i've got bad plumbing

the frantic (in)fertility odyssey of a woman of 47 to get knocked up

CD17 or so

I’m still sorta freaked out about this massive cyst that’s set up shop on my right ovary. Deciding that I’m not waiting til Friday to get it looked at again, I shot off emails to Dr. B and to Dr. Italian in hopes that they could either see me personally or recommend someone who might. [...]

Posted on | February 13, 2011

2010 raises its head once again

So I thought that the year of the rabbit was supposed to be in full swing by now, but apparently we’re a little behind in my world. After my last odd AF, chock full of crimson FCM and ovarian pain…I noticed that the pain lessened a bit but never really went away. I also started [...]

Posted on | February 12, 2011

Back to California

Good news: My cervical biopsies came back negative for dysplasia of any kind. Thank god. The dreaded virus still lurketh, but my body is clearly fighting it off. Bad news: The mole biopsy on my face, flesh colored little thing that was wedged into my naso-labial crease (line between nose and corner of lip) came [...]

Posted on | January 22, 2011

Surgery Aftermath

It feels like a long time since I wrote last. I didn’t get a chance to blog at all while I was in California for surgery as there was too much to do, then I was consumed with healing and getting home as fast as I could. Rewinding back to last week… As I mentioned [...]

Posted on | July 6, 2010

CD2: Pre-Op Appointment

I met with one of Dr. Persian’s “fellows” for my pre-op today. A really nice Indian lady. Lots of instructions were doled out. I’m on a liquid diet tonight …. only clear liquids, nothing red or blue (as in gatorade). I also need to drink down this wretched magnesium-citrate crap to clean out my intestines, [...]

Posted on | June 29, 2010

Committed to the Next Step

The tickets for SF have been bought and I am flying out the crack of dawn on Sunday morning. That’s less than 48 hours away. Oy. Surgery’s not until Wednesday morning but I’m going early so that I can work out of my company’s Bay Area location for two days. I can’t afford to take [...]

Posted on | June 25, 2010

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