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Hey look, it's me again.
For those of you on facebook, most of this will be shit you've already read. But some people haven't taken that running leap into 2010....;-)
I bought myself a new nose ring yesterday. It's a sapphire blue color and I love love love it. I'm still on the lookout for an australian fire opal on, but they're hard to find in surgical steel or titanium. Anyway, I have a lump on the inside of my nostril....past the piercing hole...that I had my piercing guru check out. She was a bit worried and wants me to wear my nose ring with the tail pointing forward for awhile to see if that help with the swelling. I think I'll have Dr. Liu check it out too next time I see him.
I'm seriously considering having my lip pierced. Not my lip lip, like when people wear a ring. But the between the lip and the chin spot. I haven't discussed it with Tom though. I won't do it if it grosses him out, because the poor guy has to look at me every day....;-)
Naisa got her finger stuck in a CD tonight. Ha! Note to self: Never stick finger in CD hole. That kid is an endless font of entertainment. Yesterday she bent over in the car and nearly knocked herself out on the dashboard...;-)
Therapy has been uneventful recently. No major breakthroughs because we're taking a break after the last big one. We've just been working on my horrible anxiety and how to manage it. You know, without drugs. I much prefer the drug route, but I'll humor the doc....;-)
Other than that, life has been ok. My mood stabalizer (I just can't spell that word) seems to be working well. I'd like it to work a little better, but the other doc (one handles the head and one handles the meds) wants to let it build up in my system before we go any higher. I'll humor her too.
We're taking Scotty in for his first appointment with the specialists on Tuesday. I'm really nervous...though I shouldn't be. I just can't stop feeling like they're going to think that his growth issues are a reflection of my parenting skills. I know they won't think that, but I still worry. I've always kind of felt like if I were a better mother, he wouldn't be dangerously small. I know that's not the case, but parenting isn't always rational.
I got my results back from all the lab work I had done. The only major concern is my cholesterol. Though my weight loss did drop it by almost 60 points.
Blood count - perfect
Glycosylated Hgb - Very good at 5.5
Cholesterol - 243 (down from 300)
"Good" Cholesterol - 80....incredibly high, which gives me a lot of protection from the bad.
"Bad" Cholesterol - 143 - not so hot...should be under 130
Triglicerides - 102...pretty dang good
Sodium - Perfect at 138
Potassium - Good at 3.8
Glucose/Blood sugar - perfect at 92
Thyroid - Borderline low at .32 TSH and 1.4 FT4
Liver function - Normal
Kidney function - Normal
Now you all know all about my inner workings...;-) I'm disappointed about my cholesterol, but a 60 point drop is pretty good. And my good cholesterol is one of the highest he's ever seen....so that help a lot. It'll at least keep me off medication for now. My triglicerides were really high last time too, so I'm glad they're so low now.
OK, I can't think of anything else to talk about now. And we're fixing to get the kids in bed pretty soon. They normally go to bed at 7:30, but they're allowed to stay up til 8:30 on weekends as long as they don't act like jerks. They're borderline....;-)
For those of you on facebook, most of this will be shit you've already read. But some people haven't taken that running leap into 2010....;-)
I bought myself a new nose ring yesterday. It's a sapphire blue color and I love love love it. I'm still on the lookout for an australian fire opal on, but they're hard to find in surgical steel or titanium. Anyway, I have a lump on the inside of my nostril....past the piercing hole...that I had my piercing guru check out. She was a bit worried and wants me to wear my nose ring with the tail pointing forward for awhile to see if that help with the swelling. I think I'll have Dr. Liu check it out too next time I see him.
I'm seriously considering having my lip pierced. Not my lip lip, like when people wear a ring. But the between the lip and the chin spot. I haven't discussed it with Tom though. I won't do it if it grosses him out, because the poor guy has to look at me every day....;-)
Naisa got her finger stuck in a CD tonight. Ha! Note to self: Never stick finger in CD hole. That kid is an endless font of entertainment. Yesterday she bent over in the car and nearly knocked herself out on the dashboard...;-)
Therapy has been uneventful recently. No major breakthroughs because we're taking a break after the last big one. We've just been working on my horrible anxiety and how to manage it. You know, without drugs. I much prefer the drug route, but I'll humor the doc....;-)
Other than that, life has been ok. My mood stabalizer (I just can't spell that word) seems to be working well. I'd like it to work a little better, but the other doc (one handles the head and one handles the meds) wants to let it build up in my system before we go any higher. I'll humor her too.
We're taking Scotty in for his first appointment with the specialists on Tuesday. I'm really nervous...though I shouldn't be. I just can't stop feeling like they're going to think that his growth issues are a reflection of my parenting skills. I know they won't think that, but I still worry. I've always kind of felt like if I were a better mother, he wouldn't be dangerously small. I know that's not the case, but parenting isn't always rational.
I got my results back from all the lab work I had done. The only major concern is my cholesterol. Though my weight loss did drop it by almost 60 points.
Blood count - perfect
Glycosylated Hgb - Very good at 5.5
Cholesterol - 243 (down from 300)
"Good" Cholesterol - 80....incredibly high, which gives me a lot of protection from the bad.
"Bad" Cholesterol - 143 - not so hot...should be under 130
Triglicerides - 102...pretty dang good
Sodium - Perfect at 138
Potassium - Good at 3.8
Glucose/Blood sugar - perfect at 92
Thyroid - Borderline low at .32 TSH and 1.4 FT4
Liver function - Normal
Kidney function - Normal
Now you all know all about my inner workings...;-) I'm disappointed about my cholesterol, but a 60 point drop is pretty good. And my good cholesterol is one of the highest he's ever seen....so that help a lot. It'll at least keep me off medication for now. My triglicerides were really high last time too, so I'm glad they're so low now.
OK, I can't think of anything else to talk about now. And we're fixing to get the kids in bed pretty soon. They normally go to bed at 7:30, but they're allowed to stay up til 8:30 on weekends as long as they don't act like jerks. They're borderline....;-)