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[Lise]

Oh Lise - sounds like maybe a good one!? Fingers crossed.

You guys are so sweet! I'll try to keep you entertained with the novella (Mexican soap opera) that is my life of romance while you recouperate. L.

[maillotpois]

You guys are so sweet! I'll try to keep you entertained with the novella (Mexican soap opera) that is my life of romance while you recouperate. L.

See! And at least SOMEONE gets some romance!!

Another risk factor for my PE - about 5 months ago I replaced my 10 year old IUD with the nuva ring. Loved it (the ring0! Had to take it out, though, because hormonal BC (even the low dose ring) is a risk factor. So I am sans birth control! We shall have to be inventive while I weigh options.

Any suggestions? Last night, I was reading with some interest the earlier posts about BC. I knew I would be in the market. I did like the IUD, but for the last year I kept getting UTIs - at least 6 a year. My internist said she'd seen a study about an increased UTI risk with IUD. While my OB-GYN scoffed at that (and I know it is a totally different part of the anatomy), the fact is I have had the thing out for 5 months and haven't had a UTI since! So there's something to that.

My paralegal just had her tubes tied (she has thyroid cancer and is done having kids) and she thought it was a great procedure. With the anti coagulants, I don't think elective surgery is in my future.

Maybe it is just DH's turn to do something...

[Brina]

Maybe it is just DH's turn to do something...

snip, snip

[maillotpois]

snip, snip

rolling on the floor now (you know the rest!)

[bikerz]

snip, snip

Over the weekend I saw my stepsister, who's husband has been snipped (after the 4th kid!). He said "It's not that she doesn't want any more kids. It's that she doesn't want anymore of MY kids!"

(By the way, MP - it's great to see you back!)

[DrBee]

Welcome home MP! I'm heading over to OT to read the whole story. I say have HIM go for the "snip snip", but sometimes that's easier said than done. Mr. Fish says he'll do it once we move to a place with better medical care. We know too many people here that have had post-procedure complications. Ewwwww.

We'll definitely learn a lot from your experience with all of this. I'm so glad you're home and recovering.

[Lise]

Um, yeah, you know I'm a fan of the ring, but NOT FOR SOMEBODY WITH A PE!!! Ahem. Glad you took that out. I don't know what effect the anti-coagulants will have on your period. Maybe (again, not giving medical advice) a progesterone-only method would be good. Until Mr. MP gets snipped, of course, as we here at Thread Drift seem to have decided he should ! No elective surgery for you for awhile, missy. Interesting about UTIs and IUDs. If you get a chance to ask your doc about the reference, I'd like to see it. I cannot imagine why they'd be linked, but there's an awful lot that I don't know! Local inflammation in the lining of the uterus affecting susceptiblity of the bladder to infection? Hmmmm...anyway.

Date was nice...you know what I say...MWBR. L.

PS: There is, of course, our friend, the condom. Plus spermicide, a winning combination. (Are all the BJ lurkers gone now?)

[snapdragen]

PS: There is, of course, our friend, the condom. Plus spermicide, a winning combination.

Now I have a picture of a condom with a smiley face......"Hi! I'm your friend Mr. Condom!"

[DrBee]

Lise - congrats on the date!!! Does this one have potential? Where would we be without your dating adventures

MP - I'm still reeling from reading your story. You are sooooo lucky! To think you made it through all of those tough rides with clots. It boggles the mind. How are you feeling?

[DrBee]

Now I have a picture of a condom with a smiley face......"Hi! I'm your friend Mr. Condom!"

Ever hear the radio commercials where they sing "Trojan Maaannnnnn"???

[Lise]

Fish: as a friend from Tennessee used to say: Mo-wer will be ree-veealed! (MWBR)

I swear, I pass out handfuls, armfuls, bucketfuls of condoms at work. Sometimes I think, seriously? You guys are using these? Or are you just taking them to make me feel good?

MP: I just keep thinking how glad I am that the Death Ride didn't get to live up to its name. I cannot believe you did all the riding you did with clots in your lungs. How great is it going to feel when you've got this behind you and are up to speed?!

I remember one summer ('97) when I just felt so bloated and fat in the belly...and then, mid August, the 10cm endometrial cyst on my right ovary ruptured and filled my belly with blood. Oh. Maybe it was that big, blood-filled cyst in my mid-section! No wonder the crunches weren't doing much! Asthma....pulmonary embolus...my goodness. How odd that you were satting at 100%. What an amazing compensatory ability you have. That mouthful of blood may have been the best thing that could've happened for you. That has a way of getting one's attention!
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The Green Hornet is at the LBS, getting a new Serfas tri saddle and aero bars put on! I am so psyched to ride her tomorrow. I'm going to pick her up, ride downtown, donate blood, renew my driver's license, sit around drinking fluids and eating lunch for awhile, then go for a spin. Nothing too hard because I'll be down a pint, AND I start a 24 hr call shift tomorrow night. But still. To "go aero" on my own bike. Wow. I must be something like an athlete!

[crazycanuck]

I'm knackered kids...

Due to june 30th end of fin year, we started at 6am today... I knew i needed energy so what does this crazycanuck do...I left my house at 440am to go for an 1hr ride bf work...Why..err..why not...I worked on speed...

What's even funnier is when i went to have a shower at work i realized...no bra...so i had to keep my cycling bra on..oh well...At least i had underwear & socks......

Anywho, i am knackered...We finished at 5pm..freakin good thing we get paid for overtime!!!

I really wanted to go for a ride tonight but i highly doubt i'd be 100% awake & alert...I'm going for another ride tomorrow am & hopefully tomorrow night...

Bring on the weekend...the dirt awaits...
c

[Brina]

I must be something like an athlete!

something like that.

have fun on those aero bars.

I don't know if you are on Turin Cycles mailing list, but next Sat - the 8th - they are having a big sale. According to the postcard there will be supplier reps there with items they don't normally keep in stock. Sounds like some fun toys will be available. I have to take my bike up to WI to rack it for the danskin the next day, but I am going to try to check the sale out as well.

[Lise]

CC, hang on for the weekend!

Brina, thanks for the heads up about Turin. I'm not on their mailing list anymore, but I'll go to their website. I think I can get up there on the 8th.

You would think I was being poked with sharp sticks. My doc ordered a fasting cholesterol panel about, oh, say, 6 months ago! I just never, never leave the house without eating. I went to see her for something else recently (all's well), and she said, "I never got those results". That would be because I never gave them the blood....finally went and did it today. Oooh, oooh, faint with hunger, can barely drive....

Due to nervousness about the date last night, I had eaten, essentially, a piece of salmon, a few lettuce leaves, and (when I got home) 6 Thin Mints (the last of the Girl Scout thin mints). So, at 4 AM, I'm up and STARVING! I ate a fat free yogurt...I figured...it won't affect the cholesterol...then had my blood drawn at 8:15. If the numbers are all wonky, I can blame it on the yogurt.

[DrBee]

Lise - you bad girl! 4 hours of fasting - I'm thinking that's not going to do it. Hopefully you're levels will be perfect and it won't matter anyway

I ran this morning (first time in over a week) and felt good. My knees were talking to me a bit too much when I started. I told them to quiet down and away I went. My next chance to ride is probably going to be Sat morning. I can't wait!!! The last time I rode was a week ago. Whatever was wearing me out seems to have subsided. Now - if only I'd get the call about the job!!!!! Every time my phone rings, my heart skips a beat!