http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/23/sl-letter-of-the-day-do-it-sissy Comments On: SL Letter of the Day: Do It, Sissy by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Dan, seriously consider adding an update to this post. Common sense & some medical practitioners on this thread raise some valid concerns & lotsa people reading who look to you for advice. Butttampongate could commence. :(
Posted by Eva Hopkins]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:02:34 -0800 The Stranger this face and waved my hands around wildly while going, "Oh god, ew ew ew ew ew...." for about two whole minutes. This is why I would be a bad nurse.
Posted by thecheesegirl]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:03:00 -0800 The Stranger
Please publish a correction Dan, this advice could be fatal.
Posted by sorry, name is taken]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:13:15 -0800 The Stranger
Please publish a correction Dan, this advice could be fatal.
Posted by sorry, name is taken]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:10:33 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Antoinette]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:19:57 -0800 The Stranger
Re 43/46: ...Yeah. So, any current readers in LW's shoes would be well advised to listen to all the medical professionals in the thread saying this is a terrible idea, from personal experience, and ignore the people whose instincts tell 'em there could be no problems.
Posted by IPJ]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:30:02 -0800 The Stranger and remember kids, if you do lose something up there...deep knee bends:

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Savag…

Posted by fubarista]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:18:23 -0800 The Stranger Posted by jds]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:45:22 -0800 The Stranger
Please note that I was referencing the words of REAL doctors and nurses with REAL experience helping out REAL people who lost REAL things up their butts. Not an urban myth to be found.
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:33:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Shann]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:26:39 -0800 The Stranger
Not something a guy could insert, though.
Posted by ShifterCat]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:17:40 -0800 The Stranger @37- Yes, enemas work for so many purposes, this included.
@42- Why is a shredded tampon any worse than what's up there naturally? Poop chutes are made for expelling what's in 'em.
Posted by OutInBumF]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:56:55 -0800 The Stranger
Uh ... no. Adding the liquid from an enema to a tampon already inserted would weaken the cotton/synthetic fibres, meaning that the likelihood of shredding or tearing would be greater. There are already comments above describing how removing a tampon from the anus is nothing like removing it from the vagina,

Posted by Helenka (also a Canuck)]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:24:20 -0800 The Stranger
But when you're talking about feminizing, like other commenters have said--nothing compares to dealing with pads. Frustrating, sticky, at times horribly embarrassing (most impressively loud packaging in the universe).... and safe. Just go with that.
Posted by Harimad]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:54:53 -0800 The Stranger
If you want real feminizing, take a pad, and a bottle of red/brown ink. Add ink until the pad is damp then wear it. Then for 8 hours stop to add ink every hour or so, until your bottle is empty, and don't stop even if the pad is too soaked to take any more. Be afraid of it leaking all over the place, and ruining forever your nice clothes. Start using the brown-stained coton panties from last month, that never became white again despite your best efforts, for that whole business. And at night too ! Soak the pad before going to bed, and see the results on your bed linen in the morning. That'll be a lot more like what women experience.

And yeah, marinating in juices for one week each month is so pleasant. You'll love it. Especially the part when you'll have to put back on, after peeing, your panty-with-pad that was warm when you took it off, and now is distressingly colder. Such a nice feeling.

And if you really want to go the full monty - don't use red/brown ink. Use real red meat juice. Enjoy the smell at the end of the day.
Posted by sissoucat]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:58:07 -0800 The Stranger
http://www.mum.org/insideMUM1.htm

http://www.mum.org/valenpad.html

http://www.mum.org/SwedBelt.htm

http://www.mum.org/beltclass.htm

http://www.mum.org/stayne73.htm

http://www.mum.org/staynet72.htm

http://www.mum.org/sahayog2.htm
Posted by gnot]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:59:04 -0800 The Stranger
GROSS.
Posted by tainte]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:01:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by I have always been... east coaster]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:58:36 -0800 The Stranger Posted by gnot]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:50:08 -0800 The Stranger
If something is stuck in your ass and you can't get it out, get medical help. Do not wait a few days, do not try to pry it out with a grapefruit spoon (seen that with a vagina - terrible result), do not ask your friend who's "really in touch with her body" for advice. GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
Posted by Yeek]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 07:44:14 -0800 The Stranger
Peristeen anal plugs are essentially tampons for the anus, available as a method of managing faecal incontinence. They expand to create a plug at the top of the rectal cavity and can be left in for up to twelve hours. They are shaped differently so there would be less risk of it being lost inside the anus (although that's not no risk).

These are only available by prescription in the UK but I'd imagine there are similar products available in the USA.

It's an option but I still stand by my original opinion of not shoving things up one's ass that could potentially disappear. . .
Posted by UK_Nurse]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 07:02:12 -0800 The Stranger
Senna is a stimulant laxative, which means it encourages the intestines to contract more vigorously. If that tampon is firmly lodged and your intestines begin contracting against a fixed obstruction, there's always a risk of perforation. At that point, you'll be on the fast track to colostomy which you will probably dress up with lipstick and a wig.

Furthermore, an anus usually has a lot more muscular tone than the introitus of a vagina. Therefore, pulling out a swollen mass with a string is less likely to be successful when you're pulling it out of someone's asshole. If the string breaks off, then you're stuck with a wad of fiber soaking up bacteria and whatever other foolishness you've happened to cram up your ass that day, cooking away at 98.6 degrees. You might as well allow a piece of pork to fester up there.

Instead of making this mistake and having to come to the ER with this problem, try using a little FORESIGHT instead. We would appreciate it.

Posted by Yeek]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:47:54 -0800 The Stranger
As has already been mentioned by Shann - a vagina has the cervix to stop things from disappearing any further inside, a rectum is just the start of a long length of intestine.

As someone who has retrieved a few retained tampons from patients, I can tell you that those things not only retain lots of fluid, but also provide a perfect breeding ground for bacteria (any other healthcare professionals on here will know that a retained tampon produces a smell perhaps only beaten by fungating breast tumours). Losing a tampon inside the rectum risks developing a serious bowel obstruction, which can be fatal.

And it seems to fly in the face of the advice you regularly recommend ER doctors tell their patients, Dan - don't stick anything in your ass that doesn't have a flared base.
Posted by UK_Nurse]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:47:00 -0800 The Stranger
If you want a humiliating female experience, try putting something that stains on a pad, and wear it for a while, hoping it won't leak and show.
Posted by mother of two]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:18:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by JJinAus]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:36:32 -0800 The Stranger