Bodily fluids R us
Aug. 31st, 2022 05:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greenstormUgh. The last two nights I've had super intense night sweats, the kind where my entire sheet is soaked -- this is a first, and in increase in severity, since most of my life when I have these I've just been able to wake up at 3am, notice things are wet, and move to the other side of the bed to finish sleeping.
Last night was particularly bad since I woke up once an hour to move to a dry spot, ran out of dry spots, and eventually just gave up and slept on a towel.
I'm not really sure where it all comes from. My room is a normal temperature, same blankets and sheets as always. I have had these on and off most of my life but not nearly so bad, and it's been awhile.
To add to the fun I'm on day 8 of bleeding, which is longer than I've experienced before, and today I bled through my underwear, through my pad, and through my light-coloured bush pants while in the bush working with not just my coworker but with a first nations observer as well. This isn't the sort of thing that destroys me, and the blood mostly stayed up in the crotch area which tends to be obscured rather than running down the inside of the legs (admittedly I was climbing hills in front of folks a bunch of the day) but seriously.
I am so done with this. Can my body please give me a night of not oozing things so I can sleep, and then let me get about my job tomorrow? Please?
I've decided that next cycle I'll start the birth control pills my gyne recommended, I've been holding off because I don't really want to stick-handle the intense suicidiality that may be a side effect based on my past experiences. Seems like it's time to prep people to call in an emergency and see if I can rule that out as a solution to this so we can move on to the next thing.
Last night was particularly bad since I woke up once an hour to move to a dry spot, ran out of dry spots, and eventually just gave up and slept on a towel.
I'm not really sure where it all comes from. My room is a normal temperature, same blankets and sheets as always. I have had these on and off most of my life but not nearly so bad, and it's been awhile.
To add to the fun I'm on day 8 of bleeding, which is longer than I've experienced before, and today I bled through my underwear, through my pad, and through my light-coloured bush pants while in the bush working with not just my coworker but with a first nations observer as well. This isn't the sort of thing that destroys me, and the blood mostly stayed up in the crotch area which tends to be obscured rather than running down the inside of the legs (admittedly I was climbing hills in front of folks a bunch of the day) but seriously.
I am so done with this. Can my body please give me a night of not oozing things so I can sleep, and then let me get about my job tomorrow? Please?
I've decided that next cycle I'll start the birth control pills my gyne recommended, I've been holding off because I don't really want to stick-handle the intense suicidiality that may be a side effect based on my past experiences. Seems like it's time to prep people to call in an emergency and see if I can rule that out as a solution to this so we can move on to the next thing.
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Date: 2022-09-09 04:57 am (UTC)Yeah, that makes total sense. I apologize for the unsolicited advice. I do hope you find a solution that works for you. I hadn't heard of Gynefix before, but wow, that does look a lot less painful than a T-frame one.
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Date: 2022-09-09 03:46 pm (UTC)My periods definitely got lighter on the gynefix. They did a trial on it here, a clinic was trying to bring it in to Canada, but the manufacturer didn't want to pay the rest of the costs of the certification so it's not available any longer. Seems like I can order one from belgium and maybe have it quasi-legally inserted though.
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Date: 2022-09-09 03:47 pm (UTC)