i used to get cramps that were legitimately debilitating, to the point i got them on the way home from a friend's one morning and curled up on the sidewalk and couldn't move. some kind lady found me and drove me to the hospital, because i was also out of naproxen (which i was practically overdosing on at that point because of drug tolerance). i waited eight hours in the er and when the doctor finally got to me, he apologized, gave me a shot of toradol in my butt, and that's when i found out i'm allergic to toradol (which is stupid, because it's the parent of the naproxen family, so figure that one out for me).
that was my life up until i got pregnant and gave birth. still got cramps, but nowhere near as bad as they used to be. i still stay home and don't go out, but that's also due to how much i bleed (a lot).
my doctors through the years have all known all of this and 'that's normal' has been expressed to me more times than i care to hear. i'm happy it's better than it was, but i know that none of it is normal and i feel bad for anyone that has it worse than that. endo is a nightmare. ignorant people that throw out things like 'can't you just hold it until we get to the gas station/you don't need to go to the bathroom during class, just hold it/why did you decide to have your period when you knew we had plans' just make it worse. and let's not talk about the labia glue DOCTOR.
i hate people. i hate this time of month. i'm waiting for menopause.
Re: BAKERSTREET
i used to get cramps that were legitimately debilitating, to the point i got them on the way home from a friend's one morning and curled up on the sidewalk and couldn't move. some kind lady found me and drove me to the hospital, because i was also out of naproxen (which i was practically overdosing on at that point because of drug tolerance). i waited eight hours in the er and when the doctor finally got to me, he apologized, gave me a shot of toradol in my butt, and that's when i found out i'm allergic to toradol (which is stupid, because it's the parent of the naproxen family, so figure that one out for me).
that was my life up until i got pregnant and gave birth. still got cramps, but nowhere near as bad as they used to be. i still stay home and don't go out, but that's also due to how much i bleed (a lot).
my doctors through the years have all known all of this and 'that's normal' has been expressed to me more times than i care to hear. i'm happy it's better than it was, but i know that none of it is normal and i feel bad for anyone that has it worse than that. endo is a nightmare. ignorant people that throw out things like 'can't you just hold it until we get to the gas station/you don't need to go to the bathroom during class, just hold it/why did you decide to have your period when you knew we had plans' just make it worse. and let's not talk about the labia glue DOCTOR.
i hate people. i hate this time of month. i'm waiting for menopause.