WHEW!

Today, I can finally say I think I'm going to live. I was so sick, my Mom stayed with me for 10 days because I was afraid I'd go to bed and not wake up. Seriously, I'd lost so much weight and my blood pressure was very low, my potassium was low, as was my sodium. There were days I could hardly roll off the couch to go to the bathroom.

I'm slowly getting stronger and am trying to put on some weight. I was down to 118 pounds at one time and for me, that's skeletal. I'm glad I was at my all time high when I started this bout.

Thanks so much to all those who were praying for me, I appreciate it and would be thrilled if you'd continue. I still have a lot farther to come.

I've got a long week ahead of me and am trying to rest today so that I have the energy to get through it.

SHIT!

I'm still feeling awful. I'm still very nauseous but so far am keeping things down. However, the thought of eating much makes me wanna puke. I'm drinking as much water a I can but I am not doing so well. I lost another 2 pounds and I'm sick to death of being sick. Ugh! I'm going to see Bruce on Tuesday but short of TPN, I know the only thing I can do is wait it out and pray for an upswing.

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I love Bill Pay. For five bucks a month and a few simples clicks of my mouse, my bills are paid for the month in a matter of minutes. No envelopes to lick, no stamps to buy and no checks to write. What could be simpler? Except of course when there are glitches like there are this morning for the third month in a row. I can't log in. Again. Grrrrrr! It's so frustrating and I think Mindy at the Credit Union is getting tired of me whining to her.

Happy New Year To Me!

I bought a TV for my bedroom and as long as I was at it, I decided to get one with a built in DVD. You can read all about it here. http://www.westinghousedigital.com/details.aspx?itemnum=101

All I need is a frig in there and Stella and I will be able to "hole up" for the rest of this cold, snowy winter.

Tale of the Scale

Standing 5 feet 10 inches and having a very small frame, I like to stay around 128 pounds. Since I quit smoking a year ago, much to my dismay, I have been slowly gaining weight. I've never had that problem before. Maintaining my weight was a much harder deal. However, I also started taking Lyrica for Peripheral Neuropathy and one of it's side effects is weigh gain. Lovely. I tried to discontinue it but my leg hurt so bad, I wanted to gnaw if off. I went back on it and decided that I'd have to learn to accept that I was going to be overweight.

When Allison saw me Monday night, she asked if I'd lost weight. Hmmm, I knew I had been very sick but hadn't thought of the weight aspect. I got on my trusty scale this morning and lo and behold, I'm back down to 127#. Now, I wanted to lose weight and all but I certainly didn't want to get this sick to do it. I'm still reeling and not moving very fast. It seems the older I get, the harder and longer the recovery :(