State of the Beth II: Electric Boogaloo
Sep. 8th, 2013 05:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfwannabeWell, okay. The good news first. I think my depression issues are pretty much under control. Moodwise and with motivation, I feel better than I have since 2011! This is fantastic. I'm getting shit done too, which feels great.
The bad news is that my body has decided to rebel against me. The issues I'm having might be mild TMI, so they are going behind a cut (apologies if I linked you here).
1. Ongoing period of death: AKA bleeding for 28 days straight is really unpleasant. The good news is that this is mostly resolved! The doc put me on birth control pills and without too much TMI, after two days on it, I'm pretty much just spotting. HURRAH! Hopefully soon I'll be back to normal. But I'm still tired and kind of moody a lot of the time right now. I'm giving it time.
2. Pilonidal Cyst: In case you don't know what this is. Anyway, it's still a major problem. I am currently taking antibiotics and I have a surgery scheduled for the 19th. It hurts whenever I sit on a hard surface and when I get up from sitting for a long time. Again, hopefully this will be resolved for good soon.
3. Migraines: Always going to be a major problem, tbh. They've been a little better for a while and I'm hoping that the birth control will help with them too. But whenever I have a stressful day or I mess something up, my body tends to respond with a migraine. It's not great.
In short, my life has kind of been a non-stop series of doctor's appointments lately and it's likely to continue to be for a while. This is affecting my mood, my ability to brain things, my stress level... I broke down and cried in my doctor's office the other day. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I'm not quite there yet. So I'm going to try to keep myself to a jog, even though I want to sprint.
The bad news is that my body has decided to rebel against me. The issues I'm having might be mild TMI, so they are going behind a cut (apologies if I linked you here).
1. Ongoing period of death: AKA bleeding for 28 days straight is really unpleasant. The good news is that this is mostly resolved! The doc put me on birth control pills and without too much TMI, after two days on it, I'm pretty much just spotting. HURRAH! Hopefully soon I'll be back to normal. But I'm still tired and kind of moody a lot of the time right now. I'm giving it time.
2. Pilonidal Cyst: In case you don't know what this is. Anyway, it's still a major problem. I am currently taking antibiotics and I have a surgery scheduled for the 19th. It hurts whenever I sit on a hard surface and when I get up from sitting for a long time. Again, hopefully this will be resolved for good soon.
3. Migraines: Always going to be a major problem, tbh. They've been a little better for a while and I'm hoping that the birth control will help with them too. But whenever I have a stressful day or I mess something up, my body tends to respond with a migraine. It's not great.
In short, my life has kind of been a non-stop series of doctor's appointments lately and it's likely to continue to be for a while. This is affecting my mood, my ability to brain things, my stress level... I broke down and cried in my doctor's office the other day. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I'm not quite there yet. So I'm going to try to keep myself to a jog, even though I want to sprint.
