12/20 Update

First off Happy Holidays to everyone. Things are pretty nice here in Dayton. Its been snowing off and on for about a week and staying very cold. Heather and I have begun training for a half-marathon in April and all my Christmas shopping is done! What a wonderful month, just wish it was warmer. I look forward to having Christmas at Heather, Jeff and Cole's house. Its always fun to watch the dogs play and of course see my wonderful nephew.

I had an ultrasound today. Surprise, surprise - the cyst is still there. One large cyst on my right ovary. Its actually a little bigger than last month. No other cysts hanging around, lots of little perfect follicles. But because of this cyst and its growth they mentioned yet again the possibility of surgery to remove it. The ultrasound nurse talked to the doctor today after I left and he wants to do a more complete ultrasound with him present on January 3rd at noon. At that time and perhaps based on some blood work they will make the decision to do surgery or not. If surgery is "needed" it would be a simple one. I guess I would have the surgery, but I don't know if I really care all that much now. I am happy with my decision to adopt as my way to have a family. Do I want to have an elective surgery and all the potential complications that come along with it and then maybe a month later a new cyst comes along? The only reason I would probably do it is to make sure its not ovarian cancer, which is a small possibility.

Well, back to work now. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season and stay warm.

12/4 update

Not much going on, just wanted to update.

Fertility - Ultrasound middle of next week to see if Fred the Cyst is still there. I think the option if he is there is surgery which doesn't thrill me at all.

Adoption - We are officially on the list to wait to be on the list to wait to be on the list...Family Adoption Center (FAC) uses a multi-wait system instead of 1 super long wait system. So basically we are on the list to get our homestudy done, then we will be on the list to turn in all our paperwork to Korea, then we will be on the list for a referral of a child. Once a person is referred another person moves 1 step up the list. So...until then we twiddle our thumbs until we can start the homestudy. Somethings we can do ahead of time like write our autobiography but most of the homestudy is meeting with the social worker and having her write up our worthiness. At least we know our social workers name, Jodi Rice. And also in the state of Ohio you have to attend one adoption seminar so the next one is in the Columbus area on Tuesday night, January 22 from 6 - 8 pm. It is at All Saints Lutheran Church on High St. in Worthington. So thats probably the next thing we can do. I kinda expect it to take several months before we are even on the list of people who can get their homestudy done.