I hate being female sometimes
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devilgrrlI'm just going stick this behind a cut. Don't read if easily grossed out by body stuff.
I have a goddamn hard time embracing my period. I'm getting to the point where I dread having it. I spent yesterday wishing I could remove all of those offending female parts. I'm on the Pill for birth control right now, specifically Kariva, which is the generic of Mircette. I switched about three months ago from Yasmin because I was getting crippling migraines, debilitating cramps, and bleeding heavily. This didn't happen right away. I was very happy on Yasmin for almost a year before this started cropping up.
Kariva seemed fine until this month. Tuesday night, after we got home from the theatre, I started to get a little bit of a headache. By bedtime, it was a full blown migraine. I took my painkiller, put our headache mask on, and tried to fall asleep. That usually helps and I can sleep.
Not this time. I slept horribly, woke up with a still-intense migraine, and was therefore, cranky. I then got my period a day early. I figured at least that would mean the headache should be gone soon. I. Was. Wrong.
My headache was there all day and went away today, around 1pm. Nothing, not even the oxycodone (15mg, no less) would touch the pain. I threw up everything I ate yesterday except for some ice cream from Coldstone Creamery and a couple of the amazing pita chips I made. I have remained nauseous all day today, as well. Today, I had miserable cramps, but at least the painkillers knocked those out. I still feel sick to my stomach and have had to eat slowly so I won't throw up anymore.
There there is the bleeding. I was always under the impression that when on the Pill, one would have lighter periods. The first few months of the Pill was fine... Blissful, even. Even off the Pill, I never had really heavy period. But now, it's awful. Not like a pad an hour, must go to the doctor, but enough to have that gross oozing feeling. Oh, and the horrible clots... I feel like I'm losing internal organs. The heavier bleeding makes me feel woozy and sleepy, too.
There's also the bitchiness factor. The second I hit placebo week, my mood goes downhill. I'm cranky and argumentative. Steven said literally he can almost pinpoint to the day when I'll be super bitchy. It's miserable. I'm miserable. I hate being a slave to hormones, which is what I feel like right now. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to get a referral to a OBGYN (this will be post-surgery) and I think I am going to skip placebo week until then. I can't take another trip through PMS like this.
Which brings me to the point of this. Does anyone else have a problem like this? If so, what did you do? I don't want to go off birth control. I have no problems three weeks out of the four. It's just placebo week, right when the hormones are dropping off.
The Pill is sort of the best method for us. Because of my latex allergy, I have been told not to use the patch (the adhesive, like most bandages, tends to contain latex), I have been recommended against the shot for the same reason, as well as my horrible needle-phobia. I am semi-open to the idea of the ring, but am concerned with dislodging it through our rather ...vigorous... sex life. Condoms are not an option at all because of the cost of buying non-latex, the frequency we use them, and (without going overboard on details) our propensity to lose them, break them, or just have them pull off.
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birthcontrol I think. Bleh
So, we went to see CATS Tuesday night. We borrowed a wheelchair because there was too much walking for me to do on crutches. Of course, when we got to the theatre, after having left said crutches in the car, we found out that our seats were on the third floor, fourth row from the very, very top. There was no way in hell I would be able to get there, even if I had the crutches. I was crushed. I figured we'd basically have to eat the tickets because I couldn't get to our seats. So, while I went to potty, Steven sought out the house manager and explained the situation to him. By the time I came back out, after struggling over the goddamn doorjamb-- who the fuck builds it sloped on only one side!? I couldn't get out of the alcove without someone pushing me, the house manager had exchanged our tickets for two unsold handicapped seats! They actually turned out to be better than our original seats, as well.
The performance was good, excepting that they cut out The Pekes and The Poms, which is one of my favourite pieces! Bah. The lady who sang Grizabella had a great voice, the lady who played Rumpleteazer was great, and same with Mr. Mistoffeles. The woman who sang the companion part of the reprise of Memory and the duet of Moments of Happiness, however, made me want to scream and throw things. She had a high, squeaky, nasal voice that might possibly have worked as Roxy Hart or a ganster's moll, but that was it. Actually, she sounded a little like Columbia from Rocky Horror Picture Show. I wanted to beat her.
Our dinner out was fantastic. We went to the No Name on the fish pier. Holy christ, did we have amazing service. Because I couldn't get up all their stairs (see a theme here?), the I assume owner or general manager seated us downstairs and personally waited on us. This man let me do nothing. He poured water for me, tied my bib on me, waited while both of us tried our dinner to make sure we approved... It was amazing. Our meal included a huge bowl of seafood chowder, a beer, fried scrod that was about 2lbs of fish, a good size boiled lobster, a side of friend scallops and shirmp, corn, fresh french fries, what seemed to be about a half pound of cole slaw, and all the fresh garlic bread we could eat. It totalled $43. The No Name is my new favourite restaurant.
That's pretty much it. We went to Rhode Island today to see my grandparents and we got haircuts. It's snowing again right now and I am sleepy as all get out. Steven's eating the homemade pita chips I made yesterday.
I'm off to bed.
I have a goddamn hard time embracing my period. I'm getting to the point where I dread having it. I spent yesterday wishing I could remove all of those offending female parts. I'm on the Pill for birth control right now, specifically Kariva, which is the generic of Mircette. I switched about three months ago from Yasmin because I was getting crippling migraines, debilitating cramps, and bleeding heavily. This didn't happen right away. I was very happy on Yasmin for almost a year before this started cropping up.
Kariva seemed fine until this month. Tuesday night, after we got home from the theatre, I started to get a little bit of a headache. By bedtime, it was a full blown migraine. I took my painkiller, put our headache mask on, and tried to fall asleep. That usually helps and I can sleep.
Not this time. I slept horribly, woke up with a still-intense migraine, and was therefore, cranky. I then got my period a day early. I figured at least that would mean the headache should be gone soon. I. Was. Wrong.
My headache was there all day and went away today, around 1pm. Nothing, not even the oxycodone (15mg, no less) would touch the pain. I threw up everything I ate yesterday except for some ice cream from Coldstone Creamery and a couple of the amazing pita chips I made. I have remained nauseous all day today, as well. Today, I had miserable cramps, but at least the painkillers knocked those out. I still feel sick to my stomach and have had to eat slowly so I won't throw up anymore.
There there is the bleeding. I was always under the impression that when on the Pill, one would have lighter periods. The first few months of the Pill was fine... Blissful, even. Even off the Pill, I never had really heavy period. But now, it's awful. Not like a pad an hour, must go to the doctor, but enough to have that gross oozing feeling. Oh, and the horrible clots... I feel like I'm losing internal organs. The heavier bleeding makes me feel woozy and sleepy, too.
There's also the bitchiness factor. The second I hit placebo week, my mood goes downhill. I'm cranky and argumentative. Steven said literally he can almost pinpoint to the day when I'll be super bitchy. It's miserable. I'm miserable. I hate being a slave to hormones, which is what I feel like right now. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to get a referral to a OBGYN (this will be post-surgery) and I think I am going to skip placebo week until then. I can't take another trip through PMS like this.
Which brings me to the point of this. Does anyone else have a problem like this? If so, what did you do? I don't want to go off birth control. I have no problems three weeks out of the four. It's just placebo week, right when the hormones are dropping off.
The Pill is sort of the best method for us. Because of my latex allergy, I have been told not to use the patch (the adhesive, like most bandages, tends to contain latex), I have been recommended against the shot for the same reason, as well as my horrible needle-phobia. I am semi-open to the idea of the ring, but am concerned with dislodging it through our rather ...vigorous... sex life. Condoms are not an option at all because of the cost of buying non-latex, the frequency we use them, and (without going overboard on details) our propensity to lose them, break them, or just have them pull off.
I'm going to x-post this to
birthcontrol I think. BlehSo, we went to see CATS Tuesday night. We borrowed a wheelchair because there was too much walking for me to do on crutches. Of course, when we got to the theatre, after having left said crutches in the car, we found out that our seats were on the third floor, fourth row from the very, very top. There was no way in hell I would be able to get there, even if I had the crutches. I was crushed. I figured we'd basically have to eat the tickets because I couldn't get to our seats. So, while I went to potty, Steven sought out the house manager and explained the situation to him. By the time I came back out, after struggling over the goddamn doorjamb-- who the fuck builds it sloped on only one side!? I couldn't get out of the alcove without someone pushing me, the house manager had exchanged our tickets for two unsold handicapped seats! They actually turned out to be better than our original seats, as well.
The performance was good, excepting that they cut out The Pekes and The Poms, which is one of my favourite pieces! Bah. The lady who sang Grizabella had a great voice, the lady who played Rumpleteazer was great, and same with Mr. Mistoffeles. The woman who sang the companion part of the reprise of Memory and the duet of Moments of Happiness, however, made me want to scream and throw things. She had a high, squeaky, nasal voice that might possibly have worked as Roxy Hart or a ganster's moll, but that was it. Actually, she sounded a little like Columbia from Rocky Horror Picture Show. I wanted to beat her.
Our dinner out was fantastic. We went to the No Name on the fish pier. Holy christ, did we have amazing service. Because I couldn't get up all their stairs (see a theme here?), the I assume owner or general manager seated us downstairs and personally waited on us. This man let me do nothing. He poured water for me, tied my bib on me, waited while both of us tried our dinner to make sure we approved... It was amazing. Our meal included a huge bowl of seafood chowder, a beer, fried scrod that was about 2lbs of fish, a good size boiled lobster, a side of friend scallops and shirmp, corn, fresh french fries, what seemed to be about a half pound of cole slaw, and all the fresh garlic bread we could eat. It totalled $43. The No Name is my new favourite restaurant.
That's pretty much it. We went to Rhode Island today to see my grandparents and we got haircuts. It's snowing again right now and I am sleepy as all get out. Steven's eating the homemade pita chips I made yesterday.
I'm off to bed.
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Date: 2005-02-25 07:19 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-02-26 03:18 pm (UTC)Are you using the IUD?
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Date: 2005-02-27 12:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-02-25 03:06 pm (UTC)Haha I feel stupid asking but then again I'm the person who took weeks to find out what "NWS" meant.
Have you ever tried Progesterone-only birth control (minipills, POPs, micronor, whatever you wanna call it)? I got migraines with every other kind I tried but as soon as I switched to POPs all side effects ceased and my period got lighter and lighter until it completely stopped. I haven't gotten it in over a year now (and yeah, that's healthy).
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Date: 2005-02-25 05:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-26 10:31 am (UTC)I got pregnant on them about a month or two ago (miscarriage).
Then again, if you're just talking about period regulation, they are definitely the best. Now we just buy condoms and I keep my regular NONmenstruation : )
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Date: 2005-02-26 03:25 pm (UTC)I love the Mircette so far, too, which is the really unfortunate part. I've had none of the crappy side effects I had with OTC, I'm finally losing some of my pill weight from Yasmin, and my libido... well, my libido is always good. The only complaint I have is lack of natural lube, but that's what Astroglide was made for.
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Date: 2005-02-26 04:28 pm (UTC)