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ThaMonthly   5.21.23 XII Full Circle ___ By Chrys D. ‘I’m headed to the stars, ready to go far… …I’m starwalkin.’ 1 year. 12 months. 365 days. The phrase ‘a lot can change in a year’ is ringing ever so loudly in my ears at this juncture. On this day last year, I turned 34 & started a MOVEMENT. I got in front of a camera & uttered the words “So what’s up yall, welcome to ThaMonthly.” That was the first episode of my podcast. Since then, I’ve been blessed to meet with people from all walks of life & hear their stories. Moms, Dads, Siblings. Spouses, Doctors, Working People. Religious, Spiritual, Non-conforming. All walks of life, All either suffer (or knows someone that does) from reproductive woes & the infringement of bodies & rights. & I love each and every one of them. This journey has also given me opportunities I could have never foreseen for myself. I started an organization placing free menstrual products in schools & public spaces. I became a writing
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  ThaMonthly   3.30.23 XI Tha Endo Effect ___ By Chrys D ‘For This Life I Cannot Change… …Hidden Hills, deep off in a main.’ Since having my fibroid surgery in 2017, my fear was having to ever be cut on again. My guilty pleasure is binging medical shows like Chicago Med, House & The Resident. Although I enjoy these way too much, I’m still MORTIFIED of needles, anesthesia & going under, & the ultimate– death. At the time of this blog post, I’m approximately 13 days away from having my 2nd operation due to Endometriosis (March 30). I don’t let it show outwardly, but yet again I’m petrified. I’m a little older now, & things aren’t the same as 6 years ago. My body has seen so many changes. Age & weight is its biggest foe. Obedience with it hasn’t always been my strong suit. However, my vow is to take things slower, & be infinity times more intentional with my health. See y'all on the other side. Update. On Monday, March 20th, I was told by my gynecologist that s
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ThaMonthly 2.24.23 X Tha Black & Tha Beautiful ___ By Chrys D. ‘Say It Loud… … I’m BLACK & I’m proud.” Consider this scenario. Being a working, bill & tax-paying Black Woman in 2023 America. Now apply that to the health care system. A system that sees 41.4% of Black maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Differences in health insurance coverage & access. Being turned down by doctors when requesting urgent medical care.  Can’t imagine that?? Let me drop a few names. Kira Dixon Johnson Hemorrhage Kelly Ervin Toxemia Poisoning Shamony Makeba Gibson Pulmonary Embolism Amber Rose Issac Emergency C-Section All beautiful Black Women who are no longer here due to having their pain minimized or ignored. Reported mistreatment met with ZERO assistance from doctors & nurses alike. I’ve unfortunately experienced my fair share of this type of treatment. Had an Emergency Room doctor tell me once that he felt my pain was
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ThaMonthly 1.29.23 IX Tha Ovulation Station ___ By Chrys D. “Smoking on a backwood cause I miss my ex… …now I’m ovulating & I need rough sex. So for starters just to be transparent? I never have, never desired to, nor never will know when I’m ovulating. Reason being is because once I realized conceiving a child wasn’t really possible, I could give a FUCK about ovulation. Quite frankly, I’m well overdue for a doctor to snatch all of this bootleg equipment we so affectionately call ‘lady parts,’ LMAO. This is also NOT me saying I’ve never felt it happening, or sensed it coming. You kinda can’t help it when you have a natural intuition with your body. Being plagued with PCOS & her best friend endometriosis, I’ve experienced wild levels of ovulation. Literally as quaint & beautiful like butterflies flowing freely in my pelvis. Or as unfathomably excruciating as hot daggers bludgeoning my uterus! Couple this with an appetite that gluttony would drop a jaw to & an intense sex
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