Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mother's day
The morning was wonderful. Krys brought me breakfast in bed that consisted of eggs benedict (1/2 order), the other half a muffin had strawberry jam, a blueberry muffin a glass of orange juice all served on a tray. That is the first time she has ever tried anything that involved so much cooking and she did a wonderful job. J. is getting ready right now for us to go out. He is taking me out to dinner. I just want us to have some quiet time together where we can talk about some things. Nothing bad, I just want him on board with this whole take care of me thing. I can't do it if I don't have the support of my family too. He has to be willing to be a part of the process without feeling like I am neglecting him or anything. I am hoping that I get a few supporters on here as well. I am going to leave it public for a while longer and also invite some people that I feel will be supportive and understanding. We really need to get things pulled together for all our sakes. He's the always harping at me about my responsibilty as a parent and I need to be sure I am doing all I can. Well, we haven't been doing all we can and we need to lay down some plans. It's about time to go so I'm signing off for now.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Movie night
For the first time in a long time we all sat down to watch a movie together. When we got the movies we picked up some snack items to go along. I was the only one who managed to stay awake throught he movie - not that it was boring by any means. They were just tired I guess. Tried to sleep in a little this mornin but didn't. Ahh well. I have instructions to not leave bed tomorrow until given 'permission'. :) Mom called today from Alaska - they are celebrating today to avoid crowds. We are celebrating with Karen on the 23 because she is busy tomorrow. Well, I might write more later...have chores to do want to do a little research.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Today was better...
Today was a quick day with work, getting Krystal, going to physical therapy and then home for dinner. Dinner was easy though, Karen sent left overs; home-made chili and some ham hocks and beans. Krystal made some cornbread and dinner was done!! Now I'm watching "Medium" and will be heading for bed soon. Thought I better stick with my commitment though and write down what I ate today.
BR - 1/2 bagel w/Swiss; OJ w/ grapefruit seed extract
LN - 1 1/2 Jack-in-the-box chicken strips & 1/2 a small fry
DN - 2 cups chili w/ 1/8 C cheese; 2 pieces cornbread
I know I didn't drink enough water today because I didn't refill my bottle at school. I should refill it at least twice. I'm not 'teaching' since we are testing so I am doing less talking/moving which means I don't get as thirsty.
Decided I am going to post my weight on Sunday. Don't really want to and I can come up with all kinds of reasons to wait but it is just putting off the inevitable. I either do this or I don't - and being open about what I weigh is part of the deal.
I'm watching more tv than writing - it's the 2-hour "Medium". Goodnight.
BR - 1/2 bagel w/Swiss; OJ w/ grapefruit seed extract
LN - 1 1/2 Jack-in-the-box chicken strips & 1/2 a small fry
DN - 2 cups chili w/ 1/8 C cheese; 2 pieces cornbread
I know I didn't drink enough water today because I didn't refill my bottle at school. I should refill it at least twice. I'm not 'teaching' since we are testing so I am doing less talking/moving which means I don't get as thirsty.
Decided I am going to post my weight on Sunday. Don't really want to and I can come up with all kinds of reasons to wait but it is just putting off the inevitable. I either do this or I don't - and being open about what I weigh is part of the deal.
I'm watching more tv than writing - it's the 2-hour "Medium". Goodnight.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Time to take action...
Pain is difficult to describe. The doctor always wants to know where it lands on a scale of 1-10; 10 being the worst of course. The problem is that different kinds of pain register differently and this latest pain is nothing I've experienced before. It's as though my body feels the pain before my brain registers that it is pain.
It woke me up this morning; the neck of my shirt and my hair were damp with sweat and it felt as though there was a large knife slowly twisting deep within my hip. It hurst to walk, sit or lie down. There isn't a position that is better or that provides relief. At 6 a.m. with everyone else asleep I took some ibuprofin and came out to the living room in hopes of finding some distraction through reading or watching tv. Thought about trying to write at that point but couldn't stay in one position very long since the pain makes me so restless. Waited 40 minutes before deciding to take a Vicadin also. By 10:00 the pain was bearable but not gone so took another Vicadin. Pain started to creep back about 11:30 so took ibuprofin. Should be able to keep it under control the rest of the day with ibuprofin as long as I take it every four hours.
I am going to compose a letter to both general doc and my gynocologist. I think we need to be taking some sort of action - things are difinately getting worse. This is one of those times when I really just feel like grazing. have already eaten more than should today. Ordered pizza last night for dinner and had left over. Had a couple pieces of that and a bowl of cereal. Going to Karen's this afternoon; I guess she has chilli for us. I'm going to read up on endometriosis some more and see if there is more that i could be doing. It would be so nice if I had the ability to put all the things in place to help me get healthy. A treadmill and/or bicycle for exercise, shoes for working out, and then the energy to actually workout would be nice. John wants me to have a bicycle but I want something I can use when the weather isn't good or on days when we don't have time to take to bikes out.
On top of it all, it has now been decided that I will be moving to a different school within the district next school year. This actually is a good move since it will be the first time I will be in complete control of my own classroom and program. I have always either been part of a department (high school) or part of a teaching team. This time I will be establishing a learning center program on my own. I will have two instructional assistants and there is a speach & language therapist on site so I am not 'on my own' literally - I will have lots of support and the teacher I am replacing has done an excellent job laying the ground work. I'm going to start a wish lish though for DonorsChoose.org of all those little things that make a classroom organized.
Time to go look up a few things before we have to head over to Karen's I should have time to write again tonight - I need to figure out when and how often I am going to do weigh-ins. Until later--write mroe, eat less.
It woke me up this morning; the neck of my shirt and my hair were damp with sweat and it felt as though there was a large knife slowly twisting deep within my hip. It hurst to walk, sit or lie down. There isn't a position that is better or that provides relief. At 6 a.m. with everyone else asleep I took some ibuprofin and came out to the living room in hopes of finding some distraction through reading or watching tv. Thought about trying to write at that point but couldn't stay in one position very long since the pain makes me so restless. Waited 40 minutes before deciding to take a Vicadin also. By 10:00 the pain was bearable but not gone so took another Vicadin. Pain started to creep back about 11:30 so took ibuprofin. Should be able to keep it under control the rest of the day with ibuprofin as long as I take it every four hours.
I am going to compose a letter to both general doc and my gynocologist. I think we need to be taking some sort of action - things are difinately getting worse. This is one of those times when I really just feel like grazing. have already eaten more than should today. Ordered pizza last night for dinner and had left over. Had a couple pieces of that and a bowl of cereal. Going to Karen's this afternoon; I guess she has chilli for us. I'm going to read up on endometriosis some more and see if there is more that i could be doing. It would be so nice if I had the ability to put all the things in place to help me get healthy. A treadmill and/or bicycle for exercise, shoes for working out, and then the energy to actually workout would be nice. John wants me to have a bicycle but I want something I can use when the weather isn't good or on days when we don't have time to take to bikes out.
On top of it all, it has now been decided that I will be moving to a different school within the district next school year. This actually is a good move since it will be the first time I will be in complete control of my own classroom and program. I have always either been part of a department (high school) or part of a teaching team. This time I will be establishing a learning center program on my own. I will have two instructional assistants and there is a speach & language therapist on site so I am not 'on my own' literally - I will have lots of support and the teacher I am replacing has done an excellent job laying the ground work. I'm going to start a wish lish though for DonorsChoose.org of all those little things that make a classroom organized.
Time to go look up a few things before we have to head over to Karen's I should have time to write again tonight - I need to figure out when and how often I am going to do weigh-ins. Until later--write mroe, eat less.
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