Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve had really bad, horrendously painful cramps. This year, a doctor told me I probably have endometriosis, which is a condition of the uterine lining that can only be diagnosed for sure through a surgery where they go in and actually check. I don’t want to do that right now.
In some cases, a hysterectomy can end up being the recommendation. I don’t want to do that right now, either.
Before I found out about pot suppositories, I’d tried everything for my horrible periods—Advil, Tylenol, ibuprofen. Nothing touched the pain. We’re talking almost 26 years of these horrible cramps. So much pain that when I was young, I would miss school, and now that I’m an adult, it’s hard for me to work on those days. There are literally people on disability because of this condition. It’s crippling pain. Especially the first day or two of my period. And the worst, for me, is at night. I just don’t sleep. I just lie there wanting to cry.