Mrs chunk

I totally know where you're coming from. I'm in the Army and there isn't a much more male environment than that!!

Because of my duties I have had to tell the men in charge about what is going on so that I can avoid certain things during certain parts of the cycle. It does help to tell certain people just to take the pressure off you, but I haven't told everyone for obvious reasons. I find that men just don't want to hear that stuff, you know, they wouldn't want to get into a conversation about it which is good.

I'm glad you feel better now you have cleared things with your boss and I hope the treatment goes relatively smoothly.