Sometimes it sucks being female
Wednesday night I spent the evening with a friend and stayed up way too late and drank a huge amount. Well, huge for me. I was told the alcohol equivalent was only 3 pints of beer. That might not be much for most, or even for me many years ago, but normally I drink less than that in a 6 month period. So all day yesterday, I was incredibly tired and very sluggish.
I managed to stay up until 7.30 last night. Wild woman, aren’t I. Was probably asleep by about 8.15. And boy did I need to get to sleep that early. But I was woken from a deep sleep at 11.50 in serious pain. The sort that needs codeine mixed with your ibuprofen. The sort that takes the painkillers TWO HOURS to subdue. Nit obliterate, just subdue. So of course, not back to sleep again until 2. And awake again just after 5 as the pain built up again.
So for the second day running, I’m very tired and sluggish. And oh so cheerful with the thought that I will be eating drugs like candy for the next 2-3 days just to be able to function.
Yes. Sometimes it does indeed suck to be female.
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February 8th, 2013 at 2:21 pm
Ugh, I know how that goes. Do you take anti-inflammatories? Generally, I find that Advil (ibuprofen) works much better on that kind of girly pain than acetaminophen (Tylenol). Reducing the inflammation greatly reduces the pain, as an added bonus, it reduces flow as well….
February 8th, 2013 at 2:58 pm
Ah yes, that pain. I don’t get that when I take those regular wee pills, but woe betide if I ever try and skip a month! Plus with allergies I can’t take codeine, brufen, or actually any pain relief that isn’t paracetemol in liquid form. When I had my appendix out they gave me Calpol. I was 22…
February 8th, 2013 at 3:30 pm
I had a pint and a half on Saturday and boy it hit me like a mack truck!
February 8th, 2013 at 4:56 pm
Oh that is a bummer. Hope you feel better and get some sleep soon!
February 8th, 2013 at 6:23 pm
gaaaaaach! Poor you
February 8th, 2013 at 9:32 pm
Ugh. Hope you feel better soon!
February 8th, 2013 at 11:14 pm
I hope you feel a lot better fast!
February 9th, 2013 at 11:53 am
Have you registered with a doc yet? Just a gentle prod if you haven’t… xxx