Sing it, sistah.
I'll spare the gory details, but I am SO happy to never again have to ruin skirts, jeans, undies, sheets, blankets, mattresses and once, a fucking CHAIR.
And having to be in a Vicodin haze 3 days a month just so I could stand straight. OTOH, the Vicodin haze probably prevented me from killing myself or someone else from the batshit-insane hormonal reaction. And I'm really not joking.
Over. Done. Happy.
Sometimes when I tell people I had a hysterectomy at 35, they're all "Oh, that's tragic! You can't have children. I'm SO sorry!"
I understand for many women, it would indeed be heart-breaking, but for me...well, instead of giving life to someone else, it have me MY life back.
Heh, I went in for my annual and my gyno STILL classifies me as having the hardest, most stubborn uterine and ovarian removal she's ever done.
It had been over a year and she was all looking at my charts and was "Oh! Oh, yeah. Wow, in my 40 years of practice, that was the hardest damn removal I've ever done. So sorry we had to leave a bit of your cervix in there."
I was all "Well, obviously ALL parts of me are stubborn as hell
Best gyno evah!
I think they ought to pair up the showings of Extreme Couponing and Hoarding shows. 'Cause I suspect some of those couponers are going to end up irrationally clinging to 30yo dented/rusted mystery cans in the fullness of time.
Several of the couponing people were talking about how looking at their stockpiles makes them feel calm and peaceful.
Scola, are you at the food truck rally? I'm in line for dumplings.
I got into couponing and stuff for awhile. For me, the best deals were at CVS. I'd combine coupons with Extra Care Bucks. Then once I started on Extra Care Bucks I'd roll them over into another purchase with Extra Care Bucks offer.
Plus after you start spending there they give you quarterly extra bucks.
Ther'es not a CVS near where I live now but the last time I went I had amassed a bunch of Extra Care Bucks so that combined with I bought about $15 worth of stuff for $1. And got $5 in extracare bucks back.
The lines are pretty insane. I can't imagine what this would have been like on a nice day!
Yes, I am THRILLED not to have my damn uterus and its evil minion, stage IV endometriosis, hanging around anymore. I wish I had done it earlier instead of trying to tough it out.
I'm getting close to the age my sister and mom went through menopause, and I'm looking forward to being done with the pain and the mess. Seems like women who aren't going to be using those organs ought to be able to opt out.
Several of the couponing people were talking about how looking at their stockpiles makes them feel calm and peaceful.
As I understand it, that's how hoarding makes hoarders feel. Safe, like. Makes sense that they freak out if someone tries to take their crap away.
KCD bowled another 300 game. He now has 2 - both within the last year.
Just bopped over to Oakland to pick up my ticket for today's baseball game. Saw a few people on their walk of shame as I walked to BART.
Wow. Thanks so much for all that, Steph. I'm going to pick up some probiotic pearls, today to go with the citrucel regimen.
I'm so grateful, there's five bazillion webpages about IBS to wade through.
Some of the couponers are definitely in hoarder land, but they're too organized to go full Got Junk? truck. I cringe when I see that they've filled their carts with hundreds of packages of ramen and croutons and crackers. I don't think they've eaten a vegetable since the mid-70s.
There was a nurse who said to call or write to companies that do produce and healthy foods and tell them that you're trying to eat healthier, but there are no coupons available for their products and they'll send batches of coupons to you.
I like the dude who goes out and gets a thousand dollars of food/hygiene products for free and donates it to food banks and makes care packages for the military. I think the couponing is more like a sport for him and some of the others who give food away.
There was that heartbreakingly poor family who hunted for most of their meat, and grew most of their produce. It seemed like the husband didn't really get it until he went to the store with her and got $600 worth of dry-goods and juice for $10.00. At the end of the episode he seemed sort of awestruck by his wife. She also did a ton of canning and pickling.
I also liked OCD lady who planned every meal for the entire month based on coupons. NO REPEAT MEALS.
