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[jeliza]

GlassesUSA did IDEK what with my order, so now after waiting since late May for glasses that will not arrive (they finally gave me a refund) I have placed a new order with someone else, at a higher price but hopefully that means I'll actually get glasses of the proper prescription before, you know, Christmas. (Did I mention the eye surgery I already had this year? I can't remember. I've never hit my out of pocket maximum before, and this year I did it in June.)

And I put in billable hours again today and helped Sean with taxes which is a good run of adulting on a day that started with cramps and general weepiness. I really want menopause like, now. And what's fun is that there is going to be a drug regimen in my whole anti-cancer thing that is guaranteed to induce it, but they are making me wait until I am done with chemo AND radiation to take it with the reasonable excuse that they don't want to stack negative side effect symptoms, but I don't have that many, and I want it now. *whining intensifies*

Comments

[caszabrewin]

Not sure about the whole menopause thing. There's a trade off. No bleeding. But I still get cramping, breast soreness, etc. It's been nearly a full year since I had a period. It's been weird. All the period supplies are still in the cupboard because I spent a few years going so long and then BAM, three months in a row I'd have a period, then nothing for months and months. But this stretch feels like I'm officially a crone. But again, no bleeding, but other things still exist, at least for me (and everyone is different). The fucking temperature regulation is a point of contention in my life every.single.day, because The Viking runs cold. 66 degrees outside and I feel like it's 96 degrees. Then there's the lack of patience with just about everything, which is hormonal. Harder to lose weight and stay in shape. So, good and bad, like everything.

I'm glad you're able to have days where you can just adult and not have to feel sick. May this good feeling trend continue through the rest of your treatment and that bitch Cancer stays away.

[kalmn]

https://badvibesdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/lube-guide-low-estrogen-edition.pdf

Also, no one is going to explain to you about post-menopausal vaginal atrophy, so research it. I do not have much to say on it because I need to start setting things on fire every time I think about it.

[jeliza]

Oh, so really it's just probably exchanging one kind of recurring pain and ickiness for another. Awesome. (I have awful PCOS-induced period cramps now, though that's been mildly improving in the last year, which is my main motivation for wanting menopause now.)