I have spent most of today and yesterday getting blood out of things. Mainly out of myself  but it does tend to spill over a bit when there is a large quantity.

Now before anyone gets too worried I am of the uterus having persuasion and every so often they like to have a spring clean. A period for the few not enjoying the euphemisms. I don't know whether it would be more worrying if actual dust came out instead of the bloody concoction that does though. 

I have been experiencing these bloody moments since I was eleven but in the last few years things have taken a bit of a turn. Fun fact for those who don't experience periods but no one has exactly the same kind of period. Some people get aches, bloating and the shits. Some people are crippled with pain. Some get none. Some people can plot their period like a train timetable others have them as inaccurately as actual train arrivals. Some experience the Niagara falls in scarlet while others play dot to dot for a few days.

I am lucky in the sense that I don't tend to experience a lot of pain. What is not so lucky is that periods are also pretty irregular so I have no clue when they will turn up. Sometimes it will be two months between them sometimes two days. The flow is irregular too. 

The last two days I have experienced some true old fashioned flooding. I have woken in the night every few hours because my body knows I am about to soak myself. In the day every 45 minutes I have to rush to the loo. I will have filled a whole tampon and towel in this time period. Again for those who have no clue about periods; Firstly super impressed you have read this far, Second the average period flow lasts under a week and they reckon you shouldn't soak more than seven normal sanitary products. I had flooded over more than that before breakfast the first day of this period. I am a bit dehydrated from loss of fluid to be fully honest.

I have gone through this a few times in the past and it always makes me feel a mess. I hate it worse than getting the flu because I feel like i'm normal except for having to keep running a time trial. I hate time trial levels in games, they stress me out. Real life time trial doesn't make it any more enjoyable. 

I can't drive to work because I will stain my car before I get there. I don't want to risk even going outside because a bad sneeze could ruin a good pair of trousers. I hate that even after I shower I have seconds before i'm washing blood from my hands again. I carry a proper bathroom towel with me to sit down on because I don't want to ruin the furniture. I have had to wash several items of clothing from where I lost the time trial. And in general I feel like i'm wasting my time.

I hate it and luckily I won't have to live with this random event forever. I am seeing a Doctor about this and i'm not going to keep having these days. There are medical options for weird periods like this and i'm going to use them to my full advantage. If you experience anything even close to this you should see a Doctor too. Seriously do it.