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I feel good, de na ne na ne na ne

Thursday, September 15, 2011

I’ve been in artificial menopause for a month. Today I had breakfast with friends and OMG I felt like me! It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this ‘with it’ and healthy and happy. Even though I was up in the night with a bad back, I still felt sharp and silly and good. I laughed. I [...]

And then they stuck a needle in my bottom

Saturday, August 6, 2011

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And then they stuck a needle in my bottom

So I went in armed with dates, news articles, blog posts, diaries, questions, hopes, fears, facts. We talked. They listened. And then they jabbed me in the ar*e!! That quick. That simple. I’ve been given Decapeptyl. I can have it for 6 months and it will put me in temporary menopause. It will prove if PMDD is the main problem. It’s EXACTLY what [...]

Scratch and Sniff

Thursday, June 9, 2011

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This is a scratch and sniff post. If you scratch the onscreen chocolates then sniff your computer it will smell of yummy chocolatey goodness. It works especially well if you hold a bar of chocolate under your nose as you do it. Ready? Ok. Fill your lungs, breath out slowly, nose to screen annnnnnnnnd sniffffffffffffffffffffffffffffFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Go on, take in [...]

Breaking up is hard to do

Monday, June 6, 2011

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Life is hard right now. My PMDD seems to have been taking over and I’ve been sinking into the kind of low that leaves me questioning so many things. The kind that leaves a constant prickling behind the eyes and an ache in the heart. The kind that makes every day a trawl. At the same [...]

The one where I thought my blog was dead, and a tiny small Interflora Review

Monday, May 23, 2011

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The one where I thought my blog was dead, and a tiny small Interflora Review

I missed my blogaversary. How rude! But I learnt something. When your friend is awaiting the arrival of his new baby boy, and has been through a variety of virtual reincarnations and hence changes of email address over the past year, do not, I repeat DO NOT rely on the poor man to remember to register your domain [...]

Fishy Wishes

Friday, January 7, 2011

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Sometimes I think it would be much easier to be a fish. I mean, how hard can it be swimming around a tank all day, apart from maybe being a bit tiring on the old fins? My crappy memory wouldn’t matter because I’d forget that I’d forgotten, AND I wouldn’t have to get the kids to school [...]

Wishing I was Worzel Gummidge

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

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Today I didn’t want to come home. There are thoughts in my head that I find disconcerting. Dark, startling thoughts that seem completely PMDD, but this should be my PMDD free (ish) week?? Yet I feel totally hormonal. My mind is a jangle of whizzing thoughts and emotions. I could cry, scream, laugh or quite possibly explode. The [...]

Slightly warm turkey and fabulous sunbeams

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

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Doctor seen – check Hysterectomy discussed – check Hysterectomy put on back burner – Bugger Joint decision to stop Venlafaxine and cyclogest to see what happens – check Withdrawal plan decided – check Begin taking Cerazette to rid me of the monthly misery (fingers crossed) – check Start to feel a bit crappy – check So my Doctor has decided to go [...]

Can buy me love

Friday, September 17, 2010

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When my Miss E went to the fabulous Forbidden Corner for a friend’s birthday she brought me back a gift. I never expected one and I’m sure she didn’t go with the intention of spending some of her savings on me, but she did. When she arrived home, tired, happy, grubby and slightly soggy, she placed [...]

Done

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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I’m taking a little time away from my blog. It used to be a place of escape, somewhere safe, but right now, for whatever reason it has become something else. I don’t want to be part of the competition anymore I suppose. It was kind of all I had that was just for me and [...]