I May Consider...

Naming my firstborn daughter after my doctor. She is amazing, really! I would be crushed if for any reason I lost her as a doctor.

I may not have to see an expensive specialist after all. The only reason I'd have to see one is if I'm going to get a procedure like IVF, or something of that nature.

As you know, I saw my GP (General Practitioner) today, to talk to her about my mood swings, and possibly get a referral to an Endocrinologist. She listened as I described my symptoms and sometimes depression, as well as my mood swings. She then told me, "I don't want to be one of those doctors who just gives you depression medication and sends you on your way. So what I'm going to do, is I'm going to test all of your hormones. Your thyroid, progesterone, estrogen, testosterone, and prolactin (and etc if I missed any). Then, if you want, I'll start you on the Provera challenge to see how that works." She's even willing to prescribe me fertility medication, which would normally cost a fortune! I wanted to cry right there I was so happy. So, all in one visit, I had all my hormones tested. About time, huh?

Obviously results take time, so she said possibly by the end of the week...unless there's something pretty out of control, then she'll call me in. She said if it's all normal, we'll continue from there to check for any other possible imbalances. She said she feels it's probably hormones and not depression based on when and how my mood swings are. I was getting quite sick of being diagnosed with depression in the past! Besides, depression medication hates me. Really, it does.

So, there's the update with that. I'll let you know as soon as I get my hormone results in.

In other news, studying studying studying! Yeah, that's me. Gary's a big help as well. I have to memorize and know prefixes related to numbers, measurement, position, direction, color, and negatives. I also have to learn roots and suffixes in medical terms, related to common diagnostic and surgical procedures and pathological conditions. And then, to add to that, know medical terms related to body structure, organization of the body, body cavities, and body planes. Flash cards are amazing!

And in more updates and news, we are keeping this apartment for another year. We have no reason to move, anyway. Besides, if we sign another 12 month lease, we get $500 off our May rent. This money will be our Catalina money. So we're excited! We do love our place, and hate moving. It's nice being able to walk everywhere, too. And we can save money, too; not to mention giving Gary another year of experience at his job. Speaking of saving...

We finally switched banks. We were banking with Bank of America, but we had enough of their horrible customer service. Gary eventually wrote a negative review to the BBB (Better Business Bureau), to tell our story. We had an issue with bill pay; a few months later and at least ten customer service reps later, absolutely nothing has happened. They owe us money! So, we left. We decided to go with Lockheed Federal Credit Union, and opened up a checking and savings account yesterday. A lot of Gary's coworkers bank there, and they recommended it to us. His company is even a sponsor, so we get wonderful benefits. Plus, their customer service was amazing. What's even better, though, is they looked at Gary's credit card debts (that he had to use for books and stuff throughout school), and said, "We can cut those interest rates in half." And they did! All we had to do was bring in was proof of income and credit card statements, and bam, his interest rates are now in half. Yay!

Anyway, hubby is home from work...so time to go! Bye!