Pelvic Pain - Tumblr Posts

To anyone struggling with vaginism and pelvic pain in general, you can do it. Mostly the posts are very negative, so I wanted to share that I made it. It was hard, but I had a beautiful moment free of pain. Don't give up.

Today I was told I have beautiful kidneys and I was so happy and proud of my kidneys and it is my favorite compliment I have received atm.

Normalising certain things can be dangerous - especially around mental illness and physical illness. A good example of this is how period pain has been normalised.

People with periods often dismiss their pain on the basis of "everyone gets a little pain", doctors dismiss painful periods, specialists dismiss them too as it's so normalised to have painful periods where it can be a symptom of severe chronic illness; endometriosis, polycystic ovaries, adenomyosis, even kinds of gynecological cancers can present as "a painful period"

Destigmatising painful periods (and honestly, pelvic health for all people) helps to push societal acceptance and awareness of the fact that those issues exist, and allows for conversation when problems arise.

My back is fully fucked up right now. I had to wake my husband for evening duty. I managed to change our youngest before lying down as it locked up real bad. I hate cycles. My symptoms are always super inflamed joints and horrendous back pain. I won't be able to move for the next several hours. Stupid. I hate it.

I wanted to play a game with my eldest after he ate lunch but I couldn't even make lunch. Woke husband to take over bcuz I knew I was shutting down. (Yes we do lunch in the evening. Our schedule is roughly 12p-12a so what's normally dinner/supper for most folks is lunchtime/midday for our family.)

I'm about to pass out. But I'm extremely restless with irritation before that happens. I need a new body.