I had a fairly good day. I woke up at 830 a.m. all on my own! Then I got up and got my things together and went to Starbucks which I hadn't done in quite some time. I got a coffee and some pumpkin bread and talked on the phone to Caleb for nearly 3 hours. Then I had to go to the doctor. I had made this appointment over a year ago. I'd had a Mirena IUD placed in 2014 because of heavy periods. My periods then disappeared. (Not unheard of.). So I'd never met this doctor before but she was very nice. I'd gone through my 3 pregnancies in this OB/Gyn office back 20+ years ago. So this new doctor was very nice. We talked about why I was getting it removed- it had run its course basically. The hormones were depleted basically. I hadn't had a period since I got the IUD- she said it might come back and it might not since I'm approaching menopause. Even though I haven't had a period in over a year- manyany years- I don't think I'm in menopause yet. We'll see if my body turns my cycles back on after having the progesterone from the IUD in there. I'd brought a liner with me in case I had spotting but it turned out I needed a pad. The bleeding has slowed some now in the past 7 and a half hours. All this is normal. While I was in my appointment she also went ahead and did my pap smear. So I've just been laying down on the couch with my hot water on my lower abdomen and my back hurt some too. Oh! And the scale at the Dr's office reflected my weight loss!

Anyway maybe that's all TMI.

P.S. Last Friday, after not having any money deposited into my food stamp card since at least December I went to my pdoc's office case manager and she and I went to DHS and a woman helped us to leave a note for my case manager there. Today I received notice in the mail that I have been approved!