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"On the scale of--er, &amp;quot;light&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;super-absorbent,&amp;quot; how good are you at remembering to change your tampon? If you&amp;#39;re one of those people who forgets, you may just need to turn to your smartphone to get a little help in that area....\nPinterestFacebookThe Tampon Timer is a new app from the makers of iPeriod (which is actually amazingly helpful if you have to count on your fingers for 5 minutes after the doc asks when your last period was), and it does just what it says: it lets you know when it&amp;#39;s time to change your tampon.\nTampon-changing, obviously, is an important thing, especially if you want to avoid Toxic Shock Syndrome--a dangerous condition caused by a toxin produced by certain types of Staphylococcus bacteria, which can be brought on after leaving a tampon in for too long.\nThere are, of course, many other reasons that you don&amp;#39;t want to forget you&amp;#39;re wearing a tampon--for good-health reasons and for anti-embarrassment reasons. This is where I out an anonymous friend who forgot her tampon for *days *until she and her boyfriend were fooling around and he, um, found it. I&amp;#39;ve also heard horror stories about women who had to visit their GYNs to have long-forgotten tampons removed (shiver)--have you?\nIf you&amp;#39;re at all worried about TSS, the Tampon Timer lists the symptoms and warnings--and pings you a reminder every X number of hours (luckily, the message is a subtle &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s time for a change!&amp;quot; that buzzes your phone and not anything that could potentially be embarrassing). And it&amp;#39;ll also keep track of how many times a day you change the thing, in case you were ever curious about such things.\nHave you ever forgotten your tampon? Are you good at remembering to change it? What&amp;#39;s your most embarrassing tampon story?\nMore on the wonderful world of tampons:\n\nDo You Really Need Organic Tampons and Pads?\n\n\nNew Health Warnings About Super-Absorbent Tampons\n\n Poll: Would You Ever Use a Reusable Pad or Tampon?\nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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