Life
Life is trying to drag me down pretty hard right now. So much stress piling up on my shoulders. It is the time of year I call "the end of semester crunch" where the teachers realize how close we are to the end of the semester and how much we still have to get done. So they begin piling on the work with shorter and shorter deadlines. On top of all this, I am having abnormal cramping and bleeding. Pain so bad I wish I had some Vicodin. I stayed home from school Wednesday and Thursday. Tempe came home Wednesday and found me in bed, she came in to the bedroom and said "you stayed home from school? You must be really sick, what's wrong?" As soon as I noticed the bleeding I called my doctor and got in for an appointment. They ran tests to check for infection. The first test came back negative, I am waiting on one more test before they will do anything else.
I did go to painting class Wednesday night, and then shot my pictures that were due Thursday so I could at least email them to my teacher. But the pain got so bad while shooting that I wound up curled up in a ball crying for about 20 minutes.
I had thought the problem was a cyst. But the pain is on both sides, so if it is cyst related, it is a cyst on each ovary. Or it is endometriosis, or something else entirely. All I can do right now is wait.
The biggest worry I have right now is the fact that I have no health insurance. I was pleasantly surprised and relieved to find out my "family planning" card (basically covers my annual exam and birth control) covered a majority of my visit Wednesday. Leaving me with $50 to pay. It's better than the $186 the visit costed. The worry is, these bills are going to pile up pretty high if this is something serious.
Considering how much pain I have to be in to want prescription pain meds... As it is, they gave me naproxen the most damaging anti-inflammatory on the market (aka Aleve) and I am taking it. Twice a day. I managed to get most of my homework done today. I still need to put together my presentation for class Monday, and write some poems for class Tuesday. Oh yes, and edit my picture for class Tuesday.
I had been to the gym 5 days in a row before this happened. As soon as it is done I am going back. This will not stop me from my goals. It is only solidifying my determination.
I did go to painting class Wednesday night, and then shot my pictures that were due Thursday so I could at least email them to my teacher. But the pain got so bad while shooting that I wound up curled up in a ball crying for about 20 minutes.
I had thought the problem was a cyst. But the pain is on both sides, so if it is cyst related, it is a cyst on each ovary. Or it is endometriosis, or something else entirely. All I can do right now is wait.
The biggest worry I have right now is the fact that I have no health insurance. I was pleasantly surprised and relieved to find out my "family planning" card (basically covers my annual exam and birth control) covered a majority of my visit Wednesday. Leaving me with $50 to pay. It's better than the $186 the visit costed. The worry is, these bills are going to pile up pretty high if this is something serious.
Considering how much pain I have to be in to want prescription pain meds... As it is, they gave me naproxen the most damaging anti-inflammatory on the market (aka Aleve) and I am taking it. Twice a day. I managed to get most of my homework done today. I still need to put together my presentation for class Monday, and write some poems for class Tuesday. Oh yes, and edit my picture for class Tuesday.
I had been to the gym 5 days in a row before this happened. As soon as it is done I am going back. This will not stop me from my goals. It is only solidifying my determination.