Back in Canada...

Arrived safe and sound on Saturday night. When we went to wait for the bus (which doesn't take 2-3 minutes like in London), I discovered that we are still in winter-mode in Canada. The next day, we rented a car and went shopping, visited the bix-box outlets in South Keys, drove around Bank Street and the Glebe and made it back in time for the Sunday night show lineup. Monday was spent completing a series of errands and planning to see everyone I hadn't seen in over six months. It's a crazy thing being back in Ottawa.

Happy to be back but the next nine weeks will be busy with learning Spanish, studying for my finals and trying to spend quality time with Jessica, friends and family...

Today, Jess and I went to see another specialist, this time in the arena of the stomach. He was very nice but the blob (we'll call him Bob the Blob from now on) is about the size of a sofball, quite round and about 8cm in diameter. Bob the Blob is a mass of fat with a bit of blood vessels. He likes to feed off the ovaries and bowel which makes it difficult for the specialist to choose who will take Bob the Blob out of Jessica. Bob likes it in there but Jessica would like to see him move to a new address.

The specialist was surprised with Jessica's symptoms, indicating that these masses usually don't produce any of these symptoms and was not convinced removing Bob would solve the underlying stomach problems. Given we have ruled out acid reflux, allergic reactions, exotic diseases caught in North Africa and Bob the Blob to be the cause of the stomach problems, we are quite perplexed. However, Bob may still be partly responsible for this and the sooner this unwanted guests moves out, the faster we'll know what the next step is in order to bring Jessica back to good health.

She should see the specialist next week and hopefully get an operation time (as the gyneocologist also needs to be there for the operation due to its location near the pelvic area).

Bob the Blob, please go home!