Dream team 🤝

Hi, we are Regina (24), a doctor, and Isabelle (24), a registered nurse. We not only share childhood memories (we have been friends for over 13 years), but also a passion for medicine and healthcare.

With our Instagram and TikTok page @medicinexcare, we already reach more than 200 thousand people.

Our mission with our passion project @my•mense:

We want to break taboos surrounding menstruation, provide education in the field of "women's health," and offer high-quality, sustainable products for your period.

Hi, I'm Regina

I AM A DOCTOR, BORN IN THE YEAR 2000 IN VIENNA; MY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS EGYPT.

Even as a child, I was very inquisitive; I was that typical child who was always asking "why" and never wanted to stop learning. I was the typical overachiever in school who cried over a B grade because I didn't get an A. There are usually two types of people in school: those who are very gifted with languages, and the scientists. I was always the latter.

All of this has shaped me into the person I am today. Combined with the desire to be of use in this world and the wish to make my contribution to society, I came to the conclusion, after much deliberation, to become a doctor. And to this day, I have not regretted that decision for a single moment. Yes, there were many challenges: especially those after my husband and I got married during our studies, and we had to figure out how to finance our lives.

But all the ups and downs also have their advantages; they have made me an even stronger person, someone with clear goals in sight.

Hi, I'm Isabelle

OR SIMPLY ISI, I AM A REGISTERED NURSE, BORN IN 2000 IN VIENNA.

I knew quite early on that I wanted to work in healthcare later in life. Since I always enjoyed babysitting a lot, I was certain that the field of pediatrics was the right one for me. Out of my interests, the career paths of pediatrician, midwife, physiotherapist, and pediatric nurse emerged in particular.

At around 12 years old, I realized that studying medicine takes a long time and is quite demanding, so I became interested in a degree with shorter training that was also connected to a lot of practical experience. Thus, the idea of working in nursing moved more and more to the forefront for me. Just like my two grandmothers, I saw myself working on a postpartum ward/nursery.

But the typical clichés associated with the nursing profession deterred me a little (poor pay, comments like "why don't you just study medicine?" or "you just do personal hygiene there, etc."). Shortly before my high school graduation, I therefore focused on the professions of midwife and physiotherapist. However, after a two-week internship where I was able to accompany a midwife, it soon turned out that this profession did not quite meet my expectations. As for the entrance exam for the physiotherapy degree program, I did not reach the necessary "score ranking" that would have resulted in admission.

So I decided to give the "Nursing" degree program a chance after all ;) It was a very intensive course of study with many strenuous but beautiful internships. And I am very glad that everything turned out the way it did in the end and that I chose this profession, to which I am committed with all my passion.