Gazpacho, the food line and espresso for dessert

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I'm excitied, my device is workin'!

Sleebus

***** gyn alert (scroll down if you don't want to read about icky female procedures) *****

So... had my first colposcopy and biopsy today. Wanted to post about it because reading other folks' experiences on their blogs really helped me know what I was getting into. I should say here that I premedicated with 1000 mgs of ibuprofen, plus a half a lorazepam and an immodium. Was glad for all three before it was over.

Starts off just like an annual exam, only with the speculum cranked extra wide. They stretch away the cervical membrane (feels weird but not awful). Then they swab your cervix with vinegar (the squamous cells are full of lipids instead of water, so when all the proper cells begin osmosing water out, the squamous cells are sitting there, still full, going, "Hey! Where did everybody go?") That allows for them to show up better in contrast. The swab stings a little, but not too bad. And fortunately, the binocular-y machine that enlarges the view is NOT like the x-ray machine the dentist uses for your bite wings; it never jostles or even touches the speculum. At this point, my doctor readjusted the speculum to ensure she was seeing everything and added a green filter to contrast the blood vessels better, and voila! Evil cells appeared. And were instantly removed. The biopsy was... unpleasant. Fortunately, I didn't see the scalpel. The hardest part for me was bracing myself for it without clenching up my muscles. It sounds stupid, but think about it: when you're nervous, you clench everything. Which is particularly bad in a situation like this because it moves your insides and the doctor has to refocus the lens. Pain level was... maybe akin to an accidental cut with a kitchen knife? It's really painful for a second or two and then is over. Then my doctor took two deep scrapes to make sure the uterus wasn't up to anything -- think pap smear with a test-tube brush. And that's it. A little silver nitrate to stop the bleeding at the site of the biopsy, and I was out of the office. I'm still cramping now, 12 hours later, and apparently should expect to bleed and cramp on and off for the next few days. And that's my cervix in a nutshell... err... specimen jar. Hope the description helps somebody else who just got those three dreaded words: abnormal pap smear.

***** end gyn alert *****

Mom came to meet me at the doctor's and took me out to IHOP for pancakes afterward. It's so nice to be local again. And now Disney's curled up against my leg, and I think I'm off to sleep.

:) yay -sAmI k-

My flight arrived without incident at Salt Lake where the weather was moody grey. The EarPlanes pressure adjusting ear plugs my mother-in-law suggested I try did a great job of keeping my head from exploding. I rode to Snowbird in a van with Hugh and Cathy, who run our Publications Group. It was a long and twisty climb into the cloud shrouded Wasach Forest. We're in the Cliff Lodge. The staff says there were snow flurries an hour ago. In the last photo, you can see my wonderfully usable Michael Graves travel alarm clock from Target deployed in my room. Connecting to the free Air2Data WiFi was all too easy. Now to find dinner.

- mike lee - snowbird, utah

I'm nearing the end of my high school career, and its becomming more and more obvious that my senioritis is not going to be cured. I forgoed class and went with my mom to get the portrait framed. It costs more than the picture itself! But its gonna look great.

Also our framer is a huge flirt, but I think he gave us a deal because of it.

-- Teehee

Hiking the haul out to terminal B. I'm headed out to Salt Lake City and then by ground to Snowbird for a meeting tomorrow with a bunch of our company's western region state directors.

- mike lee

50,000 miles that is. I've had this car since late August 2004 when I bought it with 76 miles on it. So that's 49,924 miles in about 2.75 years which is 18,154 miles a year. So, that's a bit above the average of 12,000 - 15,000 miles/year that most people drive. There, now everyone has learned something new and un-interesting about me today.

Day 223 of The sorensilk iPod Challenge

Song 5000 something of 7112 (Sorry, I left the iPod at home so I'm not sure where I am)

My brother is one of my child's godparents, so he bit the bullett and dressed up as Big Bird for my daughter's first birthday party...


"I thrash in the bed of my style, seeking a comfortable position." -Czeslaw Milosz

This morning Key Club attended our Kiwanis' car show fund raiser. I say attend, though we were supposed to help, because we sat in the Kiwanis booth drinking soda, eating popcorn, and playing elite beat agents the entire time. In my defense, there was nothing to help with.

Needless to say, we left early and chillaxed the rest of the day :D soon enough there will ne less opprotunities to do this :(

-- Teehee