Hi, my name is Ellen Teckman and I'm 40 years old. I'm 5'7" and weigh around 150 lbs. Anyway, I have something embarrassing that I would like to talk about. I've had abnormal periods since I first started when I was 11. They are extremely heavy and last about 15 days. That's when I was younger. Now that I am 40 (as of 9/14/08), my periods have shortened to about 8 days. Heavy flow is...

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