I am having a mental/physical ‘moment’…and I am trying to get hold of myself. Now, I am not facing anything serious, I know, and this is just whining, but I am feeling a bit like the camel trying to dodge the last bit of straw…here’s the top three as of right now:
1) (TMI warning)I have to find time to see my doctor, which is geographically challenging, because I am getting worried about the severity of my periods. I have roughly calculated how much blood I lost last week and hey, no wonder I am sleepy all the time! I have started taking pregnancy vitamins. I have always been borderline anemic and this cannot be helping. I didn’t follow the telehealth nurse’s advice and go to the hospital, and now I am wishing I had.
2) Work load at work has increased to the point that I have stomach cramps when I walk from the parking lot to the office. There is nothing I can do about this - I have to make it through the next 18 months, to the end of my contract. And it is not going to get better, it is going to get worse and worse.
3) I cannot get on top of the house maintenance stuff,which adds to the stress because of a) the to-do list and b) living in it and c) knowing that no job on the to-do list will be manageable on its own.
Sigh.
K, enough whining. I am going to sleep and tomorrow I will be much more positive, I promise. I know life could be a lot worse. Like I said, I am whining.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:46 am
If you’re wining, i’m hugging, especially because you are not really a whiner.
Sounds like the work situation is causing a lot of stress bleeding into other areas — any way you can get help at home (hire someone or trade services for some of it)?
Sounds like you do need to go to a doctor about the bleeding — also here is something I learned about anemia — take your iron with vitamin C — it really boosts the absorbtion. There are also foods you need to avoid with it (can’t remember which, but I’m sure Dr Google will know). An iron supplement or a women’s multivitamin w extra iron might well be a better choice than a prenatal, because w prenatals they actually make sure certain things don’t get near the toxicity levels for baby so they are not the strongest ones out there).
hope you feel better (physically & mentally) soon