Nor as glamorous. Men, go ahead and stop reading now. Seriously. In fact, run. RUN.
The Internet says the next menstrual cycle will happen sometime between four and eight weeks following the procedure. Check.
This period will either be heavier or lighter than your normal cycle. Uh, check. And that would be heavier. Like, 35 times heavier. And four days longer. And six boxes of tampons more expensive.
And that bit with my trigone. You know, the part of the bladder that bends into the urethra or something. Whatever. Like it matters. The Internet isn't even sure it's something that can be inflamed. Or that this condition doesn't exist. And it may or may not be cause by elevated and fluctuating estrogen levels.
Regardless, I hurt in both my upper right and lower left abdominal quadrants. And I feel like I have to pee ALL OF THE TIME. Excpet I don't. At all. And when I do pee, it's blue. BLUE! My meds turn it blue. It's alarming EVERY, SINGLE TIME! You'd really think I would remember it or, oh golly, expect it. But I don't. Freaks me out every, single time.
The kicker? My meds, which I am to take FOUR TIMES a day, make me unbelievably sleepy. Though, they are working. I believe them to be working. I believe them to be working because I stopped taking them for two days because I was tired of being sleepy all of the time, and I had more and worse pain. So. Guess I'll have to be sleepy for another week and a half.
Maybe that's why it makes my pee blue! To wake me the hell up.
Anyway.
I am grumpy. Tell me a story.
Comments (16)
Sweetie.
xo
Posted by PK | November 14, 2006 12:48 PM
Wow. I had no idea the pain would be so...much/bad/persistent...for so long. I would make you some tea if I were there. And then I'd ask you if you need to be tickled. That always cheers Jake up.
Posted by Karla | November 14, 2006 7:55 PM
Reading about it makes me ache and feel tired; I can only imagine how you must feel. Sorry. Here's hoping your cycle ends quickly and things calm down-down there.
Dang, I hate to hurt down there. Are you able to get sleep with the sleepiness, do you have warm fuzzy blankets?
Posted by lu | November 14, 2006 10:43 PM
Hey Trisha:
Sending you hugs & best wishes -- I know you don't know me from Adam, but I couldn't help but click on the link that you asked JJ to take down -- SORRY! IT'S NOT WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, HONESTLY!!!
I surf by JJ's periodically to see what the fundies are scrimmaging about -- it's a bad habit, like slowing down to look at auto accidents... Anyway, I like your blog, I'm pro-choice, and if it makes you feel any better, several months ago JJ started posting nasty comments on MY blog when I wouldn't engage in a debate w/his ignorant self -- let's just say I don't believe in engaging in a battle of wits w/an unarmed person... [tee hee] You hang in there now!
Posted by Val | November 15, 2006 2:18 PM
Just saying hi. Hoping you feel better soon. This new comments design is WAY nicer than the old one. Sorry I don't have any good stories, I know what you mean by wanting a story, too! Just sending some encouraging energy your way....
Posted by marian | November 15, 2006 4:48 PM
Feel better soon. I'd tell you a story but right now I am also sleepy. Will a story tomorrow suffice?
Posted by DeannaBanana | November 15, 2006 9:33 PM
OK. Only because you are so swell of a person and you are down (that's probably not a big enough word, but it will do) am I going to tell you this story.
I am usually a constipated person. Well not anymore since I found the glory that is Zelnorm. But anyway, I was a constipated person...not a person full of shit. Well, yeah, that too.
I worked in a medical office and was experiencing some severe pain from this problem, so I took the mega Senekots we had in the pharmacy. Super dose. Two of them.
Pain went away in an hour or so. Awesome. Drove with my husband and two kids (at the time) to go buy a car from some guy. Suddenly, I had to go. And go bad.
Finally got to Hardee's and tried to get the kids out of the car (because hubby was driving the new car behind me somewhere) and I couldn't leave the kids in the car, even though I thought I might shit my pants.
Too late.
There. Does THAT humiliation make you feel better? :)
Posted by angie | November 16, 2006 10:08 AM
Heh.
Actually, it totally does make me feel better. Not because you suffered and, um, you-knowed in your pants, but because of the spirit in which you shared the stroy.
You are THE BEST!
Posted by trisha | November 16, 2006 11:12 AM
No stories. Just a hi, honey.
Miss you, girlie.
Posted by Jennifer | November 17, 2006 4:52 PM
You're getting lots of love from central Ohio. I wish I lived closer so I could bring you some soup, ice-cream and some good dvds. Or, just to be there for you.
Posted by Heather | November 19, 2006 5:37 PM
Still with the xo-s. Hope you're feeling better.
Posted by PK | November 20, 2006 11:01 AM
Just goes to confirm that God's a man and had no idea of how to make all this work properly ...
Hope you feel well real soon. Hugs from my whole family.
Posted by zakintosh | November 23, 2006 8:48 PM
hey. thinking about you.
Posted by angie | November 24, 2006 8:08 PM
Where did you go?
I miss you.
Posted by Karla | November 26, 2006 12:09 PM
I hope you're ok. You've certainly been in my thoughts.
Posted by anne | November 27, 2006 2:06 PM
Sorry.
I didn't run nor did I walk away fast.
I would be freaked out too.
Wish I could do something to help or just cheer you up some.
You are a dear friend.
Does that help just a little?
Posted by Jeff | December 22, 2006 12:06 PM