Day 9
Happy Brirthday to me....Happy Birthday to me.....
Guess what day it was yesterday? 
I'm now 38. Thats kind of a none age. I remember hitting 30 was a bit of milestone and 36 when you realised you were closer to 40 than 30, but 38...umm no really strong feelings about it really. My hubby on the other hand will be celebrating a big milestone later this year....50. That seems sooo old as I keep telling much to his dislike.
Only teasing him though, the age difference is only a number as on every other level we are the same age. We enjoy the same things, the same holidays, activities, films etc. He is fitter and more active than me (I would say healthier but the doctor has identifed a raised a cholesterol level he has to tackle). He may not be tall dark and handsome but he is small, bald and cute.......enough of the husband appreciation!.
Well yesterday we went to the Theatre for my birthday as we couldn't go out for a meal as we usually would. One of the benefits of living in London. We went to see "Wicked", the Wizard of Oz spin off. It was brilliant, particularly the actress playing the wicked witch. If you haven't seen it - its' basically the story of Wizard of Oz told from the wicked witches perspective. Without spoiling it for anyone - the premise is that the wicked witch wasn't wicked at all - so it was actually quite sad in places and it makes you see Dorothy in a slightly different light.
I really enjoyed the show but it wasn't a good day for me physically. For some reason I was feeling quite nauseous most of the day (I think it is the food packs but I'm battling through) I also got really bad stomach pains as it the other TOTM. By that I mean mid-cycle pains. I have polycycstic ovaries, although I only found out or at least had it confirmed about 2 years ago , My periods have always, from day 1 been extremely irregular, my average cycle is 42 days but can be anywhere from 28 to 90 days. They are also painful. I have learnt over the years how to manage them (I refuse to allow them to rule my life and will not miss work because of some female weakness). I dose myself up with painkillers and make sure I am not doing anything that involves activity of any sort. Physical activity (even walking) on the first day of my period leads to me being very sick - ooh I have some memories. 
Anyway the point is I have learnt to manage that part of the process but a couple of years another odd thing started to happen. I started to get very sharp, painful, I don't know whether to call them cramps or stitches, in my lower abdomen. It was like having a knife stuck into me if I moved to quickly or in particular sat down to quickly. I also noticed in seemed to occur in one side more than the other so I started to not the dates my in cycle diary and found a very strong pattern. Exactly 2 weeks after the pains my period would start. Thats how I realised it must ovulation pain. Thats when i went to the doctors who agreed it probably PCO and he sent me for ultrascan which confirmed it. I never went back to see the doctor though he'd already admitted there was nothing they could do - so I live with it. The positive side is that I now know to the day when my period is due so I can make sure I manage it to reduce it's impact. I find there is always a silver lining!!
Anyway back to the point. I got my ovualtion pains really badly last night, in both sides (does that mean both ovaries are ovulating?) Unfortunately pain killers don't tend to work on that sort of pain - so I was in a fair bit discomfort, at least the show helped to distract me.
Still sticking to the diet and jumping on the scales every day although I shouldn't - and it is slowly going down, but I won't be losing 7lbs this week.