Ridiculous menstrual bleeding - is there anything that can be done?

[baxaronn.livejournal.com]

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?

Comments

[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.