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My Life Thus Far
2009-08-18 04:54:37 (UTC)

The Need To Bitch and Moan

Well, it's about time now, isn't it? :) I know, I know.
I've been gone for awhile. An unfortunate side effect of
becoming more balanced and centered was losing the need to
bitch and moan about my life on a daily basis. Good or
bad, I take it all in stride and overall my general
opinion is that life is good.

I've been working a lot lately (25 hours a week. That's a
lot for me considering I used to only work a couple of
days a week). Coupled with taking care of the kids and the
house and making time for Snookums, my usual writing time
has been pretty much cut from my schedule. I think maybe
I'll start writing in the mornings when things aren't as
hectic.

So, I'll just give a quick little recap of what's been
going on with me: Health-wise, things are finally making
sense. I was diagnosed with simple DUB (dysfunctional
uterine bleeding) after all the test results came back
normal (and cancer-free). My doctor put me on Provera to
start a period that will shed the entire endometrial
lining at once and then I start a very low dose estrogen
therapy (too low to actually be called birth control, but
that's what it looks like to me). That should get my
periods back on track and hopefully make them much
lighter.

My iron levels are way low. My stores are depleted from
pregnancies, breastfeeding, low iron consumption and then
heavy bleeding. I'm on a couple different supplements for
that and I go back in a month to get my levels checked
again. Nothing too surprising there...

I was referred to the genetic counselors at Madigan
because cancer runs in my family. I went last week for the
consultation where they assess your risk. If by their
calculations your risk is under 20%, then you don't have
to go any further. Mine is 25%, so I go back on Wednesday
for I have no idea what. I think the nurse said something
about starting yearly mammograms and having a breast MRI
done. Then I'll be counseled on the pros and cons of
finding out if I carry "the gene". Part of me wants to
know, but a bigger part of me doesn't. We'll see how I
feel after the counseling is done.

Snookums and I are doing very well. I think he's come to
accept that I'm not going to quite my job and he's getting
more into a routine when it comes to dealing with work,
family-time and taking care of the kids. His mood has
improved vastly and we haven't been having any silent
stand-offs lately. It's nice having my happy, laid back
husband back :)

We dropped Annie off at summer camp yesterday. She loved
it last year. I was really glad we were able to get her
back there this summer. Residential summer camp was
something I always wanted to do as a child, I'm so
thankful that we've been able to give Annie something that
I wasn't able to have as a child. I know she doesn't
appreciate it and probably won't for a very long time, but
it makes me happy.

Snookums found out today that we won't be moving after
all. He accepted shore duty orders for Bangor and he's due
to transfer the end of October. That's a huge weight off
my shoulders. I didn't really want to have to go through
the whole process of moving and I'm pretty content here in
Washington, so I don't mind staying for a few more years.
Realistically I kind of see us settling here once Snookums
retires. Which isn't really that far off.

Well, that's all for tonight. Dance Your Ass Off is coming
on in a few minutes and I don't want to miss it. For some
inexplicable reason, I love that show :) Ciao.





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