Off the Menopause

I'm finally off the depo lupron. That's somewhat of a blessing. I had stopped taking the Progesterone supplement (against my doctor's orders) because it was making me crazy and have night sweats, hot flashes, all the things it was suppose to help prevent, so I wasn't dealing with too many side effects by the end of the treatment in those ways. The one problem I did experience was breakthrough bleeding...I was up to having a light but painful period every two weeks. I'm back on Yaz now, which seems to help as far as my insane water weight that I gained on the depo, and my skin is starting to clear up a bit too. Nothing major really happened, I could just tell it was a little more breakout prone. I was never on the pill for acne treatment, but is a nice benefit.

My hubby is deployed again...he left in the wee hours of the morning April 30th. I was blessed enough (thank the goddess) to see him for four glorious although much to short days in May before he was shipped overseas. I've been pretty depressed the last few days. I'm not sure if it's the fact that I'm almost done with my first pack of pills, and it is therefore just about period time (although I'm going to skip these next three or four if at all possible-the fewer periods the better). I have been having cramps, back aches (which may be related to my new job and not a period symptom...but as I've discovered, you just never know what pain goes with what problem when you've got this disease. There's a new symptom around every corner it seems) and pretty severe lack of energy. I called off work Tuesday morning because I couldn't manage to drag myself out of bed, and I was achy and feeling the beginning of a migraine growing. I slept twelve hours Sunday night, and that much again all together Monday night after sleeping until noon on Tuesday.

Does anyone read this? I'm just wondering if I'm reaching anyone at all. The whole reason I started this was to help other people. Sometimes it seems pretty lonely, like I'm the only one living with this. It's not like breast cancer, or AIDS, it's not on the public radar. I'm going to do my best to change that though.