Hey now!
Called my doctor's office today. I was told prior to surgery that I'd have to give up Advil, aspirin, Alleve, and basically everything else except for Tylenol and the prescription pain meds I got after surgery. Turns out that Tylenol works like CRAP for cramps, and the prescription pain meds make me...well, I don't even know how to describe it. It's like a combination of dizzy, totally high, and so nauseous I'd pay to be able to throw up to make it better. I discovered this last month at this time on my way to a Thirty One party...unfortunately AFTER I'd taken them. I was so dizzy I couldn't walk or get out of my chair, and so high that first I ordered crap I didn't want or need, and then the next day had NO memory of what I'd ordered at all. And then I couldn't even fill out the paperwork correctly, so the Thirty One lady called me on Monday to translate my chicken scratch into English. It was miserable, and embarassing, and not an experience I'm up for repeating. I couldn't even drive myself home.
Which leaves me in a bind at this particular time of the month. Losing 55 pounds has made my periods a whole lot more regular than they used to be. It's like being on the pill just about; I know not only to the day but to the time of day (late afternoon/early evening). But it's also made the cramps super bad again, like they were back in college where I'd go to the campus clinic once a month for a shot of Demerol. BAD bad bad. And Tylenol doesn't work at all. My personal theory is that it's because it is not an anti-inflammatory like Advil is; it's strictly pain relief. So, increased pain + lack of relief = one very very unhappy Angela.
Here's the good news: after I called and explained things to my surgeon's nurse, she told me I could take Advil!! Not regularly, and not a lot, but so long as I only take them no more than 2-3 days once a month shouldn't be a problem. I asked her to clarify, since the "shouldn't" wasn't all that definitive. She said so long as I don't have an upset stomach or vomiting or the like, then it will be fine for me to take. That made me SO happy!! For most of the evening, though, I was too nervous to take them. I think I'd read about potential negative consequences so long that I couldn't quite shake the heebie jeebies. But when I was ready to go to bed I knew I'd have to do something if I wanted to sleep, and discovered that after going a few months without taking them just 2 was enough to eliminate cramps completely. YAY!! In fact, taking them feels a whole lot like taking prescription, right down to the fact that 'm struggling a bit to keep my eyes open. And to type without typos. But still, no cramps!!
In other, less happy news, I hate my job. HATE MY JOB. I've given 21 years of my life to educating and taking care of fourth graders, but if had a guaranteed job anywhere else I'd walk out tomorrow wihtout looking back. The state of Texas started the process, lead by one very very stupid Governor Goodhair, and what the state didn't ruin will be taken care of by my district and the worst principal I've ever had the misfortune to work under. sometime soon I'll post abotu her, if only to have a chance to vent about some of the ignorant and asinine things she's pulled, but persistent insomnia plus lack of pain is just about to put me under. My eyes don't watn to stay open.
And in the saddest news of all, I made 18 mini-pumpkin loaves to give to the other fourth grade teachrs and some of teh staff I'm particularly close to. I took the first batch out and tested them and they were just lovely. Toothpick came out perfectly clean! Since that went so well, I didn't test the other two batches. After letting them cool fro a bit, I drizzled a little glaze over all of them and let that dry, then started taking them out to wrap them in my Christmas seran wrap. And the second and thir batches were NOT done!!!! When I pulled them out o fhte little loaf pan, there was a big bubble of batter left in the pan and a big hole in the middle of each loaf. If I had tested them I coul dhave popped them back in teh oven, but I didn't and after the glaze was on there was nothign I could do. Darn it.
Okay, now I really gotta go to bed. Night all!
Which leaves me in a bind at this particular time of the month. Losing 55 pounds has made my periods a whole lot more regular than they used to be. It's like being on the pill just about; I know not only to the day but to the time of day (late afternoon/early evening). But it's also made the cramps super bad again, like they were back in college where I'd go to the campus clinic once a month for a shot of Demerol. BAD bad bad. And Tylenol doesn't work at all. My personal theory is that it's because it is not an anti-inflammatory like Advil is; it's strictly pain relief. So, increased pain + lack of relief = one very very unhappy Angela.
Here's the good news: after I called and explained things to my surgeon's nurse, she told me I could take Advil!! Not regularly, and not a lot, but so long as I only take them no more than 2-3 days once a month shouldn't be a problem. I asked her to clarify, since the "shouldn't" wasn't all that definitive. She said so long as I don't have an upset stomach or vomiting or the like, then it will be fine for me to take. That made me SO happy!! For most of the evening, though, I was too nervous to take them. I think I'd read about potential negative consequences so long that I couldn't quite shake the heebie jeebies. But when I was ready to go to bed I knew I'd have to do something if I wanted to sleep, and discovered that after going a few months without taking them just 2 was enough to eliminate cramps completely. YAY!! In fact, taking them feels a whole lot like taking prescription, right down to the fact that 'm struggling a bit to keep my eyes open. And to type without typos. But still, no cramps!!
In other, less happy news, I hate my job. HATE MY JOB. I've given 21 years of my life to educating and taking care of fourth graders, but if had a guaranteed job anywhere else I'd walk out tomorrow wihtout looking back. The state of Texas started the process, lead by one very very stupid Governor Goodhair, and what the state didn't ruin will be taken care of by my district and the worst principal I've ever had the misfortune to work under. sometime soon I'll post abotu her, if only to have a chance to vent about some of the ignorant and asinine things she's pulled, but persistent insomnia plus lack of pain is just about to put me under. My eyes don't watn to stay open.
And in the saddest news of all, I made 18 mini-pumpkin loaves to give to the other fourth grade teachrs and some of teh staff I'm particularly close to. I took the first batch out and tested them and they were just lovely. Toothpick came out perfectly clean! Since that went so well, I didn't test the other two batches. After letting them cool fro a bit, I drizzled a little glaze over all of them and let that dry, then started taking them out to wrap them in my Christmas seran wrap. And the second and thir batches were NOT done!!!! When I pulled them out o fhte little loaf pan, there was a big bubble of batter left in the pan and a big hole in the middle of each loaf. If I had tested them I coul dhave popped them back in teh oven, but I didn't and after the glaze was on there was nothign I could do. Darn it.
Okay, now I really gotta go to bed. Night all!