He put a what in your where, now?

[naamah_darling]

That was an interesting visit.

The doctor, henceforth called "Boots," spent about half an hour discussing options and likely treatments with me. In the end, I elected the way of pain to begin with the least invasive option and work up from there. So: the Mirena IUD. And it frankly shocked the hell out of me when he indicated he could try to put

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[trialia]

I would say it was about a minute's worth of pain, peaking twice at about a three on a scale of one to ten. About as bad a bad menstrual cramp, only more poke-y and less crampy.
Ummm, forgive me if this is too personal a question, but I thought your cramps were usually really bad - yet you class them as a three on 1-10? I'm not being nitpicky, just saying I'm kinda surprised by that. For my part, my worst are 9-10, one memorable occasion having left me in our tiny downstairs bathroom puking and trying to back through the wall just from the pain...

Can I maybe borrow your awesomeness for a month please? *clings* Gods know I could use the break on that side of things.

All that said... I'm really, REALLY happy for you that you finally seem to have found a doctor who can treat you well and listen and believe what you tell him, because you've been through way more shit on that front than anyone deserves in three lifetimes. *HUGS*

[arielstarshadow]

Oh yeah, I've been there, minus the puking. Curled up on the bathroom floor - yeppers.

[trialia]

*nods* Mine weren't as bad as they are until I fell down a flight of stairs and managed to land myself with nerve damage in the lumbar spinal region... Now anything that affects those nerves hurts like a bitch. Even the previously-fun activities, which may explain why I haven't had a date in years. Heh.

[naamah_darling]

They aren't really usually bad, but it happens. (ETA: I should mention that they have happened way more often recently.) Sometimes they are mild, sometimes they are really horrible. I have had menstrual cramps that go up to about a seven, defined as "Me, unable to move and lying the fetal position and being very quiet because I can't catch my breath enough to swear. Can't think about anything but pain." So I would call a seven the lower edge of "unmanageable" to me

[liminalia]

*cheers for finding good guy*!!!

[melsner]

"I would say it was about a minute's worth of pain, peaking twice at about a three on a scale of one to ten. About as bad a bad menstrual cramp, only more poke-y and less crampy. I swore twice and growled once and then it was over. No big deal."

Weird. That's exactly how my mother described my conception.

[dubbage42]

LOL

{lemonade - meet monitor}

[melsner]

Thank you.

*bow*

[thediva_laments]

This comment totally wins. I think I may have just woken up the upstairs neighbors with my laughing.

[effervescent]

Oh, I'm glad that it went okay! Maybe it went easily because you didn't have time to get stressed out and nervous about it ahead of time? I know that for some people, that can be a factor.

He sounds awesome - doctors like that really shouldn't be so hard to find, but they are. The clinic sounds like a bonus, too. *thumbs up*

[naamah_darling]

Yeah, I wonder. I know for a fact that even though it might not have made the procedure less painful, it certainly made the waiting itself a lot less horrible. I didn't have time to anticipate anything scary and get stressed to the point of hurling.

[bellamagic]

[naamah_darling]

Ah, the "slash and burn" approach. I approve.

If the Mirena doesn't work, I have other plans, but I'm hoping it does. That was easy, that was quick, and it's over with. It would be nice if it solved this shit.

[drpaisley]

I do hope this works out well for you, but I must say that if anyone could found the genre of "'slash and burn' fiction," it would definitely be you.

[naamah_darling]

Bwahaha! Didn't Robert E. Howard do that already, though?