u/slugs-love-beer

Two nights ago I took a new medication that made me incredibly nauseated. I was pacing around my apartment at 2AM trying not to puke and my little girl just kept following me around.

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Then it hit me. I ran into the bathroom, sat on my squatty potty and puked my guts out. She came into the bathroom, sat between my legs, and just looked up at me. She didn't meow or anything. Just sat there very quietly. I'd like to think she was checking to see if I was ok.

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Maybe I'm anthropomorphizing too much, but it was really sweet and tender. After I was done, I washed up and laid in bed. Y'all when I tell you that she curled up right next to me and slept all night. She didn't even wake me in the morning like she usually does. She just stayed sleeping next to me until I got up.

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I've had her since the end of January. I got her as a little companion since I live alone and she was the best decision I've made in a long time.

I can't make this shit up.

I deal with excruciating breast pain 10-12 days a month like clockwork. I'm not too keen on the idea of going on birth control due to being on a mood stabilizer but I figured I'd go to a gyno to understand my options.

The NP that examined me was really sweet and empathetic. As I was telling her about my symptoms she admitted that hormonal birth control with regards to a mood stabilizer was out of her scope.

She asked me if I would be open to having a consultation with the head doctor (it's his practice) and I said yes.

This short, stocky, old dude who has probably been a gyno since before I was born (I'm 40) waddles in and introduces himself. The nurse relays everything I said.

He says to me "Ok, so you're dealing with breast pain about two weeks before your period..." He goes on to make several suggestions that just seem like such common sense to me. Wear a supportive bra, ice, heat, ibuprofen, etc. Before I can say anything the NP says "Yes doctor, she does all of that already." Bless her.

He then looks at me and says "Do you have a boyfriend?" I tell him no, I'm a lesbian but I have a girlfriend. He says verbatim..

"Oh, that's ok. Boyfriend, girlfriend, it doesn't matter. But do you think that before the onset of breast pain that it's possible that your girlfriend is fondling you too roughly?"

My jaw immediately dropped, I looked at the NP who looked just as shocked as I did and I said "I beg your pardon???"

He paused and just looked at me blankly.

With sarcasm I said "Yes, doctor. My cyclical breast pain that happens every single month for 10-12 days is due to my partner touching me too roughly. Are you joking?"

He went on to tell me that it's a possibility to which I said that it wasn't.

Then he says..."Ok, so you're fine. It's normal."

At that point I rolled my eyes so hard that they almost fell out of my face. I told him that I am absolutely not fine and how shit my quality of life is for almost two weeks out of the month.

Then he proceeds to tell me about birth control options but he needs me to track my symptoms for two cycles and recommends a psychiatrist to manage my mood stabilizer.

Women's health care is a joke!

Arugula, peaches, burrata, and prosciutto

As the title says, my kitten will not stop biting me and it's so random.

In the morning she loves laying on my chest and will literally put her face on mine. She'll purr a lot and I'll pet her a bit and she bites HARD! Sometimes I won't pet her at all and just let her rub her face on mine and she still bites.

I'll say OW! loud enough to express my hurt but not loud enough to scare her. Then I'll take her and place her on the floor.

As the day goes on and I'm walking around the house, she'll approach me and randomly bite my leg.

Sometimes she'll sits on the sink or the counter and meow. I go up to her to see if she wants anything and she stands on her hind legs, puts her front paws on my shoulder and chomps down on my face.

Sometimes when my back is turned to her she'll jump on me, land on my shoulder, and bites my face.

Every time she bites I gently pick her up and move her away from me.

She also recently lost her baby teeth so the bites really hurt.

I believe that she may be a bit bored and I don't rotate her toys enough. I'm gonna get her a couple of new ones, put the old ones away and repeat the cycle.

I also think she might be going through a rebellious teenage phase and just testing boundaries. She's getting spayed in a couple of weeks, so maybe that'll help?

If anyone has any advice, please let me know. I'm tired of being her chew toy.