I had a hard morning today, very volatile mood, snapped at my daughter a bit. I think (hope) it is PMS. I expect my cycle in 2-3 days.

This afternoon, I had an annual exam & well woman exam with my primary care doctor. They lately started doing well woman exams at my family doctor's, and that is nice, one less co-pay, and you can get 2 annual exams out of the way with one appointment. Annual exam went well though I had to go over the ulcer surgery with the doc since I hadn't been in to see her since that had taken place. I was smart this time around and had bloodwork my pdoc had me do in May faxed over to my PCP (I knew the insurance wouldn't cover it twice). She told me to eat more green leafy vegetables because my iron is low (it always seems to be low) but that everything else looked fine. I told her about having to change pdocs because of my old one of 10 yrs is retiring; she knows my new pdoc and said he is very good. I have been seeing my PCP since before I got married, probably around 15 years now and followed her when she changed practices because good doctors are hard to come by!

She did the well woman exam, and I got a pap even though I had one last year, but I think that is due to having ovarian cancer on both my mother's & father's sides of the family (aunts of mine). Not much fun, but at least, it's done. I got the written order for the mammogram and bone density scan (history of osteopenia from the ED, and it's been over 5 years since I last had a scan).

My daughter is bored and bugging me constantly, wanting to read over my shoulder as I type, which annoys me to no end. I wish she'd use the energy to clean up her room and get rid of toys she's outgrown and never plays with any more.