Journey back to ME!!- I'm getting bugged!!

[keenercam]

Julie -- Congrats on the loss this week for BL#4!!

Totally swamped this week but wanted you to know you are in my thoughts. The race this weekend won't be the same without you!

 

[goldcupmom]

thanks, Cam! I can't believe you managed over 5 lbs gone!!!! You'll be gown shopping before you know it!!

I can't wait to hear the report on this weekend. Like I said, I'll be praying! Hopefully it won't be nearly as warm as last year!

 

[keenercam]

Thanks, sweetie! Keep up the great work this weekend while I am gone. Can't wait to hear how next week's weigh in goes for you!

 

[goldcupmom]

Well, today I REALLY feel like I have/am getting a sinus infection. Eyes tired, doing the snort & swallow routine. Nodes still swollen, coughing a little. I'm a bit apprehensive about the Dr, appt tomorrow morning because nodes always scare me, but, I think I really need more antibiotics!!! I dont' think they killed it all off the first time.

Got results from DD's blood today. As usual, on paper, she's the picture of health!!! She won't like it!! But, they're giving her another round of antibiotics to see if that takes care of it.

Have to run soon to pick DS18 up at work. Just booked our trip TO Florida as Southwest opened up thru 8/3. We need to return on 8/4, but at least half of it is in place....and FREE!!!

1/9 -

fiber 1 bar(2)
romaine(0)
boca veg chili(2)
ff cheese(2)
lt bread(1)
ff chz(1)
hot choc(2)
turkey(1)
oreo bites 100 cal pack(2)
banana w/ rf pb(4)
lt bread(1)
rf pb(4)

That leaves me with 11 pts for tonight. I'm trying to eat very late as my Dr appt isn't til 10:30 & I have to be fasting. Which , means of course, it will be near noon before I can have anything but water. My tummy & blood sugar won't be happy with me!

Went TWICE to the casino today with DSIL. The divorce is NOT going smoothly & the casino has a free slot tourney she wanted to play, so I went with her. I'm doing horribly!! But oh well......
Donated $20 this morning. Put in $40 total tonight ($60/day) but ended up winning just over $120, so I'm actually up!!

DH came after work & he & DSIL wanted to eat buffet. I went in & sat with them. DH kept trying to tempt me with goodies, but I had not a bite. I wasn't overly hungry & didn't need the fat, sodium, sugar, calories...especially right before blood work & WW WI (if I make it) Not sure what I will eat tonight, but plenty of points.

I'm really tired, but DD is at all state choir til around 10 when I have to pick her up at the school (fortunately just under a mile), then DS21 has to be taken to work at 1 a.m. not sure for how long. Gonna be another short, interrupted night! DD has to be up again at 5:15 & on the bus by 6:30 for another long choir day.

Hoping & praying for a good Dr. visit tomorrow. Throat is getting sorer & sorer. Nodes seem the same, drainage is BAD tonight & I'm hoarse again. UGH!!!! Will this EVER go away!!!!!

Happy Wednesday everyone!!!

 

[toystoryduo]

Julie,

I hope you and your DD are feeling better soon. Try and take it easy if you can.

 

[CACruisin']

First, that your Dr appt is going well. Sinus infections are the worst.

Great for you on resisting DH temptings and the buffet at the casino You really are getting back on track!

love that your casino donations paid back yesterday!

 

[goldcupmom]

Went to Dr. BP was messed up.....nurse tried to take - couldn't get it. Brought in machine & couldn't get it to work the first time. Told me just to relax.....right!!! Was 149/64....fairly normal for me in a Dr.

Said nodes were big...didn't seem too concerned....gave me doxycycline for 10 days.

Said my thyroid was 'borderline' enlarged. GREAT!!! No family history, but I know enlarged nodes/hoarseness/enlarged can mean cancer....can mean a virus too & nothing related to they thyroid!!! Sane mind, PLEASE kick in here!!!!! I really am the worst worriwort and hypochondriac!!

Did normal bloodwork & the thyroid, liver, etc, so if all is well, they'll mail me results. anything whacked & they'll call. I vote for the mail!!!

Went to WW very quickly this morning. Down 1.6!!!! 2.2 to go to reach pre cruise weight! If I can just lose .5, next week I'll be back in the 160s!!!!!

1/10 -

banana(1)
lc ravioli(4)
meringues(2)
lc meal(5)

this antibiotic is going to be a pain. Says you can't take w/in 2 hours of dairy, vitamins, antacids, etc. Ok, but also that needs to be taken 1 hr before or 2 hrs after a meal. Can be taken w/ a small meal/snack if necessary, but could interfere w/ the absorption. And i want it to WORK!!!!!! And, you're not supposed to lay down for 30 min after taking due to it causing acid refulx. so, I'm way low on points today & need to take meds so can't eat anymore. As it is I would like to just go to bed NOW!! My stress level has definitely increased rather than decreased following that Dr. appt!

I'm trying to convince myself that I'm fine, but it's not working. DDs nodes have pretty much disappeared, thankfully. Not sure about her side. Impending TOM doesn't help much, either! I guess I'm on hold until I get lab results & then either way I'll try to get in to an endocrinologist for peace of mind(hopefully!) Need to pray for more peace & less anxiety!

 

[DisDee]

I'm just like you Julie with the blood pressure being up every time I go to the doc. Usually they wait and try it a second time and then its OK. I'm a real Nervous Nellie too.

Hopefully your family will be done with all the medical issues real soon. I'm sure you've been sharing them back and forth. My DH had a nasty cold and horrible cough for about 10 days and it was right in the middle of my recuperation. I was so afraid that I would get it, so I cleaned everything he touched with anti-bac wipes. Thankfully I didn't get it cause I wouldn't have been able to handle the coughing with all my internal stitches. It hurt just to laugh.

Try to stay calm and think good thoughts. I'm a real believer in the mind/body connection. Have a wonderful day! Denise

 

[goldcupmom]

DS21 finally consented to go to Dr....but can't get him in until tomorrow at 1 -what did he expect?

Took the first antibiotic last night - & went to bed hungry! Took it 1st thing this morning & will have to figure out tonight's eating around it.

Have spent my waking hours fretting over the thyroid, nodes, scratchy sore throat, voice, etc. NOT good!!!!!! Have a call in to an Endo to set up a 'peace of mind' appt for after I get the blood results as I know it could easily take weeks here. I figure better safe than sorry. Ok, I go to see an Endo on 1/25 at 10:30 a.m. by then I'll have the blood test results and be off the antibiotics. I'm MUCH better at dealing with the known - good, bad, or ugly....the unknown simply makes me a basket case!!

1/11 -

ww yogurt/fiber 1 (1)
mixed nuts(4)
baked tostitos(2)
ff chz(2)
mint(1)
pizza(14)

 

[toystoryduo]

Julie,

Sending some extra get well and prayers your way today. Please try and take it easy if you can.

Have a good weekend!

 

[goldcupmom]

Thanks, Tracy! Prayers are very welcome & what I need!! Ever since I had a car accident in 94 & a drug reaction I've been paranoid about illness & the unknown, & then my DSis & her BC made it worse!

Yesterday spent the morning at All-State choir, then went to get new tires & my new daisy wheels put on my car. Out to dinner while they did that & then DH, DSil & I went to the casino. I didn't want to, but ended up going anyway to donate for a couple hours before picking DD up at work.

Finally got DS21 to go to Dr. for the crud. I made DH take him. He, too, has bronchitis & is on meds now. He, however, won't follow the directions! Oh well...... Woke me up at 2:30 screaming, crying, swearing because he wasn't better & expected me to do something. GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!

Food is difficult with the antibiotic I'm on. Can't eat when I want to for dinner or breakfast. Had pizza Saturday night....had plenty of points, but the sodium was nasty. then last night we went to a deli & I had a cup of french onion soup & half a reuben....again way too much sodium & the scale has risen 2.1 lbs in 2 days!!!

1/12 -

lt bread w/ rf pb(3)
sf latte(3)
lt bread/turkey(2)
fr onion soup(3)
1/2 sand(9)

I LOVE DWLZ as they have so many restaurant points listed. I was really surprised they had Jason's Deli which is where we ate.....wasn't as bad as I thought!

1/13 -

lt tortillas(2)
soy sausage(2)
egg b(1)
fiber1 bar(2)
baked tostitos(2)
ff chz(1)
skinny cow(2)
panini(7)
nuts(3)

 

[goldcupmom]

Not sure what today will bring....I'd like to get the Christmas tree down, but so far can't get anyone to bring in all the containers & they're too high up & too heavy for me to lift on a ladder over my head. Oh well.....guess we're ready for next year!!!!

Need to run to the grocery. Have a call in to the shirt place....I spent $45 on Saturday to buy DD a zip up hoodie at All State Choir & the first time she zipped it the pull & what it hooks to broke off. NOT happy I am!! Thankfully it's a local company & I used to do business with them for gymnastics so I'm pretty sure they will make it right.

1/14 -

lt bread(1)
sm banana(1)
rf pb(2)
fiber 1 bar(2)
skinny cow(2)
lt bread(1)
turkey(1)
pork roast(4)
onion(0)
potato(3)
carrots(1)

Dinner is ready to turn on & I will need to have eaten by about 5:30 so I can take my medicine in time to go to bed at a decent hour...whether anyone is home or not, I'm eating!!!

 

[toystoryduo]

Julie,

I am sending a mega dose of prayers and for your family to get healthy again. I'm sorry to hear that your DS21 has bronchitis. I hope he'll start taking his meds soon and stop taking his illness out on you.

Please be sure and take good care of you and do something special just for you, today, okay?

Have a great Tuesday!

 

[goldcupmom]

thanks, Tracy! DS21 takes EVERYTHING out on me, sick or not. He worked yesterday from 2 - 2a & has to be back at noon today & I know it's hard when he's sick as it's very physical labor (building basketball courts for the Harlem Globetrotters tomorrow night), but....... Hopefully the medicine is helping some.

I hesitate to think that the new meds are helping, but I THINK MAYBE the nodes are going down a little. My voice is seeming a bit stronger too. I can live w/ a thyroid problem....many do, but DH & his 'all the symptoms of thyroid cancer' has me thrown for a loop!!

Lost 1.1 this week for BL4. Hopefully I'll see good numbers at WW on Thursday! This medicine is keeping me from having anything to eat after about 5:30, so I would think that would help eventually. So would making it to the gym!!!!!

1/15 -

ww yogurt/fiber 1(1)
panini(7)
fiber 1 bar(2)
skinny cow(2)
lc flatbread(7) - better than a panini even!!
banana(3) w/ rf pb

 

[goldcupmom]

Wednesday this month is casino day. DSil wants me to do the slot tourney with her (free) and it's each Wed. morning & evening. Hard to get anything done in between! we're hoping that one of us gets enough points some session to get DH the leather jacket he wants so badly. She was w/i 200 points last week.

1/16 -
kids clif bar(2)
hot choc(3)
flatbread(7)
nuts(4)
lt bread(2)
ff chz(2)

 

[goldcupmom]

1/17 -

2 lt tortillas(2)
egg beaters(1)
ff chz(1)
boca sausage(2)
lt bread(2)
ff chz(2)
soup(5)

Made it quickly to WI this morning between running DS18 & picking DS21 up.
Down 1.0 which puts me in a NEW DECADE!!!!
Hello 160's - Goodbye 170's! Goodbye 1 pt of food on WW!

I'm now 1.2 above my pre-cruise weight and 7.4 above the low WW weight ever - 10/11/03 - OUCH!! I really think that when I hit that I became afraid of making it to goal which officially was 150 then. I'm .6 from the 30 lb clippie....gonna make it mine next week!

Still no word on my blood test results - hopefully that means they are in the mail. Nodes still swollen on left, but I do think they have come down. Right side almost gone. These antibiotics must really be cleaning my sinuses. This morning again (about every other day) I woke totally clogged with 'yellow glue'. I'm just wondering if I need more than the 3 days I have left. Guess time will tell...... I wish next friday would hurry up & get here as I think I will be better knowing whatever than the not knowing.

Off to get stuff done....will likely have to run errands all day tomorrow.....ugh!!!! But hopefully it will be warmer than today....we're 17 & WINDY!!!!! NOT common for here!!

 

[goldcupmom]

Just got blood test results. On paper I look good!

In comparing to 8/2005 :

Triglycerides were 116 - Now 91 - want under 150
Total Cholesterol was 191 - Now 186 - want under 200
HDL - good cholesterol 56 - was 60 - want over 40 - this increases w/ exercise which I haven't in months!
LDL - bad cholesterol 112 - was 116 - want below 100 for optimal

Only thing off other than LDL was my sodium which was 135 & normal is 136 - 146 - I drink a lot of water!

My White count seemed on the low side to me being 4500 when normal is 4000 - 10,800, but on my old results it was 4.0 & the normal was 4.0 - 10.6 (so I assume it's the same scale). Guess I just don't have a lot of white cells.

Good news, but no help in figuring out why my thyroid might be borderline enlarged nor my nodes....oh well...

then I found results from 10/3/96 - weight 187 Total cholesterol was 216, LDL was 134, HDL was 30, Triglycerides 261.... BMI was 34.2 - now it's 30. From cardiologist who did this they wanted my BMI at 27.3 or below. which would be 154 or less.

 

[DisDee]

I bet you're glad that your results look good. Hopefully you get some peace of mind. Perhaps when you're well again and off the meds, you'll have a little less anxiety. Hang in there and think healthy!!!

 

[keenercam]

Hey, Julie! Congratulations on all the improvements on your blood test results!
I hope you are feeling reassured about your health now.

So, are you considering doing the Minnie 15k? I will be there and was hoping to see you and give my BL buddy a hug in person!

Sending you a huge and !

 

[goldcupmom]

Thanks Cam & Dee! Life here has literally gone to the dogs!!!

Friday I was just plain lazy early, then STRESS galore later. DS18 rode his cycle down to work to meet with someone for Bible study - got there & the radiator on his bike was spewing fluid out the front - will cost just under $1300 to replace it - poor kids money is going way too fast! I had to go rescue him & figure it out as DH was busy. Saturday up at 4 as usual to get DS18 to work at 5, then follow him to cycle shop to drop off the bike (which he had left in the 'cage' at CFA overnight)

While picking up DS18 on Friday night, DD checked her schedule - not working this week. When she asked, one of DS18 friends told her the owner had written her up & suspended her. When she got the paper to sign it said she had 'refused' to go into the parking lot alone after dark to pick up trash from among the cars - she did - DH was waiting for her & watched it. But, when the owner left 2 hours later, he found "a drink cup, and a soda can in the back near the dumpster" So, obviously, DD was slacking. Bottom line, she refused to sign the paper (I told her not to) & she simply wrote in large bold letters....I QUIT! The owner started off as a real nice guy, but the money he has made has really gone to his head. He's about to lose most of his staff....So, off to job hunt again with DD.

Then if that isn't enough for one day, DS18 borrows my car to meet a friend from UNM who had just gotten back from break. He txts me about an hour later, afraid to come home. She brought him back a 6 wk old siberian husky puppy. Typical of this girl - art major, kind of ditzy, would give anyone ANYTHING if she thought they wanted it/needed it.

So, he can't refuse it as she lives in the dorm, can't leave a 6 wk old puppy at Starbucks, so home she comes. Very cute, very scared (until she started coming alive today ) & weighs about 6 lbs. DS18 of course claims he will do all for her & once we peeled DH off the ceiling he is ok with the pup.
However, DS18 is either at school or work 6 days a week.....guess who just got a new walking buddy?

And, of course, DD is devastated. Says now she will never get to have a dog, it's not her fault that her cat hasn't died, etc. She has been driving me NUTS since Saturday night.

Thus, my eating has been out of control & not journaled. I hate the thought of WW on Thursday! WAY too much Chocolate!!!!!

Thyroid Dr called yesterday when I was running DS21 to work & had to cancel my appt for Friday - I've called back, but can't seem to reach them to reschedule.

While I'm very thankful my blood work looked good, I'd still like another opinion on the nodes & thyroid.I do believe the nodes are coming down, tho, but I'm done with the antibiotics & still have a fairly icky sinus problem.

Off to try to get a vet appt for the pup, start dinner, & walk pup around the block - about 1/2 mile - to wear her out a bit. DS18 has named her Musashi - will call her Sashi...DH calls here Sausage....