Introducing downtown Rochester

I thought it would be fun to give you an idea of where JB and I live. Take a look at the picture below. The red star is Rochester Towers where we live. The yellow star is the parking garage we walk into on cold days to slip into the underground. The light blue star is the building where I work (on the 6th floor.) The pink star is the main building of the clinic (called The Mayo Building) although every building you see is actually part of the Mayo Clinic. You can see some AWESOME virtual tours of inside this amazing building. The green star is where Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation is even though this picture doesn't show it. The blue star is where St. Mary's Hospital is -- again, not shown in this picture.

Here is another view of downtown and where we live. Our house is not numbered, but it is immediately above the #9. #1 is the Guggenheim building where I work. The Retless Legs Syndrome Foundation is right under the sign that says "NORTH". #2 and #8 are the main Clinic buildlings. #4 is the gorgeous Plummer building. #9 is the Baldwin buildling where I see my family care doctor. #7 is the other hospital: Methodist. Inbetween 8 and 7 is Charlton where I go for all my infertility appointments.

Okay, speaking of the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation. Here is a close up picture of this buildling since you can't see it in any of the images above.

Below is a close-up picture of the Guggenheim buildling where I work.

So that's our home in Rochester, MN. I also have our countdown continuing below. I start my lupron shots on Monday! I go off the BCP's on Thursday (Prasie the Lord). As I mentioned in my previous post, I actually went in to see my family practioner to get some stronger medicine for my head. I had a very good weekend but Tuesday night started getting hit bigtime again. Actually, both the doctor and I believe that I am getting migraines but I am not getting the normal vision loss (therefore I am thinking that they aren't migraines when they really are.) He said this will most definitely clear up within 10 days of going of the pill. He also said I can take up to 13 of these powerful pills a day. There is NO way that I can handle that many as they make me "darned-loopy". However, I am starting to enjoy the loopiness in exchange for the headaches.

Your prayers are so appreciated right now as I have gotten very frustrated during the last week. I just got off the phone with my Grama Huisman whom I called for big-time prayer. Calling isn't easy for me, but my Aunt Linda suggested it, and I decided she was right, and I needed to call in "The Grama" for prayer! Grama was happy to deliver! :)

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Days until I start Lupron: 2

Days until I go off birth control pills:6

Days until I start stims: 13