Yay! My period is here before my trip! I'm glad cuz this means I'll have a hassle-free trip abroad. I usually feel terrible + lousy and will be in so much pain on the first day of my period and I alwiz feel tired from walking. And upon arrival in Macau on the first day of the trip, we'll have to walk alot to the China borders and take the bus to Guangzhou, according to Ivy. That made me so worried. I wanna enjoy my trip and I don't wanna be a spoilsport by saying things like "Can we rest? I have period cramps" or "Can we stop by for toilet? I need to change" or something to that extreme. Haha! So it prompted me to seek help...
This was the first time I went to a doctor to request help to either hurry up my period or delay it until after my trip. And Dr. Soh (my SA8000Live ultrasound customer) said that I'll get my period soonest probably by Monday (today) if not later. But it really depends on individual, he added. Another option is to delay it until I get back but he said since the trip is pretty long, he'd advise against it as contraceptives have side effects like breakouts or something. Like he said earlier, it really does depend on individuals.
I saw him on Friday (August 17th, 2007) and he gave me pills to take for 3 consecutive days till Monday. Before I took the pills, I felt some sort of pain in the lower abdominal area (like how I usually feel a day before my period arrives). So I was sorta like debating to take the pills or just to let my period come naturally. Hmmm... but then, I didn't have much time to gamble. So I took it on Friday midnite and Saturday evening.
My period did come... on Saturday night but only slightly. But the excruciating pain was almost too much to bear and though I was in so much pain, I sorta joked with my sister, Esther, that luckily I was going thru period pains now rather than enduring the pain and hassle during my trip. And I didn't know to continue taking the pills or not since my period was already here though only slightly. So I didn't. On Sunday, it still didn't feel like my ordinary monthly ordeal. The flow wasn't heavy (which was weird on the first two days of my menses). But I'm so glad that today it's in full bloom. =) So Dr. Soh was right after all, my period will be here today - Monday. Hopefully I'll be clear by Saturday at 4 in the morning (oh so Gwen!) cuz that's when our KLIA limo is scheduled to pick us up from Ivy's place. Things are surely picking up from here on... yeahhh!!! ;)
