Aleve update

I think the Aleve actually did something. I ended up taking one pill, last Friday night (I started that day), but was well enough to work out Saturday and Sunday (and, well, every night this past week). The flow took its sweet time leaving (I didn't stop bleeding until yesterday, which puts the period at 8 days), and I had intermittent pain until then as well, but that may be because I stopped taking the Aleve Sunday. I don't want to ruin my liver.

Got a sore spot in my left breast; not Evil Lump, though. Probably a spot of fibro thickening. Not sure why it's so angry, but boy, it is. Just thought I'd mention it.

I'm contemplating toying with my diet to see if that helps. Starting small and easy, of course. Maybe a month without fast food and pizza...I could do that fairly easily. Then a month without chocolate. A month without caffeine. Then a month without salty snacks. (That one's going to be the worst, I know.) Maybe work my way up to a month without dairy or a month without wheat.

Or maybe that's all just crazy talk. But then I never thought I'd give up coffee.

Aleve experiment

So I've faithfully taken the Aleve every 12 hours for the past two weeks. I'm supposed to start...any day now, really. (I had a period last week, but this week's the real thing.) So far, so good, I guess -- I've had to take the heating pad to work for the past two days, but I've not had to take a pill. However, I'm not declaring it a success until I see how the period itself goes. I'll let you know how that works out.

The pain is weird this time. When I was younger, I did something incredibly stupid, particularly for someone as uncoordinated as myself: I did a high-kick while wearing roller skates. Fell straight on my tailbone. I didn't break it, but I bruised the snot out of it. That's what my back feels like right now. And about where the pain is, too. Seems such an odd place to cramp, but I never said I was normal.

I've also been really nauseated. (Don't give me that look. If I were pregnant, I'd know.) All I've eaten for the past few days is cottage cheese and toast. Food just doesn't sound good. I know that's somehow tied to the endo, but couldn't begin to explain it.