Cherellenicole

So here i am again.

I want to talk about my period. And while this topic may not appeal to many people, it is something that has been on my mind.

I am 36 years old (i know basically dead at this point) and it’s only in the last couple of years that i have begun to understand the phrase “first day of your last period”.

Now that may seem like basic knowledge to some girls, to calculate when your period is next due, but as someone who has PMOS (AKA PCOS) it’s never really applied to me. My periods were either one month after there other, or 6 months later, or 2 weeks longs etc. There were no logic behind it. Sharkie (what i call my period) came when it liked and didn’t care when it stopped.

It was HELL. I mean that. I wouldn’t wish what i had on another person. I once had sharkie, that lasted for 2 weeks and it was HEAVY the entire time. I was so anemic. I had not gone to the doctors at that point, but I said if its not finished by Sunday then i will go and get checked out. It was gone on Sunday. Took me a long time to recover from that.

Anyway my point is, that because sharkie was not on time at any point in my life, i never understood that reference until now. I’m on the coil (Minera) and let me tell you, it has been a LIFESAVER. Sharkie has gone from being HEAVY and painful and life stopping, to light and regular.

I was recommended by the dr to have the coil, one because of my weight, and 2 because it was always anemic, and iron tablets barely worked. I will say that even after the coil i’m always still anemic so i don’t think sharkie was the main course of that issue.

Anyway’s I always hated when my period came, I would become depressed and deflated, because i didn’t know if this one was going to last 5 days or 15 days or longer.

Now i still don’t like sharkie, what women does, but i no longer have the deep sense of dread. And i feel like that is progress for me. And on top of that i do understand the phrase “first day of your last period” as it kind of of applies to me now. Not always accurate, but it comes around the same time every month, so i vague idea of when it’s due and for that i’m happy.

Anyone, this post is for anyone who who has heavy periods, sometimes there is light at the end of the red tunnel of death.

Happy reading

Cherelle xx