Sweet hormone heaven, how I have missed you.
One day shy off a week since I have had my implant replaced (Estrogen implant, HRT due to a complete hysterectomy 6 years ago). As you can imagine, having a wound in my side thats about 5cm under the skin, and the opening being 2cm long, and requiring 2 stitches, I haven’t been very comfortable this week. I have a decent sized bruise, and of course I react to the dressing as well. But, I know if I leave the dressing off, my skin will rapidly untie the stitches, and I will end up with a bigger scar that takes longer to heal, so I tolerate the inflammation and the itch, for the sake of a smaller scar that looks suspiciously like a heroin track (according to my surgeon …. funny girl she is). I have 4 of these little scars on my tummy now ….. must think of a tattoo I can have that will “join the dots” …. maybe a flower? I was almost 4 months overdue for this implant, so the impact is a bit more pronounced than usual.
So …. what can I report after a week? Well, the usual rapid stop on the menopause symptoms ….. no constant headache, better sleeping patterns, better bladder control, my scalp has stopped itching, and I am not as “sad” feeling as I used to be. LOL, and regardless of stitches, hubby’s butt is looking mighty attractive *significant eyebrow wiggle*. I also feel like I have more “getting stuff done” energy. The washing machine died on Wednesday, we decided that night what model we would replace it with, I called on Thursday afternoon to check whether they had it, and whether they would price match the online price, and then went down and bought one. Normally I would wait for hubby to come with me, even though I am quite capable of spending $600 all on my own. I feel more with it, more confident in my decision making.
And oh my god ….. my sense of smell has just ramped up massively! I could smell all the different veges in the fruit shop, and the meat at the butchers doesn’t make me feel ill like it usually does.
We don’t realise the significant impact that hormones have in our daily life, until we go without them for a while.
