Monday, July 13, 2009

Quick and Dirty....

...as in quick and dirty update. Sorry if you were expecting something a little more exciting!
I keep waiting for the perfect post to pop into my head and it doesn't, but I do want to update my blog with my something about my life and current plans. About babies in particular and my life in general.
Here are the highlights:

Holiday came and went for 10 whole days of fun, travel and friends. Loved Canada - they know all about how to really deal with garbage ( when they are not on strike like they were in Toronto!) It also brought AF. ( as scheduled with Provera of course - ain't nothin' "natural" about my cycles no mo').
On return from vacation we went in for our meeting with the third party coordinator - she is very perky and friendly and got us all excited about the process. I signed a lot of papers - Susan is not needed to sign papers because legally I am single - yeah, duh, right, I feel so single!
The donor sounds like someone we would be friends with in real life - cool, into humanitarian work, fun, a busy bee and cute of course. ( not that those are our only criteria for friends of course - we don't usually interview people or have them fill out a questionnaire!)
After we got back I played email tag all last week with doctor supertanned as he had decided that he was on vacation too - how dare he? Played round robin with him, his nurse and the 3rd party coordinator all week.
Today after aggressive phone calling and e-mailing I find out I need another saline sonogram on Thursday plus consult, plus b/w. Please let there be no more bloody fibroids!!!!!!
The plan ( so far) is to do another "trial cycle" all the way to the progesterone in the ass shots and endometrial biopsy ( ouch!) and analysis and then go for broke with the real one sometime in August. Oh that clock is tick tick ticking. I hope I can skip the BCPs and go straight to Lupron this trial cycle.
In the rest of my life: I am trying to suck it up and get through my daily work without being too much of a neurotic worry wart and we are trying to spend as much time at the beach or in outdoor activities the rest of the time. We spent two days this weekend at the beach in Evanston where I took windsurfing classes for the umpteenth time and got covered in bruises and sores from pulling myself onto the rough board over and over again. The fun parts were the cruising through the waves when I caught the wind and didn't fall off. I am going back for more - probably tomorrow - but with a wetsuit to protect me from the board. Susan watched from the shore, read her books and waved encouragement and then we both got to go swimming together. I have a smile as wide as the lake when I get in the water!
So that's all folks. A very hum drum kind of waiting waiting waiting post, but just wanted to let you know I am still here!
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7 comments:

Best When Used By said...

I was so happy to see a post from you! I kept checking your blog and hoping everything was okay. Sounds like it is...albeit some minor bruising. Glad you had a great vacation and fun at the beach. I love the beach too. There is something so serene about water and sand and seagulls. So it sounds like they're really going to poke and prod you quite a bit...but just get through that mock cycle and then on to the real thing! Keeping you in my thoughts and wishing you SO much luck!

cindyhoo2 said...

I don't know lady. It sounds to me as though your life has been very full of late.... maybe just too full for blogging. :) Glad to hear things seem on track. Forgive me if this is a dumb question: But why the uterine biopsy?

Also thanks for friending me on fb.

Lisa said...

Your vacay sounded great. Glad you had a good time. August will be here before you know it. It's so darn exciting.

Butch Boo said...

Beach therapy! Wlorks everytime for me!

BB

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Anonymous said...

what the heck!? you have to go all the way through PIO shots on a trial cycle?? ugh, im so sorry to hear that - thats kinda cruel.

in the broader picture, im so excited to hear how things are progressing, august is so close!! :D

J and D said...

Windsurfing lessons sound like a lot of fun!

I'm glad you had a great vacation. I'm sorry you had to see our city covered in garbage!!

CyberSue said...

I'm going to have to post a photo of that Lake Michigan Smile!!