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[slemslempike]

Ooooooh. Ow.

My coil fitting was this afternoon. This should have coincided with the heaviest day of my period, and I was worried about this to the extent of posting in theladiesloos for advice. Obviously, therefore, my bleeding stopped entirely, leaving me to wonder if that would cause problems. Now, however, I am bleeding reasonably profusely, and being reminded of my utter inability to position pads correctly. So that's nice.

It was not tooooo awful. Usually when I've had something done and they say to lie down for a bit afterwards I do it for a little bit just to show willing and then leave as soon as possible. Today I very quickly wished that I'd lain down for longer, as shortly into the "now sit in the waiting room" period I was desperately trying not to be sick on the floor and sticking my face into the fan. I feel better now, but my cramps are still just enough that I can will use them to justify retiring to my boudoir for the rest of the day and reading.

The HCA was very nice and let me hold/crush her hand and talked to me distractingly. I had taken nurofen plus beforehand, and then the doctor gave me local anaesthetic. I made the mistake of looking at the needle before it went into my vagina. GOSH. The anticipation was worse than the actual injection, though that was not terribly pleasant. Then the sound thing went in and was one of the least enjoyable experiences I've ever had involving my genitals. But that, and the actual insertion, did not take very long at all, and once all the paraphenalia was removed all that remained was the cramping, which is pretty much a medium-bad period pain level. I think the sickness and shaking was mostly reaction to the local anaesthetic than pain.

I bought a chocolate brownie dessert thing from M&S and I am going to finish reading Time and Tide Wait for No Man - Dale Spender's book about the early years of Time and Tide magazine. My main knowledge of Time and Tide comes from the Provincial Lady, I am looking forward to changing this.

Comments

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I am hesitant to say this, because I generally don't like to interfere with how people see themselves and talk about themselves, but I wanted to tell you that when you posted photos of yourself a while ago, I thought that you were very attractive, with a lovely face. (I mean, your hair looked rather sore, and I was sorry you were in pain, but overlooking that... now I sound rather shallow and callous.)

But I don't wish needles in vaginas on even the prettiest people, if they don't welcome that sort of thing.

[edithmatilda.livejournal.com]

It's my personality that's mainly the problem, I just talk about being physically hideous because that's less upsetting than "I've twice in my life been deemed a convenient if inadequate hole but nobody has ever actually wanted me". And I would not have come and flailed this at you were my hormones not going wrong again so sorry about that. The OW still stands though. Ow.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

That's cool - sorry if I exacerbated anything. I do also like your personality a lot too. (While this may well look like a belated attempt to seem less shallow, it is ALSO VERY TRUE. So there.)

Boo to hormones. They are partly why I have gone for this option, because even with the injection it feels less invasive than the hormonal options.

[edithmatilda.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping it's hormones because the alternative is that I've gone like this generally. I have resisted the unfriending rampage I nearly went on, though, so that's something.