Enii and I had a great chat about menarche far from home, the savage rumors of high school girls, and an unceremonious PCOS diagnosis. This conversation was funny, infuriating and enlightening.
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Topic's covered:
- Why San Francisco has a special place in Eni's heart
- Getting chocolate because... that's what you do
- The anti-climactic response to "becoming a woman"
- Managing menstruation with birth control
- Enii's recent diagnosis with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
- How Enii plans for periods that lead to vomiting and fainting
- When male bosses are so weird about everything female
- Returning to pads after being betrayed by tampons
- How high school rumors can shame menstruators
- The freedom of complaining about cramps to Enii's brothers
- Being hormone free and periods returning with a vengeance
- Enii's PCOS diagnosis process
- The potential impacts of PCOS and fibroids on having children
- Variation in period tracking apps
- Enii's hormone free life and her period not agreeing with that plan
- Enii's hope that future generation's won't have to pay for menstrual products.
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