Ahoy me hearties!! I’ve been away with my other half on a cruise from Southampton to the canaries. We sailed on a Royal Caribbean Ship called the Independence of the seas. It’s the second biggest ship in the world.
During my first couple of days on board I needed to roll my gluteus and piriformus muscles as I was plagued with left leg pain and this is normally due to them. I went to the gym to see if they had any foam rollers, they didn’t. One of the gym staff gave me a great idea to make a foam roller when travelling. She said get a thick magazine, roll it up, tape it to keep its shape and then wrap a towel around it. Ta da, one foam roller!! I didn’t have a thick magazine so in the end I got an apple, put it on a towel as I wasn’t sure if it was going to split, but it didn’t and I managed to roll out those muscles on it.
Following on from my dilator post and using my partners willy as my 5th dilator, I first tried when we were at home. I have to say I didn’t think of the human element too much, obviously a dilator is made of plastic and stays in shape but my partners willy unless stimulated doesn’t!
When we were away we tried again and I had to do a bit of moving around to overcome this problem. Third time I would say was sex! Never thought we would get there.
Afterwards my skin on my vulva was hot and sore due to Vestibuldynia and Vulvadynia. I bought an eye mask along with me to keep in the fridge as there was no freezer so I couldn’t bring my beloved ice pack. The eye mask wasn’t cold enough so I ended up using a tip I learnt – I used a can of red bull wrapped in some tissue. I popped it on my vulva, it was colder than the eye mask and a good shape to use as it is long and thin.
I wanted to pass these ideas on as you have to improvise when you are away and I would never have thought of these tips, I hope you find them useful.
Going on a cruise was lovely, I normally carry a cushion around with me everywhere I go as I find sitting very uncomfortable. On the ship they had so many comfy seats that I didn’t have to carry it around with me. That was amazing! It was like a floating hotel, my room was never far away if I needed it. Also the beds are comfy as its an american company, the beds in the states always seem to be big and comfy in my experience.
I know everyone comes back from holiday and normally gets the holiday blues, my tummy started feeling periody a day before we got home, for me this is a sure sign my period is coming in the next 7-10 days. That really made me feel down in the dumps so I have been trying to take it day by day. I wish I was as regular as clockwork to the day or even the hour and if us Endometriosis sufferers had to have it, it would be made easier to bare if we only had pain during a period and not before or afterwards.
Although I've been having a tough week, I know it did me good to get away, in fact only after being away for a few days I realised how good it was and felt more relaxed. Its good to get away from the four walls you get stuck in, very therapeutic!
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