the evil thing about doctors

Okay so I first went to the doctors about 3 weeks ago. Our scale's batteries have been dead for about 6 months... can you see where I'm going. So I had noticed I was getting a little heavier, but I got a reality check when I got on that scale 3 weeks ago and found I weighed the same as when I gave birth to the little guy. I wasn't so happy. So I told a co-worker who recently had started dieting with some friends. They are all in this pool... whoever loses the most weight by percentage each month gets the prize of every one's weekly dollar. So I joined in. So far I've lost 7 lbs. I'm fairly happy! Not happy with my weight, but hey 7lbs while sick and unable to exercise is good. The first week I cut out snack foods like potato chips and substituted healthy snacks I like - rice cakes with sunflower seed butter, The next week I cut out fatty candy, like chocolate, and the last week I added veggies and yogurt, and switched to sweet-n-low instead of sugar. I've also been kinda counting calories just to see what I'm eating. I had planned to start exercising this week, but yet another trip to the doctors is putting that off. I'm still really sick, yesterday I got two really big shots, one in the butt... I couldn't sit straight for a long while. If I'm not doing better by Wednesday I get to go to a pulmonary specialist or possibly a hospitalization.

it's back

I've done a 180 on my health, then back again. For about 4 days I could breathe and I wasn't coughing... yeah 4 days... bliss. Now I'm back to not being able to sleep because I can't stop coughing... and the doctor's are just scratching their heads wondering what to do with me, obviously the antibiotics and steriods didn't fix the problem. I just want to stop coughing:(

What to do when one can not sleep at 3am

Well I got three pages of my book written... 50 or so more days of not sleeping and I'll have a book. On the down side I slept for 45 mins before I had to get up for a meeting. Well I took my daily meds prior to leaving for my meeting, then when I got home 2 hours later I forgot that little detail and took them again... so I got to sleep 17 hours straight after feeling very weird for a few hours. It has been suggested to me that I invest in one of those weekly pill box things so I don't do that again... I'm thinking until the x-mas season has passed that it might be a good idea!

The little guy got a few more gifts today, it's been more like a birthday week. He is so good at sharing even though he is the younger brother, he makes me proud!

Hmmmmmmmmm...

I got a package in the mail yesterday, and I now know what 13,500.00 feels like in my paws. It's kinda round, it rattles, and it has a lid... yup 3 months worth of the little guys pills. At least we got it in, now we just have to see how well it works. I should probably have him tested again for his milk allergy... he keeps begging me for yogurt, I actually have to take my yogurt to work to eat it because he cries so much when I won't let him have any. Hopefully that is something he is completely out growing, and with the new medicine he can probably eat it within reason.

Welcome to the dark side...

Yup in 23 years the hubby has never voted Democratic... until today. While I'm not sure Obama can do all the things he wishes, and I'm not sure I want all that he wishes, I am more afraid McCain would get all that he wants to do... I'm good with status quo, and the want for good change not bad change.

Better Late Then Never...

So we finally got to go on our trip to the Corn Maze yesterday. I think the boys really enjoyed the little tractor train ride the best followed by the big bouncy pillow, followed by the corn maze and coming in last was the hayride...it was too bumpy for some folks!
By the time we made it home I had two tired boys who begged to go to bed, but they were very happy! Since tomorrow is the little guy's birthday we have a few ideas on what we are going to do, if the weather holds we plan on taking the metro down to Union Station to see some trains, if the weather isn't so nice we may go and see Madagascar 2. We shall see, I can't believe he is going to be 3 years old. In other news I just got off the phone with the pharmacy company and we should have our first shipment of Kuvan by Wednesday... totally free!!!!!! We met the qualifications for assistance with the co-pays. His first appt is on the 18th... so everyone cross yours fingers that this works!

My Time Clock is Screwed Up

It's 3am and I'm wide awake... not good. Although it occurred to me that I can do many things quietly without interruption at 3am... such as blog, sneak candy, read, paint, watch an entire movie, do my nails, and write. I already read... I'm flipping through an artsy book right now... of course I can't remember the title, but it's cute; poems, blurbs, paintings about a lady who has settled down after many years of wandering. I'm also still trudging through Eldest, I did finally finish Eragon... it picked up at the end, I liked it over all but not something I would recommend. After I finished that I moved on to Darkly Dreaming Dexter... you know the TV show Dexter, well it's based off of these books. It was very similar to the first season. Dexter has a sister in the book and in the show... I can't stand either character... kinda funny, I thought it was just bad acting, but no the sister is just a bad character, in fact I may like the actress better for absolutely nailing the book sister. Now I'm reading The Mournful Teddy Bear. The author is doing a book signing this month so I picked up the first book in the mysteries series. It's kinda goofy, especially since it's a guy writer... very female readable... almost too girlie for me... on the other hand I keep on reading it at lunchtime so I must be hooked!