I Hate My Period

I know Menstrual Leave is an old forgotten topic but I really wish it was practiced in the U.S.

My period leaves me bedridden for three days but now that I have a job, I can't stay in bed nor can I call in sick every month. I vomit all day, I can't eat at all due to constant vomiting, and my abdomen and back are in excruciating pain to the point where I can't stand straight. I have to slowly walk, bent over to get anywhere and just walking slowly makes me want to barf.

Luckily, I usually start my period on the weekends when I don't work but the rare times I had to force myself to stand straight, wipe the sweat off my face, hold in my puke and pretend I'm not hungry, and do my job until the fourth day of my cycle when the pain and nausea finally lightens (if not ends) is way too hard on me. I would take pain killers but they make the nausea worse or don't work at all, so until day four I can't take anything.

So I wouldn't mind at least three days off every month. I don't even care if it's unpaid leave or if my pay is lowered as a result. If I can just have three days off each month to rest without risking my job, it would be a true blessing, a dream come true!