Okay, I made it through the night. And by night, I really mean early morning. I decided I was just going to give up today and let my body sleep as much as possible, even if it wasn't my normal sleep schedule. I had pretty bad pain last night, but I slept for almost 12 hours and when I woke up, my body felt like it had rebooted. My pain level is way down. My lower back is grumbling a little bit but still, much improved from yesterday.
I know sometimes when I've been not sleeping enough that it can truly mess with my body. Endometriosis takes a toll on a body and it's important to get enough rest to let your body take care of itself. I had been feeling like I was going to have to just have a day to sleep but I had been putting it off because I hate those days. I feel like it is wasted and can throw me off my schedule, but in terms of my body, I have to remember it's okay to do.
My last post was telling you that I've made steps in a positive direction (yay!) which is HUGE over the past few months. That post was all good news. I don't have bad news to go with it, but I'm afraid too many people are going to read and think that everything is fine now. In case I haven't said it already a thousand times, endometriosis is not curable. I am going to have it. Tomorrow, next year, at least until menopause... I'm going to have it. With that comes decisions about hormones... which I am also going to be on until menopause to keep the endometriosis at bay. And those hormones are not really supposed to be long term solutions. They come with a long list of side effects! Plus the supplements to help my body fight off the endometriosis that I guess my body wants to produce.
As I've said before, this blog is very personal to me. While I might not be sharing every innermost thought, I am still writing about a topic that has caused me a lot of pain and frustration... physically and emotionally. So today I wanted to thank you for reading this blog. I just noticed that I had over 1,000 views and I think that's awesome! It was a great feeling just to see that! So today's post is going to focus on the GOOD.
