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valkryorI am currently suffering the longest, bloodiest period of my life and I'm saying this as someone who has been post-partum twice.
I wish I knew if this was going to be my last period ever, or this is just part of the menopausal process. Because if it's the last, I can deal. If this is just "part of the process", I have words. Many words. Most of them not safe for work or network television.
There haven't been a lot of cramps, which has been the ONLY upside. My vulva and labia are irritated from both the pads and the wiping while other no-less-delicate areas are getting contact rashes. Damn near every time I go to the bathroom, it's a bloody crime scene. There is a lot of gushing. A LOT.
I haven't been feeling overly hungry, which is weird, since if I'm going to eat everything in sight, this is when it will happen. Yes, I'm eating, but I'm not eating more, like I normally would.
I am not bleeding so much that I'm soaking through pads at an alarming rate, so I'm not actively hemorrhaging. That's something, right? And I've been trying to drink lots of fluids to combat any dehydration. I do feel run down and tired, but that makes sense on a LOT of levels.
I would just like this to be over now. Parts of me are sore and expressing their general unhappiness with the situation and I wholeheartedly agree that this is bullshit. I can haz postmenopausal naow?
I wish I knew if this was going to be my last period ever, or this is just part of the menopausal process. Because if it's the last, I can deal. If this is just "part of the process", I have words. Many words. Most of them not safe for work or network television.
There haven't been a lot of cramps, which has been the ONLY upside. My vulva and labia are irritated from both the pads and the wiping while other no-less-delicate areas are getting contact rashes. Damn near every time I go to the bathroom, it's a bloody crime scene. There is a lot of gushing. A LOT.
I haven't been feeling overly hungry, which is weird, since if I'm going to eat everything in sight, this is when it will happen. Yes, I'm eating, but I'm not eating more, like I normally would.
I am not bleeding so much that I'm soaking through pads at an alarming rate, so I'm not actively hemorrhaging. That's something, right? And I've been trying to drink lots of fluids to combat any dehydration. I do feel run down and tired, but that makes sense on a LOT of levels.
I would just like this to be over now. Parts of me are sore and expressing their general unhappiness with the situation and I wholeheartedly agree that this is bullshit. I can haz postmenopausal naow?
