Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never Is, but always To be blest:
The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home,
Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Man never Is, but always To be blest:
The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home,
Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
-Alexander Pope,
An Essay on Man, Epistle I, 1733
An Essay on Man, Epistle I, 1733
I went for my second opinion on Monday. Thank God I did! My nice small town ob/gyn wanted to rip out my uterus (e.g. hysterectomy) just because I have fibroid tumors and painful heavy periods.
The new doc passed me off to a new associate which kinda annoyed me until she came in and she was totally cool. Turns out we grew up 3 towns away from each other in New Jersey; and when I was working on my 2nd masters @ UMass-Lowell she was doing her residency in Boston, MA.
Now I know those of you born and bred in the south will take umbrage to this, but I was feeling a lot better knowing I had a good northern trained doctor. :redface:
Anywho I told her everything the first doc had said, explained my aches and pains, etc. Then she said that if I didn't want a hysterectomy there was no reason to discuss that.
I went in expecting confirmation of my worst fear and came out with a new hope. :smile:
After we left the hospital mom and I went to the Lenox Square Mall for lunch. We ate at Panera Bread and then browsed Macy's and a few other shops. We both purchased different red nail polishes at Sephora. I am in love with the Sephora, Rouge Luminaire nail polish! It's perfect for fall and winter. I haven't even seen a Panera Bread or a Sephora since I left New Jersey. It was like a blissful taste of civilization.
When we left the mall we got lost trying to get to my cousins house who lives just south of the city. I really didn't want to go because I had only gotten 3 hours of sleep the night before and I was tired and cranky. Plus, it never occurs to them to offer refreshment unless it's a holiday. :irked: However, the bonus was that my fave little cousin was home from school by the time we got there. I got to play on his trampoline out back and he showed me his newest LeapFrog toy. {Note to self: Speak to his mom about getting him more toys that are just fun and not always educational} My little 7 yr old genius also explained photosynthesis to me while telling me about each tree in his backyard.
Since I had the audacity to ask what was for dinner my aunt took mommmy to her seafood guy and they brought back blue claw crabs. YUM! Something else I hadn't had since I left Jersey. I love our little neighborhood; but I hate living out in the sticks. That was my Monday, September 22, 2008