some for you, some for me
yesterday we saw "transamerica" - the best movie i have seen in i can't remember when. really. felicity huffman is divine anyway, but she is just off-the-map incredible in this film as a pre-op transsexual. it's a road trip movie, a buddy movie, a coming of age story, a fish out of water story. it's got insight on identity, sex, and family dynamics of every dysfunctional kind. i wanted to stand up and cheer for moviemaking at the end.
do yourself a favor and when it comes to the one art house theatre in your town, go see it. if you don't get it in a theatre near you, sign up for it NOW on netflix or to rent it from you local store. you will thank me over and over and want to shower me with gifts for pointing you in this film's direction. e-mail me for my address so you know where to send my thank you present.
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that tip was for you; now please do me the favor of telling me what you know about corpus luteum cysts and whether mine should be smarting about now (11w6d). my peri identified that i had a perfectly normal one at my last ultrasound (at 9w3d), but for the last day or so it's been a little twitchy - much like what i feel when i ovulate on that side. i know it should be on the decline about now; should i feel intermittent twinges as it recedes? what i feel is not sharp or continuous or even an inconvenience. i'm just a bit hyper-sensitive and the teensiest bit paranoid that it might be the sign of a problem.
i talked to my ob this morning about traveling to tokyo (he gave the thumbs up as long as i stroll the aisles every hour or so of the flight and avoid eating too many unfamiliar things), but i didn't think to mention it to him. i see the peri first thing in the morning on the day after tomorrow, so unless i had some horrible pain or started bleeding i don't see much point in calling my ob back tomorrow. plus, when we talked on the phone, he clearly had a horrible cold, and i'm just finally getting over mine, so i don't need to hang out in his office to get a fresh round of germs. especially just before i get to tokyo, where apparently you can sniffle and slurp all you want in public but blowing your nose is the highest form of vulgarity.
if you can offer any help on the corpus luteum question, i will gladly share one of the lovely gifts i receive (from grateful readers who saw "transamerica") with you.
do yourself a favor and when it comes to the one art house theatre in your town, go see it. if you don't get it in a theatre near you, sign up for it NOW on netflix or to rent it from you local store. you will thank me over and over and want to shower me with gifts for pointing you in this film's direction. e-mail me for my address so you know where to send my thank you present.
*****
that tip was for you; now please do me the favor of telling me what you know about corpus luteum cysts and whether mine should be smarting about now (11w6d). my peri identified that i had a perfectly normal one at my last ultrasound (at 9w3d), but for the last day or so it's been a little twitchy - much like what i feel when i ovulate on that side. i know it should be on the decline about now; should i feel intermittent twinges as it recedes? what i feel is not sharp or continuous or even an inconvenience. i'm just a bit hyper-sensitive and the teensiest bit paranoid that it might be the sign of a problem.
i talked to my ob this morning about traveling to tokyo (he gave the thumbs up as long as i stroll the aisles every hour or so of the flight and avoid eating too many unfamiliar things), but i didn't think to mention it to him. i see the peri first thing in the morning on the day after tomorrow, so unless i had some horrible pain or started bleeding i don't see much point in calling my ob back tomorrow. plus, when we talked on the phone, he clearly had a horrible cold, and i'm just finally getting over mine, so i don't need to hang out in his office to get a fresh round of germs. especially just before i get to tokyo, where apparently you can sniffle and slurp all you want in public but blowing your nose is the highest form of vulgarity.
if you can offer any help on the corpus luteum question, i will gladly share one of the lovely gifts i receive (from grateful readers who saw "transamerica") with you.
posted by laura at 10:29 PM
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I had a biggun lopped off during my c-section with my second daughter. I never googled it but the surgeon just poked her head over the drape and said I had one and that she'd remove it while she was there. It was never mentioned again.
My left ovary hasn't worked since though. Probably scar tissue from cutting it away is what I have been told. No one really seems in any way concerned or has behaved as though finding it at the business end of proceedings was very unusual.
Also, my right ovary is, as we speak, a bit of a funny shape due to being the egg provider. Again, I assumed this was normal and a result of the corpus luteal cyst. No one seems worried. I had no idea it should be gone by now.
So that's me and my cyst, FWIW:)
i had pain in my side at about exactly the time you are right now and was sure I was miscarrying. went into the doctor all freaking out, and she explained the whole CL thing. It stopped around 13 weeks. So there ya are! It's just providing healthy little hormones for Little Z!
i hope your nose is not overly runny, your ovary not runnily nosy, and i did hear that transamerica was definitely one of the best films of the year (mah loved it).
Boy missed alot... catching up. You are going to TOKYO! Cool! then to NYC will you be in our lovely city long?
Looking forward to seeing those Tokyo photos. Living vicariously through your travels. :)
Oh and Hurrah for Z becoming a fetus.
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