Good morning, everybody... how are we all this morning? It's still dark outside - almost the middle of the night for some of you, so I don't know what kind of day it's going to be, but the weather people say it's going be warm and sunny. I hope they're right!!
So, last week, I mentioned that I was supposed to get the veins in my legs ablated at the end of this month and the woman who does the scheduling at the doctor's office when ballistic on me when I called to re-schedule because my son and daughter-in-law are coming for my DIL's graduation to get her Masters Degree in accounting. I don't know about anyone else, but I think a Masters Degree is a pretty big deal and really warrants my presence, so it still kind of burns my rear that the scheduler threw such a fit, but that's just me!!
Anyway, the woman was supposed to call me back with dates and she didn't. I waited all week and didn't hear from her. Because she was such a horrible person to talk to, I really kept putting off calling to ask about new dates and had even looked into other places to get the procedures done, although I did feel that I needed to talk to her one more time before I went elsewhere. So I go get my mail on Friday, and what do I find?? You guessed it - there's a note with a card and new appointment dates, nicely saying that if these dates don't work, please call the office. I guess she didn't want to talk to me either, huh? That could be because the doctor wanted to do the left leg first and she scheduled the right one first, plus she'd told me that these 4 procedures all have to be done within a week of each other, yet she has them scheduled over a period of 2 whole weeks, with ultrasounds taking place up to 2 months after the first procedure when she originally told me it had to be done within 1 month, etc, etc. Perhaps she realized I might question her about these discrepancies if she made these appointments over the phone... I'm not sure, but as I have no appointments scheduled on those days, I'll accept them, simply so I don't have to talk to her again. She did hold true with her promise/threat that she would drag it into March, though starts at the beginning of March, instead of the end of the month as she threatened. I'd probably not have waited that long as I'd have been looking elsewhere by now if I hadn't gotten the new appointments...
That's all taken care of, now, so we just play the waiting game and I deal with the swelling/edema and cramps the best I can until the time rolls around.
In the meantime, my winter neighbor is back from Oregon and we're back to walking nearly every day again. I did have to take a break yesterday as the muscles in my legs rebelled in a way they haven't done in many years. They seem to be much better this morning, so we'll try again and see how it goes. I may have to limit myself to every other day, but that remains to be seen...
So, moving on the weight issue... My body keeps playing tricks on me and my weight is going in the wrong direction right now; I'm trying to take steps to stop it, then I'll be able to take steps to lose again. Right now, I'm at a point where eating anything causes weight gain, but as we know, eating nothing is even more harmful.
I'm up by 1.2 lbs this week... I know part of it is fluid retention, which is a never-ending problem with me and I believe that some of it is stomach issues. At the risk of TMI, I've begun having a lot of trouble with constipation again, which leads me to believe that my thyroid levels might be going off again, plus I ran out my digestive enzymes and haven't replaced them, so that could be a factor as well.
I did buy some protein shake mix yesterday, as my protein levels are chronically low and I know with the muscle cramps I've been having, along with the frozen shoulder(s), I haven't been exercising as much, so muscles are probably wasting. My right shoulder is almost back to normal and the frozen shoulder has moved over to the left, so I need to start doing some light weight training along with my walking to start building my muscles back up again.
Because of the foot/leg cramps and the pain of the frozen shoulder(s), I don't sleep as well as I should, but the past couple of nights, I have slept some better... during REM sleep is when we do a lot of our healing, so hopefully if I can get better sleep, I can get better all the way around.
Anyway, that's my story... I hope you've all got better news than I do...
Oh, by the way, AnnieBrooke - I did finally, find a store in my area that carries the Saffron Road dinners you've spoken about in the past. I got a couple of them yesterday... one was the lamb you've mentioned. I wasn't real crazy about the meat itself, but the rest of the dish was quite tasty... :-) I still have a chicken dish in the freezer. Now that I know where I can buy them, I'll probably keep a couple on hand for those days I need something quick and easy. It did fill me up, but I noticed I was hungry before evening, though I was working outside and didn't snack.
I'm off for my walk...
~~Wishing everyone a wonderful, successful week~~