Bestest laid plans

Well...the visit to the doctors didn't go quite as planned. Instead of getting my IUD out, it may end up being a lot more complicated than I planned. Turns out the string either fell off the device, or was trimmed a little *too* short and decided to hide inside me somewhere.

Whee...

I get to go in for an ultrasound in couple weeks and then talk with the doctor the week after that about my options... basically it sounds like the options are a 'fishing for IUD' expedition, or, worst case, surgery.

Well... poo.

The debate now is, if it's surgical, do I have them tie my tubes in the process... or do I have them tied regardless? The purpose of the removal was to get my body functioning again on it's own, and know when the proper time to use the progesterone cream is to offset the estrogen in my system. Either way I'll have to track ovulation, but it wouldn't be as... crucial... to do so. So... yeah... not sure what to do.

Also had a good chuckle with the NP trying to explaining how easy it is to do FAM/NFP... just chart your cycles and you ovulate around day 14 so just use protection then... Had to bite my tongue cuz Veruca wanted to ask her if she knew what they called women who use that method? Mothers. Sorry, the only 'rythmn' method that works is 'slow, slow, faster faster oooooh yeah'. :P

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ETA: I keep pondering the 'to tie or not to tie' debate, but realized it's bigger than that and it goes back to what I"m going through health wise. If I'm going to be healthy and actually take charge/control of my health, then I need to work at it. It's not always going to be easy, it's not going to give me instant results, and it will require work, but it will be, in the long run, much more worth while and rewarding because I will be healthy and in touch with my body.

I think that the most daunting task with this is the work, and my self confidence about the work. I mean, if i miss a supplement one day, it's not that big of a deal, but if I miss a day of charting/observing/whatever, then it could have bigger consequences. But then again, I'll still have to chart/observe to know when to use the, since the estrogen dominance will most likely still be a problem either way.

I guess I've made my mind up to stick with the FAM plan... gonna run to B & N to pick up a book and start reading it. And at least now I have a little bit more time to learn and be comfortable with the decision.

New baby!!!

So, the PTB decided that it was time for us to get another kitten... or rather have another kitten have us.

His name is Mr. Muggins... although I've been calling him Mugsy, Mr. Muggles, and Mr. Woogums - annoys the Honey and probably confuses the kitten. ;)

We kinda didn't have a choice about getting him. On the way to get me Tuesday, a guy came up the car and asked Orion if he could get a ride... no... ummm... wanna buy a cat... no.... ::thrusts cat in car:: here, then just take it off my hands ::mewhelpmemew:: ok.

So we are now the proud people to a cute little fluffer.

He's been checked at the vets and is fine - had a couple of flea's but otherwise in good health and FLV neg. The other kittens are soooo not happy with us at the moment, but hope it passes... And it's been so long since I've been around kittens that i forget what it's like - sorta like little kids: playplayplayplaypl...a... zzzzzzzzzz..... O_O playplayplayplayplayplayp....zzzzzz... repeat. He's still relegated to the downstairs bathroom when we're gone or for sleeping purposes for the time being and we'll work on the integration next week.

But yeah... he's a cutiebutt. :)

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LOL!

Just had to post these... too funny

Makes me want to tipe bad.

WTF-Health

So we've been doing the cleanse thing for a couple weeks now, and I've also started taking the acidopholos, but it seems like my tummy issues have been getting worse, and feeling mildly flu-like of late. Seems like around 5-ish, my tummy starts getting very bloated and uncomfortable, a couple of times I've had pain similar to my gallstones, but since I don't have a gallbladder, I know it's not that. Then during the day I have been having a slightly 'splodie belly.

I've noticed the last few days that I've been having that fever-but-chilled feeling. Like I was comfy in the house, but the slightest breeze made me all shivery in a not so comfy way... and my temp over about 5 days has been between 96.4-96.8 which could be normal, but also could be way low... not sure. I emailed my Naturopath about it, and I know when I was looking at the possiblity of having hypothyroid, that's one of the symptoms. Also thinking it could be a slight IBS thing... need to start with the yoga/meditation/relaxing thing again... actually both the Honey & I need to do that.

Worry wart...

I've gotten 3 messages this morning from various sources - quotes, motivation, etc.- basically telling me the dangers of worry, and how it steals joy and energy from today. Obviously someone's trying to tell me smething... but darn it all, I'm good at worrying! :P I got in some good practice this weekend, too.

And speaking of the worrying, I am a bit about tomorrow and beyond... tomorrow is my Dr. appt to get this thingy taken out. looking forward to my body getting to work on it's own, and being able to observe what's happening, but there's that one 'side effect' if we're not careful.

General update

Ok... really, really wondering if the cramping is ever going to ammount to anything. Bleh. Tired of it.

Otherwise, seem to be doing ok. Wondering where my vitamins are cuz I'm almost out of all of them. Also still feeling totally wiped out by the end of the day, and tummy not happy with me at all by then. Switching my acidopholis to morning and afternoon so maybe by the end of the day it'll help... This whole being concious of my health all the time is good, but it's a lot of work.

Happy Memorial Day

Yep... so today's a holiday. Whee. I've actually gotten a lot accomplished this weekend - got the storage room mostly cleaned out and straightened, the downstairs closet cleaned out and just need to move some other stuff in there. The Craft room/office has been emptied mostly, and we got a new desk. Got rid of the old one - that was easy moving it down stairs and out to the back... but the new one, which was a gonga deal at a garage sale, and a fancy corner unit to boot, that was a pain in the leg, back, head and arms. OMG ow... pinched, poked, scraped and banged myself many times getting the parts up the stairs anda even more so putting it together. I coulda waited till Orion got home tonight, but wanted to get the computer back up and running. heh, and need to go back to the place I got the desk from and get the rest of the hardware. It's mostly stable right now, but not wanting to move it around too much.

Also got a lacing made for my dress for this weekend, and cut the sleeves out. And got the thread to do embroidery on another dress... which will keep me occupied at the Collegium, me thinks.

Now the decision needs to be made to stay home, and keep working on stuff - including coloring my hair, doing some sewing and cleaning that *really* needs toi be done - or go to my friends house for a get together both he & I forgot about. Erg... dunno. Get togethers are nice, but already feeling totally pooped. Thing that worries me is that I've been getting awful tummy issues in teh afternoon/evening, and really not wanting to me somewhere that I can get comfy. Also been totally wiped out at the end of the day.

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