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12 things you should never ask
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Resolve linked to this. Having dealt with half of these, I can honestly say these well meaning questions and comments do more harm than good. I’d add a 13th item – don’t mention adoption. We know it’s a option. We haven’t forgotten. But in a lot of cases it’s too soon to consider or it simply is not the right choice…
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It all started with yoga…
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For most of my life I have been lazy and out of shape. It’s just my thing. Also, I have a genetic condition that affects my lungs’ ability to oxygenate my blood. Again, just sort of my thing. I can only assume that the whole lack of oxygen situation probably played a pretty big roll in the not wanting to run around business, but for…
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A reversal of fortune?
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Dare I dream? I’d better not, but I can at least pat myself on the back for self advocacy. In addition to deciding that I needed a second opinion, I also emailed my Interventional Radiologist, Dr T, requesting that he put me in touch with his colleague who does fallopian tube recanalization. Recanalization is any procedure that literally…
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In Other News
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I got my second Botox treatment yesterday. For migraine management, not anything cosmetic. It still seems strange to me that anyone would use the root ‘tox’ in a drug name. I think we can assume that was not accidental. Happily, I don’t mind be reminded of the fact that I have Botulism toxin under the skin of my face,…
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Disclaimer
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I curse. My grammer, typing, and spelling are horrendous. I don’t have the aptitude or attention to correct any of it. Sorry.
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A second opinion
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It’s time for a second opinion. I could list all the things that my reproductive endocrinologist has done, not done, said, not said, forgotten, glossed over, fucking made light of, or simply shrugged off, and maybe you would get how disappointed and angered I am by this woman, but well, it’s a long list. I am not…