Women’s Health Education Hub - Everyday Wellness Journal Facebook ad: “Must Read If You Still Use Disposable Pads”

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They're called PFAS, and they're linked to cancer, thyroid disease, and immune problems. I wore them for 6 years before anyone told me I'd never heard the term PFAS until two weeks ago. I'm 70 years old. I read the news. I stay informed. I'm not someone who goes through life completely oblivious. But I'd never heard of PFAS. Not until my granddaughter sent me an article. She's in college at Stanford studying environmental science. She called me after she sent it. Said "Grandma are you still using those disposable pads?" I said yes why. She said "You need to read this article right now. And then you need to stop using them." I opened the article while she was on the phone. PFAS. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Forever chemicals. They don't break down. They accumulate in your body over time. Linked to cancer. Thyroid disease. Immune system problems. Fertility issues. And they're in almost all disposable pads. I felt my stomach drop reading it. I've been using disposable pads for six years. Every single day. Sometimes changing them three or four times a day. Against the most absorbent skin on my body. For six years. I asked my granddaughter if she was sure about this. If this was real. She said yes. Said it's been researched for years. Said the studies are clear. PFAS are dangerous and they're in most disposable menstrual and incontinence products. I asked her why nobody told me. Why my doctor never mentioned it. Why there's no warning on the packages. She said because companies aren't required to disclose it. Because it's used in the manufacturing process for waterproofing. Because most people don't know. I hung up with her and just sat there for a while. Six years. Three to four pads a day. That's over 7,000 pads I've used. 7,000 times I've exposed myself to forever chemicals. Chemicals that are now in my body. Will be in my body for decades. Maybe forever. I called my doctor's office. Left a message. Said I needed to talk to her about PFAS exposure. She called me back that afternoon. I asked her if she knew about this. About PFAS in disposable pads. She said yes. She's aware. I said why didn't you tell me? I've been coming to you for six years dealing with incontinence. You prescribed pelvic floor therapy. You suggested dietary changes. You never once mentioned the products I was using might be poisoning me. She got quiet for a second. Then she said honestly she doesn't usually think to ask what products patients are using. Said she should. Said she's sorry. That didn't make me feel better. My granddaughter called me again that night. Asked if I'd stopped using them yet. I said no because I don't know what else to use. I need protection. I can't just go without. She said what about reusable ones. Made from cotton. No PFAS. I said I tried those underwear things everyone advertises. Hated them. Sitting in wet synthetic underwear all day seemed just as bad. She said no not underwear. Pads. Reusable pads made from organic cotton. I said I didn't know those existed. She said neither did she until she started researching for me. But they do. And they don't contain PFAS or any other chemicals. Just organic cotton. She sent me links. I spent two hours reading reviews. Women talking about switching after learning about PFAS. Women with thyroid issues. Women with immune problems. Women who were terrified like I was. One woman wrote that her doctor told her PFAS exposure might be contributing to her thyroid problems. She switched to organic cotton pads and her thyroid function started improving. That caught my attention. Because I've had thyroid issues for four years. About two years after I started using the pads. My doctor said it was just age. Just something that happens. But what if it wasn't? What if it was the PFAS? I ordered the pads my granddaughter recommended. Veloura. Organic cotton. She helped me do it online. They came three days later. I opened them sitting at my kitchen table. My granddaughter was visiting. She wanted to see them. We pulled one out. Organic cotton. Soft. Natural. You could see it was real fabric. Not synthetic. Not treated with chemicals. My granddaughter said "This is what you should have been using the whole time." I agreed. I tried one immediately. And the first thing I felt wasn't relief about how it worked. Though it did work. Perfectly. The first thing I felt was anger. Anger that I'd been using products for six years that were harming me. Anger that nobody told me. Not my doctor. Not the companies. Not anyone. Anger that I had to learn about it from my granddaughter who happened to be studying this in college. What about all the women whose granddaughters aren't studying environmental science? How will they ever find out? It's been two weeks since I switched. And I keep thinking about those six years. About the 7,000 pads. About how much PFAS is in my body now. I can't undo that. The damage is done. The chemicals are there. But I can stop adding more. My friend Carol called me yesterday. We've known each other for thirty years. She's dealing with incontinence too. I told her about the PFAS. About everything I'd learned. About the six years I'd been exposed without knowing. She said she's been using them for eight years. She got very quiet. Then she asked me what thyroid disease and immune problems meant. What the symptoms were. I told her. She said she has both. Has for years. Her doctor said it was just aging. Maybe it is just aging. But maybe it's not. Maybe it's the PFAS we've been wearing for years without anyone warning us. She asked me what I switched to. I told her. She ordered them while we were on the phone. That's four women now in my life who've switched after finding out. Me. Carol. Janet from church. Dorothy from my book club. Four women who were using disposable pads with PFAS without knowing. For years. While those chemicals accumulated in our bodies. How many more women are out there who still don't know? If you're using disposable pads and you've never heard of PFAS... Look it up. Right now. Read about what they are. Read about what they do. Read about where they're found. Then look at what you're wearing. Chances are it contains PFAS. And chances are you've been wearing it for years. And chances are nobody told you. The ones I switched to are called Veloura. Organic cotton. My granddaughter researched them. No PFAS. No chemicals. Just cotton that's actually safe. You order them online. They have a deal where you get extras. Don't waste six years like I did. Don't wait for someone to tell you. Because they won't. Find out now. Switch now. Stop the exposure now. I can't undo my six years. But I can stop year seven. UPDATE: My thyroid medication dosage was reduced at my last checkup. First time in four years it's gone down instead of up. My doctor said my thyroid function is improving. I told her about switching from PFAS-containing pads to organic cotton. She wrote it down in my chart. Said she's going to start asking all her patients what products they're using. Said this should have been part of her protocol years ago. They're called Veloura Pads. Organic cotton. No PFAS. No forever chemicals. Someone asked about testing for PFAS - you can get blood tests but they're expensive and insurance doesn't usually cover them. The treatment regardless is just reducing future exposure. So the important thing is to stop using products that contain them. Someone else asked how to know if your pads contain PFAS - if they're disposable and they have any kind of waterproof or leak-proof layer, they almost certainly contain PFAS. That's what makes them waterproof. Companies aren't required to disclose it. Organic cotton pads don't need PFAS because they don't have synthetic waterproof layers. Cotton absorbs. That's all you need. Washing is simple. Rinse them. Mesh bag. Regular laundry. No PFAS in the wash water. No PFAS going back on your body. To everyone who's been using disposable pads for years without knowing about PFAS... you're not alone. I didn't know either. But now we know. And we can stop. ❤️

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