This is going to be another one of my little bit of everything posts, and it’s going to be a bit long, so you might just want to skim through and see if anything catches your eye that you’d like to read further. I know I’ve been a bit M.I.A. lately, and hopefully I will be able to change that soon! I’ve been a regular on Twitter, so you can always catch me there – the randomness that I post there knows no limits.
Though I’ve been feeling that I need to take a step back from even Twitter for [ ... ]
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27
Sep 2010
This is going to be another one of my little bit of everything posts, and it’s going to be a bit long, so you might just want to skim through and see if anything catches your eye that you’d like to read further. I know I’ve been a bit M.I.A. lately, and hopefully I will be able to change that soon! I’ve been a regular on Twitter, so you can always catch me there – the randomness that I post there knows no limits.
Though I’ve been feeling that I need to take a step back from even Twitter for [ ... ]
03
Aug 2010
As I mentioned yesterday, I’m still buying various 100 calorie packs. What can I say? They’re handy! But I have made some great strides in the past couple of months.
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m a “quantity eater.” I like to eat. I like to eat a lot. I won’t deny it. I can eat a lot in a very short amount of time. Um, yeah, pretty much the definition of a binge.
However, you would be so incredibly proud of me! I know I am! A few months ago, I searched and searched for my favored 100 [ ... ]
Category: Food, Health
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27
Mar 2010
So let me tell you about my Friday.
First, I was getting ready to make pancakes this morning at about 4:30 am for part of my dinner (remember my odd schedule, right?). I was getting ready to mix the batter, when I heard a sound like something dropped. But immediately after that, I heard my mom’s shower shut off. I figure maybe she just dropped something in the shower. But after thinking about it for a minute, I decided that I better check to make sure. I went up and tried my dad first – he’s been sleeping in a recliner [ ... ]
Category: Health, Life in General
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01
Dec 2009
So how was everybody’s weekend/holiday? I really enjoyed the time off of work. It was a nice little break. Too short and it flew by, of course, but it was nice.
I had a very low-key Thanksgiving day. My parents and I spent most of the day watching Bones, Season 3. Then my mom went to my grandma’s house while I stayed home with my dad. He had accidentally messed up his medications and their dose times that morning and wasn’t feeling at the top of his game. He was worried that he would start having bad seizures, so decided to [ ... ]
Category: Books / Movies / Entertainment, Health
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10
Nov 2009
Thank you for all the get well wishes! They meant a lot!
As you can see, I am still alive! I made it through the swine flu. It took me about a week to get through the worst of it, but even now, a couple of weeks later, I’m still not feeling 100%. My cough is gradually disappearing – it’s practically nothing now – but I still get tired extremely easily and I’ve been fighting a sore throat this week. I have so much drainage (TMI, I know) in my throat that that might be the cause of the soreness. If [ ... ]
Category: Health
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27
Oct 2009
I know my posts have been getting fewer and farther between, and I freely admit that I haven’t been doing all too great on the food front, but all of that just pales in comparison to what I’ve been going through this week.
The swine flu has hit home – more particularly, my home – even more particularly, me. I started getting a very slight cough Friday night. By Sunday morning, I barely had the energy to get out of bed. I slept all day Sunday and called my doctor at about 11am on Monday. Luckily, my doctor’s office has extended [ ... ]
Category: Health
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28
Jul 2009
Well, today (Tuesday) was day 4 of weaning myself off of Zoloft. My doctor has me taking half doses for seven days and then half doses every other day for 16 days. So far I haven’t had too many withdrawal issues, but it’s still early yet. I feel a bit more panicky and a few other side effects have gotten a bit worse, but I’m hoping that those will fade as more time goes on.
On the other hand, I’m already feeling a bit more myself in some ways. In fact, I felt better tonight than I have in several weeks. [ ... ]
Category: Health
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24
Jul 2009
Okay, nothing truly fantastic has really happened like me losing weight or winning the lottery. I’m just feeling much more optimistic and hopeful today than I have in a really long time.
First, I got my oil changed yesterday and since they topped off the air in my tires, they don’t squeal anymore. They still need to be replaced, and fairly soon, but at least it’s not as immediate as I was thinking. If only everything was such a quick fix! Guess I should check my tire pressure a bit more often, huh?
Unfortunately, my computer hasn’t been such a [ ... ]
Category: Health
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23
Jul 2009
First, thanks to everyone who posted a comment on my last post. You are all truly wonderful people and keep reminding me that there are good people in the world.
So this week, things aren’t just raining down on me. They’re pouring. And I’m not talking about water from the sky.
First, my laptop has decided to be a pain in the ass. After I reformatted the hard drive a couple of weeks ago, it started running pretty great again, but now it is constantly shutting itself down. After doing some research online, I have a few things to check on to [ ... ]
Category: Health, Life in General
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15
Apr 2009
As the great majority of you already know, my dad has suffered from increasingly debilitating epilepsy since he was a young teenager. Unfortunately, he is one of the unlucky one-third that has not been able to be managed by medication. I’ve lost track of the number of pills that he takes (I think only my mom really knows), but he still has seizures daily. More than once, these seizures have sent him to the emergency room.
I was so happy to see that epilepsy made the cover of Newsweek this week and I recommend that you each pick up a [ ... ]
Category: Health
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22
Feb 2009
Eat very poorly……..check
Very little exercise……….check
Feel like crap………..check
As you can see, I have all the makings of a fairly significant gain this week. I can’t find it within myself to care too too much right now, though. As I was telling Ron earlier, I don’t think that I’ve done much other than sleep, cough, and eat this weekend.
I sometimes feel better, and then I don’t anymore. My cold is in no way as bad as ones that I’ve had before, but I am exhausted, my throat is still scratchy, my nose is still runny, and I’m still coughing. Luckily, [ ... ]
Category: Health
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20
Feb 2009
Now before you all get too excited and volunteer to be the one to smack me, I first want to say thank you to all of you for your heartfelt, caring comments on my last post. I had a really good day, filled with happy memories and I think that was partly because of you guys. I also wanted to say that my thoughts go out to all of you who have also lost loved ones. I know it’s not easy, but I believe that it helps us to share those experiences.
Congratulations, also, to Perry for posting my [ ... ]
Category: Exercise, Health
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13
Feb 2009
Er….they’re out! The stitches are gone! You guys were right. It was a piece of cake. It only hurt at the beginning when she accidentally stabbed me with the scissors. ) She did say that it looks a bit puffy, so I have to keep it covered with neosporin for a few more days, but I can handle that.
The day after the incident (Feb. 2nd)
On Thursday: (Feb. 6th)
Stitch free tonight:
Notice the presence of the lovely bruise that won’t go away. And keep in mind that the slice looked like a big round circle before he stitched [ ... ]
Category: Health
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10
Feb 2009
As I suspected, I was up 6.6 pounds on the scale today. Craziness! That’s what? Something like 23,000 extra calories this week if I actually did gain that much? I do think some of it at least was water retention, but it’s still crazy. Oh well, it’s a new day and a new week!
My finger is still on the mend. It aches a bit, but very few sharp stabbing pains anymore, and I usually have to whack it on something (not intentionally, of course) or press on it accidentally for it to really hurt. I am concerned about getting the [ ... ]
Category: Health, Weigh-Ins
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06
Feb 2009
As you can see from the pics below, my finger looks much, much better already. It must have been all the healing vibes you guys have sent. The stitches don’t come out until next Wed. or Thurs., though.
On Monday:
Today:
Isn’t the human body’s ability to heal an amazing thing? Now if I could only get over this nasty stomach bug I’ve picked up from somewhere….
Category: Health
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