8 Jun
Okay so I have to ask. Is anyone else's period just... unrecognizable? Like I've had a cycle for 30 years and suddenly I don't know what my own body is doing. Last month was 19 days apart. The month before, 38. And the volume. I went through everything I had at work on a Tuesday and had to stuff paper towels in my underwear like a teenager. I'm 43. I have a job title and a mortgage and I should not be doing this. I finally started keeping a calendar. Not an app, just a notes page on my phone where I write the start date, how heavy, and how wrecked I feel. Because I've got an OBGYN appointment coming up and I know if I walk in there with just vibes she's going to tell me it's normal and send me home. I want to walk in with receipts. The fatigue is the part I really want her to take seriously. It's not tired-from-a-bad-night tired. It's like my bones are heavy. The heavy days I can barely get through a meeting without my brain going completely blank. I've started putting that in the notes too. Work calls where I could not track the conversation. Days where I drove home and genuinely couldn't tell you what route I took. Anyone prepped for an appointment this way? What did you actually bring? I want to make sure I'm asking about iron levels because I have a feeling that's part of what's going on, but I don't want to go in there and forget half of what I meant to say.