Esi sixhobo sePeriod Pain ngokwenene senze ukuba iiCramps zam zinyamezeleke

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Ukuyibeka ngokungagungqiyo, ndicinga ukuba amaxesha ngawona * mabi kakhulu. Okwangoku, ndiyakucaphukela ukuba sexesheni kuba kundenza ndizive ndihle kakhulu ... ukuyibeka kakuhle. Ukuqumba? Khangela. Ukuhamba kweemvakalelo? Khangela. Kwaye okubi kakhulu: iicramps. Unjonge kwakhona.

Nokuba zingaphi iindlela zokulawula ukuzalwa kwehomoni endikhe ndazama, kuyavakala ngathi kukho into encinci yokugungqa esibelekweni sam ngalo lonke ixesha ndifumana ixesha lam. (Ukuba uyakwazi ukubalisa, ndingu ke uxolo.) Ngokuqhelekileyo, ndilayisha kwi-Advil okanye kwi-Motrin rhoqo kwiiyure ezisibhozo ukuze ndikwazi ukusebenza ngeentsuku ezimbalwa zokuqala. Kodwa bendisoloko ndiziva ndingaqhelekanga malunga nokukhupha iipilisi zentlungu rhoqo kuba kukho imingcipheko ethile (njengentliziyo kunye neengxaki zesisu) ezinxulumene nokusetyenziswa ixesha elide. Ukuba nobulungisa, ezi ngozi zinxulunyaniswa ikakhulu needosi ezinkulu kunye nokusetyenziswa ixesha elide, kodwa ndiluhlobo olungaphantsi lwe-meds-luninzi ngokubanzi, kunjalo. (Kwaye ukuba ubuzibuza, hayi, ixesha lakho aliyiyo "inkqubo yokuchitha ityhefu.")

Kungenxa yoko le nto ndandonwabile xa ndisiva malunga neLivia, igajethi entsha ethi inokucima iintlungu zexesha. Emva kokufunda ngesixhobo xa sasibhengezwa okokuqala kwi-2016, bendinokuthandabuza kancinci kuba kubonakala kulungile kakhulu (funda: kulula) ukuba yinyani. Kwaye, uphononongo lwakwangoko luvumile ukuba ngelixa * ibisenza * kubonakala ngathi iyasebenza, ibingekavavanywa ngokupheleleyo kukhuseleko. Womp womp. Ke, xa uLivia wafumana imvume ye-FDA ehlotyeni, ndaye ndazi ukuba kufuneka ndizame.

Nantsi indlela ekufanele ukuba isebenze ngayo: Ngaphakathi kwikhithi nganye kukho isixhobo esincinci sombane esixhonyiweyo esinokuphinda sisebenzise ii-electrode ezinokubekwa apho uneentlungu-zihlala isisu okanye umva ongezantsi. Emva koko uyayiguqula kwaye uhlengahlengise inqanaba lokuvuselelwa kombane, endilifumeneyo kumanqanaba okusukela kungabonakali ngokukhawuleza ukuya kubunzulu obukhulu. Isixhobo sisebenza ngokuvuselela imithambo-luvo kwindawo esincanyathiselwe kuyo ngolusu, nto leyo emele ukuba yenze kube nzima ukuba ingqondo yakho ibhalise ukungonwabi okuvela kuloo ndawo.

Ngandlela-thile, kufana nokukhuthaza umbane kuphazamisa ingqondo yakho kwintlungu ngokubiza ingqalelo kwenye indawo. Oku kuthetha ukuba kuya kufuneka ufumane isiqabu kwangoko, esisibonelelo sokuqala esicacileyo sokuthatha ipilisi. Ukuba ukhe waya kumnyangi wenyama kwaye udityaniswe neyunithi ye-TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation), imbono kaLivia iyafana. (Ngolwazi oluthe kratya malunga nokuba isebenza njani, jonga le vidiyo iluncedo (kunye nehlekisayo) evela kuhlobo.)

Xa ndifumana uLivia wam, ndothuswa yindlela encinci ngayo. Nangona ii-electrode zikhulu ngokundilisekileyo, ibhokisi encinci edityanisiwe nayo inokulingana ngokulula epokothweni yakho okanye isikwe kwibhanti yakho. Xa ixesha lam lijikelezayo, ndangena ebhedini, ndancamathelisa i-electrode kwisisu sam esisezantsi, ndasivula isixhobo. Kunzima ukuchaza uvakalelo, kodwa kukho indawo phakathi kokubetha kunye nokungcangcazela-nangona awuyi kubona nayiphi na intshukumo evela kwii-electrodes. Imiyalelo ithi ukuguqula kuphela inqanaba lokuvuselela ukuba livakala "limnandi," kum laliphantsi kakhulu kwisikali sento esikwaziyo ukuyenza isixhobo.

Enye into emnandi? Ndikhawuleze ndabona ukuba andifanelanga kulala ebhedini ngelixa ndisebenzisa uLivia. Ngokwenene ndingayisebenzisa ngelixa bendisenza into entle kakhulu: ndihleli kwikhompyuter yam, ndihambahamba, ndithengisa ukutya, ndisiya kwisidlo sangokuhlwa, ndikhwele ibhayisekile yam. Ekuphela kwento oyenzayo ngokwenene ngekhe ukwenza ngayo kukuhlamba. Kwaye i-FYI, ngokwetekhnoloji unokuba nesixhobo esitshintshiweyo ixesha elide njengoko ufuna, kodwa emva kovavanyo oluncinci, ndafumanisa ukuba kum, imizuzu eli-15 ukuya kwengama-30 ibanele. Ndaphinda ndaqala ukuziva iicramps kwakhona kwiiyure ezimbalwa emva koko, ndandiyivula nje enye iseshoni emfutshane. Ibimangalisekile into yokushiya ngesisu, naxa bekungavulwanga. (Idibeneyo: Ubungakanani bePelvic Pain Ngaba buqhelekileyo kwiimpawu zokuya esikhathini?)

Isigwebo sam: Kulungile, ndiza kuthi uLivia khange *aphelise ngokupheleleyo* iicramps zam. Ndaziva ndibuhlungu kancinci kuloo mmandla ngelixa isixhobo sivuliwe. Kodwa, xa ndisetyenziswa kunye nezinye izinto endizenzayo ukunciphisa iintlungu exesheni, njengokuzilolonga, ndiye ndaziva ndilungile ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndingakhupheli iipilisi, nto leyo eneneni bendiyifuna ngaphandle kwesixhobo. Endaweni yokucinga ukuba kungcono ndizisonge esofeni kwindawo yomntwana, ndiye ndakwazi ukuqhubeka nobomi bam njengesiqhelo. Oko kukodwa kukuphumelela okukhulu kwincwadi yam. Kwaye nangona iyunithi inexabiso elininzi (ikhithi epheleleyo iya kukuqhubela i-149 yeedola), ungayisebenzisa ngonaphakade. Cinga nje * ngayo yonke imali oza kuyigcina kwi-Advil kule minyaka idlulileyo.

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