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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

May 18, 2000

I am not sure what CD it is, but I do know that AF is on her way. I have tender breasts and that has been occurring as much as a week in advance lately. Last month, I had AF for a total of five or six days, but it was over a 10-day span. I sure hope I can look for a shorter visit from her this month. I am relatively certain that I didn’t ovulate again. I haven’t been temping, but CP has been extremely low the entire month and I have had absolutely no external CM.

I never realized that getting PG was going to be so difficult. Teenagers manage to get this way so easily, or so they say! Honestly, my plan is to call my doctor tomorrow and attempt to schedule another day to have my laparoscopy for endometriosis.

I read a really upsetting article on Tuesday night. I am not sure what magazine it was in, but it was Redbook, Woman’s Day or something of that nature. The article was telling the basic information about endometriosis as well as the newfound ideas. According to this article, endometriosis acts a lot like a benign cancer in that it requires its own blood vessels and travels on its own. It doesn’t manage to get into the blood stream, like cancer does, but otherwise seems to be much like it. That is really scary. The article also said that woman with endometriosis were 80 percent more likely to get breast cancer, ovarian cancer, skin cancer and non-Hodgkins lymphoma. That terrified me.

As soon as my new insurance goes into effect, I am going to the doctor for a breast exam (I tend to talk doctors out of those) and try to get a date for my surgery. The article also said that women who had endometriosis tended to get these cancers at a much earlier age than women who did not have endometriosis do. So, with all that new information on my mind, I think I need to act soon.

As I said, I am going to try to reschedule my surgery, hopefully in July. We get a really long July 4 holiday and DH and I think that it would be pretty good timing. I can have the surgery and not miss much work -- we aren’t planning a big celebration anyway. Then, of course, I am going to resume taking Clomid so that I can ovulate. I have even been tempted to ask my doctor about taking Pergonal. I know that with my endometriosis being as bad as it is, I need to get PG as soon after my surgery as possible.

I would love to hear from anyone with any advice, suggestions, or just comments. Thanks for letting me share.