The Verdict

The doctor called. I do have a small cyst on my right ovary. There is nothing wrong with the uteruses they were just fascinating. Glad to be of service for some entertainment. Because it is so small they just want to treat it with birth control and see how it goes.

FYI on pain

Just a quick note for all who have been concerned. I finally got into the doctor today. She said that my ovary did feel enlarged and so she sent me down stairs to get an ultra sound. She ordered the correct one. They did not seem to care about my ovary. The tech pointed it out and measured it twice and moved on. That's not what happened last time I went through this. Then she spent tons of time measuring my right uterus. She told me everything she was measuring except this one spot she didn't say anything. I don't know if I am reading too much into it or not but if there is something of concern than it would be my guess that the one spot would be it. And no I am not pregnant for any of you who had that thought pop into your heads!!

Venting my frustration

Everyone is at work and I am home alone and I need to complain so here it goes. I have been having tummy aches. I didn't want to go to the doctor so I chose to ignore them even though I know what the cause is and I know it won't likely go away on it's own. I believe I, once again, have an ovarian cyst. So after talking to some girlfriends about stuff like this I realized "oh yeah I kinda want to keep my ovary healthy so I can still be a girl and not have to shave my FACE!" So I have gone to the doctor and he agreed after examining me that the likely cause of my pain is in fact an ovarian cyst. He tells me he will schedule me for an ultra sound asap. OK a week later I call and tell them this is crazy where is my appointment (this was yesterday) Oh well it's tomorrow morning at 7 am. Hmm did they think it would be fun to keep that a secret or what. So this morning Tyson (little one I tend) and I go to the big new hospital to have my ultra sound. The nurse put in for the wrong ultra sound. Because he is only a tech he cannot change anything with out doctor permission. GRRRRR. Tyson got a health breakfast of vending machine cookies, luckily I did bring him milk, while we waited for the nice tech to call the doctor and try to get it changed. An hour and a half later they just send me home with the advice to call doctor and give him a hard time. Now I wait, again, in pain.

It's not the after yet!!

I am not one who likes to draw attention to myself and I don't like to toot my own horn, but right now I am sort of proud of myself. Like many I have struggled with my weight for many years. Well pretty much my whole life. I have had times were I am very over weight and I have had times (high school) were I wasn't really over weight but because the people around me were oh a size 0 I seemed to be over weight. I have always known that the one true way to loose weight and be healthy was to make smarter choices and to cut back on portion size. It has worked in the past for me to loose weight this way, but I always gain it back because I have thin people around me who can eat what ever they want and not gain weight. I begin to feel sorry for myself or think what is one fast food meal really going to do to my waistline. Well one meal full of fat leads to another and another and another until I have gained back all or more of the weight I had lost. So back in February I decided to join Weight Watchers. I did this for the support, tips, and to see others success, and to see others beginnings. When I joined I went in with the mind frame that I was going to do this for the rest of my life. Thank goodness when you reach goal weight you become a lifetime member and no longer have to pay the $9 a week. I thought of taking a before picture and decided that was too cheesy. But I am thankful my sister took a picture of me and didn't listen to me when I told her to erase it. It wasn't intended to be a "before" picture she was just playing around with her camera. This picture was taken about 2-3 weeks after I started weight watchers and I had already lost somewhere around 7 lbs. I have now lost 40ish lbs. and have about 15 more to go. I hate this picture so much. So here I go, my before and now picture, the after is yet to come.
BEFORE

NOW

Walking for the cure

On Saturday morning I did a breast cancer walk. When you walk with a team the team comes up with shirts that have some sort of saying or slogan on them. I just wanted to share a couple of the funny T-shirts I saw there. One had a picture of two mountains side by side and it said "saving the mountains" (the person I was walking with whispered to me 'or the mole hills in my case')One very large breasted lady's shirt said "Yeah there fake the real ones nearly killed me"And my favorite- "Saving second base"Some people are quite creative. Hope you all enjoy they and get a smile out of it. Have a great week everyone

Brace Face

Here is the before picture. It just wouldn't seem complete with out one. She is so beautiful to me and I can't wait to see her with her new smile although as beautiful as she is now I fear how much more beautiful she will be and I do not anticipate the boys that will be lining up at the door.

Here she is getting started. Now this is a blackmail picture if I ever saw one. HUMM maybe if there are too many boys I might just post this picture on the door and they might change there minds. What do you think, will it work? They forgot to put Vaseline on her lips so this was very uncomfortable after a while.

Poor thing she was such a trooper, but it did become a bit painful especially when they started the back teeth. They have to dry the teeth very well and then they put on some sour stuff. I think so that the cement will adhere better. Then they go through tooth by tooth an add the cement and bracket. With Jess they also had to add a very stiff wire in the front to push teeth aside because she still doesn't have enough room for those darn eye teeth to come in. I guess the second tooth in front is being moved to go almost behind the front tooth then when the eye teeth come in and can be braced, then they will work on moving them all back into place.

Here she is all braced and done. She chose orange and black rubber bands for Halloween. they typically have an appointment every 4 weeks so she can change for every holiday. At least there is some fun to go with braces. She has been pretty sore. We are sticking to a soft diet pudding, applesauce, yogurt, mac n cheese, and Tylenol around the clock. I was just drifting off to sleep last night when I heard her whimpering I woke her up and she had accidentally bumped her mouth with her hand and it hurt. Thankfully we have been through this with Brian and I know that it only last this bad for two days. And I also was more prepared with the applesauce and Tylenol.