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Ahahahahaha! Feminine products training was fairly hilarious due to the presence of one lone bloke. Poor lad. Regarding tampons: "Is there, um, lubricant or something on those?" Accompanied by a dubious look at said tampons. And then he was all confused about pads ("They ... stick to the underwear?") and panty liners ("Wait, tanga ones? Black tanga ones?") (Okay, I'm with him on that one, WTF?).

Poor, poor lad. Though my favourite moment was when the trainer was about to demonstrate how tampons expand when they absord, and she said, "... which is why I have my glass of water here. Oh, wait, that's Sean's glass." The look on the boy's face was priceless!</

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Well, the problem with a hysterectomy is twofold. First of all, there is the fact that without a uterus, you're pretty much going to be on hormone replacement for the rest of your life, which is why doctors are generally unwilling to do it unless there's absolutely no choice. It's also why I'm not serious about it, myself, especially with the history of osteoperosis in my family. (Risk of osteoperosis is reduced the longer you have a regular hormonal cycle, which is why my mother is still on the pill to ward off menopause.)

That said, while I understand the reluctance to do a hysterectomy, there is also a tendency for doctors to be very very reluctant to even sterelise any woman under thirty, especially when they've not had kids (yet).

(Your friend may want to look into a procedure I've seen talk about from the States, where they basically remove the uterine lining, thus effectively sterilising you and stopping menstruation, but leaving your hormonal cycle intact. I don't know if this is a solution for her, but IIRC, I've seen several of the endometriosis-sufferers on [Unknown site tag] mention they had this procedure done, and it worked. I can look up the proper name and more info, if you want.)

But yeah, the general unwillingness of doctors to do anything to a childfree woman's reproductive system is ... annoying.