My 'cycle planning' is just data mapping now

i used to think “planning around my cycle” just meant trying to remember when the bad days hit. like, ‘oh yeah, usually feel wiped out week 3.’ but it was always a guess, and i’d still get blindsided.

my gyno would just shrug when i talked about the crushing fatigue or brain fog. now that i’ve got five months of metformin and consistent cgm data, plus actual LH surge

felt exactly what you mean about being blindsided when doctors just shrugged. for me, that “wiped out week” was never really a specific week, it was always triggered by a C3/C4 drop two weeks before i physically