Today we received the renewal notices for our house and car insurance. Last year when we first came to Canada we were pleasantly surprised at the premiums we had to pay as we have heard horror stories about people paying three or four thousand for car insurance per year.
In total last year we paid $2,500 for both car and house insurance. That price includes taxes etc. This year we have renewals for a total sum of $1,650, so we will be saving $850 on last year which we thought was pretty good.
I also got a call from the doctor I saw at the hospital last week. She rang to say they had studied my ultrasound further and come to the conclusion that I have two wombs, one cyst and fibroids. When I get something I don’t do it by half measures!
I still have to have the MRI just to make sure and also to see what the next stage of treatment will be. I am still in some discomfort, but not to the extent of last week. I just hope I do not have to resort to surgery.
Anyway….. the killdeer babies in our garden are growing so fast it is now hard to tell the difference between the parents and the babies. I suspect they will be leaving us soon. We still haven’t seen them actually fly yet, but it won’t be long.
The robin is still on her nest and we expect to hear the sound of cracking shells next week – can’t wait.
One of our squirrels must also have babies as she has droopy teats, poor thing. Mind you she still spends all day stuffing herself with nuts, so the poor babies must be lonely. We also caught two squirrels bonking in the garden this morning, so they are either later at breeding than the others, or just having a good time!
Ronnie the raccoon is still coming on his evening forages. If there is still plenty of food about the stays for about two hours, going through every feeder in the front and back garden.
We haven’t seen the deer for a few weeks now. I suspect that now the weather is good they have found food in the woods and won’t come to the house if they don’t have to.
Talking of weather, it has been lovely here for the past few weeks. Temps are in the mid twenties and today it was 29C. Apparently the average for this time of year is about 20C, so we are doing well so far.
My husband has bought me a lovely new camera for our wedding anniversary, which will be at the end of June. I only have one of these small pocket digital cameras and wanted something with a better zoom etc. I am really getting into photography since being in Canada. He has a really nice SLR digital but I find that too complicated. I needed something better than mine, but as easy to use. Hopefully this will be the answer – so I apologise in advance if my blog suddenly becomes a photo gallery!
As requested by the hospital I had to return to have an ultrasound scan on Thursday morning at 11.45. As my pain had subsided considerably I thought it would just be a formality, but I was wrong.
I have the ultrasound done by a very nice woman who at the end of the scanning told me she needed to discuss the results with a radiographer. I waited and when she returned she said she wanted me to report back to emergency to discuss the results with a doctor. This got me wary so I asked if anything was wrong. She said yes, there was something wrong but she couldn’t discuss the results with me, I had to see the doctor.
So hubby and I very nervously went back to emergency. We waited to be seen by a triage nurse and explained that I had been sent back from ultrasound for results. She then proceeded to write down all the information I had given them on Tuesday. We had to go through everything all over again. When she had finished she told me to wait to be called. I asked if it would take long as I was pretty worried about the results. She said she hoped not.
Well an hour later I was called and a doctor asked me to sit down in a side room. He then told me they had found a problem with my scan, which could be a lump or something wrong with my womb. He said he needed to refer me to a specialist to discuss the options available to me. I was very worried now and asked him to elaborate, but he said I needed to see a specialist. He said he would page one right away.
So, I was sent out again and sat with hubby getting more and more concerned that something pretty major was wrong. We waited another hour and I was called again. The same doctor told me that I needed to go to a surgery over the road from the hospital to see the specialist. I asked when and he said that the doctor was expecting me.
We then had to take some paperwork and go over to the specialist surgery. I went to reception and explained that I had been sent by the hospital and they gave me a questionnaire to complete and asked me to wait.
We waited about 90 minutes before I was called. I was measured for height and weighed and then a doctor came in to ask me questions about my pain, family history etc. He then got another doctor who turned out to be the specialist obstetrician.
He was really nice and explained that my ultrasound had revealed an abnormality with my womb, but they could not tell from the pictures exactly what was wrong. He said it looked like I had two wombs and fibroids. The fibroid was pressing against my womb(s) causing them to deform. However he needed to get a better picture to see exactly what was going on and to see what if any action was needed. I have now been booked into have an MRI, but will have to go to Kingston to have it done. He said I may have to wait a while for the appointment. I finally left the surgery just after 4pm.
At least I now know that I am simply deformed and do not have anything life threatening. It is very strange that I have never wanted children, but now find that I possibly have two wombs. So, I will just have to wait now to get the MRI done and see what happens after that.
On a happier note, we spotted the porcupine in the garden again last night and he came right up to the back of the house, but he had wandered off again before we could get the camera out.
Also the robin has laid another egg, making four in total. Apparently they hatch after about 10-14 days, so we will be keeping watch. I will post pictures of the new arrivals when they appear.
he killdeer chicks are bigger still and are practicing flying. Well, then run along the garden flapping their stumpy wings – bless!
