So..yes already, I did have a ranting post on here earlier this week. I put it on at around 6 pm and had it deleted by midnight. I didn't really think that anyone would have seen it because according to my stats, virtually all of my tens of readers read this blog during the work day. Apparantly though, people did read it. I don't feel bad for ranting, as this is my own personal forum, however, as it turns out, the topic is something that Paul does not want shared with the world. He has very traditional views (in some regards) about men and women and their role in relationships, and apparently what I wrote about was uncomfortable for him. I'm sorry, Pauly.
So, I shall avoid that topic for now. I'll tell you about something else instead.
So, a few months ago, you may recall, I began a plan to eliminate all my prescription pills, including, most significantly, anti depressants. After several uncomfortable months and a lot of hard work, I did it, with the exception of almost daily Prilosec pills which I cannot seem to stop (and they aren't prescription here so it doesn't count!).
One of the pills that I stopped taking was birth control. Paul and I agreed that this was a good idea for several reasons and we decided to start using non-hormonal methods. This is going well. However, I have been on birth control since about 3 months after I first got my period at the age of 15 (Yes, I was a late bloomer). Now, if you know me at all, you would know that I did not start BC because I was sexually active. I wasn't even allowed to play cards or go to movies. However, my period started out really rough for me with debillitating cramps (which led to a doctor's appointment in which I was told that my level of cramping was equivalent to mid stage labour pains [I don't know how he determined that, maybe he was just trying to make me feel better] and that between that and my widely spaced hip bones, my future childbirth would be 'a breeze'...I swear!) that led to several fainting episodes and many, many missed school days. There were other annoying symptoms but the birth control pills that my doctor recommended took them all away.
The point of all that is...they're ALL BACK! Okay, the cramps aren't even half as bad as they were almost 20 years ago, but I do get them, and I also get an entire body full of muscles that feel as though they are in knots, headaches, the need to sleep 20 hours a day, EVEN MORE tears than usual, and a bitch living in my brain who makes my mouth say nasty things to everyone.
What's my point? I'm not sure...but it has to do with my reasoning for my ranting post the other day and the fact that Paul has been subjected to my misery for 3 days now and I feel really badly about it.
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4 comments:
I don't think I saw the post you yanked, but I doubt I'd have been judgemental about it if I had. Sorry your period is causing so much crap. That's one think I didn't miss while pregnant and breastfeeding. And now?? This pill I've been is different than before I was pregnant, and I get a period like, every four months. So awesome. Hope things get better in that department, I remember having some doozy periods when I was younger and am grateful they aren't like that anymore.
As for the spouse thing, I am just glad he isn't making such a big deal about it. I would have told the kid no if W really had an issue. I would trust HIM to go with a co-worker so I think that's why he's ok with it.
Hope you have a great week. Talk to you soon.
That whole 3 periods a year thing sounds too good to be true, but you are not the first person who has told me that it is the best thing in the world. Some day i'll go back on the pill and then I will definitely try that...is it the Seasonale (sp?) that you take?
That, my friend, is why they will have to pry my BC out of my cold dead hand. 15 day periods. Throw me to my knees cramps. *shudder*
You can actually do the four times a year thing (Like Seasonale) with your regular BC, according to my OB...you just don't take "that" week of pills. I've skipped one now and then when something important is going on.
Hope it works out for you :)
Maybe I should go back on bc after all...*ponders*
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