I Will Not Suffer In Silence

I missed work on both Monday and Tuesday due to george. On Monday, my birthday, I had not pooped in 3 days, so I had extra misery on that end. Tired of that, I took a vegetarian laxative (Perdiem) which someone else with Endo had recommended to me a few years ago to help with all the constipation that comes with the pain meds.

I made it out to the doctor for an emergency visit, where I nominated a new member of the staff as my official doctor - no more of this “anyone in the office who is available” crap - I need someone who knows my situation first hand and in depth.
She - Dr. Fisher - said she’s up for the job. She wrote me an excuse note for school work, to return by Wednesday.
It was at the doctor’s office that the laxative kicked in, but in a bad way. I got sudden horrid intestinal cramping - the kind that I get when I’ve eaten food with yeast (baked goods). This of course began happening while I was also having pelvic/uterine pain due to george.
I made it home and sat on the toilet and cried, clutching the wall and shuddering from the pain - the intestinal pain further set off the uterine pain and well, it was just horrible. I thought I’d puke from the pain. Glad I didn’t.

Screw laxatives, even the vegetarian kind which purport to be gentler - I’ll stick to apples, greens and lots of water when I need to poop.

By the end of the day Tuesday, I felt much better. George is still tapering off today - very light spotting yesterday and today.

That’s it til next month…

Today I sent off a letter to my surgeon, asking for an explanation as to why the endometriotic implant was not excised. Stay tuned…

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