Mauro Perucchetti

Mauro Perucchetti

Mauro Perucchetti 

to read the artist's biography, click here

 

Read the Fine Print

Some ads (and some celebrities) make me want to hurl.  

La vie est belle

Ugly Flowers

Talk about a color explosion.  A color abomination.

The only two people I can think of that might like these flowers are Jerry Garcia and Betsey Johnson.

These flowers are available for purchase at Fiesta Roses.

At Fiesta Roses, we’ve mastered the art of dyeing roses so well that we can ensure each petal is whatever color we want it to be. So naturally we specialize in the supremely cheerful rainbow roses. It’s all about putting together a striking color palette, using fresh, top-quality flowers, and presenting them to your loved one in a beautiful arrangement.


I'd rather get black roses. Or dead roses. OR NO ROSES.

Phew!

 

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My endometiral biopsy results are in (a little early!), and they revealed no abnormal cells/cancer! Yay! YAY! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, at least the worst option is off of the table at this point, which is a YUGE relief.  

This is going to sound super psycho, but sometimes I chant to myself that I will never get cancer.  HA!  That is my hope, and it can't hurt to chant it every now and again.  But it is awfully nice to get official notification that I don't have cancer.  PHEW!!!!!!!

I have to make a follow-up appointment to figure out exactly why I had a period that lasted over four weeks.  The doctor mentioned that it might be best for me to get a Mirena IUD to help with the heavy bleeding, and that it would have a protective effect on the endometrium.  I am hoping my problem was some kind of fluke, but I will hear the doctor out, have another exam + ultrasound to check out the goods, and I will most likely do what she thinks is best.  That being said, I really prefer to be au natural, but I will definitely take her advice into consideration.

If any of you have experience with the Mirena IUD, I would love to hear your thoughts on it.
 

Thank you so much for your comments and emails.  You guys really are the best support system EVER, and you help me so much when I am stumbling and bumbling through life.  So thank you.  :)

 
Side note: Whenever I get good news from a doctor, I am so relieved, but it always gives me pause and makes me think of people that have received terrible news from a doctor.  Have you ever been in a doctor's office and seen somebody bawling?  One time I went in for a mammogram and I saw a woman sobbing as she clutched her husband. It was heartbreaking. My heart goes out to anyone facing scary health issues. 

Period

still from The Descent

Proceed with caution -- this post is all about PERIODS, as in menstrual cycles.

Joy of all possible joys, my latest period has lasted over FOUR FUCKING WEEKS. 

I absolutely loathe going to see any type of doctor, so instead of doing what I should have done a week ago, I scrambled all over the internet and polled friends and family to see if ANYONE had ever experienced something similar.

I was a little nervous to ask my Mom (she being the woman that can't say "breast" or "bra", let alone "hoo hoo") about her periods, but I finally wrote her a quick email and explained my situtation. I knew she had had a hysterectomy when I was a teenager, but I didn't know why.  This is what she wrote me:

Hysterectomy at age 38, in 1980. Fibroids. Periods were sometimes 2 weeks apart and sometimes lasted 10 days. Whenever I would fly (airplane) or go to different altitude seemed to start period, regardless of when I had last one. I had a lot of clots, also. They did not take my ovaries so did not have those problems that come with menopause then. Definitely get it checked out, icky though it is. They told me I needed one at about 35 but kept putting it off. Let me know if you need any more info. Love, mom

GULP! How horrendous is that?!?!?!? So after reading about my Mom's issues, I finally emailed my doctor. At first he thought I might just be experiencing PERIMENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS -- which is a horrifying prospect in and of itself -- but he revised his assessment when he reviewed my family medical history which includes ovarian, uterine and breast cancer. He referred me to an OB/GYN, and I finally went to see her yesterday.

MORE JOY, my period was very, very heavy the day of my appointment with the OB/GYN. OMFG, HOW DISGUSTING IS THAT?!?!?!? Despite the fact that my mortification level was THROUGH THE FUCKING ROOF, the doctor didn't seem all that deterred and got busy checking out my insides.  Apparently it is difficult to get a good ultrasound reading if a woman is on her period -- the gore must get in the way -- but she tried.  She ended up taking a couple of biopsies (OUCH -- that is where they "snatch" a couple of chunks tissue samples from your insides).

The doctor told me the prolonged bleeding could be a fluke hormonal shift due to stress, or it could be something minor, or something semi-minor, or it might be semi-serious, or worse. GULP.  But the biopsy results should come back within a week. Fingers crossed that all will be ok. In the meantime, she put me on a hormonal med that should even out my whackadoo cycle. Hopefully, as I am sick to death of having my period. Then again, I am not jumping up and down at the thought that I might need a hysterectomy if things are bad.  But I am getting ahead of myself, and I just need to wait for those damn test results so that I know what needs to be done.

Enough about me!  Any similar stories out there???? Thank the lard above we can just talk about this shit now-a-days.

Not Exactly Design on a Dime

The design auctions at Wright make me drool. Here are my favorites from the upcoming Living Contemporary sale which takes place September 27, 2012 (you can hover over each image to see the designer name, plus lot number):

To find out more info on these works and many more, click here.

Celebrity Satin

A couple of weeks ago I was watching Project Runway and cackling when Michael Kors proclaimed, "Nobody should wear tight satin!" I agree. In fact, I think there are generally MUCH BETTER FABRIC CHOICES AVAILABLE besides satin. Sometimes it looks so cheap and shiny, and it puckers and wrinkles in the most unfortunate places! And I hate how it looks around the belly area, particularly if the satin is tight. But that is just me.

Full disclosure: when I was about seven years old I BEGGED AND BEGGED AND BEGGED my parents to get me satin sheets and a satin comforter for Christmas. I did this year after year, and my requests were ignored. Perhaps that was a good thing.