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Jerri's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 7/10/02 -------------------- 6/27/02 6/18/02 6/11/02 6/3/02 5/21/02 5/17/02 5/15/02 5/7/02 5/2/02 4/29/02 4/12/02 4/11/02 4/5/02 3/22/02 3/12/02 3/11/02 3/8/02 2/28/02 2/26/02 2/22/02 2/1/02 11/15/01 10/2/01 9/10/01 8/28/01 8/17/01 7/23/01 7/11/01 7/4/01 7/1/01 6/25/01 6/11/01 5/23/01 5/22/01 5/9/01 5/1/01 4/18/01 4/3/01 3/26/01 3/20/01 3/16/01 3/8/01 3/2/01 2/25/01 2/19/01 2/11/01 2/4/01 1/31/01 1/25/01 1/13/01 1/6/01 1/2/01 12/25/00 12/20/00 12/14/00 9/27/00 9/19/00 9/13/00 9/6/00 8/29/00 8/23/00 8/16/00 8/8/00 8/2/00 7/16/00 7/4/00 6/28/00 6/19/00 6/14/00 6/7/00 6/5/00 5/31/00 5/23/00 5/18/00 5/9/00 4/26/00 1/24/00 -------------------- Jerri's Introduction

January 2, 2001

C # ?. Well, 18 months but lots more cycles have passed than 18 but only five chances to get PG because of the anovulatory cycles I have. Then, throw in DH's infertility issues, and forget it. CD #3, so obviously this cycle was a bust -- the only cycle to O on my own in the entire 18 months. I was encouraged because cycle made it 24 days. That in itself is pretty amazing. So, now that I have quit whining, I'll move on.

DH has promised to turn over a new leaf and get himself healthy enough to produce some “healthy and viable” swimmers. According to the urologist, three months is the minimum that we need to wait before redoing his semen analysis. I am going to try to talk my doctor into using something stronger than BCP to keep the endometriosis from growing because those darn BCP are such a headache, literally. Then again, if I am O'ing on my own, we might keep trying au naturel until he has been clean and sober for six months and we can repeat the SA. That is where I stand right now.

We went back to church this past Sunday for the first time in months and rededicated our lives to living for Christ. Our home even seemed different on Monday as we went about our daily activities in a new light. If DH is to be clean and sober, God is the only way! I know that, he knows that and we are going to get through this. We also cleaned our house really good and rearranged some furniture so that our “office/exercise” room is useful instead of a junk room. I get one little corner for my computer and files and stuff and he gets the rest for a weight bench and television. He says that his training regimen begins today!! That would be the one that he has been off for more than a year now -- he affectionately refers to those months as the “off-season”! Yea right!!! Anyway, we are going to make some lifestyle changes and see if we can make positive things happen. I feel very good about our return to church where we belong and our “resolutions,” if you will, for the new year.

I am including a picture of our new home and other neat photos from our Christmas visit from Santa and relatives. Of course you recognize the one of our house. Then there is the one of me and DH posing by our tree and finally my little cousin who came to visit. I have entitled the picture of my cousin “whole ham/part ham”! She is the whole ham, and the part ham is the one in the sink that we baked for Christmas dinner!!! LOL!!!

So, I will cut this entry off with well wishes for the new year and lots of love!!!

Jerri Ann