Delusions of... Everything

Toothache

I'm not ignoring you, giving you the cold shoulder nor have I forgotten about you.  I have a major toothache... It came on very quickly and even taking 4 ibuprofen every 4 hours isn't helping much.  The dentist could not get me in until 4:45 on Tuesday.  I'm pretty sure I'll be needing a root canal.  The last time I had a toothache this bad they had to refer me to a specialist because of the shape of root.  I really hope this isn't the same thing.  I was in that specialist's chair for over 2 hours.

Have I mentioned that I am terrified of the dentist?  Panic attack terrified!  But this tooth hurts so bad that I all I want to do is go get it taken care of.

I was so proud of myself on Sunday for getting posts ready ahead of time for the whole week.  This was supposed to give me more time to visit your blogs, unfortunately that won't be happening until at least Wed, that is if everything goes smoothly tomorrow.  All my posts are still set to publish, but know that I am not anywhere near a computer.

Please send peaceful, calming, good dentist experience vibes my way.  I really need them!

Blogging and Exercise

In April at my yearly check up (which I hadn't had in 3 years) it was found that I'm on the borderline for high blood pressure and diabetes.  My doctor told me if I want to end up with one or both of those diseases I should just keep going along with my simple little non-active life.  If I don't wish to have either of those diseases I needed to start exercising, 30 minutes a day she told me.  Gah!

There are some things I know about myself.  I don't like to sweat.  I have a bad knee, it's naughty for no apparent reason.  When I get home from work I like to relax, or clean the house, or cook dinner, or do the dishes, or scrub the toilet, anything but exercise.  However I have no desire to be unhealthy, so I had to come up with a plan.

My plan ended up being to take the early morning hours minutes that I usually use for blogging and use them for exercising.  My plan is working out well for exercise, but not so well for blogging.  I feel really disconnected from my blog writing and reading.  I have to be ok with this.  I have to adjust.  I have to maybe not respond to comments right away, or at all.  I have to be ok with playing occasional catch up with my favorite bloggers.  I know I said it already, but I have to adjust.  It really is important for me to exercise.  So I'm going to keep on truckin' around the track at 5:15 am, and fit blogging in when I can.

This week I'm starting to keep an exercise journal to share with all of you.  I'm not sure what kind of format I'll be using yet, but I plan to share it once a week so you can see what I've been up to and how I'm improving (or not).

Today I'm off to party at my good friend Asthmagirl's house... It's baby shower time!!

I Slept

Last night I was in bed by 8:15.  Lights off and asleep by 9:00.  I slept all night... Let me repeat ALL NIGHT.  I did not wake up to go pee.  I did not wake up when the dog growled (he always growls in the night).  I did not wake up when Handy Man's alarm went off.  I did not wake up when Handy Man left for work.  I did, however, wake up when my alarm went off.

I'm telling you I could have slept a couple more hours easily.  I'm still feeling fogging this morning, we'll see how I feel as the day goes on.  I hope to get caught up with you all today or tomorrow!

Tell me which picture you like best...

I'm Tired

I don't know what's going on with me.  I've had my tune up and all's well, or being fixed.  I'm taking my prescription vitamin D to take care of that deficiency.  I'm taking my other vitamins and supplements.  I've started exercising, quite successfully I might add.  Yet I am unbelievably tired.  I'm not the tired type.  I'm not a nap taker, unless I'm sick.  I really need to snap out of it, I don't like feeling exhausted.

I need to catch up with some of you.  It's been days since I've made it over to your blogs to see what's been going on in all of your lives, or what you've been seeing through your lens.

For now, I'm going to leave you with this picture and take a stroll outside to see if that wakes me up.

Answers to Guess....

What did I do yesterday morning???

Yesterday morning and this morning and every morning for the rest of my life that I'm up for it, I walked at the track.  Mind you it was 5:15 in the morning...  I lasted for 1 mile before my back hurt too bad to walk any longer.  I'm going to keep at it though!

What day was it at Dancing Daughter's school?

It was 80's day!  I loved the Madonna and gypsy comments!  I tried my best to dress her like Madonna in Desperately Seeking Susan, but DD wasn't having any of that!  She had to put a little of her own signature on the outfit.  Thank goodness for the thrift store?!  Crazy.

What is that photo?

The photo is a picture of sand that had collected on one of the many large rocks at the Des Moines Beach Park, which happens to be where Handy Man and I went for a walk, a relax and some photo shooting.  Deb had a great guess about putting sand on our brick patio, so close!! 

Here is a picture of the rock with the sand on it.

What did Handy Man and I do on Sunday, besides yard work?!

As MPM guessed we went to the beach!  Tracey was also right with her guess of relaxing by a rocky stream!  The Des Moines Beach Park is next to the Marina.  We went for a nice exercise walk around the Marina then relaxed on the beach for a while.  The Des Moines Creek feeds into Puget Sound at this spot.  It's a nice place to recover relax after a brisk walk.

The Follow Up Mammogram

I want to thank everyone who wished me well on my follow up mammogram.  I could feel all the good vibes coming my way, even as I was sitting in the waiting room for 30 minutes.

I was lucky enough to be sitting near two older ladies in the waiting room, half sisters I gathered from their conversation about health and from whom they got which health ailment.  "Well, we don't really know about YOUR dad's family history, there might have been cancer in HIS family."  "True, but you know, mother's family all had heart disease, everyone of them died of a heart attack, we need to be careful of that.  AND all we really know about YOUR dad was HIS diabetes."  "Very true."

They also talked about the following:

Survivor and how they can't figure out why that jerk Coach is still around.
Stopping by the store to do some shopping on the way home because they need "those meals for two".
Why it's taking so long to get called in for the "Xray".
How one of them has to go to the bathroom very badly, but refuses to leave her seat for fear of being called and missing her appointment.

I could go on and on... I was very happy to have the distraction of listening to their conversation.  They were both very good natured and very sweet with each other.  The one with the appointment was called in and I knew I would be next (through their conversation I found out we both had 2:30 appointments).

The follow up mammogram is much different than the regular one.  I just have to come out and say, It hurt like a mother f***er!  I had no idea a breast could have so much pain inflicted on it.  Holy Crapoly.  The technician told me they would just focus on the area of the breast where the unknown spot is, so it's a much smaller area they are looking at.  Three major squishes later, I'm in shock from the pain and she tells me to go get dressed and wait in the chairs to talk to the doctor, if needed.

The last thing I wanted to do was put a bra on, but I did and waited.  Apparently with all the new technology they can view the pictures then and there.  The technician came back and said "Sweetie, you are good to go.  The new digital camera picks up more than the old ones and you just have some density there.  When we squish out the area the density disappears.  So, I'll see you next year."  Oh Joy!

Then I went home and played with my new lens.

Health Report

All the results are in from my physical.

Pap smear - normal

Cholesterol - bad higher than it should be, good cholesterol phenomenal making my average in the good range.

Blood Glucose - at the high end, if I don't change (lose weight) I could become diabetic in 5 years or so.

Vitamin D level - highly deficient, I've been given a prescription of 50,000 IU to take for 8 weeks.

Mammogram - got the little card in the mail yesterday saying, "Additional studies are indicated.  Please contact us to schedule your follow-up appointment."  Great.

I feel like a car in need of a major tune up.