For women and others that are interested in TMI

Yes not for those that don't want TMI.

I have been 50 for a week now, and still don't feel any different.  Except for apparently my warranty ran out on 2/18.  The OB told me last month that after I turned my particular age that I would need to not only do the regular mammogram, but a bone density scan and a colonoscopy (did I spell it right?  spell check won't tell me :)


This past Monday I went for the Mam and Bone Scan and today was the other thing.  The actual testing wasn't bad at all, you get knock out drugs in an I.V.  and you don't know anything, unless you have a high tolerance to pain meds and wake up early.  Yes that is me. I remember the end of the procedure and the feeling of what was going on, but no pain.  Told you not to read if you did not want TMI!

The worst part was the laxative you have to take the day before.  Here is my advice to anyone that will take MediProv or anything like it.

1. wear sweet pants
2. be prepaired to have to change those pants
3. have two bathrooms in your home (we have one)
4. be amazed at how well the MediProv works!
5. Be prepared for the pictures they send you home with.

Everything is fine.  My insides all around look good, no worries.  Good news.

Other than that it is all fine.  It's weird but fine, the whole procedure.  Now I did not describe the other two.  The Mam everyone is familiar with because of the jokes, so no extra descriptions needed.  The Bone Scan is unbelievably easy, you lay down in what is probably an MRI machine, you lay still with your arms up over your head and then you get shuttled under the scan, it takes it pictures of your spine and tada!  Done.  all about 15 minutes total.

So there you go.

Now the DD goes to the surgeon on Monday to see if she will need surgery to remove her pilonital cyst.  Can you say "Next" in the medical que?

The DS is medically fine, but they both need to buck up and get busy in school.  I would like to see my kids pass and get diploma's.  That goes for the local DN too.

On to less TMI.

I would like to make a decision on what I want to knit now.  I have fingerless gloves that are almost finished.  The hang out in my purse and I work on them for busy work while I am waiting for whatever.  I have a big yarn sweater sitting next to me right now that I have already frogged and started over.  If I am going to wear this one before it warms up I need to finish it.  I have some really beautiful red yarn that I so want to make socks out of, but what pattern?  There are so many to choose from!

We are still and always missing the DH and Father.  And we still have it easier than most people living apart due to jobs.  We still Skype almost every night.  I have friends with children and spouses in the military that don't even get to do that.  I ran into a woman on Wednesday that here husband lost his job about 8 months ago and he is working a contract job and had to move away from STL and his family because of it.  Since it is a contract job they are living separate like our family is.  She said he is looking for a job anywhere and everywhere so they can all live together again.  They have little ones, pre elementary age so it is much harder for her I can imagine.  She was telling me that there are a lot of families living with our situation right now that she knows of.


Well that's about it for now.  I have family dinner to go too, homework, online test, a couple of lesson plans to write for classes, and an online journal entry to write.