Celebrating Day 1 of My LAST Period and Anxiously Making I.C.O.D. Plans

"I always think, 'Oh, if I'm going to die … Not today, I have too much and my husband's not going to know how to handle all that stuff'" — Emily, 19 Days Until Uterus Eviction Day

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In This Episode:

• We're celebrating Day 1 of hopefully my LAST period (and having some disbelief)

• Let's play the game of: PMS? Stress? Anxiety? PMDD? All of the Above?

• Lots of talk about period blood (it's a period-heavy podcast, what did you expect?)

• Lots of prep getting done for the hysterectomy — preparing my clients, preparing my family, and preparing the house

• My Book — "The Story Behind: The Extraordianry History of Ordinary Things"

• The pre-op anxiety may be getting the best of me and I've been going a bit to the dark side when it comes to "What If?" preparations — did I really need an In Case of Death Document? Eh …

• Anyone else go into Hypervigilant Efficiant Mode in instances (or imagined threat) of death?

• Learning to ask, "What do you suggest I do?" and "What's the next step?" when feeling stuck.

• PMS+ADHD=Lots of mental storms brewing and going on.

• Since I'm not getting my ovaries removed, I'm wondering how PMS will go once my period is out of the picture.

• Adenomyosis Advice Association Facebook Group — Facebook

• Considering taking a social media break for a little bit to focus on my upcoming surgery and the work I need to do

• "I did my best" and "I am enough" are some great things to remind yourself any time of day.

• Is nesting for surgery a thing? Because I'm doing that I think.

• Again, in disbelief that all this constant pain will actually change. But maybe?

Note from Future-Emily

Yes, in fact, I AM glad we didn't need to use that ICOD document, LOL!

Also, I'm really grateful for a friend from church who gave me a shocked face when I told her I was doing all this death preparation stuff and told me, in the most straightforward Scorpio way possible to knock that shit off and focus on what I know to be true. I think that, plus getting through those first few days of my period, helped keep me from staying in that mindset for too long.

Additional Links and Resources:

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• Adenomyosis - Symptoms — Mayo Clinic

• Adenomyosis - Diagnosis + Treatment — Mayo Clinic

• Adenomyosis: A Significantly Neglected and Misunderstood Disorder - Book by Maria Yeager

• Helpful Reddit r/hysterectomy Post To Read If You Have Pre-Op Anxiety — MamaO2D4

• Adenomyosis at hysterectomy: prevalence, patient characteristics, clinical profile and histopatholgical finding — PubMed

• Adenomyosis: An update regarding its diagnosis and clinical features — PubMed

Disclaimer: This podcast is based on personal experience and should not be taken as medical advice. Resources are provided for you to look into further and talk with your medical support team about.

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