Earlier this year, after one of my cycles, I began having excruciating pain in my lower abdomen on the right side as I was sitting at my desk. I was wondering if I was having some type of problem related to something I ate, but as the pain became worse, over the next few hours.....I could not ignore it. I grew from having serious cramping to having pain that was causing me to scream out loud, with NO relief!! It was the most horrible experience of pain in my life, even worse than child birthing pains since there was no down side, only pain intensifying.
My husband rushed me to the emergency room which was a ride that seemed like it took forever! I was crying out to the Lord the whole way there!! It was horrible! I waited for a long time before they gave me some pain medication and took me to a room, after finding a hemorrhaging cyst on my ovary. I was on a morphine pump all night long, and I had to stay awake to pray because that drug was so strong and was causing me to have hallucinations. I did not want to go to sleep, because I would feel the spiritual darkness of that drug. It was very intense.
I had to have an emergency surgery to have the cyst removed, and was sent home the next day with very little instruction on what to do. After I came home, I had several months of irregular cycles still. I wore tampons for years, and was never told not to wear them after my surgery, so I continued as soon as I was healed. I always felt like my cycles were "normal" but were very heavy and I had a lot of cramping. One day after feeling a very painful cycle, I decided to do a google search about tampons to find out if they are harmful to anyone. WOW! I was so surprised at what I found!!
I read the ingredients that are in tampons which include things like bleach to make them white and all sorts of harmful ingredients, some even responsible for producing hemorrhage! I was astounded!! Could it be?!! Could these things be manufactured in a way that causes MORE bleeding?!! I read things about women who had such heavy cycles, lasting for DAYS longer than a normal cycle of bleeding. Their testimonies showed that it seemed that much of the bleeding they were experiencing was not menstrual bleeding, but hemorrhage related to wearing tampons!! I could not help but think that this was possibly causing me problems after the prolonged use of them.
That day, I decided I would never wear them again. Instead, I switched to natural pads, made out of 100% cotton, and within a couple of cycles, I began to see the INCREDIBLE difference! With the heavy flow I was having when I wore tampons, I could not have imagined getting by with JUST a pad. Well, since switching over, I have had such light bleeding that I can not believe how light my periods are now! It seemed so simple to me. Just switching from tampons to natural pads (ones without bleach and dye)....helped me incredibly. I began to see my cycles go back to normal after some cycles being so irregular that I would have 2 cycles in one month many times!!
Yes, I believe that the tampons were responsible for my female issues, to a point. And YES, I believe that switching to the natural pads has made all the difference in the world.
DO your own research. Don't use the products that can cause you harm. If you want a wake up call, just read the WARNING on the tampon box and make your own judgment whether these are good for your body or not. Common sense would tell a person that what the Lord has designed to leave our bodies, should not be plugged inside of us, causing us unnecessary problems. The menstrual cycle is designed by God to cleanse our bodies monthly as women. We should not thwart that cleansing, by seeking to be clean on the outside, at the expense of our bodies on the inside.
Herein lies a spiritual picture as well. We should seek to be clean on the inside, spiritually clean before God before seeking to be clean and beautiful on the outside. Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. 1 Sam. 16:7
First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. Matthew 23:26
Women, lets make sure we are caring for our bodies on the inside first. The Lord desires for us to be vessels that He can use. Don't be weighed down with sickness and diseases that you can prevent by living a healthy lifestyle mind, body, soul and spirit!
God bless you!
~Tabitha L.
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