That's probably more than you wanted to hear but I haven't been able to tell the doctor all this.

Maybe print this out and take it to your doctor.

askye, that sounds almost exactly like the pain I had when I had a cystic ovary. The wand ultrasound showed the cyst clearly. In my case the problem resolved itself (somehow), but often it needs intervention.

Not that that's necessarily what you have. I just mean to say, your description of the pain doesn't make you sound wacky or anything.

Maybe print this out and take it to your doctor.

I second this suggestion. Alternatively, write down notes of what your pain feels like under various circumstances. Having stuff written down makes it easier to remember all the little details that tend to get completely sucked out of one's brain the moment one sees a white coat. It is a strategy that has helped me on more than one occasion, especially when I was so worn down and emotionally fragile I couldn't even talk to the doc - I just handed him the list.

I'm taking the poll b/c I just found out that a friend in a somewhat similar situation broke up w/ her BF recently via phone and wondered what the current feeling was on that practice.

I second this suggestion. Alternatively, write down notes of what your pain feels like under various circumstances. Having stuff written down makes it easier to remember all the little details that tend to get completely sucked out of one's brain the moment one sees a white coat. It is a strategy that has helped me on more than one occasion, especially when I was so worn down and emotionally fragile I couldn't even talk to the doc - I just handed him the list.

This makes surreal sense given smonster was considering a letter breakup.

Scrappy is wise. Jessica is funny. Many peeps make good points. And smonster love her Bitches. It's more complicated than I want to get into here, especially stealth typing on an iPhone from KBD's house. But the input is appreciated

I will most likely do it in person with letter backup.

Calli, whatcha doin' Saturday afternoon?

especially stealth typing on an iPhone from KBD's house

Psst... grab the pillow now...

Smonster, Leifur has a vet appointment in the morning, but otherwise my day is free. I'd be up for anything that didn't involve much walking.

This makes surreal sense given smonster was considering a letter breakup.

Wrong quote in my cache. I swear I cc&p'ed the right thing, don't know how it got mixed up. Fixed now, anyway.

I just interviewed a high school girl for admission to Rice. She came here from China last year, so her English was a little broken, but passable.

As we were leaving, I told her to feel free to e-mail me with any questions she had about Rice and such.

In a complete non sequitur, she said, "I don't know if this is appropriate...but you're a good-looking guy."

...I said, "Thank you." It was not appropriate! But it was amusing! Especially since, from my name, she had been expecting a woman.

So I'm attractive to underage Chinese girls. That's...something, I guess.

So I'm attractive to underage Chinese girls. That's...something, I guess.

Your mother will be so ...

Dude, she's going to hate this.