I got another bag of free drugs! I love my doctor.
I'm Sure Happy It's Thursday.
Had a follow-up with the doctor this morning about all the meds she gave me two weeks ago.
Told her I am sleeping better and feeling better mood-wise but still exhausted. She said it would take about a month for me to catch up my energy levels and really start feeling normal again. Gave me another bag full of free drugs and said to come back in a month.
Also, I'm still having breathing problems with my nose and a lot of pain. The stuff she gave me for that helped some but not enough, so she gave some more but also a referral to an ENT to see what's up. So I'm on the right track for getting better. Told her I am sleeping better and feeling better mood-wise but still exhausted. She said it would take about a month for me to catch up my energy levels and really start feeling normal again. Gave me another bag full of free drugs and said to come back in a month.
Also, I'm still having breathing problems with my nose and a lot of pain. The stuff she gave me for that helped some but not enough, so she gave some more but also a referral to an ENT to see what's up. So I'm on the right track for getting better.
Unfortunately on Monday night I got this horrible stomach ache at like midnight and then spent the entire night running to the bathroom. ugh. It was so awful...it was like delayed food poisoning from lunch, since I didn't eat dinner. I had to call in sick on Tuesday. Ick. Better now, though.
Plus, more good news, I lost 5 lbs. between last visit and this one. Yay! I have definitely noticed a decrease in my appetite since I went on the Cymbalta, but also I haven't been drinking as much because I'd rather be able to take my sleepy pill and rest instead. So, good for me. Maybe I can start working out again when I have some energy back.
Played poker on Monday with Debra and P. Was a lot of fun--and I ended up winning! It was crazy, I got so lucky in the end--when we got to heads-up, I had $1,200 and the other guy had $38,800. Do not ask how I came back from that much of a defecit! Great cards mostly, but also some skill. The semi-finals for the next big tournament (the one that P won last time) starts Friday, so P and I will be playing in that. Debra plays on Saturday, which is too bad, I would've liked to go together. Anyway, big poker tourney, yay! Always fun. I love the atmosphere of fifty poker tables all in one room, the clinking of the chips and shuffle of cards and voices and the big clock...dunno why, but every tourney I've played in has had this particular sound that I just love.
My friend Patty's mom died on Tuesday morning. She was in her 70s and had been fighting cancer for a long, long time so it wasn't entirely unexpected. Still, I am so sad for her. When I talked to her yesterday she was holding up well but said she just keeps thinking, "What am I going to do without her?" I know the feeling. Plus, my aunt is sick and it makes me worry about her...she's just gotten out of the hospital again, but she hasn't needed a transfusion in like a year, so I'm hoping this is not an indicator that she's getting worse. I worry for her, I worry for my cousins
Had a follow-up with the doctor this morning about all the meds she gave me two weeks ago.
Told her I am sleeping better and feeling better mood-wise but still exhausted. She said it would take about a month for me to catch up my energy levels and really start feeling normal again. Gave me another bag full of free drugs and said to come back in a month.
Also, I'm still having breathing problems with my nose and a lot of pain. The stuff she gave me for that helped some but not enough, so she gave some more but also a referral to an ENT to see what's up. So I'm on the right track for getting better. Told her I am sleeping better and feeling better mood-wise but still exhausted. She said it would take about a month for me to catch up my energy levels and really start feeling normal again. Gave me another bag full of free drugs and said to come back in a month.
Also, I'm still having breathing problems with my nose and a lot of pain. The stuff she gave me for that helped some but not enough, so she gave some more but also a referral to an ENT to see what's up. So I'm on the right track for getting better.
Unfortunately on Monday night I got this horrible stomach ache at like midnight and then spent the entire night running to the bathroom. ugh. It was so awful...it was like delayed food poisoning from lunch, since I didn't eat dinner. I had to call in sick on Tuesday. Ick. Better now, though.
Plus, more good news, I lost 5 lbs. between last visit and this one. Yay! I have definitely noticed a decrease in my appetite since I went on the Cymbalta, but also I haven't been drinking as much because I'd rather be able to take my sleepy pill and rest instead. So, good for me. Maybe I can start working out again when I have some energy back.
Played poker on Monday with Debra and P. Was a lot of fun--and I ended up winning! It was crazy, I got so lucky in the end--when we got to heads-up, I had $1,200 and the other guy had $38,800. Do not ask how I came back from that much of a defecit! Great cards mostly, but also some skill. The semi-finals for the next big tournament (the one that P won last time) starts Friday, so P and I will be playing in that. Debra plays on Saturday, which is too bad, I would've liked to go together. Anyway, big poker tourney, yay! Always fun. I love the atmosphere of fifty poker tables all in one room, the clinking of the chips and shuffle of cards and voices and the big clock...dunno why, but every tourney I've played in has had this particular sound that I just love.
My friend Patty's mom died on Tuesday morning. She was in her 70s and had been fighting cancer for a long, long time so it wasn't entirely unexpected. Still, I am so sad for her. When I talked to her yesterday she was holding up well but said she just keeps thinking, "What am I going to do without her?" I know the feeling. Plus, my aunt is sick and it makes me worry about her...she's just gotten out of the hospital again, but she hasn't needed a transfusion in like a year, so I'm hoping this is not an indicator that she's getting worse. I worry for her, I worry for my cousins