Doctor's visit

As I expected, got no wisdom from the medical community. Sigh. When I told my doc what the ER visits entailed, she did order a holter monitor for 48 hours. Go in to get that on the 13th.

I find it totally predictable that with the 3 doctors I've seen in the past month with shortness of breath, dizziness and racing heart - not ONE of them asked me about my diet or exercise habits. Grrrrrr.

I've felt better after starting the past couple of days with toast and eating crackers during the day. So I think part of this is the lack of carbs. And remember that study that found women had memory problems when they were doing low carb diets? Wonder if that was why I was having trouble finding words and getting paper towels when I needed toilet paper? Hmmmmm????

I'm going to see my regular chiropractor tomorrow. I'll see if she has any ideas.

Hubby is home. YAY!

Ugh

Yeah, that time. Hideous headache and cramps. Bleah And up a few pounds, but still down from the pre-diarrhea day. I consider that a victory. ;-)

I was looking back at my food journal and I may have been kind of light on the carbs and starches. So I started my day with toast and made sure to eat crackers later, too. Not sure if that will make a difference with my light-headedness or not. I have my follow-up with my regular doc tomorrow (Tuesday) morning so we'll see what she says.

TOM blues

OK, I'm due to start my period tomorrow. I'm not only retaining water, I'm retaining other things since my horrible day last Sunday. ;-) Yuk! We had our pistol course on the range today, so it's been a long, hot day and I feel even more bloated because of that. I actually only went for the second half of the day when we did individual shooting instruction with a student. I don't think I'd have made it through a full day! But I had an awesome student who scored 237 out of 250 on her qualification. Time to get to bed now!

Good news - the other day, I went to a local Kmart because they carry the long Lee Riders jeans. Well, turns out that store is closing, which was nice because everything was at least 25% off, but bad that they didn't have a very good selection of jeans left. I did get some khakis, capris and shorts - all in TENS - which was REALLY REALLY good. (Happy feet dance!) But I am disapppointed they are closing down. And I did notice that they had NO longs in size 8, so I'd better quit dropping sizes. :-D

GREAT news - hubby gets home on Tuesday. He's been gone for over 2 weeks and it's been years since we've been apart for that long. I don't like it! (And bad timing because of the first issue I mentioned!) ;-P And then my sister and her kids will come on Wed or Thurs. It will be fun to have them here for the 4th. Our little town has an awesome fireworks display and the adjacent small town has a fun street fair and parade during the day.

My cat is lying on my arm and she keeps biting my thumb. I'm thinking it may be because I'm typing and not petting her??? Goofy cat.

Not sure if any of you out there are fans of the channel TCM, but they have had some AWESOME movies on all weekend. Yesterday was Hitchcock all day. I LURV me some old movies!!!! :-D Hitchcock totally ROCKS! I DVRed the ones that were on in the middle of the night.

Well, really need to get to bed. G'nite all!

SIZE TEN BABY!!!!!!

OK, by request from Patty, I'm posting a before photo. I really dislike this photo of us on the left. I'm down 55lbs, hubby is down about 100 from this day in 2005. Photo on right is August 2008. And no, I'm not quite at goal. My number goal is 165. There are a few jiggly bits I still want to firm up and I think that will lower the weight a bit. ;-) I'm happy with the size, though. I don't think I can get below a 10 at my height without looking like a starving refugee. ;-)














The 8/10 Danskin capris. And they aren't even skin tight! WOOOT! Shortly after taking these, I sat down and my kitty climbed in my lap and covered the black with white hairs.












OK, I decided that no one is EVER allowed to look at me straight on when I'm wearing jeans. It's just NOT a flattering angle. So I will be turning slightly one way or another when I take updated photos.

Feeling a little better

I ventured out today to get my nails done and pick up some stuff at Walmart. Still got a little short of breath, but I just took it slow. A friend of mine got a pedicure at the same time so it was good to catch up and chat! (Hi, Lynda!)

Had a senior moment and bought Brawny paper towels, when I really NEEDED Charmin! Dang it! Didn't realize it until I got home. Yesterday while at the ER, I was telling the kids about Marley & Me and I said "infected" when I meant to say "neutered." What the heck?????? The virus must be moving to my brain! But I resisted the Cheetos, that I passed TWICE, thank you very much! Very proud of myself.

Found a beautiful pearl ring on clearance, too at Walmart! Woot! I'm excited to get that as a mom remembrance thing. Needed to get it sized, so they sent it off to do that. Hope to have it within the next two weeks.

I called a friend of mine whose hubby does some unorthodox health stuff and I'm going to try to get in to see him. Unfortunately, they are going to be out of town until after the 4th, so it'll be a while. I just don't have a whole lotta faith in the conventional medical system.

Another ER visit

Today I was really light-headed and short of breath every time I stood up, just like yesterday. So I got out the oximeter and checked my O2 level and pulse rate. O2 was 94-95% and pulse rate was 135, which is a little high with no exertion. My sister called and asked what I was up to and when I told her, she made me promise to go see the doctor. I woke up my son and asked him to drive me to the ER and my daughter met us there.

Once again, no real answers, but they ruled out an imminent heart attack. :-P The doctor said dizziness is very difficult to find a reason for. My blood work all came back fine and my heartbeat was regular, just a little fast once in a while. EKG was done, too and that was fine. She recommended following up with a cardiologist and getting an echo and ultrasound done on my heart. At least this visit was under 4 hours instead of 8! So tired of not feeling good.

Today I had a serious craving for Cheetos. Thankfully I was not well enough to traverse the aisles of the grocery store. ;-)

Lose 4.4lbs in 24 hours! - 173.4

No crunches, No cardio!

Yes, you can do this, too!

I just don't recommend it.

Spent all day in bed yesterday other than the 100 or so trips to the bathroom with explosive diarrhea. I was having flashbacks to the preps for colonoscopies and barium enema. NOT COOL! Actually when I was at the ER last week, when the doc said it was probably a virus, he said he was surprised I didn't have diarrhea. So is this the same bug and it took a week to travel through my digestive system?????

I did eat some toast and applesauce throughout the day. Later on figured I should get some protein so I had some peanut butter on toast. In the late evening, started feeling nauseous, too and regretted the peanut butter, but never did throw up.

Today, I'm having to take it really slow. Every time I get up, I get a head rush and everything goes black for a bit. And once again, I'm short of breath. I don't buy this as a virus! I think something else is going on and I REALLY want to figure out what it is. I have a follow up app't with my primary doc next Tuesday. Not sure I want to wait that long, but I have a feeling the only way I'll get seen before that is through the ER and I really don't want to go sit there for 8 hours again!

So anyway, my weight this morning is 173.4, which would be totally fantabulous if the cost wasn't so terribly high. And it probably won't stay that low. I need to get some fuel in me so I have the energy to go downstairs to let the cats out!

For the HYC check in, last Tuesday's weight was 180.4, so that's a seven pound loss for the week. Not a healthy way to lose, but a loss is a loss, I guess.