Well, look at that!

I have been attempting to create a more user friendly blog lately.  The most useful thing I have done, I believe, is to add that little tag cloud down on the left hand side of the blog (titled ‘What are you looking for?’).  I am trying to categorize all of my posts and links so you, my dear readers, can easily access the information you’re looking for.  Finding the right information when you want it, as opposed to simply when I post it, should hopefully make this a better blog to read.  What other categories would you like to see in that tag cloud?

getting used to all this..

Although I find lots of hysterectomy stories interesting, I am particularly intrigued by women who, like me, were on the younger side (I use that loosely!) of things when they had their surgery. Here’s a blog I look forward to hearing more from.

The Diary of a Menopausal Mama

So for my first post I thought I would give a quick rundown on why at the very young age of 38 (im pressing 40 so until then I will say young), I am in full blown miserable menopause.  After many surgeries for grapefruit size cysts, endometriosis,  adenomyosis and periods that lasted so long that I couldn’t leave my house, I finally had a hysterectomy in June of this year.   I’ve been on every birth control as well as 2 rounds of Lupron, which put me in a medically menopausal state.  This medication gave me the false illusion that menopause isn’t all that bad…boy was I wrong!  So the remainder of my female reproductive organs were removed and now i’m left with mood swings that make me want to jump off the Betsy Ross Bridge and hot flashes that make me want to shave my head.  Not to mention the…

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The top 5 things to say, and not say, to someone who hasn’t got a child

What do you think? Would you add anything to this list?

No Children, What Now?

Now I’m in my 30s, the topic of having children always comes up in conversation. It usually goes like this:

Aquaintance: “How about you? Have you got any children?”

Me: “No, I haven’t no”

Aquaintance: “Not yet eh?”

Me: “Well no, I can’t have them, I had a hysterectomy a few years
ago.”

Aquaintance: “You can always adopt! Would you like to?”

Me: “I Would like to, but it’s not very easy and it’s a very emotional
prospect.

Aquaintance: “My friend’s adopted/ had IVF blah blah blah …happy ending.”

This conversation happens time and time again. What people don’t realise, is that adopting is not as easy as it sounds, and it is far from the magical answer. No matter how many children worldwide need decent parents, it’s never going to be as easy as “just adopt!”

For more information on “just apopt”

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