*edited of spurious comment for the sake of not killing another thread*
Anyhoo, much like smurf's situation....I've stayed at home because I woke up soaking in a lot of blood and fealt dizzy. When you wake up in pints and pints of your own blood you might just want to give yourself a day of rest. Call in. Drink some OJ. Take some Tylenol. I don't think that happens to everyone but it certainly can....It's happened twice to me. Once while I was working and once unemployed...I will tell you, if you wake up and it looks like someone was stabbed to death right where you are lying...give yourself a break and see how you feel..(to work or not). Come to think of it...I
did go to work anyway, I needed the hours..I was unemployed the other time...ok...
revision:don't be like me. I'm not sure where all the blood comes from at once, but if you don't understand the big deal, you might not, until you find yourself in the middle of it. Especially if it's too soon to be doing that anyway....talk about a holy shit moment.
My husband never understood the PMS and the menstruation drama until he sadly found himself a part of it. (uuugh) For the first time he seemed to have some empathy and a new uderstanding. He didn't really want to talk about it, but visually that was about enough.
I haven't really fallen victim to PMS aside from a couple of times that I've drank and became a raging banshee. Hindsight is 20/20....Had I thought about it I might have known not to have that beer because I was PMS'ing. I don't notice it until it's too late...so if you know you are PMS'ing you might not want to drink that glass of wine. That's the only time I can tell I'm PMS'ing....if I happen to drink the night before the obnoxious flow. Usually I don't even notice PMS though.
I'm always scared that I'll get into that smurf situation where it doesn't happen in my sleep, and I'm actually in public wearing a dress or skirt or something. It could...so I wear slacks a lot. Over-stock of tampons at work and a wrap around the waste item just in case.
So there's T.M.I.
Good day!