The next decade....what's in store?

A TMI blog entry

My life is like an open book, however, this might be considered a "TMI" post, but I'll continue anyway for those of you who are interested.

Mad Bull asked about why I had stopped eating meat and poulty (and yes...I still eat fish and other seafood). Well, I had always read that animal protein wasn't the healthiest that one could eat. Plant based protein was much more healthier. And then I read about how animal protein can affect these things I have growing inside me....

Yes, I am one of those typical black women who are cursed with fibroids. What are fibroids? Masses of stuff growing on the uterine wall, fed by blood. Dr D, you can do a better definition I believe. Anyway, they are heriditary and I remember my mother going through hell with hers, eventually having to undergo a 'herstorectomy' (I can't understand if it's a lady's disease, why it starts with "his"....actually I think it's "hys" but is still sound like "his"!).

So when the "guyanese" doctor I used to see in Grenada 1997 - 2001 told me I had them, I was not in the least bit surprised. I don't know how long before he told me, that they were there. No other doctor had told me that before.

I remember in my teens and early twenties, I used to have very painful monthly episodes. I remember being on Mona campus one day when I was overcome, doubled up, with pain and had to rush to the Health Centre where my aunt (not blood...family friend) had to give me Baralgin. I had to always make sure I had an ample supply of those.

Then in my 30's, the pain disappeared but obviously it was replaced with volume. Lots of it. My friends would be surprised when I told them that I could change a SuperPlus every 45 - 90 minutes easily on a Day 2. I had to book airline flights around The Curse. During weeks of continuous training, I would have to take the Pill without the 7 day break. So in a sense, each month, The Curse would debilitate me. But, no pain.

Until now....

I decided last month to go on the Pill for a longer period to try and ease the flow and make it more normal. But I find that I am getting pain that I didn't have without it. Oh well.

So long and short is that I am trying not to feed them things growing inside of me, and trying to eat more plant based food to even make them shrink. Don't know how successful I will be.

Regarding the temptation to eat meat, it hasn't really surfaced. Everytime I see a piece of pork, or beef, I immediately think of a mass of red, and believe me, that is enough to turn me off meat! I'll probably set a target of about a year to see if there are any changes. But somehow, I don't think I will be going back to meat. Soya mince tastes just as good.

Posted by yamfoot at November 27, 2005 01:13 PM