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Day 1
There is a whole lot of additional introductory information in here. I apologize for the length. I'm certain the rest won't be as long
Date: 9/14/2007 6:38:18 PM ( 17 y ) ... viewed 2299 times Today is Day 1. This moon snuck up on me. It seems to have come early but I’m not sure. See I normally keep track in my calendar. I don’t normally wear undergarments and if I get caught out there it can be…. messy. I can no longer wear tampons. I had a brush with toxic shock. Damn. Last month I was late. I think that’s why its start date didn’t get on the calendar.
I refer to my menses with terms including “moon”. There are 13 moon cycles in a year and I have 13 cycles per year. My cycles are usually 28 or 29 days. When I learned that bit of information about the moon in high school, immediately I started referring to my cycles like that. My mother had a hysterectomy at my birth. Since there were no other females in my home, I never saw how anyone else dealt with their moons. My mother must have been terrible when she was still sacrificing (another term I use for menses). She has such a negative attitude about moon-time.
Another reason I hadn’t noticed was I didn’t have a headache. I NEVER get headaches for any other reason other than the moon approaching. I usually get one for about 2 days in duration a week prior to my menses. But I have been sick for nearly 3 weeks. I had what I thought was the flu. It went away, but then it came back. Weird. I do get what I refer to as a “phantom illness” right before my moon-time. The reason I call it phantom is because it’s never the same each month. Sometimes flu, sometimes body aches, sometimes a toothache, sometimes a stomachache, etc. The headache is always there, except this month. I really think I’m early. My moon comes when the Moon is usually at a waxing midpoint. Right now it’s barely past new. Yeah I’m early. I hope the headache is bypassed for this cycle because they are very, very intense.
Another thing that’s off this month is the premenstrual diarrhea. I look forward to that. Not for any nasty reason, but because I like the idea that my body is cleansing itself without my interference.
I started like 3 days ago with the raspberry leaf tea. I have been drinking raspberry leaf tea since my surgery. I like to drink 2 cups every day, the week prior to my moon-time. The tea is supposed to tighten and tone my uterus. I don’t know if it’s working, I do know that my cramps have diminished considerably. That’s worth the $4 per box.
My bleeding is usually overnight pad heavy on Day 1-2. Day 3 tapers off to a thin maxi. Day 4&5 are panty liner light. I’m usually really tired with CRAZY dreams that are mildly prophetic. I have been tired, but not the usual tired. My dreams have been crazy. I find that I’m very creative preceding my Moon-time.
I usually go into a cleaning frenzy prior to my moon-time; but not this month. I blame my cold/flu. My boobs have drama all their own. They shrink and get this crazy nippular priapism. Oooh they hurt. Increasing my water intake usually offsets the shrinkage, but the priapism is with me until it stops. Headlights On! By the way, I don’t have any children yet.
The weight gain is insane. I can go up 2 dress sizes! But usually by the third day things start coming back to normal. By the end, if I haven’t eaten like a Viking, it all goes away. Bloating sucks! This month I did notice that I looked swollen, but since I hadn’t gotten on the scale, because I’m early, I don’t know the exact weight gain.
My mental state is another thing all together. I started charting my moon because I used to scare my late husband with my mood swings. I almost killed him once, and twice called a divorce lawyer. He was a good man to put up with all that. He had a mother and 4 sisters. It’s all good because I have learned that mental clarity is at it’s greatest on day 4 and for about 3 days after. I wait to make all major decisions then. Besides, PMS mood swings are never bad for the person having them. It’s just bad for the people around them.
I don’t wash my hair because if I do it will be entirely too dry and I will lose a lot of it. My skin is so oily before, if I use moisturizer, I will get zits. I generally tend to have dry and itchy skin on my body before my moon. That’s crazy. A foot up on my face the skin is oily but on my body its dry? I don’t drink soda or eat candy, but I will allow myself a chocolate bar and a coke in the week preceding my cycle. I missed my window this month being so early. And the chips… Oh the chips… I’ve had the chips.
My lower back hurt like you can’t believe. All week I sat in this weird contorted position. I could find no peace. I don’t take meds unless absolutely necessary. The only otc meds I keep in the house is Midol. When I’m outside of a relationship, I get someone to stand on my lower back George Jefferson style. Since I have a partner, I have sex to relieve the congestion. What? It works. The pain goes away for 3 days.
Today I feel really blah. Not bad, not good. I have been depressed over family and financial matters lately. I didn’t sleep excessively today; and I could have. I didn’t have to work. I did catnap more than regular, dreaming each time. Crazy dreams. I’m not really hungry or craving anything. I ate only once today. I have brownie mix on the counter I haven’t made yet. Funny thing is I don’t even want them. I’m just really thirsty. My temperature is 97.5. Do I have to tell you what my discharge is? My scalp is itching like crazy. I don’t think my mood is off, but that’s really not my judgment to make. My cat is all up under me today. He's not usually overtly affectionate, but today he won't let me out of his site. Laying all over me and purring.
I’m thinking this is going to be an abbreviated cycle because it’s so early.
Talk to you tomorrow.
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