Comments | the_rotten1: Stuff... it happened again.

the_rotten1

Stuff... it happened again.

Nov 15, 2011 12:14

Hey, guys. It's been awhile, huh? The kids started school and I kind of disappeared for awhile. It's been a real challenge trying to keep their schedules together, keep my grades up in college, and deal with everything else life has thrown at me. There have been some good things and some bad things. Rich and Jeweliana are doing well in school, but ( Read more... )

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lawless523 November 16 2011, 15:44:34 UTC

*waves* It occurred to me a week or so ago that you hadn't posted in a long time, and I had the intention of sending you an e-mail, but *sigh* that didn't happen. I'm glad to know therapy is going well and that you have a letter recommending HRT. I'm a bit taken aback at the doctor's ignorance, but it's entirely possible that it's just ignorance, not prejudice. So here's hoping that next time you'll get the referral that you need ( ... )

the_rotten1 November 16 2011, 18:40:38 UTC

I usually didn't have to take pills at all. Up until a few months ago, it was a rare thing for the cramps to be bad enough for me to need them. Then all of a sudden there was this awful stabbing pain. I didn't think anything of it at first, but then the cramping between cycles started, the stabbing pain came back again, and I started having these huge blood clots. I just don't even...

I mean, the last time I had clots this big, I was having a miscarriage.

It may be that I didn't explain the symptoms properly to my doctor either. This is a very awkward subject for me and I hate talking about it in the first place. Considering that I was about to come out to him, the entire conversation was just... humiliating anyway. I gathered my composure as best I could and calmly said that I was having cramps between periods. He was sort of like, 'lol, it's probably just ovulation, but we'll have you checked out anyway'. I'm sure he was trying to comfort me by saying that it's nothing serious, but I wanted to grab his collar and yell, Listen you ( ... )

lawless523 November 16 2011, 20:01:00 UTC

Yes, blood clots are a worse sign than cramps. I understand that it's difficult and maybe confusing to talk about, since the body you have is at odds with how you feel about yourself, but it's still what needs to be dealt with.

I'm very upfront with doctors about my symptoms, but then I get treated like a hypochondriac by some of them. (I think they discount me because I'm a woman.) Sometimes you can't win.