Full circles

Life is full of circles, isn't it? Things can just come back around and bite you in the butt when you aren't looking.

When I was a teenager, my periods were always late. I had so little body fat that going 100 days between was not unusual. This sounds good, doesn't it? But I still had to keep watch from day 28 on. Every day. Eventually at 17 I went on the Pill to regulate them, and it worked, but the pain was barely worth it. My body did not want to risk reproduction at a time when it could barely support me, I guess.

Yes, this story is going some place besides my insides, so please bear with me. At 45 I had some medical issues and had a complete hysterectomy a few months after my mom died. It was a miracle!

I no longer had to count out 28 days and mark my calendars. I handed over all the required supplies to my daughter and tried not to worry about her schedule. It was easy to tell, anyway, due to the way she turned into an alien every four weeks or so.

Being able to leave behind that monthly count was very freeing. Once the child graduated school, I was even able to start thinking of January as the beginning of a year, rather than September. I could actually think of time like other people do.

When Molly got sick in early October, she was one sick beagle. Once she was diagnosed with Addison's disease, we have found that other than the seizures she has when she has to go to the vet to get her shots, her disease is pretty much controllable most of the time. I give her a prednisone tablet with breakfast every day, and drag her to the vet's once every 28 days for a shot.

I find myself, once again, keeping track of days in 4 week cycles. The difference is this time, if I forget, Molly dies. Maybe all those years of practice were for a good reason. Molly is due next week.

*I know I have some new names showing up in my comments and I just want to say that I welcome everyone who is new, and once I get my computer back from the shop I can do some surfing and check out your journals, too. Also my apologies to anyone whom I usually read and make comments to who hasn't heard from me in a while. The alerts dropped some journals, and I will be making a check on that too, when I get my computer back. I am hoping to have it soon, because this dial up stuff on an older laptop (LMAO, it's from 2001!) is so slow and trying my patience.