Just as we had hoped, Maggie and Itty Bitty have become very close. Especially when they are not chasing each other around the house biting and scratching one another. They even curl up and nap together and it’s so cute I want to squeeze them but not really, because then they would be racing around the house again.

I was all scheduled to have my surgery this week. Tomorrow, actually. I have been depressed about it and thinking that it was the wrong decision, but I felt so much pressure from everyone around me (excluding my husband, who said it was my body and my choice.) I especially appreciate the phone calls from family members who said, “Get that thing ripped out!” I stopped answering my phone for a few days. They can go have their own reproductive organs removed if they so choose. So I actually canceled the surgery and I am going to look into alternative treatment options with another doctor. Yes, a third opinion.
I really appreciate the women who left comments of support and the women who emailed me to offer to lend an ear. Having agoraphobia/ anxiety/ depression can be very isolating and it meant so much to me that others were willing to share their stories, or to just listen. Thank you all. I have wished for a long time that I could develop a circle of friends around me. Maybe one day I will be brave enough to try.
I’ll be back soon with a longer entry. I have to help Polly with her Spanish homework (?!) and the laundry is piling up.