raeanna74

Well 3 days after I broke my foot I started spotting. Spotting enough that I was going through several liners a day at least. Sometimes more. In the first week it waned enough that I thought I was done. About that time I saw my Dr for my yearly checkup. She noticed some minor spotting when she did the Pap but said it wouldn't be a problem and that it was most likely caused by the physical stress of my broken foot. I have been on Seasonale a very low dose estrogen for almost 2 years now. I have not has spotting trouble except when I first went on it or when I had my hernia surgery so I shouldn't be having trouble for any reasons except the physical stress of the broken foot. Also I tend to get anemia very easily and have been diagnosed as slightly anemic three times. My regular Dr has recommended that I take Iron suppliments every time I have a period and a multivitamin with Iron in it on a regular basis.

So about 4 weeks into this spotting (It picked up again after my Dr's appointment) I called the triage nurse at my clinic. She seemed concerned and got me an appointment only for 30 minutes after I talked to her. I dashed on over there and got a RN who talked to me. This woman was older and seemed to feel that seasonale which going for 91 day cycles instead of 28 day ones is actually ignoring my body and not healthy. She seemed old school really. She seemed to think I was overreacting and basically told me to stick it out and if it went on for another month to call again. She said that spotting was normal with this low dose BC and completely ignored me when I said three times that I'd gone for almost 2 years without trouble. She outright told me that my Dr was wrong and it couldn't be the stress of my broken foot (which is still not healed) that was causing me to spot. So what do I do? I decide that since she said that some BC's are twice the dose of this one that I could maybe stop the period by doubling up on the pill. My Dr told me to do this before when I spotted after the hernia surgery. The Dr who told me this has moved to another clinic since then though so I can't exactly get her help on this again. Well the doubling up hasn't helped. This coming Sunday will be 6 weeks since I started spotting. I have had sex only about 4 times in the past month and a half. I'm going nuts sexually. I'm feeling more and more tired, I'm getting more headaches, and I'm feeling more moody. I need help but obviously the clinic isn't going to be much help. I've since decided to go off the pill for a week and then go back on as if I've finished a pack and started a new one. That MAY help. I don't want to go back to the Dr's again and be told again that I'm being too concerned about this.

Have you girls got any ideas? I'm so frustrated by this. Hubby has gotten oral but is starting to feel irritated by it too. Every day he asks if it's stopped yet. I don't mind him asking but when I have to say "No" his reply isn't simple frustration but "YOU took your pills didn't you?" Or "Why won't YOU stop. I need sex." Normally he can be pretty patient but he's starting to direct his frustration toward me and I'm already feeling irritated about the situation myself. To be helpless to stop this and then blamed for it is making me resentful and sometimes even angry. I'm not sure if his reaction or my lack of Action is causing it but I'm beginning to think it would be nice to not even think about sex. Sometimes I think I don't really want it anymore. I'm noticing I'm getting more irritable too. What can I do besides letting myself have a period and a migrane as well?

Oh and I woke up this morning with a sore throat and achy like I'm coming down with a cold. I'm just feeling pretty emotional and crabby right now.

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