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Gordon and I went to Austin Java Company for lunch. There used to be one up in my neighborhood and they did marvelous cakes. They'd have at least half a dozen to pick from, and in addition to the usual Italian cream and chocolate, they'd have amaretto and grasshopper and Snickers and orange vanilla and stuff like that... so I was looking forward to it, but they apparently didn't do many desserts at this location (key lime and chocolate cake and I think that was it) and the entrees at AJC were never that great. But, eh, it was fun conversation and adequately nutritious so what the heck.

Later today, 2-week post-surgical visit- hopefully Gyno will give me the all-clear for boffing and swimming. I'll let you know.

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Someone mentioned in their journal that you can use peppermint oil on your lover's naughty bits to give them a nice tingly sensation. The following is meant for entertainment purposes only and is not meant to replace the advice from a good herbalist.

I had some eucalyptus oil that's meant to be used in a diffuser or a humidifier that I bought when I was suffering from colds; that stuff was cut with a lot of carrier of some sort, because it wasn't really tingly at all. Maybe for a few seconds. I did have some straight spearmint oil, but spearmint is not the same as peppermint. Spearmint is tingly for a few more seconds, then stops being tingly and leaves you smelling like Certs. Which is very nice- I love the way spearmint smells and that's why I had spearmint essential oil in the first place, but it wasn't really what I was going for.

Gordon indulged me and swung me by Natural Magic, where I know I can get a little there for probably under $5. But no luck had I; they are closed on Tuesdays. There was a froo-froo herbaliste shoppe nearby, but they wanted $18 for a teeny little vial because it was all grown organically and sung to by Sioux Indians or some shit. I forget how over-priced New Age stuff can get. Ah, well, another day perhaps.

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Well, there's good news and bad news.

The bad news is, I don't get to boff for another 2 weeks. He said 4 weeks would be even better, but if I really had to I could have very gentle sex in 1 week. He said that this is the prime time when I could develop adhesions. I had 'em before and they really sucked a lot... if I do anything that caused any little tears up in there, they could bleed and cause more adhesions. He did say he used an adhesion barrier at the time of surgery but basically if I jump back into hot monkey sex now I'm pushing my luck.

But, everything else including swimming is fine. He also did sort of an 'I told you so' dance about the adenomyosis diagnosis; not at me, but he said that all those other friends of mine with regular periods who wondered why I was griping so much about difficult periods- now I have proof that mine really were "a hundred times worse" because of the adenomyosis. I'm fairly certain he was exaggerating (a lot) but you know, more evidence on the 'this was a good idea after all' pile. Following will be medical records for those interested.

Oh, and they did make me take a pregnancy test. @@

He said the fatigue is very normal and suggested I take at least another 2 weeks off, so I shall. May still go back for half-days before that but why not take my time, that's what everyone's been telling me to do. I guess there are still some last vestiges of Protestant work ethic I need to have cauterized.

Operative Report

( in here )

Pathology Report

( in here )