Late Friday afternoon I had an ultrasound to check on the ovarian cyst the doctor found before the holidays. The ultrasound technician isn't allowed to say a whole lot, especially when things look irregular, and it was obvious to both Drew and me that things aren't right. It looks as if the cyst on my left ovary hasn't gone down at all on its own; in fact, it looks like it has probably grown, as that ovary looked about three times the size of my right one. This wasn't particularly surprising to either of us, since I have been having a lot of irregular bleeding since Christmas accompanied by constant lower abdominal pain/bloating/tenderness. After the ultrasound, I was even more sore than usual (probably from having things jostled around in there quite a bit), and yesterday I wasn't feeling up to doing much of anything. I had a rough night, again because of the pain.

Drew let me sleep in this morning, because he knew I hadn't come to bed until late, and went grocery shopping while I was still in bed. When he got home, he told me to go to the fridge and pantry to "make sure he'd gotten the right stuff on the list," and I found a Guitar Hero III box on the kitchen counter!

Drew knows I have been wanting this game for our Nintendo Wii ever since our game night a couple months ago when I first tried it, and at lunch with some of our friends on Friday, I dropped another hint.

So, today, between loads of laundry and cooking, I've been playing the game. I have already "beaten" most of the first few songs at the "easy" level. This is going to be sooo addictive. I love it!

Thank you for the pick-me-up, baby...

-Em

P.S. I'll let you know the official results of this latest ultrasound after my doctor's appointment on Tuesday. I hope that it is just a large fluid-filled cyst that can be removed via surgery, as discussed before, and not something scarier. I have to stop reading about possibilities on the Internet: malignant cysts, losing an ovary because of the cyst's size, etc.. That stuff will scare ya half to death, let me tell you.