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I've been feeling cheery the past couple of days in a row. This morning I went to see a nurse practitioner for my Welcome to Medicare exam. It feels so good to finally have health insurance! They cleaned the tons of earwax out of my ears, took some blood, and asked me some questions.
I am basically pretty healthy, which is something to be thankful for. I have hypertension, but it's well controlled with medication. My blood pressure today was excellent.
Monday I have to go for a mammogram. I am almost 40, and my paternal grandmother died of breast cancer when she was 52. I would like to see I'm really careful about doing self-breast exams, but I'm not. I never even think about it. I could use a reminder chart on the refrigerator.
I am nervous about the mammogram, because I'm afraid it's going to hurt. I've never heard any woman say she enjoyed having her mammogram done! But I guess it's a necessary evil, to make sure I stay healthy.
I can't believe I forgot to ask for some sleeping medication. I slept well last night, was feeling well today, so I totally forgot about those two miserable nights when I was lying awake past 2am and staring at the walls.
One night I had a weird anxiety situation, because I started being very afraid that an intruder was going to come in and grab my legs or touch my face. You just know that's irrational, because an intruder could do a lot worse things than that! But that's just what was going through my mind, and it had me so freaked out I couldn't go to sleep.
Anyway, no sleeping medication for me. I will just have to wait until I see Dr. Awtrey again next month.
Today I weighed at the doctor's office, and it was 262! That means I've lost 6 pounds since I weighed at the Agape House on Feb 19th. That is awesome for a week and a half. And I've been eating well, not doing without. I do have a bad habit of skipping breakfast, but I've been eating my other meals.
All my pants are too big, what few pairs I have. I have this friend, who is like a substitute mother to me, who says she's going to take me shopping when I lose 50 pounds. I probably won't find out officially how much weight I've lost until next month at Agape House. My scales at home weigh different. They are 3 pounds heavier than the ones at the doctor's office. So I think I've lost 44 pounds, but hard to tell until I get back to the Agape House scales.
I will take myself shopping as soon as I get paid on Monday. We live close to a thrift store, and I will browse in there and see if they have any jeans in my size. Before, when I wore a 26, I couldn't find anything there. But now I wear a 22, so they might have something. They did have plus sizes, just not big enough.
I have been posting on this great message board: http://messageboards.aol.com/aol/en_us/articles.php?boardId=255854&func=3&channel=People%20Connection&refresh=true I've made a pledge to drink at least 2 bottles of water each day, and to exercise 45 minutes a week. So wish me luck in keeping up with my pledge!
Oh, almost forgot to say... That friend who wants to take me shopping bought me a set of DVDs that are exercise ones. It's George Foreman, circuit walking and walk-and-box. I should have done it today, but I've been so busy with the doctor's appointment and grocery shopping. And tonight we have church and Colton is watching TV right now. But tomorrow I'm having a free day, and I'm going to do it!
I also got fired from my one of my volunteer jobs, which was working in the office in front of the building where I live. How does someone get fired when she's a volunteer? Just ask me. I kept having sleep problems. I can't sleep at night, so I'm very sleepy in the mornings. I used to fall asleep on the couch after Colton went to school, or he would be late to school, and I would not wake up in time to get down there at 9am. I also had a lot of appointments and days when I couldn't work.
So I am very disappointed in myself that I didn't do a better job. I don't blame them for finding someone else. But I have gotten over being so disappointed about it. It will be nice to have my days free again. Today I was able to go grocery shopping at Wal-mart during Colton's school day, and it was very nice.
Thanks everyone who's read this long post. And have a great day!
Donna
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I've never had one but I have heard that the bigger you are the more it hurts. Bet this is one time women wish for small hooties. =D Anyway ... I didn't realize you had lost 44 pounds. That's fabulous. Keep it up. Is that loss using Atkins? Emmi
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that's great with your weight loss!!
I'm not big-busted so mammograms don't bother me like I know they can be uncomfortable for women more endowed than me. I know that the technicians are trying to do the best they can to make an uncomfortable situation as comfortable as it can be and I've heard stories about people just yelling at the technicians for being so inconsiderate, painful etc when in reality most if not all technicians are women and they know its uncomfortable and they do their best to make it not be so, so I resolved whenever I have a mammogram I'm going to do my best to encourage the technician and not complain about the discomfort, make sense? and it is a necessary "evil" to hopefully catch a cancer
I'm bad like you, I never do my self breast exams; that's the first thing out of my mouth when I see the doctor and I listen to their warnings/advice and I never get around to doing it
that's awesome you will be needing to buy smaller size clothes soon! best advice I can give you, get rid of the bigger size clothes when they get too big so you never have them to fall back into so you don't have any excuse to regain the weight
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congratulations on the loss girl I am so proud of you keep up the good work
hugs
Sherry
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2/29/08 5:02 PM