MY WAR TODAY

 

Hormones are a bitch! I want to believe that every woman has said that aloud or in their heads. The spirals we go through at the beginning of our menstrual cycle is insane.  The highs are really high and the lows are at the bottom of the barrel. I always wonder how our mothers and grandmothers do it. I am not entirely certain that the changes in time have made the experiences any different. Dear readers, if there is anyone out there who has practical advice on how to get through the days those women feel like strangers in their own bodies, it would be much appreciated. It can come from fellow women or a man.

I have given men the liberty to answer. However, not so fast. Two things I abhor, three would irk me to the core. one is being told extreme menstrual pain is natural, second is bad coitus and third, men who give an uneducated opinion a bout a woman body.  Forgive me if I come out as abrasive, but unless you read on women issues and their bodies, you have no say in anything that pertains them. I would rather you remain silent or ask “sasa utado” than say something that will make be go verbal daggers at you. Anyone who is quick to dismiss menstrual cramps deserves the guillotine. Do not get me started on the cravings, the mood swings, the fluctuations in temperature and changes in appetite.  It all sounds like a walk in the park until you have to show up for work, class or a project that requires your full undivided attention.

It is a pity that most PMS symptoms are overlooked. The excruciating pain is not normal. Bleeding in between cycles should not be ignored. We should stop telling our girls to bear it and suck it up like women. She is already a woman . No amount of pain endurance will prove her any more or less a woman. Some symptoms are extreme and need medical attention. Well, its that time of the month and its not my body alone that bleeds. My pen is draining word after word.