TGIF!

I hope everyone had a happy Friday!  Mine has been decent so far, but I’m still at work, so that could all change. 

I wanna know whose bright idea it was to have me schedule a doctor’s appointment before work on a Friday afternoon?  Huh?  Huh?  I know I didn’t say anything, but you all should have known and said, “Hey, Missy, are you nuts?”  Okay, it really wasn’t that bad, but I was kicking myself when it was time to get up since I had to get up two hours early.  It also wasn’t fun dodging all of the sick people in the waiting room.  Luckily (and amazingly) they actually got me in about on time.

The appointment was mostly follow-up regarding the medications he put me on a little over a month ago.  He was so concerned with my progress regarding my tiredness/fogginess that we didn’t even get around to discussing a new BC pill.  I have to go back and see him on January 12th, so maybe then.

I have really not cared for the other medication he put me on and have had symptoms such as dry mouth and my tiredness has only gotten worse.  He’s taken me off of it and is putting me on something else, which I’m not really happy about, but at this point, I’m willing to try anything.  I’m tired of feeling like a zombie.  I hate taking medicine though, especially because the list of potential side effects always drive me nuts.  Sometimes they sound worse than whatever the original problem was.  The funny thing is that for me, “Miss I don’t wanna take it,” he prescribed a SECOND pill to take for a few weeks to get me over the first couple of weeks of the new med.  Am I the only one who thinks something smells fishy here?  Like I said though, I’m willing to try anything at this point.  I just want to know what it feels like to be a human for one day.

Of course, I’d gained several pounds since the last time I was in there.  I know that part of it was because of the medication, which had the lovely side effects of making me ravenously hungry, but then it also made me not care too much about whether I was sticking to plan.  Yup, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.  I mentioned that to him today, and he agreed that that was definitely possible.  I mentioned this as a concern when he was prescribing the new stuff, and said that I refuse to undo all of the hard work I’ve put in to lose this weight.  He agreed and said he’d hate for that to happen and that I need to be extra-vigilant.  We’ll see.  I’m going to do my best.

I do have to admit that I think I stumped him with my situation.  At one point, he excused himself for a few moments and he admitted when he came back that he had to go consult with one of his colleagues.

So I hit Wal-Mart tomorrow to fill the new prescriptions.  Wish me luck!  I’ll fill you all in on how it goes.  In fact, if I start posting pure gibberish it may be a sign that there’s a problem somewhere and I’ve gone loopy.  Oh wait, you might not be able to tell any difference from what I usually post. 

Does anyone have big plans for the weekend?  It seems like the weather is going to be fairly decent here, so I may go hiking at some point.  I’m also going to try to get back on plan a bit (we’ll see how that turns out).

My mom and I may also go to a MADD candlelight.  The local chapter has it every year to honor those who have lost their lives due to drunk driving.  We weren’t able to go last year because of the weather, but we haven’t decided for sure whether we’re going or not.  If we do, I’ll post a picture.

I hope you all have a happy weekend!