That Time My Fibroid Almost Killed Me - Day 2

It's a cold and snowy day today, so I am cozied up on the couch in front of the fire.  I can't think of a better place to write.  Well maybe the beach...the beach would definitely be better!  I probably should not have this second of cup of coffee at 2:00 pm, but it's so good and warm after spending the last hour outside dealing with snow.  My pup is curled up on the other side of the couch having a nap.

So, Day 2 started off like any normal Saturday at my house when my hubby is home.  We got up, had breakfast, and were going to head outside to complete some sort of weekend chore.  The bleeding seemed to have subsided overnight, so we got ready to head outside to the glorious sunshine.  Low and behold, 5 minutes after getting dressed, the heavy bleeding started again.  

For approximately an hour, I passed massive clots, again about the size of the palm of my hand.  I contemplated going back to the hospital, but from the visit the day before, I figured it was pointless. 

For some reason, my brain was thinking "well it's menstrual blood, meaning it was coming from the uterus lining."  In my mind I wasn't losing blood from my veins, so I shouldn't have any impacts from losing the blood.  Boy was I wrong.

 After it had subsided, I cleaned up, got dressed and headed out into the beautiful summer day.  Our neighbours had stopped by to check out our new garden.  My husband built the most beautiful garden boxes inside our circular driveway, and were the talk of our neighbourhood when being built.  We live in a small acreage community and not much interesting goes on here!  Aren't these boxes beautiful?

My husband had a wooden table that he wanted to get rid of, so he offered it to my neighbours, who went home and brought over their truck to haul the table to their house.  About an hour later, they showed up with 6 Willow Trees for us.  These trees needed to be planted that day, so we had to get in gear and start digging holes to plant them.  

Hubby started digging, and put me on hose duty.  I literally had to stand and water the hole after he dug.  About one hole in, I started to feel a bit queasy and really really thirsty.  I went inside and got a drink and came back outside.  Still feeling queasy, I managed to help with the second hole and then started to feel like I was going to throw up.  I am not one to throw up much and could probably count on two hands how many throwing up incidents I had in the past decade.  I made a beeline for the house and sure enough, threw my guts up.  

For the rest of the evening, I threw up every single thing I put in my body.  I wasn't sure if I had picked up a bug at the hospital, or if I had too much sun during the day, or if this was related to the blood loss.  

It was about 12 hours since the first bleeding episode had stopped, and it had not returned.  Bedtime was upon us, with my husband leaving to fly back to Fort McMurray the next day around noon.  I got ready for bed, suiting up with about 4 Kotex overnight pads stuck together like a giant diaper.  For those of you who wear pads and have had a heavy period, you know how massive these pads actually are...like a foot long.  

Surprise!  Bleeding started again around 2pm and was back with a vengeance.  Super Tampons were torpedoing out of my body with the force of the clots falling out.  The clots literally felt like a golf ball sliding down my vagina every time one came out, and my body was reacting by gagging every time this happened.  Already having been throwing up all night combined with the gagging reaction was not a pleasant scene for my poor bathtub.  I am sure more than one of you have puked in your bathtub before.

My body was starting to feel the effects, I was getting quite tired.  I probably lost another 2 liters of blood throughout the day and night.  That made it about 3 liters in total.  In hindsight I should have collected the blood and clots to take with me to the hospital, but I wasn't thinking straight.  About 6 am the bleeding stopped and I finally got back to sleep.

To be continued...