Time to Relax

Hey!  Just got in from being out a little while ago with my Grams.  She seems sooo tired out lately, it’s starting to worry me more.

Last night, Nick was home from his other grandparent’s place, and they picked me up on the way from seeing Gramps at the nursing home.  I was going to go, but was feeling so run down, I thought screw it lol.  We had a lot of fun there, and got to visit tons.  I didn’t take any photos though.  I think everyone was tired out, and none of them wanted their pictures taken in pj bottoms lol.  I actually ate turkey too!  Not very much, but mmm.  Good stuff.  I went to bed last night between 10-11pm bc I was so tired, but then of course I woke right up and was up until about 3am lol. When my alarm clock went off at 7, I had to stumble around lol.

My Grams picked me up around 8:30, after dropping my aunt Kelly off at the train station.  I can hear the trains come in from my place 2 blocks away, so I went out shortly afterward to meet her.  We went back to mom’s and just visited and cuddled with my sister’s cat Jupiter (Jupy to me- he tried to eat my toast right out my hand, the pig!) and then we left around 11am to go to the doctor’s.

I got my referral to my Crohn’s disease specialists in Kingston, and another referral to the Access Center about getting more hours with a PSW (personal support worker).  I also have more infections again!  My doctor said it’s my immune system, so she gave me repeats to have of the antibiotic with all the crazy side effects, since it’s easier than coming in again and again for it.  GRRRR lol.  So annoying.  I didn’t bother to pick up the prescription today, bc I was just too damn tired and wanted to get home.  She also gave me a flu shot.  I have never had one until now, but after last year, I figured I’d take the chance on the shot making me feel sick since I get repeatedly sick anyway lol.  She warned me my arm would hurt, but no one has felt sick to their stomachs yet from having it this year, I said, “Trust me.. pain in my arm is nothing, I just don’t want to puke!” lol.

My Grams and I went to the library afterward, and I picked up a Candace Bushnell book and a Sophie Kinsella.  Now I’m home with my Zeusy, relaxing.  I’m feeling fine after the shot.. and yes with a sore arm lol.  A sore arm is the least of my worries in my opinion.

Thursday, I have to go to the bank to pay a bill, then I’m hoping to go to the place to get my Health Card renewed since it’ll be up in a little over a month.  Will probably get my med.s for the infection too.

Talk to yas all later when more goes on!

Take Care!

Ash,

I Miss Exercising!

I realized now that I’ve begun again just how much I miss working out!  There’s so many good benefits to it, and I feel great from it.  My first day I wasn’t doing to well, and the humidity was horrible.

I’m supposed to walk 30 minutes every day if I can.  That seems like it’s going to be a challenge for me bc I’ve been barely able to get a drink most days, but I said I’d give it a go, and at least try to go for a walk every day even if it only ended being 10 minutes.

With the weather the first day, I decided to go swimming instead.  My hips were so sore afterward LOL but I had a lot of fun.  Amanda, Nick and I went, and I got to meet Nick’s swimming instructor.  I went back to mom’s with them, and we had Lauren and Emma (Nick’s friends who live next door) come over for dinner.  Me and Lauren were having burping contests lol.  I sat out and visited with Kelly (their ma) after, which was nice bc I hadn’t seen her in a while.

I got my med.s that day and I couldn’t find my pill cutter.   I tore the apartment apart looking for it, and the stupid thing ended up being under the couch.  I did move it out once but obviously not far enough!  I got to start my new Beta Blocker, Bisoprolol.  I’m on a very low dose and didn’t have any side effects… though I don’t think I did with any of them until later on when they started to make me sick (about a month or two into them) but I don’t feel anything at all!  With the other two, I noticed, even if very little, some difference in how I felt, but two days in, nothing yet.  It is calming my heart rate a little, but all my symptoms are still here, like blood pooling in the legs, shakes, dizziness, etc.  but we’ll see

I also started another med. that I found out can give you seizers and everything else!  I know from being on med.s from crohn’s that there seems to be some scary complications with just about any medicine, but the ones on this one is unreal, and they’re supposedly just for the regular common symptoms!  Lol here’s hoping!  So far no problems though.  I started them last night.  At first I wondered why she wouldn’t give me a cream for the infections first, but my immune system is crap since going on immune suppressant drugs from crohn’s.  So I’ll be on these pills ten days.

My Love Bug

Yesterday I felt well enough to go for a walk but it was storming all day!  Just my luck huh lol, so I cleaned the apartment up as much as my energy would let me and just rested.  This morning finally!  I was able to go for a walk.  I was back home by 7:10 am lol.  I woke up around 5am this morning.  I was able to do the whole 30 minutes too.  I actually didn’t feel that bad until I got in the apartment building and the change in temp.s almost swan dived me into my apartment door lol.  Good thing I started blasting the fans before I left.  I feel fine now, just really tired!  It’s a good thing I went when I did bc it’s supposed to be really humid in the later morning, and then thunder storms until tomorrow.

I have step counter my physio therapist wanted me to use, but it’s been soooo long since I bothered to use it I couldn’t figure out how to reset it, until on my walk I thought of a way that might work lol.  So I’ll start using it tomorrow for my walk then.

Today I have mad amount of phone calls to make.  First to call the physio place and change the meeting, then the bank bc they took money out of my account even though the payment’s not due until the 24th, and now I won’t be able to afford my payment lol.  Bastards!  They stress me out so much!  Then I’ll call my dietitian and tell her I’m not seeing her anymore bc my blood work was fine, and there’s a nutritionist at the physio place, and then my social worker and my dad to tell him about the loan *cringes* … and I think that’s it.

My mom’s coming by later to take me to the library.  Still reading, Silence of the Lambs, but almost done.  It’s so less gruesome seeming than the movie.  I really like it.  Honestly can’t remember what book is in at the library though lol.  You can order them online, and just go pick them up when they come in which is awesome so you don’t have to go searching all over for it (HUGE building).  I like it there, but my mom hates waiting around, so this works better.  If a book is on order, or popular and a lot of people have ordered to read it, it can be months before you get it, which is the case with this book, which is why I can’t remember bc I had a few I was waiting a long time for.

Anyway, feeling well enough to jump in the shower now, so I’m going to skip out.   Hope you all are doing well! *hugs*

Ash,

Stress Test Is Booked!

I got home from being at my mom’s visiting with my aunt Kelly who was down, to find out my dietitian was re booked for next week, and got an email from the cardiology rehab. center to tell me my stress test is THIS Tuesday! BLAH! LOL

You rock! You rule! lol

I was NOT expecting it to be so soon!  I have to go in for 9:30am on an empty stomach for blood work, then drink some weird thing and come back 2 hours later and get blood work again.  THEN  around 1:30 I go back to the hospital and get the stress test done.  The city is two hours away so I don’t know what they expect me to do in between lol.

I have to go back again on the 6th to meet with the cardiac rehab therapist and a cardiologist and go over a exercise regime for me.  I just found out that I should NOT be exercising until properly medicated, and I’m going to bring the paper where I read it with me and see what they say.  If it is my reg. cardiologist, I am also going to mention having to wait until March 2011 to see the Neurologist, and ask him to work with my family doctor if I can bring in a drug regime for him to do… if he has the balls to do it lol.

So my dietitian wanted to see me AFTER I see my family doctor, to see what my blood work said… and now she’s changed the appointment to BEFORE… so what the hell am I going for?  She’s going to bitch about eating too much salt, which I will argue with bc I have to for POTS and blah blah blah lol.  Kinda pointless, but whatever.

It was awesome getting to see my aunt Kelly she has to go home tomorrow though, BOO!  I love her to death and it sucks bc she lives so far away.

I also saw my social worker today and she’s going to show me some good QUICK recipes for soups and pasta dishes she likes, which will be wikid!  I love cooking I just can’t be doing it all day!  She got recommended a really good cook book from her dietitian that she’s letting me borrow too so I can see what I may like.  I’m excited to try some of the stuff!

So tomorrow is going to be crazy… for a person who lives in bed or on the couch that is LOL.  Marlene comes in the morning, and I have to call her boss and reschedule last minute for all these appointments that happen to land on days when Marlene usually comes and get her August schedule.  Then I have to call both cardiology offices and confirm my stress test, and meet, etc. and call the dietitian to confirm I can make the new time.  Afterward, my grams will be picking me up to see my aunt Kelly again before she goes, and get the pictures she wants off the camera.

I also have to go to the library to pick up dun dun dun, The Silence of the Lambs LOL.  I’ve been talking way too much about all the movies, now I intend to read the book.  I keep trying to read It, but it’s SO LONG and makes me sleepy lol and I get bored and give up.

Then I have to go to the bank, and then to the dollar store and pick up some bristol board for some family tree thing I’m doing with my social worker.  Sounds odd, but I’ll talk more about it after I get into it more.  It’s actually pretty exciting!

Alright, gonna hit the sheets… just realized it’s 9:40pm LOL  But I’ve been up since 2am so I have an excuse :-p

Take Care All!

Ash,

The Cove

Holy God have any of you seen the documentary, The Cove?  If you haven’t make sure you check it out.  Amazing and just plain crazy.

Zeus with his purse being smart in the heat

If my typing skills are off this morning, I apologize.  I took my inhaler about a half hour ago, and it gives me mad shakes so I may not notice every time I git the wrong key… which trust me is a lot lol.

I finished the book I mentioned in my previous post, The Summer We Read Gatsby.  I loved it!  A total chick book, I doubt any of you guys would like it, but I’d say it’s one of my favorite books

So the heat wave that sent the weather into the late 40′s has finally finished.  Hopefully we won’t get another one lol.  I sweat in regular Summer, I don’t need anymore help!  I thought as I had mentioned before that I had strep throat from it being so swollen and in pain.  I realize now it was dehydration like I suspected.  I drink about 3Litres of water a day bc of having pots (you get super dehydrated easily and if you don’t have enough salt in your system to compensate, you’ll just pee it all out) unfortunately when the weather was so high, I was drinking about 5Litres a day, but I was constantly sweating the worst I ever have and going pee every hour!  So I should’ve really gone to the hospital to get IV’s since I couldn’t get enough into me and it was starting to really effect me, but of course my stubborn ass didn’t go.

hiding from the heat

I just called my mom’s and got my grandma to wake my mom up since she asked me to last night.  She’s taking me to get blood work done, to the library and get Zeus’ food from the vets.  I’m wondering if she’s up since she falls back asleep SO easily.  You literally have to get her mad by constantly calling her or she’ll just go right back to sleep lol. It drives me insane.  I told her I am going to video tape her sleeping and post it on facebook for everyone to see LOL.  She has crazy snores too.  It freaks me out if I’m in the same room with her when she’s doing it lol.

So FIFA is over Now it really should be Winter!!!  I wasn’t going for Spain, but it was cool to see a country who’s never won the cup get it.

OMG my mom just called me awake!  *faints* LOL.

Alright, not a whole lot to say since everything happened last week lol.  This week, I just have my errands today, and then to go pick up my box of groceries on Thursday *mmmm fooooood*  I’ve also cut Gingerale off my list (all pop actually) bc it’s giving me gut rot too.  Better for me anyway, just going to have to find something new for nausea.  Still looking for those ginger candies to try.  And Big Brother is back!  What a ridiculous show!  But I love it! LOL.

Take Care All & Have A Good Week!

Ash,

PS Happy Birthday Julie!!!   *hugs*

Asthma Blows!

Hey everyone I hope you’re all doing well, even though I know a lot of you are having a hard time.

I started all my new med.s and am feeling a lot more mobile than I was.  My asthma is giving me a kick though, and I hate having to take my inhaler bc 1. I don’t want the shaky side effects which I have on my own so I go crazy when I use it too lol and 2. I really don’t like taking anything and making my body feels like it NEEDS it.  I’ve only had it since Tuesday and I’ve already had to take my inhaler twice.  I started getting a horrible swollen throat so I got a AeroChamber which has helped just having my inhalers effect my better, but my throat is just getting worse.  I feel like I’m coming down with Bronchitis again, but I don’t know how, bc I hadn’t been in public when it started and no one I know is sick with anything.

I found a really cool deal on a nice wooden chair with pleather seating for only $50 or so, and tomorrow, it goes on sale for only $20!  So if there are any left, I’m going to pick up one.  I can finally get rid of  this couch and love seat, and just move my futon out into the living room (I have a bed too  so it’s just taking up more room than needed in the bedroom)  The less stuff I have to move when I find an apartment, the better!

I also heard from a fellow potsy, Shannon about these ginger candies that help with nausea, that I’m going to look for.

I just finished reading Days of Grace by Catherine Hall.  It was actually pretty good!  The chapters switch between the life of a girl Rose, growing up in England during WW2 and then her as an older woman dying of cancer.  There are some pretty shocking moments during the book, and I’m pretty sure it was the author’s first novel!  Very impressed.

Now I’m reading a collection of short stories written by authors such as Stephenie Meyer of the Twilight series, called Prom Nights From Hell.  Lol cheesy but actually pretty good!  I’m only past the first story, but it’s pretty good so far!

Also finally watching the movie, The Runaways.  I wanted to see it, but with the way my memory is, and how this computer chair is so uncomfortable to sit in for a long period of time, I keep forgetting all the movies I’ve wanted to see!  Really good so far!  Mind you I don’t know the original story of the band to compare, but as just a person watching a movie, I’m really liking it!

Alright, this week coming not a whole lot on the agenda.  Groceries, library, and trying to figure out how to get rid of fruit flies!  I have nothing out for them to eat… and yet here they are!  WTF!!!

Take care ladies and gents, and have a wikid weed!  *hugs*

PS  Have a great Canada Day!