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   Breakthrough? I don't know...see what you think.   Sunday through Thursday, I've woken up with very uncomfortable bloating, stuff rolling around in my gut, and severe backaches. On Sunday, I...

   I'm anxious today because of what happened yesterday. First, let me describe my situation: being epileptic, I can't take my daughter out by myself as I might have seizures. We have no family to...

   Well, let's see....much more mentally stable than yesterday, that's good. Stomach acting up more, that's bad. Still fatigued. No one I can call and talk to; everyone is out doing their picnics...

   Yesterday was SO NICE! J was off work and L wasn't at daycamp (we can only afford every other week), so we did errands and saw "Wall E" (fun movie!) We went to the Farmer's Market and...well, I...

   Today wasn't so bad, but that doesn't mean it was good. I keep getting those damn waves of That Feeling. They're unfortunately similar to what I experience just before having a seizure, so they...

   Yesterday was so nice. Even though J was at work and I had to stay at home with the little one, I felt FINE! We played some games, I got some things done....it was nice.   Then today....again,...

   I've been crying on and off since yesterday. My third grader was complaining of a sore throat and I couldn't deal with it, so I went out in the yard while J took her to school. He came and...

   Things have been going okay, but I had gotten to the end of the time I'm supposed to be using the patch (the Rx calls for using it for a month). In an attempt to ward off the Bad Episodes, I...

So let's see...    Tuesday was so-so, Wednesday was GOOD (but I got very sleepy toward the end), and today was okay; J was off so we went out for lunch like we used to B.C. ("Before Child"). I had...

   Went to my gyn yesterday.She told me to use the lower dosage patch along with the higher dosage one when I get hit by such a bad episode. Last night, while I still didn't feel good, I felt okay...

    I had a nice day yesterday, then at 5:30, when we were getting ready to go out to dinner, it hits. And suddenly; the stomach flips and starts rolling around,the anxiety level and feelings of...

Ohmigod, I think it's working!  I started that higher dose of nat'l estrogen the day before Mother's Day, had a BAD Mother's Day, and since then, other than a couple times of having slight little...

   Oh, god. HEre we go.    Tomorrow's a big day; J is taking time off from work to take our daughter and three of her little friends to the Bug Fair at the museum. This is big because J usually...

  Well, although I'm feeling a bit better, I'm certainly not out of the woods yet. Backaches, depression (overcast day doesn't help), feeling hot, then cold, then hot, then cold; it's stuffy, it's...

So it's back.   I started the higher dose of the Vivelle Dot patch yesterday; had little waves of physical symptoms here and there, but not too bad at all, and emotionally I felt fine, like I was...