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Yesterday was the big day...

Martin and I had our first appointment at Scunthorpe General Hospital yesterday. We met with Dr. Odukoya and one of his nurses for our first specialist consultation. Dr. Odukoya, though a walking stereotype of English doctors (read: not English at all--Asian with a really thick accent and an Asian nurse standing by to translate if you can't understand him), seems really competent and thorough. I don't have the greatest faith in the medical profession in England, but I'm happy with him.

Basically, it's more tests. I will have to go in to the hospital to have a pelvic ultrasound, an x-ray, and more blood work. Luckily, my cycle falls perfectly with the required blood tests and scans. I can have everything done this week. Dr. Odukoya also wants me to try to lose some more weight, and he will be seeing us again in eight weeks. I have eight short weeks to get a whole bunch of tests done and get my backside to the gym. I can do this!

The results of all the tests we did earlier were a little better than expected. My hormone levels actually seem to have balanced themselves out. Martin's results were basically the same, but he is being tested again to see if the results are consistent. There wasn't much of a change from the results we got two years ago. Dr. Odukoya seems confident though!

In other news, my birthday was fantastic! Martin and I took a trip to Preston and went to the temple. We stayed in the temple accomodation on Friday night, and after we finished on Saturday we drove up to the Lake District. I was absolutely blown away by the beauty of it. I haven't seen many places in England that are untouched and still naturally beautiful, but it is up there! I fell in love with one of the little villages near lake Windermere. It's called Cartmel, and it's so quaint and beautiful. It's a traditional little market village nestled into a little vale about 5 miles from the lake shore. The village square is tiny, with a pub and a shop and a post office. I'd guess there are maybe 300 people living there, and it's all forest and farms surrounding it. I'll try to post one of my pictures of it later today.

This birthday was a little bit depressing for me. Getting older aside, I wanted to be finished having kids by the time I hit 27. I've passed the deadline with no hope of meeting it, and I hate not getting things done on time. But the appointment at the hospital helped, and I guess you just have to think that getting older beats the alternative. Plus, Velecia will always be older than me and she's going to be 30 next year! I'm still grimly holding on to my 20's.

Thanks to everyone for the lovely gifts! I guess people really are reading my blog, because I got so much stuff that I've expressed a desire for. Grandma Lofley, your gift DID get here on time!

Anyway, I need to get on the road. Got that commute to work. Ugh--don't want to go to work today. I'll try to post a few pictures when I get home.