Aug 26, 2010 20:23
Day 13 - This week, in great detail
Oh maaaaaan... This is a hard one. I don't want to post my week in great detail, lol. I am lazy!
Okay, so Monday I worked. I slept all day and then worked all night. While I drove to work I listed to Hits 1 on the Sirius satellite so I get all the nifty new songs to groove to. I think I posted from work on Monday. I had great patients myself as I was in charge and only had 4. They were all nice. One of them I've had for over two weeks now on the days when I work. He is a sweetheart and I love him and would take him home. I think he turned 90 while in the hospital.
Tuesday I slept waaaaaaay too long and then got up. I wandered around and got on the computer. I watched Star Trek Next Generation with Jim and played with Aaron on his car set. I showered before bed. Umm.... Tuesday was a boring day.
Wednesday I went to my doctor's appointment after dropping Aaron of at pre-school. I told about that already in another entry. After that Jim went to school and I went and visited my grandma Emmie and Grandpa. That's my awesomest grandma ever. We hung out and talked a lot, went outside later and sat in the back yard with Grandma and Grandpa and watched the trees sway as the sky slowly darkened. Then I went home and Jim and I had a LOT of fun doing bed stuff (lol TMI!) and I just started my new meds so I felt funky and couldn't fall asleep until 3AM. Oh wait, Jim bought me Burger King and I ate that and got on the computer before bed.
Thursday, today, I woke up feeling pretty dang good. Grandma Emmmie said that might end up being a side-effect of the Lyrica, feeling just energized and euphoric. I got that and it was an awesome feeling to have energy and not be tired even after only 7 hours sleep! I had to fast for my lab tests so I didn't eat breakfast. Went and got my Grandma Shirley and went to the hospital. Got them hooked up with some food (grandma and Aaron) and went to get my blood drawn. After that I ate, and then we went to Big Lots and Walmart (Grandma loves Walmart). But needed stuffs, nothing exciting. Came home after taking her home, immediately went to a barbacue at Aaron's pre-school. Good food and cake. Aaron had a blast playing. Now I'm home typing this and drawing with Aaron.
That's my week as Friday through Sunday isn't here yet. So exciting, sin't it?
So the Ultram isn't working well. It's my inbetween med for every 4-6 hours. I'm supposed to take one but one doesn't work so I take two and two only really takes the edge off barely. Sucks, so I'm hoping after a week or two the Lyrica will start working really well and the pain will be less. Because the Ultram kinda sucks for me for some reason. Urgh. I need something stronger but I don't WANT to be on something stronger... Oh what a conflict!
So I'm not sure if should wait the Ultram out and give it more time as the Lyrica catches up or what. I do have a rheumatologist appointment in over two weeks so I think I'll wait until then. If needed maybe she can tweek my meds and offer something better if they aren't working by then.
Gotta be patient. It won't happen overnight.
All my labs are good. So not thyroid. Must all be related to Fibromyalgia (which my GP said I have), my depression, my anxiety and the stressors of the last few months.
One bad thing is that my cholesterol and stuff went UP. I have been exercising like a fiend. I NEED to get this weight off and get that down before I end up having a heart attack or something. It freeks me out. Also my fasting glucose (after 12 hours) was 108 and that was a little high, but it was within the parameters of 70-110 or 80-120. Still they say above 90 shows you could become diabetic and I am REALLY freaked about that. I see what diabeties does to people. I do not want.
So according to my main doctor the Medifast has gotten people off their meds, lowered cholesterol, and reversed diabetes. I am hoping by doing this I will drop about 40 pounds or 50 pounds and get healthy again.
Ugh. Still so anxiety ridden by my labs being elevated.
30 days,
health,
pain,
medicine,
exercise,
diet