I haven’t been writing much about my medical conditions because I’ve been too busy dealing with them. Blogging about them has helped in the past, so I don’t know why I’ve been avoiding it. Maybe because if it isn’t written down it’s less real?

The first issue and the one on the forefront is the fibroid. Brian and I met with my PCP to discuss having it removed because I just couldn’t deal with the symptoms anymore: PMS from hell and for the last two months, periods every other week. A friend suggested taking one of those Pills that make you have your period less often or not at all. Yasmin, though a traditional oral contraceptive, helped for a little while (see “What the Hell Is Wrong with My Body/Mind?”), but on Sunday I started taking Seasonique, which the PCP recommended. It comes in three-month packs because if it works right, you’re only supposed to get your period every three months. But because I have a fibroid, the doctor said I may experience abnormal spotting or have my period more often than every three months. Hell, I’d be happy having it just once a month!

I just started them on Sunday, but I want the PMS symptoms to go away NOW. I’ve felt like complete and utter shit for the past two days. Yesterday I could barely get out of bed because I had absolutely no energy whatsoever. Today, I had horrible back pain, though thankfully, not as bad as it was in the middle of the night last Thursday. Ugh, it was so bad, that it actually woke me up after two hours of post-hockey-practice sleep! And then I couldn’t fall back asleep until Brian left for work around 7ish, and I decided to take 50 mg. of Benadryl. I didn’t wake up until he got home from work nearly eleven hours later! Benadryl knocks me out, but not for that long! I can’t even describe how painful it was, and I know it wasn’t from practice because it was bothering me earlier that day. Fortunately, my Walgreens Sock Buddy and some Extra-Strength Rapid Gel Tylenol helped. Not that night, though.

Hopefully I won’t have a period next week. I’m hoping that I’m still PMSing now, only because there’s still some Yasmin left in my system. According to an article on Uterine Fibroids on WebMD, “Most fibroids do not cause any symptoms”. Why couldn’t that be true for me? What a crock of shit! I am so ready to have them cut the damn thing off!

Finally!
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Finally! The last Puck Cancer game post! This was the consolation game for the two teams who finished last in their respective divisions and took place on Sunday, August 13, 2007. The Ice Hawks came all the way from Cleveland and like us, placed 4th in the second of two beginner/novice divisions. Like the game against the Talons (see “Puck Cancer Game 3″), this one was really, really close, the team was close to our skill level, and was a lot of fun to play, even though we lost. And we were ahead for most of the game, too! Oh, well. Click on the small picture to a larger version of the 2007 Tigers Puck Cancer Team. #95 is missing because she had a roller hockey championship she was also playing in and #5 isn’t in the picture because she was hurt in the last game, but luckily not badly.