Helpful bulletin
I am a painstaking 4 weeks into round two of my miscarriage. For those of you who don’t know what a miscarriage feels like (and I hope that none of you do) imagine your worst period, double the cramps, quadruple the hormones and make it last for an entire month (ok apparently this last part is unusual).
For the men out there, it’s not as bad as being hit in the nards but, from what I understand from Bert, a miscarriage is analogous to the second most painful thing that can happen to a guy – a toe stubbing. Except its one, long, ongoing, seemingly ceaseless stub.
The one thing I regret not doing earlier, is issuing daily reports, similar to those boating bulletins you get on the radio. Today would be:
Light flows in the southerly direction with possibilities of easing around 10 pm. Emotional waves are mild over most areas however boaters should be aware that surges are building around ‘too much work point’ and the cape of ‘yes, yes I am still bleeding’. Dangerous undertows can be expected when blood sugar drops.
Given the conditions out there today, boaters are advised to avoid channel 2 on the onboard radio (the one that issues empty sentiments of sympathy) and tune in, instead to channel 4 (the foot massage one).
I totally agree with Bert about toe-stubbing pain levels (despite the mocking from my better half), but the one saving grace is that it’s a two minute affair. I don’t even want to begin to imagine a multi-week toe-stub. Suffice it to say that I hope things get better soon. Real soon.
In the meantime, I’ll stay tuned to channel six (the one that reminds me to place my pain in perspective during the inevitable daily toe-stubbing, despite the hue-and-cry that accompanies it). And of course the best channel out there, Radio BubbleSqueak.