Hey there SG friends!
Sorry for the delay between blogs, but having depression and being unemployed I don't have too much to write about...
Sertraline seems to be helping my anxiety/depression and I'm due to go back to the doctor on Wednesday for a review on my progress. Still no news about therapy, but I still have 2 months left on the waiting list so I don't expect to hear about that anytime soon.
The pain seems to be coming in cycles now, which is better than before but it doesn't take much to set the pain off. I guess the only option I have left is to go for the surgery, but I'm still wary about that because they'll have to remove the whole testicle instead of just removing the cyst. It's more complicated because of my medical history (being born with undescended testicles and having to have two operations to bring them down when I was a child), seemingly the first operation was a botched job and as a result my left testicle didn't form right (the connections are all there, just in the wrong places). Sadly it's my left testicle that has the cyst, and because of where the cyst is it can't be removed because there's too much risk of cutting off the blood supply to the testicle. The fact that the specialist himself advised me not to rush into having the surgery has made me even more wary, despite the GP's advising me to go for the surgery...
Other than intermittent pain and depression I've been doing okay lately. I've been knitting more, and I shared some pictures of some of my work here. Since I'm unemployed at the moment I'm considering knitting and selling my work on Etsy, but at the moment I'm working on learning different patterns and stuff. I'm still to learn how to knit Fair Isle, which is the pattern Shetland is famous for.
Haven't been to the cinema lately because our local cinema hasn't been showing anything worth seeing lately. Still waiting to see Captain America 2, because it's not showing here until 19th April.
We treated our Mothers to the usual Mother's Day lunch at a restaurant the other weekend, and it went very well. Much better than last year when Mum was in a mood and ruined things by having a go at me through the whole meal last year. This year it was a vast improvement and a good time was had by mostly everyone. My anxiety kicked in and spoiled things for me because it was really busy and I couldn't cope with the noise.
That's about all my news for now, hope you all have a good week!
