osb
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Post by osb on Sept 4, 2009 17:15:41 GMT -5
Recently bought a car with heated seats. Call it an off-label application for period pain. Driving home from work with the butt-warmer on blast.... best pseudo-heating-pad ever. Decadently good. Can leave work limping and get home happy. (mind you, I live in Canada and it's not all that warm around here... might not be too comfortable down south!)
Also hanging on to an old nalgene water bottle with an insulated cover bag (supposed to be for warming up the bottom of your sleeping bag when hiking)... fill with boiling water, zip into its insulator, then hug.
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Post by staceys on Sept 4, 2009 17:19:09 GMT -5
I do the exact same thing with my heated seats... I love it for those times! Two weeks ago I had the AC blasting with my heated seats on... makes traffic not so bad ;D
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Post by JC on Sept 5, 2009 10:59:44 GMT -5
I don't even own a car
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Post by Karen on Sept 5, 2009 13:33:32 GMT -5
Good news? I had a 38 day cycle, mostly because ovulation was delayed this month due to stress. It would have been an even longer cycle if my luteal phase was longer than 7 days!! Bad news? The freaking thing had to start during a 3 day weekend when I have soooo many plans and things I wanted to do! I have a wedding to work tomorrow and a birthday party after that - it's going to be a looooong day, and my second day (which will be tomorrow) is typically my worst. Ugh. I can handle the sensations that feel like someone is pinching and flicking my ovaries and uterus, but the complete and utter exhaustion just sucks. I was completely exhausted yesterday, went to bed super early, slept for 11 hours, and woke up just as tired...
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Post by omaklackey on Sept 5, 2009 15:50:25 GMT -5
Ugh, I so... hear you! I keep going to bed at 9 like an old lady and still waking up tired! grr...
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Post by sunshine78 on Sept 5, 2009 22:30:34 GMT -5
For the last 5 days, usually beginning 2-4 hours after I wake up (of course, during work, YEY!), my left ovary has been threatening to explode. It hurts like a mofo. It feels like someone's crocheting something, in there, what with all the stabbing, twisting, pulling. Argh. To top it all off, I have to wait to go out of town, until I can go to an urgent care place (this stuff always happens when the Dr.'s office is closed), and get some meds. It's crap, I tell you.
However, thank you guys for the posts about the heated lumbar. I swear, the next car I get will have that. It will ideally come equipped with a friggin' hot, Scottish, bald dude in scrubs, but something tells me I don't have the money for that model. *sigh*
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Post by Karen on Sept 6, 2009 7:13:28 GMT -5
Hope you were able to get into urgent care, and fingers crossed that they actually believe you this time now that you have your diagnosis! It will ideally come equipped with a friggin' hot, Scottish, bald dude in scrubs, but something tells me I don't have the money for that model. *sigh* I'm laughing so hard - Scottish, bald, and HOT? What a combo! I've always been particular to the bald/shaved guys, but...
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Post by Karen on Sept 6, 2009 12:06:58 GMT -5
I HATE the bloating feeling! Bought a cute new pair of pants last week - they were comfy but dressy enough to wear to a wedding. Fit great last week. Today? Won't be able to wear them...
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Post by italialynn on Sept 6, 2009 16:24:57 GMT -5
I had my first period off the pill this week, and I must say it wasn't all that bad. I got it the morning of my PT appt, and I was in complete agony, but they wrapped my entire mid-section in moist, warm heat and threw the TENS on, and then I was in heaven. I ate two aleve when I left and actually made it through the entire day of work. Was really exhausted, but I was preparing myself for the worst, and it really wasn't that bad. Thank God!
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Post by omaklackey on Sept 8, 2009 22:17:26 GMT -5
okay, I'm so freakin' ready for this period to be over. I felt like vomiting all day today and it is so... getting old. I don't know why but pain makes me nauseous. Does this happen to other people too? I have the percoset but I can only take it at night when I can sleep off the affects of the dizziness. Sigh, I remember the days when my period was over in four days, five at the most. ten days later... still bleeding and defintely hurtin'!!
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Post by sunshine78 on Sept 9, 2009 1:12:14 GMT -5
Oh, yes. I am definitely familiar with the nausea. And the dizziness. Days leading up to, sometimes.
I still haven't started, yet. The ovary pain has calmed down. Now, I have to deal with the whole pelvic thing... like someone's digging their knuckles into the back dimples. You know, the ones right above the butt.
One good thing: Pain did not ruin my weekend, as I thought it would. I was exhausted, and ate WAY too much, due to the cravings and stuff, but... overall, awesome weekend.
Oma, hope you feel better, soon. I know how it is to have to dope yourself up and hurry off to sleep... otherwise, you'll suffer the narc nausea, and worse: NarcHeadache.
Olsenka - Scottish, bald, scrubs dude is my fantasy boyfriend, whom I've recently decided to call "Fetish Man."
Yes, ladies - Fetish Man, in whatever form he manifests himself, will be there for you: The massager of your feet, the shaker of your cosmopolitans, the mixer of your mimosas, the music to your ears, and most of all, the candy to your eyes.
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Post by omaklackey on Sept 9, 2009 18:04:04 GMT -5
Mimosa man! Oh brother... my doctor might qualify if he would stop making me so freakin' mad. He is southern and has that slow drawl tennesse accent. I woke up this morning in a world of hurt and had to take the percoset and the Motrin to 'function'. I have spent the rest of the day in bed until now. I'm remembering blissfully those days of old when my periods only last five days. Rant, rant, rant.... so very tired!
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Post by sunshine78 on Sept 10, 2009 1:38:53 GMT -5
I could really use a massage, given by no other than Fetish Man, right now. But, at least the cramps are (mostly) under control. Any pain level less that an 8 or 9 is something that feels like a walk in the park. Midol and 800 mg of Advil seem to be doing the trick, surprisingly.
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Post by sunshine78 on Sept 10, 2009 2:40:19 GMT -5
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooh, here's something that I'm surprised I haven't b*tched about, before:
Hormonal Heartburn.
That's right. Oh, how I love the feeling of burning guts and acid in the throat, even with the Nexium, sometimes twice a day. And those pills are effing expensive. $171/mo, and that's WITH the break I get from the campus pharmacy (I maxed out my benefits on USELESS birth control, so even before my insurance ran out, I had to start selling my body to pay for meds). I am kidding about that second part (but not for long, perhaps... sadly, lol).
Anyway, I guess I didn't think about it, until I burped just now, and finally didn't feel like I had a bowl of Burning Charcoal O's for dinner.
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Post by JC on Sept 10, 2009 4:29:50 GMT -5
^^ there's such a thing? I always get heartburn. I never contributed it to hormones though. I just thought I ate too late. I get it in the morning
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