ouisa boudreaux

Everything was going along just fine. That is until I ran out of my levothyroxine. Had my uterus and all its paraphernalia yanked along with it back in October. Since then not a hotflash to be had or a bitchy word to expel unto any victim. Then I had to go and run out of those eensy-weensy little pills. Ever hear "nurses make the worst patients"? I do nothing to dispel that theory.

I am well on my way to being slapped like Ouisa Boudreaux.

Have no idea what in the hell I'm talking about? Well, what is your major malfunction? Youth? A penis? Live under a rock?

Ouisa Boudreaux is Shirley MacLaine's character in Steel Magnolias. If you still have no idea, may I suggest this nifty little thing called Google, and then Netflix.

Ouisa Boudreaux is grumpy. At times, she is downright bitchy, hence being slapped by one of her best friends.

Anyway,

I refilled my Rx of levothryroxine today in hopes of not being slapped any time soon. I really hope that these mild, little heat spells I've had recently, totaling about 2-3, and the major outrage of PMS-like bitchiness are due to my inability to stay on top of my refills and not the dreaded "m" word. Let's not get into the situational crap going on in my reality...

weathering the storm

We've all heard of thyroid storm on some level or another. It basically takes hyperthyroidism to a heightened level. Well, I'm wondering if there isn't something similar to it, say like ovarian storm? Seriously! If this is what menopause is like than please, just shoot me now!

I go back for a follow-up to my pcp this week and originally the plan was to take me off the birth control pill. She was then going to shall we say, administer (I could say "insert" but I wouldn't want to wig anybody out or anything-haha) the Mirena for an alternate method of contraceptive. I had originally gone on a generic form of Seasonale in an effort to reduce the number of migraines I was getting. Theoretically if you're taking a pill where you only have a period once every three months you should be having eight less migraines a year. Yeah, I wish! These pills are non-formulary for Tricare and therefore we are paying non-formulary cost. In comparison to other insurances I'm sure the $22 I'm paying per pack, so $66 four times a year, is nothing, unless you consider the usual maximum we pay for prescriptions is $9. If it's not working for me why pay extra for nothing?

Next we have the mood swings. I might as well be bipolar. In talking to a friend recently I realized she has gone through this same issue. Her OBGYN put her on an estrogen equivalent. I don't know if that's what I need. What I do know is that it's probably time I ask my FNP for a referral to an OBGYN. It's time to do something about these migraines and my radical emotions. It could be a matter of going off the generic, and going for the real thing. Going off the pill all-together is probably one of the worst things I could do. Prison would probably be part of my future.

I know my mom went through menopause early, but come on.... at 38??? Interestingly enough, I was looking at a website recently about perimenopause and I have most of the symptoms except for heart palpitations.

it's ladies night

Went and saw Menopause the Musical last night in DC. Hilarious! They took songs we all know, well most us anyway, and remade them to fit the menopause theme. Like "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", of which many may remember from The Lion King (a weemawop a weemawop, in the jungle, the mighty jungle...) has been changed to "My Husband Sleeps Tonight". They changed “My Guy” into "My Thighs" and the lyrics go something like:“No matter what I eat, it’s always cellulite, on my thighs,” or "Nothing you could say, cuz they're stuck like glue, my thighs." I would recommend it to any woman, especially one in her late 30s and beyond!

I forgot to mention the other day that we also received our first assignments back from the dean, complete with a grade...I am proud to say I received a 49/50. Some others weren't so lucky. Our school website reports not only the grades, but the averages for the grades for the whole class. The average for that paper was 43! I'm willing to help those who might need help writing, or even with APA format. That's what is going to get us all through the next two years is teamwork!

Speaking of school I have tons to be doing, rather than typing this...but it's so much fun! Procrastinator extraordinaire? Easily distractable? Yep!

Aww well. We have our first quiz for the psych class I'm taking for my BS, better git 'r done! Have I mentioned I graduate in December...with that degree!?! Yeah, still, um, what, about 20 months (God willing) till we graduate from nursing school. Who's counting!