Hello and welcome to another post where I just put my thoughts and feelings down here so I can process what just happened. I will have to give you a bit of back story, and not many people will probably want to read this, so if you don't want to read about periods, then this is not the post for you, and that's completely fine. I have other movie reviews and gaming reviews that are some recent posts or you could scroll further back to when I was taking care of my nan.
A few weeks back, I had tried to get more of the pill I used to not have periods. I first got them prescribed at the age of 14. I think I started getting my period when I was 12, and that happened at possibly the worst place it could have more on that in a bit, because that was not the main story I wanted to talk about today.
I got these pills from a young age, and I would only really have a period when I took one late, and it was okay to have a week on and then take the pills, but the older I got, the worse they were. So if I missed a pill, I would take it when I realised and just continue taking them the next day. This was okay for a few years. I would have a day or two of bleeding, and then it would stop, but the more this happened, the worse it got. If I missed one a couple of years down the line, I would have a period for about two weeks.
That brings us up to a few weeks ago, I made an appointment because they wouldn't give me a repeat prescription, this was a phone call appointment and It rang while I was in the bathroom and it only rang twice so I couldn't even run to pick up the phone, they did not try to call back and I understand they are busy but you have to wait more often than not longer for them to call because they are running behind, I know I have waited an extra half an hour because they were running so behind and they ask the same questions every time. Once I had to take one of those phone calls while in the middle of a shop; it was kind of embarrassing, but hey, I survived that.
Anyway, because I missed this phone call, they did not get back in contact with me, and they sent an email to my GP. That's fine, I thought, except it wasn't, it was not accepted until a month later, to that point, I had already run out. The pain didn't hit me all at once until it was a Thursday, and that's when I could not get out of bed. We were in a heat wave in the UK at the time, so a hot water bottle was out of the question since my room was already so stuffy. I was using ice poles (or icey pops for my American friends) on my back and on my stomach. I was melting these ice poles, so much so that I almost debated getting a freezer in my room to make it so much easier. The pain was like lightning shooting up my back, so I spent about 48 hours in the fetal position, not wanting to be alive because I had never experienced anything like this before. I do not wish to experience anything like this again. The pain was a 12/10, and I really wish I was exaggerating, but I could not stand up for more than a minuet I tried to make some toast and ended up with warm bread because I could not wait for it to toast because standing was just awful.
I would not wish this on my worst enemy.
I said I would tell you about the time I got my first period because I probably will never do another post about this topic lets just get it over and done with all in this one.
I was 12 I think and I was staying with my nan and dad for the weekend, my dad had gone out to an emergency call so it was just me and my nan, I went to the bathroom and there it was a big red stain in white underwear (cause it always has to be the white undies) I didn't know what to do, I called my mum and just sat on the toilet. I was so scared to tell my nan what I had just experienced. Eventually, my mum convinced me to talk to my nan, and I don't really remember the conversation, so it must have been very awkward. She ended up taking me into her room and she had a really old box of whats known as pantie liners (I think they should be called something else I hate the word pantie) they are a smaller version of a pad (maybe they should be called mini pads) it did the job okay until I came home where my mum gave me a leaflet about periods and that was that.
Thank you so much for giving me the time to read about something I never thought I would put on the internet, but here we are. If you are a young girl around the age when you may get your period soon, my advice is, get some pads now, put a few in each bag you use regularly, and you shouldn't have to have any weird, awkward conversations with your grandparents or friends' parents because it can happen at any moment, really. I don't want you to be scared of it happening, as it is a part of life, and we have to deal with it, so it is far better to be overprepared than unprepared. I have a little section in each bag with tissues, a small packet of wet wipes, and ibuprofen or some sort of painkiller. You got this! Have a great rest of your day, and I will see you next Friday with another review of some sort. Take care. :)
