InCYSTing on Waiting...

Well, Friday was eventful and not very eventful all in one.  I went to Marin straight from work and got there with no Friday afternoon traffic.  A 50 minute drive for a 5 minute check-up hardly seems worth it, but such is life.  After being on birth control pills (BCP) for 11 days we were hoping that the ultrasound would show signs that we were ready to move onto the patches... but we weren't so lucky.   The left side showed a couple cysts (they looked like follicles to me.)  I asked if that's what they were because I'm due to be ovulating right now in my cycle, but he said they were cysts.  After measuring them I asked if it's normal to have them?  He said it's absolutely normal.  They are residual cysts from all the meds and they look "good"as none are over 15mm.  In fact, I only have cysts on my left side, but my right side is perfect.  (It's interesting actually because every month when I cramp, I always cramp from my right side. Maybe my left has issues.) In short, Dr. U wants us to continue BCP for another week and see if they go down.  He says he'd prefer them to be smaller so that no one has to worry about them or keep an eye on them.  I think I'd prefer the same.  So he's in Napa this next week which means I won't have to make the drive.  Especially since traffic on my way home was a PARKING LOT!  Holy Friday afternoon traffic from SF.  I was actually able to kill two birds with one stone...

My Grandma has been moved to assisted living (on the same day actually) and that's been hard for the whole family, though we know it's where she needs to be.  She's now in Sonoma so I stopped by on way home.  It's a good thing because when I got there, the nurses asked if I'd be able to "calm her down?" She had only been there for a few hours and had not been cooperative in the slightest.  I was able to get her to the bathroom, take her out of her room to get a drink, dinner, and some sunlight.  Poor old girl... it's awful watching people get old.  As of yesterday she was even happier - smiling and laughing. That makes me smile.

So, to drown our sorrows... not really sorrows, I'm being dramatic.  Yesterday we took the kids to a jumpy house, the kind full of trampolines.  (Is it bad that we dropped them off and drove to the furniture store down the street?) They're old enough and had a phone to call if they needed to.  We just went to browse and blow time.  In the meantime we found a beautiful couch that was marked 50% off for a tear in between two of the sections.  Our couch is terrible so we've been talking about getting a new one, just haven't acted on it.  So after seeing this one... it was a match made in heaven. It's beautiful and we figured we deserved it.  Last nights family movie night was one of the most comfortable I've been in a LONG time!

So, here I sit, with my feet up on our beautiful new dark brown leather couch, next to our "new" bronze fire extinguisher lamp.... the story behind this one is that it's been in Grandma's house forever and I've always loved it.  My dad made it for her years ago and I've always wanted it.  Now that she's moved out of her place, my mom and dad picked it up and brought to to me yesterday.  I now think of Grandma every time I see it and it's a beautiful new addition.

Though things have not stayed on the exact time frame we had in mind, at this point we are feeling blessed and thankful.  On Thursday I'll have another update and we'll remain positive and hopeful that we receive good news.

Thanks for the continued prayers and support!