Week 3 saw the start of bleeding vaginally. Not a lot, like a light period, something I hadn't had for years. The literature says any bleeding in the first six weeks is considered normal.
I now have glue on only two of the five option sites. The belly button one is the worst for me because the glue is hard and sharp and I hate belly buttons so whenever I feel it digging into me it makes me think of it.
Showers are easier now, almost normal. We still have to use a head rest on my shower chair because I can't yet stretch enough to hold my neck up for a shampoo and condition of my hair. Hopefully next week though.
The menopause symptoms from being in this surgical menopause have begun though. I am having hit flushes where, from nowhere, I feel like someone has put me in a microwave and is heating me up. I get sweaty and need the fan on. Then I get cold.
The night is the worst though. I get too hot and sweaty, then I put the fan on and then I get too cold. I am awake from 2am to 6am for hours. I am always tired but at the same time fed up if being in the house (putting a seatbelt and wheelchair belt on woukd be too much still) I am desperate to get out. We have taken my dog for a local walk a couple of times when the weather has been nice and I have been in the garden a little. Other than that I have been in my room watching TV, reading books and magazines and scrolling social media. My carer and I have planned lots of things to do when I am able to stand the seatbelts again and feel safe enough in the car.
Here's to week 4...
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