Bedridden weekend
I’ve been so tired that I’ve slept through most of the weekend.
On Saturday, I didn’t get up for the day until 1:30pm, and I kept falling back to sleep throughout the day. I was very fatigued even at a friend’s birthday party later that night.
Same thing yesterday (on Sunday) - although I woke up at 9am to take my antibiotics, I kept having to nap throughout the day. I believe the fatigue is more a side effect of the antibiotics coupled with premenstrual fatigue which has made me this tired.
I had moderate uterine cramping throughout the day yesterday, starting when I woke up, so I was perturbed when I didn’t see any bleeding yesterday.
George was due on Sunday, but didn’t arrive until 5am today (Monday).
I’d like to state for the record though that when the bleeding did start, it was NOT dark brown dirty blood. It was normal red. This is the first time in about a year that I had normal red blood upon start of menstruation.
Is it the cuttlefish ink (Sepia) I’m taking, which I was prescribed from a homeopathy specialist?
Is it the fact that I’ve not had any alcoholic beverages since January 1, 2009?
Is it the fact that I’ve reduced the amount of butter I eat?
Is it all of the above?
Since I’m bedridden with pain, bleeding and fatigue today, I called in sick to work for tomorrow. I may also need to call in sick Wednesday. Today was a holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so I didn’t have to feel bad/guilty about calling in sick today.
This month, I had uterine cramps for a full 6 days before the start of my period, and the pain was bad enough to warrant having to take 800mg Ibuprofen. The pain was centered mostly in the lower uterus, near the bladder, since that’s where the Endo is most damning (my surgeon couldn’t remove the endo there, back in February 2007 without risk of damaging my bladder). I also experienced ovarian pain on both sides up to a week before bleeding.
This morning, I cleaned the catbox, emptied the trash, washed some dishes and did two loads of laundry in a successful game of ‘chicken’ against the advancing pain. I was able to do all this before the pain forced me to take Tylenol 3 and then become bedridden. This success led to me feeling more at ease once the pain set in, instead of feeling guilty and upset for not lending towards a clean home.
The only thing I did wrong this time around was I did not have any pre-made meals ready for myself once the downtime hit. So my husband was the one who had to go to the grocery, and he’ll be bringing us some Thai food for dinner tonight so I don’t have to prepare anything. I love my husband. :)
I do have cornish hens thawing in the fridge, so that’s good.