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I probably shouldn't be worrying about weight issues while having my period, but I'm afraid the nortriptyline is making me gain weight. I asked my doctor when I saw him if it could make me gain weight (nearly any med has that potential, but it is listed as a SE of nortriptyline.) As I've complained about before, I've only gained weight on one med in the past, that being Paxil, but that was a terrible experience. I have been so thrilled with my body lately that I don't want it fucked over by a med. I was up a couple pounds in one week when I saw him last, but I was having my period, so it's hard to say. I'm not doing anything else any differently.
I told him I felt silly asking a shallow question like that. He insisted it's not a shallow question, that I care about what I look like and I should care about what I look like. That made me feel good, that I don't need to feel bad for wanting to feel good about myself. He said if I do gain weight from the nortriptyline, I can stop it (under his supervision, of course) and we'll see if there's something else worth trying at that point. He says nothing is ever written in stone, "well," he chuckled, "Some things are, but very few." And he is certainly not going to insist I stay on a medicine that is unhealthy for me physically and/or emotionally. That would be stupid.
ANYWAY, I didn't mean to go on and on about that. That's not why I opened up X-journal, it's just I'm sitting here with a big gut staring at me..... ick!
I have the makings of a very nice office, study, library...... room! What used to be Shaw's nursery (the most adorable little room you'd ever want to see, the neatest room in the whole house) is now a room just for me to use for school (and for sewing when I have a project to do.) Aislinn has what was Tristan's room. Shaw and Tristan are now sharing what was Aislinn's room. That was fine until Tristan came home and now they actually share the room. It's going to take a little while for them to get over the novelty of being together so they can settle in to their routines. (Of course, my sister and I, and later, our exchange student and I, never really settled in and always had a blast goofing off!)
Today Brent got me a huge computer desk and he and Aislinn put it together. When they were done, Aislinn came downstairs and got me, "Your classroom is ready now!" She said, took my hand, and led me upstairs. It was so cute. She showed me how she had helped hold pieces of the desk for Brent and handed him screws. She was very excited. Brent put a new bookshelf up for me, too. So, I've got a new computer desk, desktop computer, the upstairs phone is in there now, I've got all my nursing books there, I'll have a printer in an couple days, I'll have a dry-erase board, I'm going to get myself a bean bag chair, or something of the sort for reading, Brent's getting me a better chair, as right now I've only got my rocking chair, I'm going to put a nice Yankee candle up there.... it'll be so great! Thanks, Brent!
Tomorrow I've got to work on getting the contents of the kids' dressers switched over.
I'm also sewing an adorable dress for Aislinn which I'd like to get close to being done with tomorrow. I can't wait to see her in it. She's SO excited about it.
I told him I felt silly asking a shallow question like that. He insisted it's not a shallow question, that I care about what I look like and I should care about what I look like. That made me feel good, that I don't need to feel bad for wanting to feel good about myself. He said if I do gain weight from the nortriptyline, I can stop it (under his supervision, of course) and we'll see if there's something else worth trying at that point. He says nothing is ever written in stone, "well," he chuckled, "Some things are, but very few." And he is certainly not going to insist I stay on a medicine that is unhealthy for me physically and/or emotionally. That would be stupid.
ANYWAY, I didn't mean to go on and on about that. That's not why I opened up X-journal, it's just I'm sitting here with a big gut staring at me..... ick!
I have the makings of a very nice office, study, library...... room! What used to be Shaw's nursery (the most adorable little room you'd ever want to see, the neatest room in the whole house) is now a room just for me to use for school (and for sewing when I have a project to do.) Aislinn has what was Tristan's room. Shaw and Tristan are now sharing what was Aislinn's room. That was fine until Tristan came home and now they actually share the room. It's going to take a little while for them to get over the novelty of being together so they can settle in to their routines. (Of course, my sister and I, and later, our exchange student and I, never really settled in and always had a blast goofing off!)
Today Brent got me a huge computer desk and he and Aislinn put it together. When they were done, Aislinn came downstairs and got me, "Your classroom is ready now!" She said, took my hand, and led me upstairs. It was so cute. She showed me how she had helped hold pieces of the desk for Brent and handed him screws. She was very excited. Brent put a new bookshelf up for me, too. So, I've got a new computer desk, desktop computer, the upstairs phone is in there now, I've got all my nursing books there, I'll have a printer in an couple days, I'll have a dry-erase board, I'm going to get myself a bean bag chair, or something of the sort for reading, Brent's getting me a better chair, as right now I've only got my rocking chair, I'm going to put a nice Yankee candle up there.... it'll be so great! Thanks, Brent!
Tomorrow I've got to work on getting the contents of the kids' dressers switched over.
I'm also sewing an adorable dress for Aislinn which I'd like to get close to being done with tomorrow. I can't wait to see her in it. She's SO excited about it.