Well I haven’t left a blog on here for quite some time. What has happened since my last post?…. We’ve had Christmas & New Year for starters. ShadowKnight & I have bought a new car. ShadowKnight has had time off work for medical reasons, including surgery. I have had 2 weeks off work, including a minor procedure for medical reasons. Plus all the standard day-to-day things. So… here’s a little reading on a few of those topics.
Early December SK & I went to our local Holden dealership. Wilsons Holden Abion Park Rail. The people here are genuinely nice & are happy to chat about all sorts of things whilst selling you a car & making themselves a profit lol. We new what we wanted to buy when we walked into the place & I had also lined up over the phone with a salesman named Grahame to purchase a Sportwagon. We were lucky enough to be told that they in fact had one 60th anniversary edition of the Sportwagon left which is basically a standard Omega base model with Leather Seats, Leather Wrap Steering Wheel, 18inch Alloy Special Edition Wheels, Bluetooth Connectivity & of course 60th Anniv. Ed Badges. The base model Omega starts from $42990. We purchased ours for $34990 drive-away! However, we did add a few extra special things so we are actually paying a little more. We added metallic paint, window tint, leather protection, paint protection, tow bar & sports exhaust.
We got the car 2 weeks before Christmas & we are very very happy with it. We received it with under 20kms on the clock. We have today put the car in at Wilsons for it’s free 3000km service. With working in Sydney, it doesn’t take long to build up the km’s.
Then came Christmas. I worked this year right up until the evening of Christmas Eve. The first time for a few years that this has happened. My brother K & his wife D & Mum came up from Batemans Bay during the day so it was nice to travel home from Sydney to find them waiting for me. We had a wonderful Christmas Day starting with opening gifts during the morning then sitting down to a massive Festive Feast with all the trimmings for lunch.
Boxing Day saw a basic repeat of Christmas Day with my brother D & my two nieces H & L arriving from Sydney. We again spent the morning opening gifts followed by yet another Festive Feast. Some of it was Xmas Day leftovers however there was some freshly cooked meats & some seafood included. My family stayed with us for a few days where we spent time swimming in the Public pool at Warilla (which is totally free to the public), playing RockBand on Wii & singing to SingStar on PS2 amongst other things. Bro D, H & L went home the following Monday & I returned to work after a few nice days off.
Then came New Years. NYE was spent at home as Duff & I had to work during the day. SK, Mum T, Duff & myself enjoyed the company of Bro K, SIL D & Mum. We had a fire in the brassiere out the backyard near the patio with a nice cold one in our hands. We had music on the Plasma all night & watched local fireworks in the skies surrounding us all evening until the monstrous midnight fanfare which we watched in the skies as well as on the TV. It was a great way to bring in the New Year.
A couple of days into the New Year the crew went back home to Batemans Bay & things went back to normal life.
I won’t go into detail with SK’s medical issues. Too long a story & quite frankly some of it a bit personal. However SK is doing really well since his procedure, which came a month after the first medical emergency. Thankfully it wasn’t life threatening & he has been fixed. Things surely can only get better from here for him 
As for me, Ive just come out the other side of 2 weeks home with a torn right calf muscle & a severely infected cyst in the back of my neck. I’ve literally just gotten home from having it re-dressed after having it cut & drained yesterday. I’ve been on 2 lots of antibiotics over the past 2 weeks for it. Basically I had to get the infection to reduce before it could be drained. If you have ever had a cyst infected you will understand where i’m coming from when I say it’s a whole world of pain & discomfort! Also cos it was situated on the back of my neck, it caused the 2 glands near it to swell which become very tender. The muscles surrounding it become very irritated & sore as well & you get to the point where you can’t turn your head aroun. Therefore you can’t drive safely, have trouble sitting against chairs/lounges etc & sleeping is almost non-existant until you can find a comfortable position! My left side has become quite tired of being layed upon! So basically once the Dr drained it yesterday (not a fun experience), there was an immediate relief felt.Today I am sitting here thanking the fact that it is all over with & all that is needed is to heal naturally. The wound has not been sewn up at all & I am to keep it dressed until it has totally closed over. So each day I will have to rely on someone else in the house to take a look at it & keep an eye on it’s progress for me.
As for my calf muscle, the bruising has come out & each day the pain lessens & it is getting stronger again. I am almost walking perfectly on it again which is a great relief. At the one week after mark, I was still having a lot of trouble walking on it & basically got a scolding from the Dr to do literally NOTHING on it & to keep it elevated all day every day. Not an easy task hehe. Although he did say it would take some time to heal so perhaps my expectations were too high at first. As it happens I am now bored sh#*less & cannot wait to get back to work next week!
SK & I just saw a hilarious new Four’n Twenty Pie advert. Right in the middle of an Olympics ad break on channel 7.
Have a look yourself at the website where you can view the ad if you haven’t seen it yourself. What I find hilarious is that you can actually purchase the said plate! Funny stuff!
Looks like in tomorrow’s shopping we will buy some pies just for the plate… LOL
Four’n Twenty pie. “Have a lunch that’s edible on a plate that’s credible!”
Circumcision is a very volitile discussion topic.
I came across this vid whilst perusing the BubHub forums, where a member posted it to try to “enlighten” the discussion.
I’d love to know your thoughts…
PCOS video created by Mindi Piasecki.
My Blog has recently become a little dormant. I do apologies for not updating as much.
The reason being that atm, basically I can’t focus on much else but our infertility & trying to conceive a baby.
I begin my day as normal, however am finding that I can’t even do house chores without stopping & running to my laptop to look up something else or even watch a video on YouTube. Therefore I would only be blogging multiple posts on my thoughts or what I may have found. I’m sure it would bore most of you!
I have however started a TTC Diary which can be found on the BubHub Forums. I’ve linked to this so if anyone is actually interested in having a read, they can do it away from my blog. I warn you, you’ll need a cuppa! LOL
I have found & learnt from a lot of information from other people on this forum, by reading tonnes of threads. Mostly these are people that all share a common factor - Parenthood or the want of. Personal stories, advice & support can be sought from this site & hopefully you may find it useful for your own use. I can’t speak highly enough of this forum & what it offers.
On a different note, Duff is in Perth for the week & the house is quite different without her here! She will be coming back on a 6am flight arriving in Sydney at midday. I am not realy looking forward to this trip due to WYD events, but I do hope the airport & surrounding roads will be calm on Saturday, long enough for us to get in & get out!
We had a Rental Inspection of the house yesterday & was curious to learn that the Agent from our Real Estate doing the inspection is new & she actually took photos of inside our house as she wondered through it, telling my Mother-In-Law to go & continue what she was doing so she could wonder about alone. I am unsure why this happened & didn’t ask as I was actually showering when she was here & I did not meet her. But it irks me a little that she did take photos, not that we have anything to hide as we look after the property as expected, however the R.E has photos of the property in great detail from just before us moving in. Why do they need photos now? No photos were taken last time anyone did an inspection here nor did we receive any information that this was going to occurr. I would assume if any photos were needed that it would have been on something needing a repair? Especially considering they already have photos as mentioned before. I am left scratching my head.
I pose this question; Does this invade our privacy as tenants? ‘Cos it sure feels like it!
This past week I had to go to Sydney to have surgery due to ongoing infertility issues. We have been working on becoming pregnant for over 3 years now with no success. During this time we have however found out other underlying medical issues that have assisted the infertility process which we are busily working on reversing.
I went into Royal Hospital for Women Randwick Tuesday for 2 procedures, Laparoscopy & Hysteroscopy.
All the staff at the hospital were wonderful & very accomodating. I actually enjoyed my stay even though I wasn’t near home & had no visitors except for ShadowKnight. The food was also very nice, with far too much of it on the tray!
Anyway, I was scheduled to have 90 minutes of surgery & spent a mere 30 mins in surgery. Straight away this means well!
They went in looking for reasons for infertility including the blocked tubes which showed at the last Hy-Co-Sy test & looking for any Endometriosis, PCOS & any other factors leading to Infertility, even though I was diagnosed with PCOS a year ago.
They had no probs getting into the areas needed & immediately detected my ovaries were enlarged, consistant with PCOS. Both Tubes had fluid passed through them which resulted in clear tubes & spilling over the ovaries….. Which is awesome news, as during the last test (Hy-Co-Sy) this did not occur! I believe one tube has small issues, but should result in clear ovulation when needed. Therefore they will need to keep an eye on this tube for eptopic pregnancies etc.
No Endometriosis or adhesions were detected & my uterus & my upper abdomen areas were normal.
I stayed overnight Tuesday night as I was terribly ill from the anaesthetic. Throwing up everywhere afterwards! However SK stayed by my side the whole day after emerging from Recovery, no matter how groggy & how much I dozed on & off, till they basically kicked him out!
He was about to leave at 8pm when the Lady sharing my room received new visitors.. Which sent SK whirling on his heels back to my side till the nurse came in & said… Time to leave folks! He was fantastic & when we got the news that evening from the Dr’s who operated on me, we were both so excited & I have not seen SK so happy since we first met.
Wednesday morning the Dr’s paid me another visit to allow me to go home later in the day & retold me the news etc. Dr Abbott who was in charge of the actual Surgery told me he has his fingers crossed that with future Clomid Treatment, we should be well underway of growing a healthy baby by Christmas. This was definitely great news to hear, but won’t be believed till it actually happens. It is however more believable now than ever before.
Therefore I am seeing Prof Eden again soon (August 6th) to hopefully begin or at least discuss treatment of Chlomid & possibility of being managed by IVF in Wollongong to save on the trips to Syd all the time for appointments. I won’t be 100% sure of this until I actually do see him.
As for now I am home & happy, a little sore but not needing any drugs for pain management.
Will keep everyone updated as things progress.
I’ve added a Poll to my site (Right hand Sidebar) in the interest of my curiosity….
I am hoping everyone who visits the site votes on this poll for me.
I am keen to find out what the general public think of Ten Pin Bowling in respect to their own personal relationship with this Sport. This poll is soley created by me, for my personal use. I will however write a Blog on the results once the month is over & will offer something nice in return.
For all you Entrecard Droppers……
Leave me a comment on this Blog to let me know you have voted.
Leave your name & a message. You don’t need to state what your vote was. You don’t even have to Blog about this on your own site!
I will check all backlinks from your comment to ensure you are a genuine Entrecard member.
At the end of the month on June 30, one of you lucky duckys will receive 150 Entrecard Credits for yourself & an invitation to advertise with me, where I will refund you the amount of credits you used to purchase the ad once your ad has run! This is as a Thank You for voting on my poll as well as visiting my site.
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This might fill in a minute or two.
I’ll bet you get carried away once you realise you can!
Not much has been going on around here, just the typical financial pressures etc.
I haven’t been lucky enough to find a job so these pressures will continue.
My mum is still staying with us & she is realy enjoying herself. She hasn’t been any hassle so we are happy for her to stay a little longer. We are expecting to keep her with us until roughly June 15th, which is when we will be all going to the WWE Smackdown Tour at Acer Arena. Mum hasn’t been to a WWE live event for a very long time, in fact since we went to the Global Warning Tour in Melbourne. As she is now in her 70’s, it will be a busy & tiring night for her, however I know she will enjoy absolutely every second of it!
We have been working in the Garden with lots of little achievments taking place. We have some lovely new seedlings sprouting & we are currently re-potting a lot of original plants etc. We are experimenting with a few ideas & have plans to build up an existing Garden Bed which basically only houses 3 Large Bird Of Paradise Plants. Stay tuned for another post regarding this mission!
Split Happens has been plodding along slowly. We are running last in our League however we are enjoying the game each week & try to do better.
We have both become active in the TotalBowling.com.au forums. We have found that the Sport of Tenpin Bowling is indeed struggling with numbers & seems to be that most of the general public do not realise that League is for every type of bowler, Beginner to Experienced, from juniors to the elderly & there are Leagues all over the country to suit different times of the day & also to include weekends etc. League players receive discounts on their games when bowling & there are fantastic prizes & awards to earn. You get to meet new people & socialise to your hearts content. Some Centres even offer a Creche! Each Centre offers something different. It would be great to see the community get more actively involved in Tenpin Bowling & support this Sport that doesn’t get the creditation it deserves like many other sports do.
Speaking of Bowling…. ShadowKnight scraped together the pennies to buy me my first ever Bowling Ball!
Thank you so much SK, I will use it wisely 