open on the other end to allow access to the interior of the tampon member 12 thus when the housing unit 14 is inserted into the open end the tampon member 12 will cover most of the housing unit 14 while still allowing the cable 16 to access the housing unit 14 the tampon member 12 is generally fabricated from a soft absorbent compressed fibrous material such as cotton rayon or the like the absorbent material of the tampon member 12 may also be coated or immersed with an analgesic or other medicaments to act as a topical agent to provide fast acting relief upon contact with the walls of the vaginal canal the housing unit 14 is generally cylindrical shaped to be able to receive the tampon member 12 as a covering and includes a plurality of retaining elements 22 along the sides of the cylinder the retaining elements 22 may include but are not limited to barbs nubs stubs and concentric rings in general the retaining elements 22 protrude from the exterior of the housing unit 14 in order to couple with the tampon member 12 and provide strong resistance to the removal of the tampon member 12 from the housing unit 14 one embodiment is shown in fig2 wherein the retaining elements 22 are an array of stubbed protrusions 102 each stubbed protrusion 102 is a small cylinder accompanied by a raised portion at its base attached to the surface of the housing unit 14 another embodiment.