Menopause to Matrimony (Fortytude Series Book 2) Read Online Free PDF

can’t go in like this. Even if I didn’t feel like crap, I can’t stand on my feet all day when I’m practically hemorrhaging. I’ll have to change clothes five times by the end of the day.”
    He nods and retreats to the bathroom to start getting ready, while I curl up into the fetal position.
    Not a good time to be feeling like this. Kiran’s cousin arrives this afternoon, and Geena has planned a family dinner to celebrate our engagement. I guess I should be glad that we won’t be going out, at least. A toilet and/or clean clothes will be at the ready.
    Hardly any time has passed and Kiran emerges from the bathroom. Ah, to be a man and ready in twenty!
    He comes to sit on the edge of the bed and runs his hand up and down my back. “I’m sorry you feel so lousy. Maybe you should really consider talking to your doctor about that ablation you were going to look into. I hate seeing you so miserable each month.”
    By ablation, he means uterine ablation. One of my girlfriends had one a couple of years ago and said it was the best thing she’s ever done.
    “Maybe you’re right.” My face contorts with discomfort. “I’m tired of wondering if I’m having my period or passing a kidney.”
    Kiran squeezes his eyes shut at the visual and chuckles. Then he leans over and kisses my cheek. “I’ll ask Mother to look in on you today… It’s your turn.” He gives me an impish grin as he heads for the bedroom door, but I manage to pelt him with a pillow before he escapes.
    I walk to the small desk in our room, get my laptop, and sit back on the bed. After pulling up various websites about uterine ablation, I find one that has numerous video testimonials from women going on and on about how the procedure has changed their lives. Trying to ease the pulsating in my head, I massage my scalp as I read about the possible complications. Never a good idea, but something one must do when considering any kind of elective surgery.
    “Anna?” Geena knocks on my open bedroom door.
    “Come in.”
    Still wearing her bathrobe, she approaches the bed. “Can I get you anything, dear?”
    “That’s sweet of you. Some Excedrin and an ice pack for my head would be nice, thanks.”
    “You’ve got it.” She leans sideways to peer at my laptop. “What are you looking at?”
    “Just doing a little research on uterine ablation.”
    Her eyebrows draw together. “What exactly is that?”
    “Well, they remove the lining of your uterus to get rid of heavy periods.”
    She sits on the bed beside me and stares at the screen. “And how do they remove it?”
    “It says here that they use some kind of wand to burn it out.”
    “Ugh!” Geena brings her hand to her chest and looks at me, horrified. “That sounds awful.”
    “I know! But it would be so worth it if I didn’t have to go through this every month.”
    She shakes her head. “God, it sucks being a woman sometimes, doesn’t it?”
    I giggle at her remark. “Yes, it does.”
    “When I started going through the change, I’m surprised Ahsan didn’t leave me. I turned into a crazy woman. Moody and argumentative! I’d fly off the handle at the drop of a hat. The poor man could do nothing right.”
    Please don’t let me be like that!
    “That man is a saint,” Geena continues as she rises from the bed. “I’ll go get that ice pack and aspirin for you.”
    “Thanks.”
    If Kiran is unfortunate enough to go through that with me, I guess he should at least be grateful that he has his father to walk him through it.
    I go back to reading through the possible complications.
    Post ablation tubal sterilization syndrome. What the hell is that? Something I would be susceptible to, apparently, since I had my tubes tied eight years ago. Whatever it is, it can require a hysterectomy. Thermal injury, perforation to uterus, air or gas embolism, difficulty with defecation… I slam my laptop shut without finishing the list.
    I believe that’s enough research for