With her eyes wide open, she lay there thinking about the pain pulsing through her body and whether she could even make it to work today. She had already called in sick the day before because it was only day two of her menstrual cycle, and the bleeding had been unbearable—heavy enough to leave her feeling drained, weak, and terrified of bleeding through her clothes at any moment. Every month, her cycle lasted anywhere from seven to ten days, always accompanied by intense cram