![]() ![]() So many of my patients have struggled in similar ways, managing painful periods and challenging symptoms month after month. Oh, how I wish I’d known then what I know now. Why couldn’t I get past my despair and confusion to the sense of adventure and anticipation I’d had just a few days earlier? I knew these thoughts should inspire excitement, but instead I had an overwhelming sense of numbness – like I was watching myself from afar. Get tickets, shop for clothing, call my travel companion, renew my passport. I sat in my mother’s car one day, waiting for her to return from an errand, running through all of the details I needed to take care of in my mind. I should have been elated, but instead I couldn’t even find the energy to renew my passport, even though I knew I couldn’t take the trip without it. I was a 20-year old recent college graduate, home for the summer while preparing for an amazing and much anticipated trip to Europe. One incident illustrates what I was going through perfectly I’ll never forget it. Some months were simply a little difficult, while others left me feeling as though my body had been invaded by an alien, leaving me bloated, nauseated, with terrible cramps, low energy and a voracious appetite. When I was younger, my menstrual cycle ruled my life. ![]()
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