Hi All,

Right. Well, I went to get the results from my tests on Wednesday of this week and had a real butt of a doctor. I won't go into the details, because I'll just get really angry again, but the doctor told me I was fat and needed to lose weight. Not that I was overweight, but that I was fat and that I was fat because I was lazy and ate all the time. He suggested that, even though I've joined a gym (5 months ago), that I wasn't doing anything. I know that I'm overweight. I'll be the first to admit it, but he was a real jerk about it and being very rude.

As for the results, even though I asked the doctor point-blank twice, I still don't know if we miscarried. He refused to tell me. He did say that I have a cyst in my ovary and that he would be referring me to a gynacologist. I also have gallstones and will need a referral for that. However, fingers crossed, I won't be here to see a doctor in this country and will see my doctor back in the States.

In other news, I've finally opened my graphics shop again. You can visit The Squiggle Shoppe and let me know what you think, if you like! Anyone who would be so kind as to link to it and help me advertise I would be forever indebted to, as well!

That's all for me for now. More another time!

Hi folks!

Sorry for the gap betweens posts. A lot has happened since my last post. I'll try to remember it all.

First of all (for those in suspense), the secret was only that Rich and I were going to the US for 2 weeks to visit my family, but it was a surprise for them. They didn't know we were going until we arrived in my hometown! They were very shocked, but happy to see us. We had a very good time and got quite a bit done as far as looking at the job and house market there and getting some other things sorted.

Since we got back we've sorted out my income tax returns for 2003 and 2004 (I didn't know that I had to fill them out since I haven't worked in the US, but apparently you do! So, I had to go back to all my employers for the last 2 years....I did a lot of temping when I first started working here.....to get copies of my wages so that we could complete the tax returns) and took a trip down to the US Embassy in London to get Rich's passport certified. We've also requested his police certificate and had his Visa photographs taken. Just waiting for a few things to come back then we can send off the letter saying we have everything and are ready for our interview!

I've been having some more medical problems. I'm still having a lot of pain in my stomach. This is the same thing that was bothering me in February, March and April. I've seen the doctor again and he's increased my medicine and sent me for a sonogram of my gallbladder. He thinks I may have gallstones. He also requested a scan of my uterus. I had a really bad menstrual cycle in July (3 heavy weeks) and was in a lot of pain, which I don't normally have. It was very unusual and the doctor thinks that I suffered a miscarriage. I had those scans done on Wednesday of last week and should have the reports back in a couple of weeks.

Rich and I have been trying to deal with the thought that we may have miscarried. We've both been quite upset, but don't really know how to react, as we aren't sure that's what happened. However, the doctor feels fairly confident. It is quiet a painful time for us. We've been talking about starting a family for a few months, but had thought we may wait until we were living in the US. So, although not planned, the baby would definitely have been a wonderful thing. We're going through the grieving process in our own way.

In other news, Rich had applied for voluntary redudency from his job a few months ago and it was denied. However, he got a letter about a week ago offering him the redundency (as they didn't have as many people to accept it as they thought they would) and he decided to accept it. So his last day of work will be September 30 as it stands.

That's all I can think of now and I need to be off to bed. I shall try to visit some blogs this week. Hope everyone is doing well!