16 Jun
43 and I genuinely thought I was dying last month. Not dramatically, just... the kind of tired where you sit in your car after dropping the kids off and cannot figure out how to open the door. That tired. And the bleeding. I have been tracking my cycle for about six weeks now because something told me I needed receipts before my OBGYN would take me seriously, and what I'm seeing is wild. Anywhere from 22 days to 35 days. Last period I went through an entire box of overnight pads in three days. I've started writing down how fatigued I am on each day of my cycle, like a number out of ten, because I want to be able to show her exactly what the bad days look like. Not just "I'm tired" but "I couldn't finish a sentence in a meeting on day two" tired. That kind of thing. Also been leaning hard on lentil soup and spinach pasta on the heavy days because cooking anything complicated is just not happening. Honestly if I can get iron into myself without thinking about it too hard, that's a win. Anyone else keeping notes like this before an appointment? I feel like I need to walk in with a folder or she's just going to tell me stress.