On Living Without a Cure

I wrote this for a class I am taking. It is a response to “On Being a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs. All quotes are cited from Inquiry: Questioning, Reading, Writing 2e by Lynn Z. Bloom & Edward M. White. The following is my personal, original work. Please do not reproduce it, just link back if …

Verification

There are some parts of our bodies with a phenomenal amount of elasticity, if you think about it.  Our lungs, bladders and intestines, for example, can all stretch quite a bit in a short amount of time without repercussions.  But uteruses (uteri?) are not one of these organs. Today was the hysterosalpingogram to make sure …

The First Day of the Rest of My Life

Up at 4:30, so tired my eyes burned.  The cats thought they were getting fed, and cried constantly.  I went to bed at 9 the previous night, but didn’t get to sleep until close to 10.  Kitten Bear snuggled with me until Sam came to put him up for the night.   I put the …

I’m so excited, I could pee!

Two more days until my Essure procedure.  Actually, less than that.  About 32 hours.   I had my pre-op on Monday, and mentioned that I don’t think general anesthetic was a good idea.  Dr. Shipman said we could do light sedation instead, which would put me in a kind of “twilight” sleep, but because of …

April 13th

I’ve been meaning to write a new post for some time (since my appointment with the doctor in Lebanon), but as my memory and responsibilities would have it, this is the first chance I’ve gotten.  The doctor in Lebanon agreed to do the Essure procedure for me.  She does want to put me under for …

Happy Valentine’s Day

Okay, for starters, I canceled my surgery.  I found out there is a much less invasive way to achieve sterilization.  It’s called Essure.  It’s an in-office procedure.  The doctor numbs up the cervix, puts a scope in the uterus, and pushes tiny metal springs into the Fallopian tubes–one per tube.  Over a period of a …