queenofhearts, posts by tag: diet - LiveJournal

In my line of work you see it all. You get such a mixture of people and stuff that sometimes I can only shake my head and wonder. There are a few constants though we've all found. Cranky old ladies are waaaaaaay worse than cranky old men. Young sick men are really whiny babies for the most part. You just want to wrap detoxers up like a mummy and throw them in the closet. Some people you can never please no matter how much you bend over backwards. Sometimes you have to be firm, sometimes you have to be overly nice. And never, ever take anything personally.

My little old lady that sounded like the a wicked witch was beating the crap out of me, lol. She kept whaling no my arm while I was trying to get her medicine ready. And calling me a f'ing bitch amongst other things. When I introduced myself to her she was like "I don't give a shit WHAT your name is." Then later, she grabs me and kisses me and tells me I'm so pretty.

Last night I gave her too much medicine and had to give her a bolus of liquids since her blood pressure dropped. With her it was hard to tell whether or not you were giving too much or not enough. Because one pill didn't work to help her calm down, so I had to try another. And well, apparently that was too much. Oi. After that I didn't give her anything. She had calmed down a lot and wasn't trying to beat everyone up. Just yelling a lot.

Alas, I cannot ethically give a patient medication just because I'm tird of listening to them.

We have a pretty sick sense of humor at work. I've found that's pretty normal in a high stress job. I noticed my parents, who are in law enforcement, have a sick sense of humor about their job too. You have to laught or you'll either go nuts or cry.

Switching topics, my guilty pleasure on this diet is coffe. I'm not too limited, just to three cups a day, so I've become more interested in it lately. Just regular coffee with a little bit of creamer in it. Usually sugar free.

Aaron is really sick. :( He was throwing up most of last night while I was at work and today he has a temp and cold like symptoms. He is sooo warm right now and flushed and lethargic. I feel bad for him. My poor sick boy.

Day 13 – This week, in great detail

Oh maaaaaan... This is a hard one. I don't want to post my week in great detail, lol. I am lazy!

Okay, so Monday I worked. I slept all day and then worked all night. While I drove to work I listed to Hits 1 on the Sirius satellite so I get all the nifty new songs to groove to. I think I posted from work on Monday. I had great patients myself as I was in charge and only had 4. They were all nice. One of them I've had for over two weeks now on the days when I work. He is a sweetheart and I love him and would take him home. I think he turned 90 while in the hospital.

Tuesday I slept waaaaaaay too long and then got up. I wandered around and got on the computer. I watched Star Trek Next Generation with Jim and played with Aaron on his car set. I showered before bed. Umm.... Tuesday was a boring day.

Wednesday I went to my doctor's appointment after dropping Aaron of at pre-school. I told about that already in another entry. After that Jim went to school and I went and visited my grandma Emmie and Grandpa. That's my awesomest grandma ever. We hung out and talked a lot, went outside later and sat in the back yard with Grandma and Grandpa and watched the trees sway as the sky slowly darkened. Then I went home and Jim and I had a LOT of fun doing bed stuff (lol TMI!) and I just started my new meds so I felt funky and couldn't fall asleep until 3AM. Oh wait, Jim bought me Burger King and I ate that and got on the computer before bed.

Thursday, today, I woke up feeling pretty dang good. Grandma Emmmie said that might end up being a side-effect of the Lyrica, feeling just energized and euphoric. I got that and it was an awesome feeling to have energy and not be tired even after only 7 hours sleep! I had to fast for my lab tests so I didn't eat breakfast. Went and got my Grandma Shirley and went to the hospital. Got them hooked up with some food (grandma and Aaron) and went to get my blood drawn. After that I ate, and then we went to Big Lots and Walmart (Grandma loves Walmart). But needed stuffs, nothing exciting. Came home after taking her home, immediately went to a barbacue at Aaron's pre-school. Good food and cake. Aaron had a blast playing. Now I'm home typing this and drawing with Aaron.

That's my week as Friday through Sunday isn't here yet. So exciting, sin't it?

So the Ultram isn't working well. It's my inbetween med for every 4-6 hours. I'm supposed to take one but one doesn't work so I take two and two only really takes the edge off barely. Sucks, so I'm hoping after a week or two the Lyrica will start working really well and the pain will be less. Because the Ultram kinda sucks for me for some reason. Urgh. I need something stronger but I don't WANT to be on something stronger... Oh what a conflict!

So I'm not sure if should wait the Ultram out and give it more time as the Lyrica catches up or what. I do have a rheumatologist appointment in over two weeks so I think I'll wait until then. If needed maybe she can tweek my meds and offer something better if they aren't working by then.

Gotta be patient. It won't happen overnight.

All my labs are good. So not thyroid. Must all be related to Fibromyalgia (which my GP said I have), my depression, my anxiety and the stressors of the last few months.

One bad thing is that my cholesterol and stuff went UP. I have been exercising like a fiend. I NEED to get this weight off and get that down before I end up having a heart attack or something. It freeks me out. Also my fasting glucose (after 12 hours) was 108 and that was a little high, but it was within the parameters of 70-110 or 80-120. Still they say above 90 shows you could become diabetic and I am REALLY freaked about that. I see what diabeties does to people. I do not want.

So according to my main doctor the Medifast has gotten people off their meds, lowered cholesterol, and reversed diabetes. I am hoping by doing this I will drop about 40 pounds or 50 pounds and get healthy again.

Ugh. Still so anxiety ridden by my labs being elevated.

Day 12 – What’s in your bag, in great detail

Not much! My wallet, my planner, my phone, my stain stick, three pens, my glasses cleaning cloth, three lip glosses, Vaseline lip therapy, a Starbucks recipt, a friend's phone number, a movie ticket from Eclipse, and a few pads.

Tada! Very boring. :)

In other news, I went to my doctor's appoinment today. He doesn't think it's my thyroid because I've only got a few bald patches and not over-all hair loss. He's not sure exactly what it is but apparently I've got a rash on my scalp too. I knew I had a dry scalp I didn't realize it was red too. So maybe that's causing it.

After talking with him, he pretty much believes I have Fibromyalgia and that the pain in my legs likely isn't caused by thyroid stuff. He is checking my labs for it though and a few others to rule out anemia. And my cholesterol because I'm curious if it's gone down since I started exercising.

He started me on Lyrica twice a day for pain and then Ultram in-between if I need it. So we shall see how these help! Then on the 17th of September I'll see my new rheumatologist in Vancouver.

In the mean time, I feel a lot better because he listened to me! He spent 45 minutes with us, and also talked with me about a diet to try because I mentioned I want to lose weight and can't seem to.

Sad part is, he's retiring in three months. :( He really is an awesome GP.

So I'm going to try Medifast! His wife will be my coach and though it's expensive ($299 for a months supply of food) a lot of my co-workers are on this diet and they have ALL lost weight on it. So I'm giving it a one month trial along with exercise to see how it goes for me.

All in all, I feel better about my health and I'm excited to try this diet.

I have been a bad girl about updating lately. I had four days off and Jim is on a two week break from school, so you can guess where I've been. The weather was nice so we did outdoor things and went to watch the new Terminator movie. Actually, I've also seen the Star Trek movie since I last posted. Hahaha! I thought both were really good, but Star Trek was decidedly better. I think we've been waiting for a Terminator one for so long, that it was almost a let-down.

We're going camping a few days at the beginning of June. I'm excited, but I wish Aaron was old enough to go with us. Soon, soon.

I've continued to exercise, though my diet has been suspect lately. I need to be careful. My Montly Witch is almost here though and around this time of PMS I want food. Losts of bad food more than I usually do.

My meds seem to be working good now. I'm feeling better than before. Less down times. And when I get down, more importantly, I'm able to get out of it rather than be stuck in it all day. I think that is definitely the best part.

I had my yearly eval this last week and it was really nice. I didn't get dinged on anything! She only told me to keep doing what I was doing and continuing to grow. So many people stopped by her office and said good things about me; that's so nice! I'm proud of myself, but at the same time I admit a little anxiety, like this is almost too good to be true. I've wanted to be here so long and now I'm here and things are better than I could have imagined!

Sometimes, even after four years of being with Jim, I still need to pinch myself... But, well, it took 27 years to get Jim and what, 30 or so to get to where I am in my job. So I guess I deserve it. I just want to continually remind myself of how lucky I am.

So now that I've finally got a lot of aspects of my life under control, it's time to admit I need to work on my health. So I'm really needing to stick with the exercising and shape my diet up more. Diet is the hardest part...

Alright. Enough blabber from me. I'm hoping I can get caught up on my friends list within the next few days.

Ahhh. I'm in a much better mood today. Sleep and knowing today is a day off does wonders for the soul. That and 800 mg of ibuprofen. XD Painkillers are of a lovely sort.

I'm not sure what me and Aaron will do today though. It's BEAUTIFUL outside, so we could go out and... do something outside. Or sit inside and watch anime together. What I really need to do is clean house, but I don't wanna. Who wants to clean on your day off? Even if that's the only time you have, well, time to do it?

Holy poop. I need to advertise the FF7 RPG so we can get it off the ground. I wish some of you other F-listers would join. I miss writing with you. But alas, I know FF7 is a much worn out thing for you guys. Well, it's FF7 crossed-over with FF8. But anyhow. I want to get it off the ground. I'm feeling mildly ambitious and I'd better grab that before it goes away.

Jen <---- hates advertising. It takes too long and I can never figure out exactly what to say. I just want to say 'go to this link suckas and join'. Somehow though I don't think that'd attract people.

sisypheans dog is a spastic puppy. He was up at all hours last night harrassing anyone that came out of the bedroom. Because my sister is a dork and accidentally shut her bedroom door. XD Now, he's been outside on his running line for a couple of hours and he wants back out again. But I KNOW it's that he wants outside to run free. And harrass poor unsuspecting people that are hardly at all frightened by some ankle biter that barks at them and then runs... But that's beside the point. He scares the kiddies.

Today is he beginning of the diet. For someone with a sweet tooth that's akin to death. Why can't they just invent some pill that you can eat and it fills you up and gives you all the necessary nutrients? Then I wouldn't even have to bother with figuring out what to eat... Lazy? Who, me?

Well I'd better figure out what to advertise and probably fix my hair and put on some make-up...