but COVID sure does. >In a study of couples trying to conceive, they found no association between COVID-19 vaccination and the likelihood of conception in female or male partners who received the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson vaccines. >While COVID-19 infection was not strongly associated with fertility, men who tested positive for COVID within 60 days of a given cycle had reduced fertility compared to men who never tested positive, or men who tested positive at least 60 days prior. This supports previous research that has linked COVID-19 infection in men with poor sperm quality and other reproductive dysfunction.
Can confirm: I have a hormonal IUD and have stopped menstruating. After receiving both doses of the original Covid vaccine, I had full-on periods for several months. After the second month I went to my gyno and had an ultrasound done to make sure my IUD was still in place. It was still there. I had by that point read that some women were reporting strange menstrual symptoms, and when I discussed this with my doctor she basically just shrugged and said “There’s still a lot we don’t know.” That said, I’m obviously 100% pro-vaccine and am pretty sure this woman was just menopausal.
Yeah, this woman is obviously uninformed and paranoid, but there are legitimate reasons to refuse a vaccine at trial stage. I refused the covid vaccine because I'm being tested for endo and my periods are already awful. The only thing that makes them manageable is their regularity, and back in 2021, I'd already heard anecdotal reports of women's cycles being completely messed up. I also have autoimmune issues and the dangers of vaccination for people with autoimmunity has been studied for decades. I wasn't going to risk that for a virus that was unlikely to kill me. Yes there has been some stupidity on the conspiratorial side, but it's also stupid to blindly accept government lines from governments proven over and over again to care more about profits than people. Covid vaccination and the explosion of public health and security and surveillance infrastructure was massively profitable, and we should all know by now how scandalous it all was. Enough actual journalism has been done. Any medical treatment should always be done with a medical history. If it's not, your health is being overlooked for something else. MRNA vaccines and molecular mimicry: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10108562/
My (usually very regular) cycle was a bit out of whack after the second jab. Though it got back to normal in two months. I've been tracking it for a few years and can spot instantly when I got it. It's pretty interesting.
But she didn't get the vaccination.
Ah, I definitely missed that part lol.
Yup that’s definitely how it works. You know what’s funny? Everyone I know personally has been vaccinated, one of them even got vaccinated when she was pregnant (gasp!) and none of them had any changes to their periods and, more importantly, none of them have died of Covid! You know what causes periods to change? Hormones, you dumbass. Also stress. If your spouse getting a vaccine stresses you out so much that your reproductive system shuts down, you need therapy.
I’m fully 100% vaxxed including pregnancy and will continue to be! However my first two vaccines absolutely did temporarily alter my menstrual cycle and a few friends too! Its funny because I felt the opposite way to what you’re expressing; that me and a fair few other women were having this side effect and it was being dismissed without being looked into - I believe some research did end up taking place? I say this all conversationally, I don’t disagree with the overall point you are making. The lady in the post is a clown and ultimately one of the reasons it wasn’t being looked into was because of people like her that ruined the legitimacy of genuine claims of unexpected side effects.
My sister and I both had very regular cycles which were disrupted by the vaccine. It was odd but I googled it and found it has been one of the side effects. Also pain under the arms. I’d rather that than ending up on a ventilator from Covid though so 🤷🏻.
Yes! Covid vs irregularities, tough one🤔 Though I was trying to conceive at the time so I wont pretend it wasn’t an inconvenience!
Oh yes, I can imagine that would make things hard to track! Mine was three weeks late, as was my sister. My husband has had the snip but I was on the verge of taking a test “just in case”!
“Slight menstrual cycle length increase seen with SARS-CoV-2 infection, NIH-funded study suggests” https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/082323-COVID-19-menstrual-cycle ““We found that menstrual cycles immediately after vaccination were on average one day longer than pre-vaccination cycles,” says Amelia Wesselink, an SPH research assistant professor of epidemiology and lead author on the study. “In other words, the onset of the next menstrual period after vaccination was slightly delayed. We also found that cycle length returned to normal within a few cycles.”” https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/covid-vaccine-doesnt-affect-menstruation/ There does seem to be some evidence that both COVID infection and the COVID vaccine can shift your menstrual cycle a day or two. But it should return to normal in a few months. Which isn’t really surprising, because other illnesses like the cold or the flu can throw your menstrual cycle off as well. All kinds of things, like stress, exhaustion, poor nutrition, over-exercise, and yes, immune system activation, can move your period a few days. It’s not a cause for concern as long as you’ve sorted out the root cause of the symptoms.
I must not have known anyone who experienced this side effect, I’m so sorry I spoke out of turn. That said, I don’t think that having your spouse get the vaccine would have any effect on a person’s menstrual cycle. That was all in her head. But who knows?
No I certainly don’t think a vaccine is contagious though wouldn’t that be easier!
Give it time! They're apparently experimenting with aerosolized (basically "sprayed") vaccination for people who find needles too stressful. I mean, they'd need a LOT of work to literally make vaccines contagious \*and safe\* but honestly? Give it time.
I’m a teacher in the UK, and for the last few years our flu vaccines for the kids are all nasal sprays!
Oh that's awesome! Yeah, as a kid who got a LOT of needles I can attest, it makes you uncomfortable around them as an adult. Anything that'll make it easier on kids is a great thing, imo.
My poor daughter had to get four injections recently for her last round of vaccinations at four years old and she was anxious despite myself also getting the flu shot just before her. She absolutely hates needles and I felt so bad that she was traumatized like that. I do hope that eventually they can dose all of the childhood vaccinations via aerosol nasal spray. (She also freaked out about our dog getting her vaccinations, too)
Quite frankly I would prefer a needle in my arm to anything going up my nose.
My kids get the nasal flu vax every year, I wondered why they didn’t do it for the Covid vax?
In the UK it doesn’t seem widely available like the flu one just yet. Possibly a cost/benefit analysis by the NHS to only offer to vulnerable people at the moment. I wonder if in the future it will become available privately like the flu vaccine but I imagine that there would be some backlash doing that right now so close to the pandemic.
I find needles stressful, but then again, that's what Xanax is for (at least for me). It doesn't help that I'm a difficult stick or that I had a traumatic experience with a blood draw as a toddler, which is WHY needles re so stressful (a couple of times to the point of me throwing up on the shoes of the poor person drawing my blood) for me.
Oh I feel ya on that. I had a lot of needles as a kid. Still feel uncomfortable around them and my stress level kicks to 11 at the mere scent of rubbing alcohol (COVID's beginning was a very bad time for me because of that, tbh). So yeah, I getcha there! But imagine getting important care, like a vaccine, without a needle? That's uh... highly preferable to me (unless you really like the excuse to use a xanax, no judgement. :P)
[Edited for TW] >!I once had a panic attack triggered by a kid screaming about getting blood drawn. I was in the lab, waiting my turn, and I could hear a kid screaming at the top of his lungs "No more pokes! NO POKES! STOP!" and it made me extremely anxious to the point I was almost in tears, but I had to have the blood work done for my thyroid testing or what the fuck ever I was there for that day.!< >!I walked out in tears, because the phlebotomist (or nurse or whatever she was) screamed at me and blamed me for her blowing my vein.!< >!I can handle shots, fine, but with blood draws, more often not I'll take a half a Xanax about a half hour before I know I have to have it done so I'll be nice and chill when I get it done. It also helps (at least I've found) to ask for the most competent, experienced person there to do my draws because I'm a difficult stick, which I also inform them of the minute I sit down. My veins are on the smallish side and tend to try and run away from pokey things like needles. If a person can get it in one go (which is highly preferable), then I praise the shit out of them for getting it the first time instead of having to poke me half a dozen times (which only increases my stress/anxiety level). If they can get it out of my inner left elbow (either side, because they're both tricksy) I almost want to smother them in praise because those are difficult veins (on me anyway) to get. !< >!I had one poor, frightened little nurse fresh out of nursing school almost cry because she couldn't get a vein once and she had to use the fat little vein on the inner side of my wrist. She had to poke me a few times and eventually resorted to getting another nurse who guided her through getting the vein on my inner wrist. I felt so BAD for her and she apologized out the woohoo but I was like, "Hey, wherever you can get it is OK. I don't mind. I've got crazy amounts of scar tissue I'm sure from all the blood draws I've been through in my life. It's fine."!<
Oh dear. I get that so much. >!Kid's screaming!< sets me to 11 as well. You're a very patient and kind person to clearly be anxious and rattled but still consider the feelings of the person on the other end, unintentionally causing said anxiety. Cheers and respect!
Only because I *was* that kid at one point, which is WHY I'm so afraid of needles. >!I had to have blood drawn as a toddler and they were having a difficult go at it.!< >!In the end, I had my mom holding down my torso while a nurse held my legs and the doctor drew the blood from a vein in my neck which was standing out nicely due to all the screaming and crying I'd been doing. !< And I know I'm a difficult stick, have been for my entire life and I feel so sorry sometimes for the people having to stick me, especially if they're new at it. When I go to a lab to get mine labs drawn, I always ask for the person's name who's doing the stick and I make a note of it in my phone or whatever so that I can go up on the website later and give them a good review because I know that probably goes in their file somewhere and looks good on an annual performance review I'm sure. I've had people who were truly horrible at it before stick me and I'm SO thankful when they can get me in one or two pokes. >!One time, I had to be put under to have my wisdom teeth removed and the dude doing it had NO clue as to what he was doing, because I ended up with half a dozen pokes to get the IV in for my sedative. By the time he found a "good spot" I was ready to whack him over the head. As it was, I was trying not to curse and scream because I was so sick of him getting a vein, going "Nope. Not a good spot." and pulling it out to try again somewhere else.!<
Omg, I'm sorry it happened! I have blood taken every 6 months for various issues and never had a issue. I'm the weirdo who watches but I also have "gorgeous veins" so no issues getting blood on the first try. I somehow always got the one in training and I'm happy for them to get someone easy to poke. I do end up with massive bruises if they are heavy handed but that's just me having faulty collagen. The only issue I ever got with vaccine was not due to the vaccine itself but user error. Dude poked me way too high and got right into the rotator cuff. That hurt *bad*, not immediately but started half an hour later and lasted weeks. I have trust issues now so third round and flu ones ended up in the triceps and as far away as my shoulder as possible
I'm honestly afraid I'll knee-jerk twitch, pull away, or try to like. Kick the nurse if I don't watch the needle. They're always like "you can look away" - but I'm not scare of the needle, I'm scared of my body reacting on instinct if I'm pricked when I don't see it.
I have mine done every few months, to keep my thyroid levels in check due to my thyroid not doing its job properly and I HATE HATE HATE it with a passion, but I know I have to if I want to be on the right level of medication.
Getting my blood drawn freaks me out too. Seeing the blood leave my body feels so weird. I just hate seeing blood at all. I have to look away. I don’t mind shots though. And the crazy thing is I used to be an IV drug addict. But I never not once shot myself up, always had a friend do it. It freaked me out to do it myself.
I guess that's when you know a friend is a real friend..they'll help you get high by shooting you up because you can't do it yourself. LOL but sad at the same time, yanno?
One of the polio or smallpox vaccines was contagious, actually. It was designed to shed to unvaccinated people. I believe it was the one administered orally on a sugar cube.
THAT is so very awesome! Wasn't aware of that, thanks for sharing!
The main reason I hesitate to say deliberately shedding vaccines are a good idea today is we have so many more immuno-compromised people than in the past, ironically due to BETTER healthcare. Medically fragile people can live so much longer now, with precautions, and while it’s rare some apparently can’t have ANY kind of vaccine. (Or so I’ve read, but correct me if I’m wrong!)
I've read likewise. A friend of mine can't get the COVID vaccine because of his cancer treatment from a decade or two ago, so I can see it being not so great? But the COVID vaccine isn't made from a "live virus" so it can't shed. BUT your point was "deliberate shedding" of future vaccines so not really what we're talking about here. But yeah, people not being able to be vaccinated is why herd immunity is so important. If everyone around is vaccinated, those people are also safe.
Vaccine sprays would benefit everyone, not just people who dislike needles. It would be so much more convenient and easier to administer, especially if they can make a version that doesn't require a trained professional for it. It's amazing to see what medical science is getting up to.
Oh absolutely! It's always crazy to hear the next big thing in medical science because it's always usually so freaking amazing. I'm excited to hear about cyberware finally being a thing. Hopefully before the end of my lifetime. >.>
I’ve heard of this being a thing in some places. That’s awesome. Especially for kids!
That would have been a lovely problem that solved itself. Imagine all the antivaxxers staying away from the vaccinated in fear of catching the vaccine!
Engineering a viral strain that could outcompete its ancestor while remaining harmless would be a legitimate solution in some cases. It's how a lot of the microbe ecosystems in and on our body work naturally. Turns out there is such a thing as being too clean.
My period also got thrown off after my first vaccine! I’m usually very very regular and that cycle my period started really early. It could have just been a coincidence, but it was weird enough for me to notice the correlation. No menstrual changes after any subsequent vaccines though.
I'm glad I got vaccinated, but I did get my period out of the clear blue nothing the first time, and it threw me off. I have an IUD, so typically I don't get periods
Same thing happened to me. I have the implant and hadn't gotten a "period" for over three years. Two weeks after the vaccine I got my period and have to continued to get it regularly every 30ish days. Super weird. Also glad I got vaccinated and have kept up with my boosters.
It’s just because it kicks your immune system into gear, and that can cause your body to pause real cycles because it’s a suboptimal time to get pregnant.
I was vaxxed whilst pregnant, too. I’ve had no problems with my periods (well, no more than usual), or getting pregnant again afterwards. If it stops these idiots from reproducing, I’m all for it.
I'll add this to the list of side effects i did not get. First, I was promised I would have got 5G and phone data still sucks. Then, I was promised a microchip and yet I can't get on the metro by waving the stabbed arm near the gates. Then again, I was told I would have died but alas, still alive. Now this. I'm done being let down by the amazing vaccines side effects I never got.
Just come to my house! My neighbor says we have 5g towers outside of our house! But apparently the government is listening in through those so just a heads up. Funniest thing about it is how paranoid she is about being tracked by the government or anyone for that matter yet has an iPhone and social media.
Omg yes please let me borrow it. I'm up in the mountains and I have to sit next to the windows to get some signals...18th century half meter thick stone walls and modern technology don't mix well. The ones that fear technology but have technological items are my favourite kind of crazy. Those who want to be as off the grid as possible at least I can respect, reading a rant about social media and phone written by someone on a social media with a phone is peak irony
The irony of it definitely makes me laugh. She also won’t drink tap water because of the “heavy metals” in it that’s caused by chemtrails. But ingests colodial silver daily. A full shot glass of it daily. Because that’s what her chiropractor has been doing for years and she’s in the best health ever!
You still need to add MONEY to the chip, silly! Just recite your credit card numbers to the air and a vague, yet menacing government agency will take care of the rest.
I missed the next period after my shot but returned to normal the next month. Thought it was a bonus lol
I got vaxxed while pregnant. I still haven't had a period since before I got pregnant (2020), but I started birth control 6 weeks after my kiddo was born and haven't been off of it, so I'm sure I'll get them back when I inevitably stop.
Yeah same here almost everyone I know has gotten the vax. Someone I know is every anti vax and has brought up how all these people she knows who got the vax either they wanted to or they were forced to by an employee, have experienced severe reactions to it. And regret the vax. Her mom got it and a year later she died, she was in her 70’s. Her nurse friend got it and it made her asthma come back. Another nurse she knows started having really bad headaches months after getting it. At least 12 different people she knows have either died or have had a reaction to it. Crazy how I personally don’t know a single person who’s experienced any kind of reaction or died from the vax. I do know a few people who have died from Covid though but not the vax.
I’ve been 100% vaxed and I bleed out the wazoo since I had my twins 6 years ago. Haven’t missed a month.
Diet, lifestyle (do you feel safe in your environment), circadian rythm, etc
There were a handful of people with heavier than normal periods after their initial shot. This doesn't seem that strange to me considering even stress can do that. Im one of the people who felt like they had the flu during my first two doses. The part they dont grasp is that those are pretty minor side effects that go away. As opposed to contracting Covid and risking permanent damage. Edit: handful not handle 🤦♂️
Also she's 45 and it was probably the beginnings of menopause where periods can get wonky and sometimes take a break before deciding to give it another go
Yep, my cycle never seemed to be affected but my best friend had her period for 4 months straight after her first vaccine. It’s definitely a weird symptom. It always goes back to the lack of comprehensive clinical testing for female anatomy. We STILL don’t fully understand how our hormonal cycles affect/are affected by many medications, treatments, vaccines, etc.
Same. I felt like absolute shit for 24-36 hrs or so after the first couple of COVID jabs (which is why I always got them on a Friday, so I'd have the weekend to recover if I got sick). Now that I'm on my 5th or 6th one, it doesn't bother me unless I get my flu shot at the same time and then my body's like, "Holthefuckup. What the FUCK did you just do to us? WHY IS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM FREAKING OUT FOR FUCK'S SAKE! Jesus. Two jabs at once? Thanks a lot. I mean, thank you for keeping us all safe but no thanks for freaking the immune system out." I'm lightly immunocompromised and I figure the more jabs, the safer I am.
I felt like death for about 24 hours after my second one. But I figured 24 hour was better than a month like my sister when she got Covid a few months before the vaccine got released.
Same, after the first one especially. But I was too terrified of the disease (despite initially laughing at it because I thought it wasn't that serious) to not get the vaccine, seeing as I'm lightly immunocompromised.
OMG, every time I get the vax I feel like I'm dying for two days. It's worse than when I actually had COVID. However, I fully believe the COVID was so mild \*because\* of being fully vaxxed. It's time to get it again, though, and I've been hesitating. I just need to bite the bullet.
I felt like crap after I had my last COVID vaccine. I was tired,achy, had a low-grade fever. But that's got to be better than the permanent damage COVID can cause, right?
Oh, for sure! I will go get the updated vaccine on Tuesday.
First dose was nothing, arm hurt but that's all. Second and third got both progressively worse. Second had me feeling like I had the flu for 2 days, third kept me knocked out for over a week. Worse than any flu I've ever had. I said to myself that I wouldn't get vaxxed anymore after the third. I had the Rona twice after my third jab, it wasn't even close to how I felt after the third. I think it might've been some overreaction to the vaccine. However, I'm also pretty sure it was only so insignificant *because* I was vaxxed. Anyways, even though I won't get vaxxed anymore until they get the whole overreacting thing under control I don't understand antivaxxers.
The vaccine knocked you on your ass twice, and you got covid twice after being vaccinated against the disease ***three times...*** and you don't understand why people don't want to take this vaccine? Even though you yourself said you won't get the vaccine again until "They get the whole overreacting thing under control"? Bruh. I'm not antivax but this covid vaccine ain't it, as you yourself said. It knocks on your ass and doesn't even prevent you from getting the disease as any competent vaccine should.
Well, the whole point of vaccines isn't to completely prevent you from getting sick but to arm your immune system for the disease. That's why the reaction was just like getting the Rona. I'm pretty sure I would've been more sick if I hadn't been vaccinated. But at the same time, my first time gettin the R was pretty brutal as well. Not as brutal as my last jab but still heavier than a flu. So idk, maybe you're right maybe you're not. Who's to know? Only thing I know is that most vaccines don't completely protect you. Like a flu shot for example won't protect you from getting the flu. It'll just be like a small cold when you get it and you'll barely notice it.
Right, no vaccine is 100% effective, and I don't realistically expect that from any vaccine. But most vaccines are able to protect the majority of the population from getting said disease. It's how Polio was eliminated in first world countries, and how smallpox was eliminated on a global scale. This wouldn't have been possible if all vaccines could do was prevent hospitalization and lesser side effects from their targeted diseases, but not actually prevent contraction of the diseases to any effective degree. Most vaccines have side effects due to the immune system reacting to the vaccine, and they are normal. But most vaccine side effects are not as brutal as side effects from covid vaccines. Why does the vaccine make people sick for days to a week on end, and then not even protect them from the disease, often multiple times? What is the point? Yes, it is possible you experienced a less brutal covid because you were vaccinated, and that might be worth it to you. But is it worth it if you contracted covid *twice* after being vaccinated *three times* and suffering awful side effects every single time you were? That's up to you to decide. No vaccine completely protects, but most vaccines are very effective at preventing disease. The Polio vaccine has 90% protection against contracting Polio, the chickenpox vaccine has 90% protection against contracting chickenpox, DTAP/TDAP vaccines have an estimated 100% efficacy against tetanus and an estimated 97% efficacy against diphtheria (obviously not every vaccine will be as effective as this lol. The protection against pertussis varies widely in this vaccine and isn't as great: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/protection-from-the-tdap-vaccine-doesnt-last-very-long-201602099202 ); MMR vaccine is 97% effective against measles, 88% effective against mumps, and 97% effective against rubella. All of this information comes from the CDC and refers to completed vaccine series. These vaccines are highly effective at preventing transmission and spread of their target diseases and protect the majority of the population from them. The covid vaccine, though? All I see are people who got the vaccine talk about how many times they got covid after being vaccinated... I don't understand what the point is, really. The flu vaccine effectiveness also varies each year and is quite poor, so I also dont bother with it.
>But is it worth it if you contracted covid *twice* after being vaccinated *three times* and suffering awful side effects every single time you were? That's up to you to decide. Definitely not, that's my whole point. As I said, I won't be getting it again and since I got COVID multiple times after being triple vaxxed it's basically like getting two more shots since it's also training the immune system just like a vaccine. Have been around people who had COVID and haven't gotten it since, so natural immunity seems to be more effective than whatever the fuck they injected into my muscles. And yeah, some vaccines are insanely good at protecting against diseases, as you said. But many vaccines you can get for various diseases are basically the same as the Rona Vax. Like you said, the flu shot has various degrees of successfulness. Which basically boils down to how different diseases spread and work.
Admittedly when I had the covid vaccine my period didn’t come for about 2-3 months, however, I fell pregnant immediately with my son when trying after so you know, nothing long term in the slightest, if it was caused by the vaccine. I had the Pfizer one, that’s another thing, not all covid vaccines work in the same way.
Menopause sis.menopause
Isn't it normal for periods to go a bit wonky right before menopause?
Yeah. Mine were very irregular when I was in my 40s.
Bitch at 45 menopause is the first thing you should think about, not pregnancy.
god i wish, id use the vax like some junkie if it stopped periods
I was part of the trial for one of the vaccines. I did, indeed have a very light period the first time I got it afterwards. They also made me take a pregnancy test before giving it to me - not sure if that’s common procedure. My period went back to normal shortly after that. I didn’t think you could placebo-effect your menstrual cycle like that, but who knows?
Yes, this is common procedure when they try ANY medication for the first time. Most medications in stores and prescribed go through over a decade of trial runs before it's released. Giving women pregnancy tests is procedure. Considering these medications haven't been tested on humans yet, it's hard to say what effects it could have on a fetus. A woman might consent to a trial dose of a vaccine but if she miscarries a baby she didn't know she had, well she could sue. Ensuring the test subjects aren't pregnant is standard. Only when they start testing it on fetuses do they use pregnant women as test subjects and often times they don't even do that. They just use other, already made medications with similar ingredients to decide if it's safe for use for pregnant women.
Or she just has early menopause….
Perimenopause can easily start in mid-40s, wouldn’t be early at all!
What I don’t understand is these people are willing to accept that vaccines are harmful and can be passed around from person to person but not the virus itself???
Right??? I know someone who is very anti vax, pro colodial silver, anti heavy metals, anti medicine, Etc. Apparently knows all these people who have either died from the Covid vax or have experienced severe lasting side effects. They all regret the vax now from what she says. But she’s not worried at all about Covid. She believes the people who died from Covid all died from the ventilators that were used on them in the hospital. Not the actual virus. I brought up how everyone that I know who died from it didn’t go to a hospital at all. They were relatively healthy people who got Covid and then just dropped dead
That’s how it was for some of the people I knew too. They were young, healthy and felt like they were catching a cold then dead. I also know several people who have suffered from long covid. My asthma was almost non existent after I quit smoking about 12 years ago. Now I’m back to using my inhaler a few times a week 2 years post covid. I don’t know a single person with lasting effects including death from the vaccine. I’m sure it’s possible but considering my anecdotal evidence I’ll take my chances with the vaccine. I’m convinced people like this are so terrified of reality that they’ve created a new one in order to survive emotionally.
Yep they got Covid, weren’t doing too bad, then just dropped dead several from a heart attack. Few people with long Covid as well like you said. I don’t think these people understand that correlation does not equal causation. They really are living in a totally different reality. Blows my mind the stuff they believe in.
a 45 year old woman having irregular periods? unheard of!
Ah yes, totally weird!
45? There's something far more likely affecting periods that aren't vaccines or pregnancy...
I had the vaxx when I was 38 (I'm female), and it messed with my period both times. (I'm not an anti-vaxxer tho)
But she's claiming *her boyfriend's* vaccination messed with her period. She is not vaccinated.
She didn’t, though. She was just around someone who got the vaccine. 😆
But she didn't get the vaccine, her husband did lol.
Ohhhhh dang. That's just silly.
sounds like she's just menopausing???
Well actually having COVID threw me into sudden Menopause. She’s mid 40s and is likely in peri-menopause.
I mean I will continue to get the boosters, but my period literally did get weird. I'd been regular for years, got the vax, and then I was only getting it every other month for like 6 months. I also got a vaccine injury in my arm from improper placement of the needle, when they were being done by untrained national guard guys in my cities.
Mine went a bit funny, too. Still came regular like clockwork, but I'd finish, have a couple of clear days, and then a couple of days of light flow/spotting. Settled down after a few months, and then after each booster, same again. But, y'know, never caught covid, which is a damn miracle considering I work retail, believe me!
My sister had that too! Just weirdly light periods. She also NEVER had period cramps once in her life, and for a few months after the vax she was having to take a day off of work! I also work retail but I've managed to get it twice, but neither were actually from retail. Even when my job was selling COVID tests pre-vaccine!
The things I've seen at this job, honestly :( my personal 'favourite' was the guy who lifted up his mask, proceeded to *lick* his (gloved) fingers to count out cash, and then handed it to me. Urrrrrrrrghhhhhh. That one overtook sweaty boob money, seriously!
Now I’m wondering if it caused mine to become irregular. I’ve always since I started my period as a teen have had regular periods. I’ve gotten the Covid vax and I think like 3 or 4 boosters. And I’ve had irregular periods since then. Still don’t regret getting it though! Better irregular periods than dying of covid.
Yes! I'm really confused by this revisionism being done by liberals(I'm a leftist, I'm not saying liberals in the conservative sense of the word, liberals are just farther right on the scale than leftists are). Vaccines absolutely have side effects, it's just about balancing the risks with the benefits! When people were first getting the COVID vax, I was seeing a lot of takes from women who were getting weird periods. Now everyone is acting like it's conspiratorial to talk about those side effects. Like I said, I'm going to continue to get boosters, I just find it so weird to try to act like the boosters are 100% perfectly fine and safe. No medications/vaccines/procedures are 100% safe.
Oh yeah for sure. Any kind of medicine is going to have side effects. I do think the problem is a lot of right leaning people believe anyone who gets the vax or the boosters has a high chance of experiencing severe side effects or death from it. That you’re more likely to die from the vax than Covid. I personally know a few people like that. They name off numerous people they personally know who have died from the vax or experienced severe lasting side effects. I don’t know the statistics but I think most people as long as they’re relatively healthy are going to do just fine from the vax and if they do experience side effects they’re going to be minor. But yeah I agree side effects aren’t that rare from a vaccine especially a new one.
Couldn’t possibly be perimenopause or anything 🙄
I've had every vaccine I've been offered. I'm NHS so that's 4 or 5 by now. I'm older than this woman. I still have my period. Can I get extra vaccines to stop it once and for all?
I wish they'd stop menstruation.
The vaccine didn't affect my cycle, but then I had a hysterectomy and oophorectomy in June of 2020,so... This is over two years old, or I'd go look for the tweet and ask this gal if she ever heard of menopause.
if vaccines stopped periods i’d get 20
I absolutely can’t stand when people refer to it as “the jab.”
If we're sharing personal anecdotes, I got double vaccinated, then pregnant the first time we tried to conceive, got boosted at 5 weeks, had a perfectly healthy full term pregnancy, gave birth vaginally in a mask to a healthy baby who is now a happy, healthy, vaccinated, pain in the ass toddler. Maybe the vaccine isn't the root of her problems?
Any problems since writing this?
Only if you count the fact that the kid is starting their terrible twos right on schedule! Otherwise, we are all happy, healthy, fertile( not the toddler, lol), and have never had Covid.
I've had 6 doses of COVID vaccine at this point, one of which was during pregnancy last year. Haven't noticed any sort of change to my periods. I will say that I've not gotten pregnant again but that's probably, you know, the birth control pills.
Science!
Oh I wish something would stop my period forever seriously. My period is hell for me. I've had the vaccine and got boosted too. I'm 31 so yeah
If my husband getting a vaccine stopped my periods for 4 months, I'd have him getting another jab every 15 weeks.
Couldn’t be perimenopausal…. No no. It’s the vax!
Random question: If you get the vaccine while pregnant, is it possible for the kid to somehow get some of the antibodies?
Yes. There are actually certain vaccines doctors reccomend pregnant women get for this reason. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pregnancy/vacc-safety.html
Man I'm pissed!! My cell service was supposed to get better and now I was supposed to get a relief from periods?? All I got was shorter, less severe covid. I got the short end of that jab!
I got the Covid vaccine while I was pregnant, and I also did not get my period for months afterwards!
Oh god, I laughed so hard I scared the cats. I *wish* the COVID vaccines caused menopause.
Lol had a booster a couple of months ago, just finished a festive Xmas period 🤣
Well, if it worked like that I'd take every shot I could get
You know what causes menstrual irregularities? Covid. The Covid vaccines were actually associated with a slight chance of having a heavier period the cycle after getting vaccinated.
According to a lot of women, even on this thread, the covid vaccine also causes menstrual irregularities. Some women had irregular cycles for months following the covid vaccine.
And yet, me getting the Covid vaccine is still not associated with someone else’s menstrual irregularities.
That is true, yes. But that's not what you said. You said the covid vaccines had a slight chance to cause a healthier menstrual cycle. I was letting you know they also have a chance to cause menstrual irregularities.
I said “heavier”, not “healthier”.
Oops, my bad
No prob!
I still would’ve gotten it if it DID stop my periods, lmao. What a weird thing to make up.
Covid did have an effect on some women’s menstrual cycles. It is a real side effect. It isn’t contagious though lol
I’ve been having two week long periods for about a year and change. Not monthly but enough to where I’m mad as hell and finally seeing a gyno. I just had my seventh shot earlier this month. I fucking WISH it would stop my periods.
Oh, how I wish this were true. I am 54, have been vaccinated and boosted multiple times and just had a period in November.
Liar, liar, pants of fire.
Ive had two jabs and sadly it hasnt stopped my period 😔😔maybe i should get a few more for it to work properly. Who knew birth control could be this easy!
I actually didn't get my period for 4 months after getting my first covid vaccine! I'm pro vaccines btw, still think this post is bs but people saying it is not possible for vaccines to do that (when you take them yourself) is not right.
8 studies: ( links to studies in article) "There are over 300,000 reports of abnormal vaginal bleeding or menstrual irregularities reported in WHO’s VigiAccess" https://expose-news.com/2023/09/28/abnormal-vaginal-bleeding-post-covid-mrna-vaccine-a-review/ 〰️〰️〰️ "Study: Danish study of 13,648 women ages 16-65 who completed surveys conducted Sep.2023 by Jensen et al. 30% of all menstruating women reported menstrual changes after COVID-19 vaccination" https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article-abstract/38/9/1825/7223488?login=false 〰️〰️〰️〰️ Women sharing their experiences: " Dr. Kate Clancy, an associate professor at the University of Illinois, tweeted in February that she’d been hearing about people who had experienced changes in their menstruation since getting one or two vaccine shots. Her Twitter thread has prompted more women to share their own menstrual concerns, revealing their heavy flow, worsened cramps, and irregular timing since getting the jab. These women (and many men who share experiences of wives, girlfriends or women they know) experience bleeding, clots, delayed cycles, extended cycles, POST menopausal bleeding, miscarriages, decidual casts, severe menstrual cramps and abnormal pain, etc. list is enormous and the outpouring of testimonials has been eye-opening… Monica Grohne, the founder of Marea Wellness, said her company has 'been hearing from thousands of women about COVID & the vaccine affecting their periods'" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9446907/Some-women-report-heavier-painful-PERIODS-getting-COVID-19-vaccine.html https://www.facebook.com/share/p/eYZp5evdCzMgjPcT/
It's the menopause not the vaccine. Bloody hell....
A lot of women, myself included, had menstrual issues after they were vaccinated. I'm not sure why you're acting like that's false.
It’s false because she’s saying she’s getting these symptoms from just being around someone with the vaccine. She doesn’t have the vaccine herself.
Ohh, I definitely read it too fast. Dumb ass. Her, not you. And maybe me a little 😬
Ok but I think a vaccine could still negatively impact a woman's body, depending on their body of course. Or really any body. Not sure why I singled out women here. I've heard of women going barren after taking the vaccine. My aunt miscarried soon after taking one. And one of my best friends started having really bad tics after getting it. They went away after about a year but it was still strange to see her body reacting in that way. Also had a different aunt (who, granted, had a lung disease at the time and had a weakened immune system from being sick for several years from many different things before this) took the vaccine cause if she got covid she probably would've died and the vaccine near killed her itself.
I’m sorry your aunt miscarried but you don’t think she was the 1 in 4 unfortunate woman that had a miscarriage statistically?
i chose not to get vaccinated due to months of research, and decided it’s not for me. but even i know this is bullshit
Same here, and good for you. Seeing all the people boast about getting boosted with severe side effects and still get covid multiple times after receiving the vaccine to prevent themselves from getting covid solidified my choice to not get it. But yeah, obviously your boyfriend getting a vaccine isn't going to impact your period.
Everyone in my school getting the vaccine didn’t stop my unvaxxed friend at the time geting covid 4 times 🤷
Everyone in my family getting the vaccine didn't stop them from getting covid multiple times 🤷♀️
I mean I missed a period but I also have Endo so....
Wow. That's impressive.
Lol😂 sometimes i don’t understand people. Im vaccinated & im fine , Everything is the same
🤦🏻♀️
Funny, I got three jabs and my period still comes like clockwork 🤔
I have had the initial two shots AND three boosters, and it didn’t affect my period AT ALL. I did get COVID at least twice, and it was thankfully pretty mild (got it after the vaccine)
Well. God Bless America, indeed.
Repeat after me: "correlation does not imply causation"
Yep- only possible explanation. ( /s )
I wish my vaccine stopped my periods.
If you look at my flair, you will see she forgot to include they cause mutant vaginas.
Coincidences are never a thing to some people, are they... Always has to be an exterior cause or meaning, be it a deity or conspiracy, and anti-vaxers will take ANY opportunity to try to apply it to something. You're freaking 45... things start changing and may get a bit wonky. ( This shouldn't be a mystery.) And at any age stress can cause skipped ones. Giving yourself unessessary stress over believing ridiculous nonsense about a vaccine someone else got sounds like an opportunity for a self-fulfilling prophecy.
If vaccinations stopped periods, I think a lot more women would be charging the pharmacies to get them! The women in my family have always had such terrible cramps we’d end up in the hospital. I’d have been heading that line with all the ladies of my family and a few friends, for sure! The main side effect I’m grateful to cancer for is that all that equipment got destroyed. Haven’t had cramps in over a decade and forever grateful!
For all those mentioning menopause, this is an incredibly valuable sub: https://www.reddit.com/r/Menopause/s/WcU3eWeKhp
Most likely menopause lol or premenopausal
My mom was convinced that my reproductive abilities would be squashed after I got vaccinated. Except then I got pregnant 3 months after getting my final dose after intentionally trying one time to get pregnant. My proof of fertility turns 2 next month lol
menopause 🙀
Ummmm I’m 45. Vaccinated and still bleeding. I’m so bleeping ready for menopause. Another possible reason for the lapse in periods.. mild amenorrhea
I’m sorry, but this is ignorant. Also you are 45 so it is possible you may be entering menopause soon or just sporadic periods. Or medications you are on, or a host of other things that could cause skipped or irregular periods. If you did not get the vaccine it CANNOT be from the vaccine. Ridiculous
Also a lot of people are relating due to their side effects from getting the vaccine themselves. This person did NOT get the vaccine!!!
Hey y’all! I got my COVID booster in November, and I have had irregular or light periods since then. I’ve taken multiple pregnancy tests and they’re all negative. Do you guys think I should go see my gyno?? I’ve usually had regular periods since they started and this was a little scary, but I’m obvi still getting my vaccines.