bloody but unbowed

[cjsmith]

I'm now on continuous bc pills in the hopes of eliminating my cycle completely.

No go.

I've been on this regime for 24 days, and so far I've had about one week not bleeding. Cramps are wondrously light - two Aleve actually wipe them out - but of course they're now present nearly continuously. While flow, too, is lighter than "a period", it's not light enough that I will be happy with it on a 70% duty cycle.

I wish it really were eliminated. I sure hope all this steadies out soon to something better.

Comments

[firecat]

Sounds like you might need stronger bc pills, if they aren't causing horrendous side effects already.

(Sympathies. I'm currently on a ~50% duty cycle. The pain and anemia are mostly covered right now, so what I hate most is the inconvenience. For me, bc pills are worse than the disease.)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yikes. 50%, huh? Lots of red meat, iron pills, and dark green leafies?

Yeah, maybe something stronger -- I'm lucky in that I tend to have little trouble with bc pills.

[firecat]

Iron pills rule.