Almost back in the game

I had my appointment with my gyno today for my annual torture, a.k.a "annual exam." It was a lot better experience than any other pap I've ever had. It went really quick and wasn't as awkward as my past experiences.

The best part of the visit was discussing my infertility issues. My gyno told me she wanted to refer me straight to an RE that is part of the hospital network. I was able to contact the office and they are going to send me out a fertility questionnaire that I need to fill out. From there I was told that I will have to attend a group seminar that will go over the basics of infertility treatment. I already know pretty much everything that they will tell me at the seminar because of knowing so many people that have already been through the testing and treatment, but I guess I might learn something new. After that I will be able to schedule an appointment to sit down with someone to go over what my insurance covers and what the plan for treating me will be.

I just hope that it won't be too long until I can start getting some testing done. I was hoping to have some blood work ordered today so we could get the process going, but I guess I will have to wait until I get over to the fertility clinic. I'm feeling so impatient to get some answers. I've already waited almost three years to get pregnant. What's another few weeks to get testing done, right?

Crawling Around in the Attic

I was a very busy girl this last Friday. I ran all kinds of wiring to remote locations of our attic. Our bluray player has the ability to connect to Netflix so we can watch movies instantly. However, in order to enable this ability we either had to spend $100 on a little device that would connect to a WiFi connection from our internet, or run cable from our internet connection to the player. Being frugal we decided we would rather spend $25 on 150 feet of cable and run it through our attic. Of course this meant I had to get up in the attic to run the wire since I am the smaller one between the two of us.

I definitely made up for the fact that I hadn't exercised in a while. I used muscles I didn't know I even had. I'm still sore from trying to balance myself on my stomach without falling through the ceiling and doing acrobatics to navigate the air ducts.

The most exciting part of it all was when I got myself stuck between 2 beams. I had successfully gotten the first half of myself through but couldn't wedge my butt through the tight space. Then to top it off I couldn't get out the way I came. This is when I started to panic. I was laying there crying and thinking about the fact that Soren would have to call the fire department so they could rip the roof off and use a crane to get me out. Soren told me to just focus on breathing and work on getting dislodged in a few minutes. Obviously I got out eventually, but when I was stuck I really didn't think there was anyway I was going to get out.

I think it will be a while before I offer to do any projects that involve getting in the attic.

New Job and Doctors Visits

I figured it was about time to tell you all a little about how much I'm loving my new job. I started on Sep 25, so I've been working there about 2 1/2 months now. Most of that time was taken up with training. I have been taking calls for about 3 weeks now and I think I'm starting to get into the swing of things. There is still a lot to learn so that I can best help the customers and meet my goals as an employee. It's just so nice to be able to have a good paying job in these uncertain times. It has been great having health insurance again too.

I was able to get into see my primary doctor about two weeks ago. It was my first opportunity because I couldn't take any time off during training. It was supposed to just be my annual physical but for two weeks before my appointment I was having constant stomach pain so I made sure to mention that when I met my doctor. She said she thought I have reverse acid reflux which I had never heard of before. I guess what is happening is that my stomach acid is flaring down into my intestines instead of going into my esophagus like normal acid reflux does. Anyway she has put me on a prescription for pepcid which has been helping. It looks like I will also have to change my diet a little to try to prevent the acid reflux since I don't want to just take pills for the rest of my life.

While I was there she also scheduled a bunch of lab work to make sure nothing else was going on. All of the test results have come back and everything is normal except for my good cholesterol levels are a little low. She told me to eat at least one serving of fish a week. I'm fine with that, but my husband hates fish so I guess I'll just have to take a tuna sandwich or something for lunch once a week.

The appointment I'm really excited for is the one with my ob gyn in a few weeks. The appointment is unfortunately for my yearly torture, but I figure that while I'm there I will tell her about my infertility so that we can start testing my hormone levels and make some treatment plans. I'm so excited to finally get the ball rolling again and hopefully get some answers. It has almost been 3 years since I went off birth control and we started trying so I'm ready to feel like I'm actually doing something to fix the problem.

Baby Shower

My best friend and I threw a baby shower for a good friend of ours on November 21. We were both kind of stressed out about everything that needed to be done leading up to it, but it turned out really well. I'm glad we threw the baby shower, but I am also glad it is over. Here are a few pictures from that day.

We made bear creek potato soup, sandwiches, strawberry lemonade, and cupcakes. The cupcakes turned out cute, but it took us forever to get the sprinkles just around the edges.

Here is the soon to be mommy. She is such a character. She posed herself this way when I told her I needed a picture.

Clean up time!