#doctors: geez... where tf are these insanely low iron levels even coming from....hmm

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cw: period / menstruation discussion

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Things I did not know: apparently, it's relatively common or at least not unhealthy to bleed a bit mid-period around your time of ovulation, at least spotting anyways

I nearly had a fucking heart attack yesterday, bc I've had a regular, 7-day long period once a month for two months now and am about halfway until the next expected one but started bleeding the tiniest bit yesterday and have been super freaked out. I did a bit of reading though and I feel more assured now, but I'm still keeping an eye out just in case.

I stopped getting the depo provera shot last fall, and since Christmas day have been tapering off of the last dosage (idk how long it takes officially), but since getting a Nexplanon implant in May 2017 I immediately jumped from "normal" length periods to bleeding anywhere from 4-12 weeks at a time with 1-3 weeks of no bleeding in between, with excruciating ovary pain and a ridiculous variation in intensity (so like cycles of light to heavy to light again sometimes 4 or 5 times within a "period")

Long story short, the medical professional community continues to let me down, despite having seen multiple different obgyns & physicians over the years, no one had bothered any investigation beyond a one-time uterine ultrasound and a lot of "wow.... That SUCKS" comments from actual fucking doctors 😅 also, bear in mind I have familial history of endometriosis (which I was flat out told after the ultrasound I almost certainly have, but shouldn't bother trying to get diagnosed with because it's nearly impossible-???) leading up to my maternal grandmother dying of uterine cancer two years ago (she was only 61, and died within four months of cancer discovery) so I live in perpetual fear of my reproductive organs, basically.

so yeah! I'm like..... Thanks for absolutely no help at all, awesome, I really really hope this weird shit never comes back lmao. I've quit birth control indefinitely because I'm so scared of that whole mess starting again ☹️