[identity profile] baxaronn.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] vaginapagina
ETA: The bleeding seems to have stopped, finally, and I haven't fainted again or anything, so I think I'm going to be all right. Thank you all for the advice, though!

I've been bleeding fairly heavily for a little over two weeks, with some pretty impressive clots. I also have what I think might be symptoms of anemia - I'm pale and shaky, and I passed out earlier, though I can't be positive it's related.

I would have made a doctor's appointment by now, but... I had to leave home abruptly, and right now I'm crashing on the couch of someone I don't really know, in a city I don't know, with no transportation and absolutely no cash (so going to a clinic is out). I was hoping to get it checked out in a week or so when I'm with friends in a more familiar city, but it's gotten kind of scary over the past few days - I'm bleeding through super plus tampons in anywhere from two hours to half an hour, with golfball sized clots.

Is there anything I can do to lessen the bleeding a little so it's tolerable? I'm at a point where I'm barely getting any sleep because I'll ruin the sheets if I don't get up every few hours. I read that NSAIDs can help, but I take meloxicam daily for something unrelated and it clearly hasn't done anything for the bleeding.

What do, VP?

Date: 2012-10-09 11:09 pm (UTC)
archangelbeth: An egyptian-inspired eye, centered between feathered wings. (Eye in the Pyrawings)
From: [personal profile] archangelbeth
At this stage, unfortunately, you're pretty firmly into "you know, I hear the Emergency Room is lovely this time of year." Bleeding through super plus tampons in half an hour, for multiple hours, golf-ball sized clots, and pale, shaky, and passing out?

I'm sorry -- my advice is to get thee to a doctor, money or no. You might make it a week longer, but as a non-medically-trained person on the other side of the internets... I'm concerned about your life.

At the least, do a search on free health clinic for the city and state you're in, and call them. See if you can get your acquaintance to drive you to a clinic, or the hospital. Worst case, especially if you look pale, are feeling chilled, pass out again, or have brainfog... There's 911.

Please be well! And, if it's not too creepy, can you do a post-reply when you feel better?

Date: 2012-10-10 01:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] birthingway.livejournal.com
You got good advice. I hope you got some help. Please update when you can.

Date: 2012-10-10 06:39 pm (UTC)
archangelbeth: An egyptian-inspired eye, centered between feathered wings. (Eye in the Pyrawings)
From: [personal profile] archangelbeth
I'm glad to hear from you, and thank goodness the bleeding stopped! And am glad that you'll get it checked if it starts up again! *beth frets over everyone*

Date: 2012-10-09 11:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eglantine-br.livejournal.com
Yes Please. The ER will not charge you. Please do not wait. You may turn out fine, but you could faint in the street and be run over!

Date: 2012-10-10 04:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frolicnaked.livejournal.com
Depending on the location, the ER may very well charge the OP. In the US, at least, I've never yet encountered one that didn't ask for payment at the time of treatment (though financial hardship could be argued later). That said, as far as I know, what they're not allowed to do is to deny life-saving care due to an inability to pay.
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Date: 2012-10-09 11:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] atalanta0jess.livejournal.com
Yup - ER time. No one can be CERTAIN that the fainting is related...but you're losing a ton of blood, and you fainted. It's probably related. Losing that much blood is dangerous.

Please please please go to the ER.

Date: 2012-10-10 12:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] atalanta0jess.livejournal.com
I'm glad. If you're by yourself and start to feel faint again, don't be afraid to call 911 or whatever your local emergency number is.

Date: 2012-10-10 08:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lozette.livejournal.com
I concur that it's ER time. And for the longer-term, if this carries on regularly, I'd ask your doc about mefenamic acid (a painkiller which can reduce blood flow) and tranexamic acid (an antifibrinolytic). I take both for my heavy periods & they're a godsend.

Date: 2012-10-10 11:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kaberett.livejournal.com
Agreed with everyone else that ER was the way to go; I hope you're still in one piece.

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