Update on the Alien Baby
Aug. 24th, 2018 03:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
boogieshoes
So, a short update on the Alien Baby before I go visit relatives in Oregon for a week.
1) it has been decided to give the Baby a name.... I decided 'Shatner' was appropriate for an alien ;)
2) OB appointment yesterday was smooth. We discovered the baby wasn't attached to the uterus, but one of the ovaries, but there's no indication it's cancerous, so that's good.
3) Some time after vacation, but probably before Christmas, but not yet determined, the Alien Baby and Parent Ovary are going to be removed. Part of me wants to remove the whole shebang, uterus and all, but the logical side of me says I'm better off with the estrogen and progesterone the remaining ovary will provide. The trade off is still having periods until natural menopause. Oh well. It's not like I haven't dealt with periods before...
4) I haven't had a recovery timeline given to me yet; that will probably come with the pre-surgery consult. It'll be a minimum of 3 weeks, I'm sure, and our HR says 6 weeks is normal for this sort of thing. So, gotta plan for that. I was driving home yesterday and suddenly realized the dog-food bags I get surely count as 'lifting', because they AREN'T small!
5) Takeaway is that things are looking good. Nothing has alarmed my doctors, which is a really good sign.
-boogie
1) it has been decided to give the Baby a name.... I decided 'Shatner' was appropriate for an alien ;)
2) OB appointment yesterday was smooth. We discovered the baby wasn't attached to the uterus, but one of the ovaries, but there's no indication it's cancerous, so that's good.
3) Some time after vacation, but probably before Christmas, but not yet determined, the Alien Baby and Parent Ovary are going to be removed. Part of me wants to remove the whole shebang, uterus and all, but the logical side of me says I'm better off with the estrogen and progesterone the remaining ovary will provide. The trade off is still having periods until natural menopause. Oh well. It's not like I haven't dealt with periods before...
4) I haven't had a recovery timeline given to me yet; that will probably come with the pre-surgery consult. It'll be a minimum of 3 weeks, I'm sure, and our HR says 6 weeks is normal for this sort of thing. So, gotta plan for that. I was driving home yesterday and suddenly realized the dog-food bags I get surely count as 'lifting', because they AREN'T small!
5) Takeaway is that things are looking good. Nothing has alarmed my doctors, which is a really good sign.
-boogie
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Date: 2018-08-24 09:39 pm (UTC)On another note - I have not forgotten your Spring Break prompt, which is the third of the tetrarchy I have been posting; it is almost finished, but Ezra is being uncooperative. Fortunately, Buck has put in another appearance and is, as ever, smoothing things along so I hope to have it posted ASAP.
Hope the Oregon trip is awesome! I am envious!
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Date: 2018-08-24 09:52 pm (UTC)My extended relatives live in Portland - Mom and Dad were high school sweethearts out there. We don't get to visit them often, but it's always fun when we do. I love that state... a lot.
-boogie