Tomorrow is my students' field trip, just a fun day for them, really, but it's totally boring for us teachers since we literally have to stand around and watch them. I am tempted to bring a book but it's simply not done.
Tomorrow night, eighth grade promotion ceremony, then Thursday is my last day at my current campus. I will be going to the new, closer campus next "fall" - school starts for us in mid-August, to give time for the construction to finish, so I have a somewhat "late" start.
This end-of-year stuff is exhausting me, though. I've arranged labs and activities for my students that involve buying stuff, setting it up, and then cleaning up after -- and since I only have one sink in my classroom, that means I'm stuck with nearly all of the cleanup tasks. It's a lot of work, but the students seem to appreciate it (some even actually say thank you), and, you know, it's my job, it's what I do.
Lately what I do is worry about what's going on with me. I've had the pain and fullness that usually accompany an ovarian cyst since the end of March. Usually it resolves itself in 4 or 5 or sometimes 6 weeks, but whatever this is, it's hanging on. I finally called my gynecologist a week and a half ago, only to find out that he has closed his private practice and joined a large group practice, which I hate.
I know I hate it because I saw him there last Tuesday, where he did the most cursory of exams and declared that I probably have diverticulitis, even though my digestion is pretty much perfect (for me). He did order an ultrasound, and because this is a large practice and they do everything in house, I had to wait until today to get it. It took all of two minutes, since the only thing the tech imaged was the ovaries, and she said they looked fine. I certainly didn't see any cysts so I'm confused. What could make me feel like there's a cyst when there isn't?
Well, duh: ovarian cancer. When I run what I'm feeling through various symptom checkers, it comes up near the top of the list. I didn't notice anything weird about the ultrasound though, so if there is cancer it's not exactly obvious. That is one of the known problems with ovarian cancer, it's not obvious. It's not a bladder infection or UTI because the urine culture came back negative. I'd be surprised if it's PID...
With any luck results will be back by the end of the week, and I'll have some indication of what the next steps are. This doesn't seem to be going away and it's annoying and painful and makes the lower part of my stomach stick out and I can't even suck in my gut anymore.
In the meantime, I've started reading the texts for my two classes, when I really should be studying for the Math AEPA I'm taking next Tuesday! I admit I'm somewhat terrified about teaching math (along with science) next year, but I figure I can handle it, with help.
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