EITM: Time Of The Year 5/7/24

When a period becomes an exclamation point.

Episode Transcript

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Katie. Oh, you sound delightfuland where are you calling me from?
I'm some rock though, excellent,excellent. You didn't tell me how old
you were age range. I'm thirtyperfect. Hey, can I ask you
something? When? When when youfirst started? How old were you when
you first started getting you know,your period thing? No thing? Yes?

(00:31):
It was well? No, Imean it's an awkward question. It's
an awkward question. Yeah, howyou were you were? How old?
Eleven? Eleven? You can startearlier now, dude, that's young bro
eleven? Yay, eleven, Imean young. Pardon me, I guess

(00:54):
it's a little young. But Idon't know. All of my friends there
were much some of my friends Igot it earlier than me. You've been
having your period for nineteen years?Yeah? Suck? Oh my god,
eleven. I guess everybody has itsown schedule. The thanks dad, the

(01:14):
hashtag girl dad. Hey, canI ask you this? I've never called
myself that. Can I ask youthis? The sweatshirt does it for you?
Hey? Katie? Let me askyou this. When you get when
you get your when you get youryour period thing? How how long?
How long does it last? Aboutfive days? And it like is it

(01:40):
is it like, are you onlike are you on? Are you on
like a pill or like if somethinglike that? No, really, yep,
why I don't know. I feellike I have I get side effects
from it. I also just don'thave the reasons to be on one.

(02:01):
But the you don't know, youdon't practice X not regularly en at all.
Oh okay, all right, verygood, very good? All right?
But five days, five days,all right, very good. I'm
a touch oncomfortable. I don't knowif that's coming across. Are you all

(02:21):
right, Katie? Thank you,thank you, thank you, ma'am.
Well maybe not, let's default tosex questions if you're already uncomfortable. Well
no, but it's just I'm justI feel like everybody's on a pill or
some kind of not everybody's like shesaid, some people have like bad side
effects from them, and right,go another route. Yeah no, but
then you would get like a patchor like the injectable or something. I

(02:43):
just feel like everybody's on something,okay, Or you can use a condom
the well yeah, but I meaneven like even if she like was,
oh I'm on the pill, I'dstill use the condom. All right.
Let's say you can make this nextone weirder. Probably where am I going?
Line seven? Hi, Ellie hadthe more I mean, hello,

(03:06):
Hello, yeah, Hi, who'sthis? Hi? Explored? Hey,
Lauren, where you call me from? You're county? I'm sorry here,
fuck your county? Fuck your county? Oh? Very good? And how
old are you? Twenty nine?Oh? Oh, so you're right around
Katie's age? Hey, what howold were you when you got your period?

(03:30):
Oh? Probably around like twelve?Oh okay, that seems so young.
I don't know what age I feellike they would start, but I
feel like that's young, not reallymiddle school. In my head, it's
like fifteen sixteen. Well, oh, I'm sorry, I've never had one.
I think these days twelve is theaverage? Really? Yeah? Wow,
that's me. But as you knowfrom the previous Katie had it at

(03:53):
eleven, and then she said shehad friends who had it earlier, right,
Lauren, Yes, when you youyou get periods. Yep, So
I just make it more awkward thanyou did. I didn't think it was
possible. Hey, are you onany kind of like a like a like

(04:15):
a pill or an injectable or something? I am not. Oh my god,
there's two By the way, youknow what Elliott the morning listeners,
they're ready to go, they're readyto rock that day, rolling m Dice,
Hey, what how long? Howlong? How long does your period
last? For? Probably about fivedays? And Katie got a long comment,

(04:36):
right, five days? Heavy?Heavy? Sometimes? Yeah, yeah,
I hear you. The Hey,so I don't understand this. I
was reading about this woman yesterday.What is her name? What is her
name? Hold on, I'm goingto tell you her name, like Elizabeth

(04:59):
or whatever? You by? Izzy? Are you ready for this? When
she goes OTR? Guess how long? Guess how long she has her period
for? Oh god, I don'tknow. Two weeks? Two weeks?
She wishes longer than two weeks.This sister goes four months? Oh my
god, for one stretch. Fourmonths is how long her period lasts?

(05:20):
Is it still called that? No, it can't be. That's not then
what do you call it? Didyou get got checked out? Yeah?
No? For real? Okay,Glasshouse the although you're normal, I mean
you're good. I mean you goheavy at times. She'd get it checked
out if she wouldn't say, I'mdizzy. God, she goes what's the
longest like, what's the longest period? You've had. I mean, I

(05:43):
got some pretty long one, probablylike nine days. Oh I lied.
When I was on birth control,I was on it for like a month
straight. You you were OTR fora month. Yeah. I thought that
if you were on the pill likeit regular super regulated. Yeah, like
you get it for the super daysor whatever. Not for me. A

(06:05):
body doesn't work like that. Apparently, it's like Tyler said, everybody's different,
but you your body, yees different. But but there's kind of a
mean and a median, you knowwhat I'm saying. Yeah, you're an
average dude. A month. Ohmy god, she's off the What was
the question? Is that why you'reoff the pills? Oh? Hell yeah.

(06:29):
Did you ever look at like aninjectable or something? No, I
was traumatized after that. I wouldbe. You were just like, let
me let my body do what it'sgoing to do. Did you think there
was some wrong with you? Like, did you think you were dying?
Oh? Well, I knew Ihad like a blood plotting to be Yeah,

(06:51):
you're asking people to be forced rightabout about stuff and then you can't
get when she's given you her scenario. Yeah, no, no, I
understand that. So wait, butyou know what seems weird to me.
This is what seems odd to mewith nothing, your five days with something

(07:11):
that's supposed to control it, you'reyou're you're going for a month. Yeah.
I it was traumatized, Like didyou ask a doctor, Like,
at what point do you call it? At what point do you call a
doctor and go I can't get thisthing to stop? Oh? I mean
I have stopped and it stopped bleeding. I hate doctors obviously, because they

(07:33):
told me to do this. SoI was a little and then they tried
to put me back on and Iwas just like, no, I don't
trust you. So what do youdo now? Just like condoms all the
time? Right, Yeah, Ijust crossed my fingers, right, I'd
crossed my legs like dude, Iwould be I would, I would if
I would. Quadruple bag just goesto show you that little tiny pill is

(07:55):
pretty powerful when it comes to screwingwith your hormones. Oh god, I
know, how is this possible?This chick went four months and by the
way, it's not like she likeyou Lauren, where it was like once
this chick her periods are like fourmonths long, so after not always four
months, but like when they hitthey and she is tried, Hey,
thank you Lauren, best of luck? Dies it? Say how long?

(08:18):
So if she would go four months, then what was the length the next
one would start? Like the downtime? Yeah, I don't know, I
have no idea. Is this aside effect of a more serious condition.
They can't find anything wrong with her, like endomet they ruled out. Yeah,
no, that's one of the onesthat gets mentioned. And she says,

(08:41):
like, you know, like somepeople when they get there, when
they're on they get they get likecrampy in in like angry. The she
said, like she would get soshe'd be like miserable. She couldn't leave
her house and for dealing with thatfor like a four month st Yeah,
at what point during that period oftime they did MRIs window of time,

(09:05):
they did ultrasounds, they did laparoscopy, they tested for endometriosis, they test
they tested for things I can't evenpronounce, and everything's fine. Yes,
when did she raise her hand?Oh? How far into this four months?
Oh? I don't know. Idon't know the answer to that,
Like how long? At what pointwould you call your doctor if I went

(09:30):
if I went like into like twoweeks, I would be concerned. So
you're you're eight nine days in.I if I'm going beyond five, just
with my history, I would bea little bit. Oh that's weird.
So what would you think was wrong? Would you just think if somebody kicked
the faucet? I don't know,christ And that's the other thing I thought,

(09:52):
like when I was reading about thisElizabeth girl, I thought it was
like like she was just you know, like she had the cramps and they're
like okay, but she was.She was talking about like there were there
were days during those four months,like ongoing days where she was like,
man, it was it was pooranat of me. Well there, as
you get older, it can getas you're getting into like perimenopause and menopause
and everything, it can get realweird schedule wise. What do you mean

(10:16):
it's just a day, no,no, no, But but it could
get to it very very short,or it could get very long. It
just gets it just gets very erratic. That's your body telling you, like
hold on, sister, you're aboutto ride. Could you imagine like you
think you're done and next thing youknow, you start pouring again. It's
common. Oh how old did yousay this girl was this chick's twenty one.

(10:37):
Yeah, so's nowhere near it.She said she got she well,
and she was not so like nowshe's worried, like do I spend the
rest? But she started getting herrag at eleven? Okay, but I
mean that could be she could beone of those women who has to go
through early onset where I've had friendswho've gone through menopause at like thirty on

(10:58):
purpose. No no, no,no, it's not on purpose. It's
what your body's doing because because theperiods go so long. No no,
no, that's just that would becould possibly be a sign if if it
goes from being super regular, superregular to like extremely long or extremely short,
that might be your body telling yousomething like she says like sometimes when

(11:18):
it hits month too, She's like, I don't even want to leave the
house. I'm in such agony.So was she fine for many years?
Ten years? Okay? So thiswasn't from day one? No no,
no, I told you she gotshe got her first down at eleven,
but I didn't know if that firstone was four months long? O my
god, No no no, no, no, not traumatic for like a
teenager have to deal with that.Could you imagine? No, you got

(11:43):
to walk around middle school for fourmonths. Oh that's fifth grade eleven.
You got to walk around elementary schoolwith freaking pads out to hear. I
mean then I using a cup forfour months? No, I mean,

(12:03):
but then maybe they would. Theymight put you on birth control that young,
just to regulate you. Yeah,but this girl's been on everything.
She was done birth control, shewas on injectables and matches and god knows
what it courts Chelsea Rights. Ihad a year long period, Oh my
god, with an IUD. Ohno, oh do I you d's jack

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you up? Got it removed?Bleeding stopped immediately, but then had to
do iron infusions once every other weekfor three months. Was she in the
raw meat? I'm sure they encouragedher to eat stuff high and iron.
Yeah, like you know that thatpad that's on the bottom of a steak
when you buy it it, likeHarris Teeter? Was she just like you,

(12:46):
awful person, like putting that inher mouth like a zins? Oh
my god, she was bleeding fora year. I would think I'm dying.
But don't they say done the IUD do that a year period?

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No? No, no, no, but like like I U D I
feel like that Jack's people up.Sla writes, my period was so bad?
How bad? Was it? Bledso much? Christ got two bags
of blood at the R. That'sreal. You have to go get a

(13:28):
transfusion. Jesus, I was notexpecting that. Hey, you know what,
I'm going to do a blood drivefor Chelsea who needs two bags of
blood? Could you imagine you haveto go get a transfusion because your OTR
was getting dizzy? This is morefrom Sarla was getting dizzy and then got
a hysterectomy. Best decisions over God? Sorry, oh but she liked it.

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Well, I mean best decision.I'm uncomfortable. And when you break
it down, not the lining,but just the uh, the um menstruation
itself. You just break that down. Isn't it like funny? And not

(14:20):
in a funny way, but it'slike your body being like you didn't get
pregnant. Uh shit it come on, you're ten line one, Hi Elliott
in the morning. Hello, thisis me, Yeah, Hi, who's

(14:43):
this Hi? This is Emma fromSouthern Virginia. Yes, how are you?
I'm good? How are you good? Hey? By the way,
they also checked her for pelvic congestionsyndrome and uterine this is what I can't
pronounce arta arta, arterio venus formations. Never even heard of that, and

(15:05):
endometrios anyway, Yes, I'm sorry. What was your name? Emma?
Emma? And how old are you? I'm twenty four, twenty four?
It started when you were twelve?Wow, the h although that seems old.

(15:26):
So you've you've been at this fora decad a dozen years? Do
you get? Do you get it? Really? What's been your longest one?
So when I was when I firststarted my period, it all started
probably three months in and I startedjust having like a constant period. I'd
have like a break, like probablya break of the week, maybe two.

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So my mom took me to thedoctor. They put me on birth
control like the light of pill,and then that didn't work, so they
moved me up through everything, acombination of pills, the debot shot and
plan in my arm. They wouldn'tdo everything and nothing would work, So
then I finally could quit. Andonce that didn't work, then I finally

(16:10):
got an ID and that's all Ithink. It does work so far,
and now it's starting to fail.So wait a minute, so you were
you were on NonStop period except youwould get like a week or two break.
Yeah, so you're like the oppositeof a real system. Yeah,
oh my god. How old wereyou when you got your IUD twenty two?

(16:36):
Wow? And how do you knowit's starting to fit? Well?
Here you're probably bleeding like crazy.Yeah yeah, sorry, and the cramps
are coming back. Wait, sodoes an IUD an IUD eliminates all of
that or like in theory, iteliminates everything. So if if you got
an eye, Like I know acouple of girls that have IUDs, but
they don't get their periods. Yeah. Yeah, some of them react differently.

(16:57):
Some people will still have a normalperiod with it, will not have
a period at Oh. Also theyhave different times, so I have a
hormonal i E D. They alsohave copper I d's which don't have any
kind of hormones in them. Butthey say that if you have a heavy
period or heavy cramping, not toget the copper I D because it sends

(17:18):
off pretty much ways to kill offspart one. Yeah, hey, what
is the so what do you so, what are you gonna do? Like
if the I U D, doyou just get a new I U D.
So the I E. D's aregood for seven years and the insurance
won't cover another one until seven years. And they're not quite cheap either,

(17:40):
So I'm not exactly sure. I'mgonna try to find more doctors. I've
been to a lot of doctors already, and they can't find anything that's wrong.
They to say, it's normal,Hey, do you have to have
you have you ever had to getlike a blood transfusion or like eat the
meat packing? Yeah, I've hada blood transfusion before, I had structure
on my ovary, but that doesn'treally have anything to do it. Yeah,
don't bring you into it the well, No, because that that gets

(18:03):
into that's like serious the I think, I don't know. This is too
I'd rather have this, No,I wouldn't. How about other people who
weren't the er or had it fora year, like it's all miserable.
How much do you spend a yearon like do you use tampons or pads?

(18:25):
Tampon? How much a year doyou spend on ponds? Oh?
God, I would say probably closeto like five hundred eight dollars a year
at say, man, and you'renot using that. I don't amazing.
That is amazing. You got aflexible spending account. Steal it from work?

(18:52):
All right, very good, verygood. I appreciate it. I
hope you okay, thank you.Well. I don't know what to say.
I don't want to say get well. It's not like she's sick,
but I don't want to say like, I hope it gets better. Like
that sounds placating. By the way, if she was taking from the office,
it'd be like our kitchenette and food. You'd come in every Monday and

(19:14):
be like what in traffic do overthe weekend? Empty? They stole all
the ponds. There's no tampons andno lollipops. Same stick applicator though,
I can't imagine that. Oh Megwrote me said I was eight when I
started eight, And she said Iwas thirty nine when I went into menopause.

(19:37):
I was on depot Privera for yearsand never had a period. Awesome,
Wait, so she so she gotit at eight, Like if you
start your thing at eight, theydon't put you on something like you can't
get on you can't get on pillsat eight. I don't know how that
works. I would you would thinkeight's really young for that. I would
think they would maybe want you tolike develop at least to get into like

(20:00):
eleven or twelve. See how youadjust? Can I can? I ask?
Can I ask a? I don'teven know the like? What?
How? How old do you haveto be to get an iu D?
I don't know? Is this acopper iu D or a hoeremonal? By
the way, I'll steal those andsell them. Hey, can you melt

(20:22):
this down? Copper? Iud thesecop there's catalytic converter steelers, and I
hide out in rooms hey day tillFriday, keeping the spermit base nineteen sixty.
Wait, so how long? Howold? How old do I have
to be to get one? Idon't know. Let's see here there is

(20:44):
no age. But you need todiscuss with your doctor what is safe for
you? That would be scary.Man, I'm just seeing teenagers listen here,
I'm not seeing the tweens. Igo copper because it works well in
your golf game. He likes helikes the patina when it rains. Oh

(21:10):
god, what does that look likethirty years later? Jesus Christ, you
know people are calling and being forthright. You don't need to punctuate everything,
but it lo