Baby blues

My husband and I have been trying for a baby for 2 years in August this year.
Ever since I was 12 years old doctors have been diagnosing me with endometriosis, not fully understanding the consequences apart from the excruciating pain I would get every 1, 2 or 3 times a year and the odd pain that would come and go, and wanting to be settled and married before trying for a baby, I am now 37 years old.
Every time going to the doctors they would say that it was more than likely endometriosis. In 2003 my appendix was taken out with suspected appendicitis, with notes saying that it was suspected endometriosis after all that since my appendix was healthy. Later (I think the same year), somehow a cyst on the outside of my right fallopian tube had glued itself to my right ovary and they did a laparoscopy to fix this as this was causing mass pain and oxygen was not getting to the ovary. They did a blue dye flush which was successful.
Since then I have been back into the hospital with what the doctors were saying was endometriosis, would hand me pain killers and say there were only 2 ways of really sorting out endometriosis, that was either a hysterectomy or have a baby.
Last month I had a laparoscopy. The surgeon saw "speckles" and the kink in my right fallopeon tube, the blue dye flush was again successful and because of her comments apparently I am not eligible for IVF as I "don't have endometriosis". I was mortified when I was told this (to say the least)

I have been reading up on the Lipiodol Flush trial and I am investigating this option further.
If anyone has heard or had first hand experience with this proceedure I would love to hear from you.

2010 NZ Budget

The more I look at the budget the better I think it is.
Well done Bill English :-)

15% GST (from 12.5%) starting on the 1st of October -
Giving people enough time to get the larger items before hand. One small step for our economy to get back into the black, one giant leap for businesses (with the added bonus of business tax going from 33% down to 28%) and creating jobs.

Lowering the income tax helps to increase spending.
from http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/budget-2010-tax-reductions-detail-123294
"Key tax changes
All personal income tax rates will be cut from October 1, 2010.
Income up to $14,000 will be taxed at 10.5%, down from 12.5%.
Income from $14,001 to $48,000 drops to 17.5% from 21%
Income from $48,001-$70,000 down to 30% from 33%
Income over $70,000 will be cut to 33% from 38%.
"

But all spending is only within a certain time frame, people are having to think about what they are needing to buy before the time is up, what are the big ticket items that will be best to buy before the price increases by 2.5%.

To quote some graffitti from when I was a young lass that I have memorised (look at the poem in the opposite direction)
"Prices rise and profits hope, pay stays low so buying stops, goods won't sell so workers sacked, don't look now depressions back. Workers unite to protect wages and fight unemployment."

Depreciation deductions will be removed from buildings bought for businesses including rental properties. Which for most of us landlords is not too much of a burdon.
This should also help keep landlords in the game so they don't have to sell, in my opinion it means that there will still be enough rentals for those wanting to rent. There may be more houses available and cheaper for those who now want to buy and also should mean that rents won't need to go up considerably as landlords scramble to survive (keep their future nest eggs above water).

Thanks

I would just like to say thanks to all the drug pushers out there. Thanks a bloody lot. The best thing for fixing my cold fast was Codral. No more, cause the ingredient that worked was the Pseudoephedrine. I didn't mind the chemists asking for my details as its only about once a year that I get a bad cold. And I can only blame the minority who ruin kids lives and now I am stuck with this dreadful cold with nothing fixing it. And I feel miserable.

Don't know which one, but don't care

It might be all three working together.
Vaseline Intensive rescue, or/ and Blackmores Nails, Hair and Skin, or /and Airbourne Health honey.
My theory is that Airbourne is protecting my body from further invasion and helping with the nutrients needed for my body to repair, the Blackmores Nails, Hair and Skin allows my body to fix properly and the Vaseline gives my body the moisture for the nutrients to get the parts that need fixing.

A tiny sore on my hand that had not been healing for months has just almost fully healed in the last week. The scar on my left foot is looking less noticeable and my skin feels like baby skin (I can't wait till it looks like baby skin too).

If

“If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.”

Cold Turkey

I have decided to go cold turkey, nothing heavily processed.
Starting tomorrow - 4th May 2010

Sugar,depression, stress and weight gain

Although I can't prove it and have found no scientific evidence to prove my theory.
I believe that sugar may be the reason for stress and depression not because of the downer after the sugar high, but I believe the body induces the sugar high by using the bodies stored vitamin B's (all or some or one) so this is the reason for the weight spiralling down or up. Vitamin B's from what I can source from the net keep our sugar needs in check**, and also give us energy and allow us to concentrate (so I can understand why so many parents think their little angels might have A.D.D) after consuming sugar as A.D.D children also have depleted vitamin B in their bodies*.
So this means I will have to wean myself off sugar to loose this weight (damn)
Watch this space if anyone is interested in my theory I will start getting reference links. (done)
I would be very happy to hear anyone elses opinion on my little light bulb theory.

*http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16846100
**http://www.depression-guide.com/vitamin-b-deficiency.htm

"All B vitamins help the body to convert food (carbohydrates) into fuel (glucose), which is "burned" to produce energy." from source http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/vitamin-b3-000335.htm
" status improves in overweight/obese women following a hypocaloric diet rich in breakfast cereals, and may help in maintaining fat-free mass"
from source http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v32/n10/abs/ijo2008131a.html

So if you are consuming sugar you are using up your vitamin b stores which are also needed to convert other food into energy, up keep of our nervous system, keep depression at bay and help with concentration.
reference "http://www.depression-guide.com/vitamin-deficiency.htm"