Those are the words that I heard come out of Luisa’s mouth today at lunch. You see, if you remember back almost two months ago, I had a big “feminine problem”. Well, it still continues… that is correct folks! I am going on four months of being constantly on my period. Some of you make think this is impossible, but I guess I am going against the natural pattern of nature. I have taken my pills every single day on the exact hour; I have doubled up on them and am getting to a point where I don’t know what to do. After racking up over $1,500 worth of negative tests and my doctor told me “not to worry”, I want to pull my hair out.
You have to understand, with my disease, it is BETTER for me NOT to have a period, to where my doctor prescribed me to have only 3-4 periods A YEAR! Now that I have been bleeding continuously for four months, I can’t help but wonder what is going on inside my body. The past two weeks have really accelerated the worry wart inside me. I have had severe heartburn off and on, the kind that makes you feel like you have a large chunk of food stuck right above your stomach. When it comes, it last for about 48 hours with nothing I take stopping it. I want to drink the entire bottle of antacid hoping the pain would stop. Of course it doesn’t help that my hormones are riding the rollercoaster wave right now, but I can’t help but worry that maybe my heartburn is caused by the internal bleeding? It is my only explanation! I have never gone to bed with it, only to wake up with the same feeling.
This brings me back to lunch today. You see, what I told Luisa was “I am going on a vegan/macrobiotic diet for a month”. She said, “I give you a week!” If anyone knows me, you know that food is my passion! I am always out at one of the newest restaurants trying the newest things! I LOVE FOOD! This diet change means an entirely different lifestyle. But right now, I feel like it is my only choice. My better health insurance (I’ll explain that in a later post) doesn’t start for another month and a half. I can’t go get a second opinion without it costing me thousands of dollars and obviously my current OBGYN doesn’t think anything is an issue.
Why the decision to change my diet? I had recently picked up an issue of Natural Solutions Magazine. In it Alicia Silverstone recently wrote a book “The Kind Diet” about her vegan lifestyle along with how she makes it green! Now, I am not going to turn into to some hippy freak and start going around hugging trees, but I do believe in doing what you can for the earth and for yourself; body, mind and spirit. I learned some things from the article which then pushed me to buy her book. Don’t judge me for taking diet advice from a celebrity, but it was her realistic attitude toward the change and all the facts to back up her opinion. I struggle to get through books that don’t keep my attention, but it was her ability to make things so short and simple that I enjoyed reading. I am still making my way through the book but I will be making my diet change this week. Wish me luck! Hopefully I will start to feel better and possibly make my bleeding uterus stop, especially since I am cutting out hormone stimulated proteins that might be affecting my own hormone levels. I am also looking into acupuncture this weekend as well. Who would have ever thought that a surgery having, pill popping girl would have turned all holistic and natural? I’ll let you know all the details as I struggle enjoy this new life style.