Go, Jen!

Good luck, Zenkitty. I hope they can fix you up! I realize it's major surgery, and not to be done lightly, but can you ask about a hysterectomy?

And Kat, that cake is incredible!

I just realized I'm having my second meal today of bread, cheese, and pig. Bacon, egg, and cheese muffin for breakfast, grilled ham and cheese for lunch. Oops.

I just realized I'm having my second meal today of bread, cheese, and pig. Bacon, egg, and cheese muffin for breakfast, grilled ham and cheese for lunch. Oops.

Awesome. I am sleepy and trying to figure out if I want to march in a parade or just spectate. Would involve different clothing options, so no changing mind at last minute. I'm thinking of just watching, but then I feel guilty and like I might regret that.

I am having a fab time here though. I would like all my vacations to be like this.

I vote this. But I love going out for breakfast.

That's sort of what I did, but only to Starbucks to get a latte and a egg sandwich, so it only half counts.

That cake really is amazing! I forgot to say that last night.

I also forgot to say that I have hairs of an unnatural color again. We were going for eggplant, but my hair seems to have decided it should be redder than that, as it does. I like it though.

Go Jen! That's AWESOME.

We didn't go to church. Instead we are watching Signing Times and then going to Target.

I have to buy more ST DVDs because they are totally helping Grace learn sign. But they are damned expensive. I need Vol 1 10-13, I think because those are school/neighborhood stuff. And the library doesn't have them!

Also, thanks for the compliments on the cake. It was all stress yesterday. and driving it to canyon country was harrowing. But it's there now and done. WOOT!

I am sleepy and trying to figure out if I want to march in a parade or just spectate. Would involve different clothing options, so no changing mind at last minute. I'm thinking of just watching, but then I feel guilty and like I might regret that.

In my Halloween-only experience, being in the parade is a thousand times more fun than being crammed in the sidelines. BUT if you think you might crap out at any time before it's all done, maybe not.

Nonsequitar: Dumbest shoes yet [link]

Enjoy the parade, meara, whether you decide to watch or march!

Go, JenP!

Yay coloured hair (and breakfast) Perkins! Eggplant with extra red sounds purty.

Comfort is not part of his creative process? If I had the money, his shoes would not be part of my wardrobe process.

Zen, can I ask your age? Gynos generally hesitate to do a hyst until they've tried other procedures, because it really IS major surgery, with a long recovery time.

I had ovarian cysts, so they took one ovary out first, and then when that didn't work, we went for the full hyst, and both ovaries are gone. They REALLY generally want at least one ovary to stay in there so you can avoid HRT.

I have had friends for whom a D&C helped for a while and they said that the pain from it was just about as bad as cramps. But get painkillers. Before the oophrectomy, my gyn (who, relaatedly, was awesome, because she had had the same problem as me, and also had pain and an early hyst -- I wish you were in KC so you could go to her, because she is fantastic) had me on Vicodin 3 days out of the month for the pain -- it helped with the agonizing cramps but not with the heavy blood loss weakness.

A hyst is nothing to do lightly -- it WAS the right decision for me, but I was 4 hours under the knife, since my cysts were all Alien-ed in me and had to be fought out. I have a high pain threshold, but it really was very painful, even with the morphine pump, and I was out for 6 weeks. I heal pretty quickly, and I thought I'd be able to be at work in 4, but I was wrong.

I totally get the frustration with dinking around with various solutions, but trying a D&C and seeing what that accomplishes before going into hyst territory really IS what a responsible gyn should do.