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Must blog...recovery, avoidance and HGTV.

Blogging is a love and a curse.  It's a hobby and like the worst homework you ever had.  I'm a procrastinator by nature, always putting off something till the last minute.  Since I am my own blog administrator, there are no deadlines set, so it is more than easy to say..."I'll blog tomorrow."  I guess tomorrow is today. My apologies for my absence.  I thought I was going to spend a lot of my recovery time from my hysterectomy writing.  HA! Not quite.  I had no idea what to expect from my surgery.  It actually went quite smoothly.  All pathology came back normal and I had no issues that kept me at the hospital longer than necessary.  I came home and plopped myself in the corner of my very comfy Ikea sectional.  You know that awesome corner of the sectional where you literally sink in...that's my corner.  It now has a permanent indentation from me! ;) I thought, I'd watch a little t.v., read some magazines, finish one of ...

Anticipation...(Read with caution)

Ever since surviving the chaos of October and early November, my mind has been pre-occupied with the anticipation of this week.  On Wednesday I am scheduled for a hysterectomy.  That's right, for many of you out there, this is the first you are hearing about it.  Actually, I'm surprised I made it this long without having one.  Let's back track a bit... I started having trouble in my college years, my senior year to be precise.  After months of "issues", they finally ordered an ultrasound and found I had a double cyst on my ovary.  The first of many.  A laparoscopy was scheduled.  During this procedure, I was found to also have pretty severe endometriosis.  Everything was taken care of and I was sent home to recover.  I remember having the procedure done on Friday and going with John to see Johnny Cash in concert, (one of our favorites!) on Saturday night. Fast forward about 3 years...John and I are happily married and decide we ...