Far too long Yay/Boo! Update
Yay! Melissa came to visit last week.
Yay! Battlestar Galactica and Firefly! (I've already finished through disk three)
Yay! Silliness. Talking. Catching up.
Boo! I miss her a lot.
Boo! I miss April a lot too.
Yay! School starts next week. I am so ready to be back.
Boo! The only upper level Latin class being offered is one I have already taken. So I take Freshman core classes instead...
Yay! This means an easy semester to ease back into school (and possibly be able to sit in on the Latin II class to get a good review)
Yay! I'm taking Music Appreciation this fall. Easy required class + excuse to listen to and enjoy good music = Goodness.
Scream! Samford requires that half of ALL credit hours earned (not just those required for the degree) be from them in order to graduate. I have 93 transfer hours, most of which count for nothing except 'general elective' because Samford doesn't have an equivalent class. This means I have to earn an additional 93 hours from Samford to graduate. That's over 3 years worth of work. RIDICULOUS! We're trying to figure out how to fix this, but Samford is exceedingly stupid, and no one seems to be able (or want) to help me. They just keep passing me around. If there is no way around the 93 hour thing, I might as well transfer back to UGA: I could finish in a year with a double major and a minor for much less money.
Boo! Trying to figure out medicines. I don't keep the pills down well, but the once-a-day liquid doesn't seem to be as effective. Leading to consideration of possible PICC once cooler weather gets here
Boo! Central lines SUCK.
Yay! IV antibiotics are more reliable and work quicker with fewer GI side effects.
Boo! IV antibiotics typically have worse Herx reactions.
Yay! IV antibiotics could mean a faster recovery (long term)
Yay! My new comforter cover finally arrived, so now my room matches and is all pretty!
Boo! Most recent lab results arrived: "Low BUN and RBC indicates protein and iron deficiency. Liver enzymes elevated." I'm tired of reading this. I'm always deficient without TPN, and I'm beginning to wonder my liver enzymes will ever be normal again. However, nothing is extremely low and the liver enzymes are not dangerously high. They're just higher than they should be.
Boo! Between Herx reactions and my body eating itself, I hurt. All the time. No matter what.
Boo! My hips and hands and knees and ankles ache. Especially my hips and hands. I can't even open my pill bottles most mornings. And the only thing that seems to help is taking benadryl twice a day. Which only helps a little, but makes me even more sleepy than I already am. Which isn't going to work with school.
Boo! I'm not sleeping through the night because I wake up hurting (despite benadryl and Tylenol PM before bed). Which once again, makes me even more tired than I already am.
Boo! So I end up drink lots and lots of coffee on days that I have things I need/want to do. Which makes my heart feel funny.
Boo! This heat is making my heart and tummy CRAZY. Sometimes it really frightens me.
Boo! Between buggies eating my brain and the lack of nutrition, I am overly emotional and depressive again. Which scares me because I know this downward spiral all too well. I don't want to talk to anyone. I feel constantly irritated and snappy. I'm overly critical and condemning of myself, feel constantly 'bad' and 'guilty', and can't seem to shut my brain down sometimes. Old habits just don't seem to ever go away. I don't want to be an annoying burden to my friends. I don't want to be this mopey depressed creature than I am becoming again. I don't want to be afraid of myself.
Yay! I recognize that this is not normal or healthy and am trying my hardest not to let it get away from me.
Yay! I couldn't ask for better friends
Super yay! I really do have the most wonderful man ever. I love him so much, and I couldn't ask for anything more.
I'm gonna go take a nap now.
Yay! Battlestar Galactica and Firefly! (I've already finished through disk three)
Yay! Silliness. Talking. Catching up.
Boo! I miss her a lot.
Boo! I miss April a lot too.
Yay! School starts next week. I am so ready to be back.
Boo! The only upper level Latin class being offered is one I have already taken. So I take Freshman core classes instead...
Yay! This means an easy semester to ease back into school (and possibly be able to sit in on the Latin II class to get a good review)
Yay! I'm taking Music Appreciation this fall. Easy required class + excuse to listen to and enjoy good music = Goodness.
Scream! Samford requires that half of ALL credit hours earned (not just those required for the degree) be from them in order to graduate. I have 93 transfer hours, most of which count for nothing except 'general elective' because Samford doesn't have an equivalent class. This means I have to earn an additional 93 hours from Samford to graduate. That's over 3 years worth of work. RIDICULOUS! We're trying to figure out how to fix this, but Samford is exceedingly stupid, and no one seems to be able (or want) to help me. They just keep passing me around. If there is no way around the 93 hour thing, I might as well transfer back to UGA: I could finish in a year with a double major and a minor for much less money.
Boo! Trying to figure out medicines. I don't keep the pills down well, but the once-a-day liquid doesn't seem to be as effective. Leading to consideration of possible PICC once cooler weather gets here
Boo! Central lines SUCK.
Yay! IV antibiotics are more reliable and work quicker with fewer GI side effects.
Boo! IV antibiotics typically have worse Herx reactions.
Yay! IV antibiotics could mean a faster recovery (long term)
Yay! My new comforter cover finally arrived, so now my room matches and is all pretty!
Boo! Most recent lab results arrived: "Low BUN and RBC indicates protein and iron deficiency. Liver enzymes elevated." I'm tired of reading this. I'm always deficient without TPN, and I'm beginning to wonder my liver enzymes will ever be normal again. However, nothing is extremely low and the liver enzymes are not dangerously high. They're just higher than they should be.
Boo! Between Herx reactions and my body eating itself, I hurt. All the time. No matter what.
Boo! My hips and hands and knees and ankles ache. Especially my hips and hands. I can't even open my pill bottles most mornings. And the only thing that seems to help is taking benadryl twice a day. Which only helps a little, but makes me even more sleepy than I already am. Which isn't going to work with school.
Boo! I'm not sleeping through the night because I wake up hurting (despite benadryl and Tylenol PM before bed). Which once again, makes me even more tired than I already am.
Boo! So I end up drink lots and lots of coffee on days that I have things I need/want to do. Which makes my heart feel funny.
Boo! This heat is making my heart and tummy CRAZY. Sometimes it really frightens me.
Boo! Between buggies eating my brain and the lack of nutrition, I am overly emotional and depressive again. Which scares me because I know this downward spiral all too well. I don't want to talk to anyone. I feel constantly irritated and snappy. I'm overly critical and condemning of myself, feel constantly 'bad' and 'guilty', and can't seem to shut my brain down sometimes. Old habits just don't seem to ever go away. I don't want to be an annoying burden to my friends. I don't want to be this mopey depressed creature than I am becoming again. I don't want to be afraid of myself.
Yay! I recognize that this is not normal or healthy and am trying my hardest not to let it get away from me.
Yay! I couldn't ask for better friends
Super yay! I really do have the most wonderful man ever. I love him so much, and I couldn't ask for anything more.
I'm gonna go take a nap now.