Ok so…Dad, Uncle Paul, Uncle Dan…move along. You don’t wanna read this.
Is it safe? Just us girls? Ok.
You GUYSIMEANGIRLS! I don’t know why I haven’t blogged about this before.
About two years ago, my hormones went CRAY CRAY. My two main symptoms were terrible cystic acne on my forehead (swelling the size of nickels and quarters, girls. I looked alternately like a unicorn or a many-horned monster) and periods where, let’s just say, I often couldn’t leave my house for a couple days.
I am happy to say I have now, for the most part, solved both of these problems. If I were a GOOD blogger, I would insert graphic here with the words “How I solved my hormone problems” or “How to get rid of hormonal acne.”
But we all know I care JUST enough to keep the phone bill paid, so I’m just gonna be a lamb and TELL ya.
I solved the acne problem with a supplement called DIM. It’s all-natural. I think it’s basically like eating 12 heads of broccoli a day. There are lots of different brands, here are two I like: Estroblock PRO and Food Science of Vermont.
(These aren’t even affiliate links, because I am a TOTAL SLACKER!! So refreshing.)
I take it religiously and it works. And I can REALLY TELL if I forget to take it. Whoo-whee.
The way I solved my horrendously heavy periods…was a little more complicated.
I got my uterine lining burned off. It’s WAY MORE awesome than it sounds! Also, it’s a lot more expensive than supplements, but besides my van, it’s the best thing I’ve ever spent multiple thousands of dollars on. Plus, I had it in February, so way to meet that deductible early in the year! I’m not joking. It has improved my life SO much, I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Now, you have to be done having babies if you’re going to go this route, but since I got my tubes tied literally SECONDS after Jonah was born, I was a PRIME CANDIDATE.
And seriously, it worked. I now barely notice my period. Some people never get theirs back. I did, but I’ve gone from keeping the feminine hygiene companies in business to pantyliners only. {Dudes, I REALLY hope you have stopped reading long before this…} It’s AMAZING! I would never be on a feminine hygiene commercial but I’d totally be on a commercial for his procedure, called and ablation. Ablations R Us. Sign me up.
Sadly, I still get hormone headaches and MAYBE A LITTLE MOODY SOMETIMES (maybe), but since these two main problems are solved, I try not to complain too much.
So now you know more than you need to know about my lady business. How’s yours???
