Happy Camper?

I have been totally out of the blog world loop lately. I've been taking an online course and that has been consuming a lot of my time. I do have an update on AF- finally gone, but it took a trip to the OB/GYN and medicine to stop it. The plan is to go back in 3 weeks after Dr. H. has had time to consult with an oncologist and a reproductive specialist that he knows before figuring out what to do next and why my cycles are never-ending. He said that I am definitely a challenge (ya think?). Last weekend I had a violent hit-hard-&-strong stomach flu... 24 hours of complete yuck! I am hoping that the change of season brings me good health and better luck with female cycles:] PC & I have been looking for the past two years for a tiny camper to take when his family invites us camping. We've been staying with MIL and... no offense... but we were just ready for our own space, just enough for two... actually, there's plenty of room for three:] So, we finally came across this one recently and we'll be taking it off to the mountains in a few weeks. I think it's cute and just right! There's nothing like a campfire and sleeping to the sound of a creek! Even the bath houses are not so bad for a cheap vacation! Hope all my fellow bloggers are doing well and hope to catch up with several of you soon!

Ramblings

AF is still long & strong here so- in other news... I've asked PC for a practice guitar for my upcoming b-day. I'm not very musically inclined. Nevertheless, I do know a few notes on the piano and enjoy music & the guitar seems like an interesting new "project" to distract me from work/school/IF. That and a new label maker & I'm set (love you, PC!). PC and I got a quote recently from a builder on a modest 3/2 brick home. Um....can you say "sticker shock?" It makes IVF look cheap! To end my ramblings, a list of 5 favorites:
1. Fridays
2. Fox News
3. Sweet tea
4. Jeeps
5. Flip flops

Soy problems...

The OTC soy iso didn't work out so well. I stopped taking them on day 3. For anyone who may be curious why... first of all, I had a major breakout on and around my chin. This led to buying a new lotion which led to an allergic reaction which resulted in a doctor's appointment today to get a ste.roid to reduce the itching/swelling! Nope, I'm not looking my best right now. If that was not bad enough, AF or whatever this is (keep in mind AF was only gone for 2 days) came back with a vengeance. I started doing a little more research and think that all of this can be related to a handful of soy iso! I have officially started thinking in terms of a timeline and plan to finance IVF the past couple of days. My body just doesn't want to cooperate with the TTC naturally plan! Let me think... really need to add something positive here... PC & I declared last Fri. night a "put on pj's/bring home supper/watch a movie" totally relaxing evening & it was a great way to end the week!

A little Soy?

Recently I came across an infertility blog of another 'anovulation' diagnosis. She talked about using S.oy I.soflavones in lieu of Cl.omid. It was linked to an article on twoweekwait.com and I didn't see what it could hurt. So, I'm taking it on days 5-9 this cycle. Wouldn't it be something if a $6 supplement from W.al Mart could do what $5000+ of meds and treatments have not done?

In the IF world...

Nothing. Nada. Just playing the waiting game here. Waiting on every cycle to try & self-analyze if there's any chance of ovulation. When we first started TTC... I was eagerly anticipating the possibilities with each cycle & invested in too-many-to-count preg. tests. I've lost that. I need to get back to positive thinking & that same anticipation as 36 months ago. In my job, I deal with children (never thought that would be ironic) every day. I deal with some children who are angry & who have (usually) acted out or not handled their anger appropriately. One child didn't like my advice about how he was in control of his actions... so he drew a picture of me on a sticky note & stuck it on me. "This is you right now" were his exact words. I politely told him that was a very detailed picture & he should focus some of his anger on art and gave him some colored paper & crayons:] (FYI- he drew a "fish party"). So, I will now tribute this self-portrait to my feelings about the IF world!!! Thanks to a 5 year old.