IGGPPC Summer Camp 2014!
First things first…what the heck is an IGGPPC, you ask?! IGGPPC = International Geek Girl Pen Pal Club While the name indicates this is a group of rad geeky girls (Iggles, from here on out), I can assure you our…
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Another medical update…
I’ll be having outpatient surgery sometime in September (probably the 1st half of the month) to remove the 4cm complex cyst on my left ovary. (What makes it a complex cyst you ask? Well, normal cysts are fluid filled and…
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Don’t Be a Hot Dog! (An Essay on the Unwritten Rules of Baseball)
Original articles, for reference: The Unwritten Canon, Revealed – Tim Kurkjian (ESPN.com) http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10964445/mlb-baseball-confusing-contradictory-unwritten-rules A Major League Pitcher’s Guide to Baseball’s BS Unwritten Rules – Dirk Hayhurst (Deadspin.com) http://deadspin.com/a-major-league-pitchers-guide-to-baseballs-bullshit-unw-1585433770/all This weekend, as my husband was incapacitated from a nasty cold, I…
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Just a medical update…
Heard back from my Dr today about the ultrasound I had on Friday to check out my cyst situation (cystuation? See what I did there? :-P) … Turns out I have “multiple cysts that are endometriomas” and based on the…
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A Month of Thanks – Day 1-7
As seems to be the trend around the blogosphere (have I ever mentioned that I hate that term??) and social media, I am participating in the month-long “thankfulness” so I thought instead of just posting on The Book of Faces,…
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Venofer Iron Infusions – Round 3 (The Last!)
Today (Thursday 5/23) was my very last Venofer infusion. I was so excited that it was the last one, but my stomach was a mess with nerves and dread since I didn’t have that great of an experience on Tuesday….
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Venofer Iron IV/Infusions – Round 2
Ugh. That’s all I can say that sums up this round of infusions. Round 2 took place on Tuesday (5/21). I didn’t have any adverse reactions to the Venofer, but I had a very difficult time with the IV, as…
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Anemia – What I’m Learning, Part 2
This post will explain a handful of the common symptoms a lot of folks experience who are also anemic. Someone once said to me, “How could you not notice something wasn’t right?!” Well, read through the list – they all…
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Anemia – What I’m Learning, Part 1
I posted yesterday morning about my recent experience with Venofer iron infusions. Today I’ll tell you a bit about how I arrived at that juncture. I began seeing an internist in February for some lingering ‘female issues’ I’ve been having for…
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Venofer Iron IV/Infusion – Round 1
I had my first iron infusion yesterday (Monday 5/20/13). Let me preface this by saying I am a HUGE weenie and I was dreading this big time! My husband came along with me to keep me at ease, and that…
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