TGIF
I am SO happy to be done with this crazy week. Today I had my full body scan, which was the culmination of a solid week of appointments to get shots, blood work, and radiation. Today, the scan required me to lie perfectly still for almost an hour. It sounds like the yoga class we all dream of - an hour of savassanah, but I had to keep my neck hyper-extended, which made it a little too uncomfortable to really relax enough. Maybe I sold should have been doing yoga in the waiting room.
The best thing about today is that I can stop doing the low iodine diet. Last year when I was on it, I felt terrible, mostly because I was hypothyroid. This time, I was able to stay on the thyroid medication because of the Thyrogen shots I got at the beginning of the week, but I still didn't feel good on the diet. The rules are: nothing packaged with salt, no dairy, no soy, nothing from the sea, and no egg yolks, and limit fresh meat, grains, and rice. So pretty much anything I wanted to eat I had to make from scratch. I was feeling like I needed more protein, so I tried making hummus. It wasn't until after I made it that I looked at the cans of garbanzo beans and that they contained salt, so I couldn't have any. (I ate a ton of it today when I got back from the hospital.) Now I'm at my favorite coffee shop eating bulgogi tacos. Life is good.
I haven't talked about my meditation class in a while. I took the first part in the spring, then the second class wasn't offered in the summer, so I signed up to take it this fall. It's being taught by my original yoga teacher, who I am not talking yoga from right now, so it's nice to see him in this context. At the start of the session, I was one of only 2 students to sign up, and he wasn't inclined to run the class. However, the other student and I were quite sincere in our desire to participate in the class whole-heartedly, and would be able to attend every class, so we're doing it! As part of the class, we are attending a weekend at a Zen Monastery. I'm looking forward to it, even though I'm sure it will be challenging.
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