Patience

If you know me, then you know I have the patience of a hornet on a regular day, so just imagine how wonderfully delightful I am to be around when I've taken medicine for 10 days that puts me in full PMS mode and my period is late (not because I'm pregnant... just because my body likes to do things in its own time)! So, while I'm trying to be patient in waiting for my period, I'm about to pull my hair out! I finished the Prometrium (to induce a new cycle) on Sunday night. The past two times I've taken medicine to induce a cycle, I've started spotting either the last day of the medicine or the very next day, and then I've started my period within 3 days of finishing the medicine. I'm not even spotting; however, for the past week, I have had severe mood swings/PMS. I actually got mad at Karl on Sunday for pulling his food off his fork with his teeth because the noise was annoying me. A few nights ago, I got mad when we were going to sleep because he was breathing in my direction, and I could hear him (in my defense, he does have a sinus infection, so the sound of him breathing is on the verge of snoring). And the Prometrium says that mood swings are only a possible side effect! LOL! Just so you know, I'm cringing as I recall what a you-know-what I've been to live with the past week. I am not proud of any of this, and I admire Karl immensely for putting up with me. People underestimate the power of hormones! I've spent the past two days working in my classroom since Karl is working from the house because I feel it is best for my marriage if I spend limited waking hours with my husband. Another side effect from the Prometrium this time has been hot flashes. I doubt hot flashes are ever pleasant, but they are brutal in the summer! I had one folding clothes, in church, talking to our bookkeeper at school, and a couple other times. Despite the fact that I've had all the listed side effects, I still haven't started my period! Ugh!