ow ow ow

[cjsmith]

It's the first really painful day of my period. Ow, ow, ow. Not only am I at work, but this evening I have Rob's square dance club, which he tossed at me because he wanted to go to Alaska on a whim. It's a C2 club and I'm not nearly as relaxed calling C2 as I am calling C1 (tomorrow night's club, which he also tossed at me in favor of Alaska). For the amount of pain I'm going to be in and have to stay cogent on stage, he better have a VERY GOOD time on this trip. Otherwise tonight's dancers will never forgive him for what I will inadvertently do to them.

At least the painkillers are mostly covering it right this instant. I have been holding still for a while. I've long since built up an "immunity" to aspirin and by now even ibuprofen doesn't have a lot of effect unless I take 4X the recommended dose. But Aleve is new enough that I haven't built up a resistance, so as long as I hold still, 2X the recommended dose works pretty well even on a day like today. The pain comes through only as a low throb.

But I'm going to have to get up and walk soon. I need to pee.

Comments

[redgrrl.livejournal.com]

Hugs, CJ -- just went through the pain and bother of my period. Bleagh! Later this month I'm going to my gyn and asking her to prescribe the pill to take so that I only get my period 4 times a year. I read an article about it recently and it sounds good to me!

How come Rob gets to take off on all these fun trips and YOU don't get to go along??

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hi Wen! That pill sounds SO WONDERFUL. I've read about it too. My gyn is a bit too conservative to go for such a thing. I may have to get a new doc :-).

Rob gets to go because, well, he's the one with time and money and I'm the one with neither. Basically that's what it boils down to. We shall see just how long I want to hang out and watch him have fun. Some day he'll come back and I won't be here.

Gee, do I sound cynical or WHAT? Sorry. Pay no mind. I'm still in a lot of pain. It will wear off in a few days!

[redgrrl.livejournal.com]

Pardon me for being blunt, but THAT SUCKS! I don't think I'd like it too much if Rick went off on a bunch of fun trips all the time without me...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, I *don't* like it. But it might be slow to change. Hmm, this got long, I'm turning the rest of it into another entry :-)