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Just an Update

August 21, 2011 6 Comments

Hello friends. I just wanted to post a quick update. My dad had surgery on Wednesday to fix his abdominal wall. He went home on Friday and seemed to be doing pretty good, besides being loopy from the pain meds. This morning my mom text me while I was at church and said he was having extreme pain in his right leg and couldn’t walk. She called an ambulance and they came and got him.

We’ve been at the hospital for a few hours now. My sister and I are in the really nice atrium area of the hospital, since the ER room was so small. My mom is with my dad. We haven’t heard much, except that they think it might be a blood clot in his leg. They took him to do an ultrasound a couple hours ago, but I haven’t heard anything yet. I will post an update tomorrow, and if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you can see my updates as well. (If you want to that is!) 6:01 pm

**Update**

So I posted this half an hour ago and we just saw a text from my mom saying his artery in his leg is completely blocked and they may have to do surgery. Trying to get more info now. 6:30 pm

**Update**

His surgery went great! There was a small chance he could have lost his leg, but the procedure worked! All limbs intact! Praise the Lord! He will be in the hospital for a few days. They think the clot came from his heart. Praise God it moved to his leg & didn’t kill him! We are heading back to the hospital in a little bit. Thank you for prayers! 11:15am Monday

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It’s My Blogoversary!!

April 26, 2011 6 Comments

My blog is THREE years old today! WOW! It’s hard to believe. But that’s just this blog! I’ve been blogging even longer. Close to 10 years! Which is crazy.

Anywho. I don’t have anything big planned. I’ve had way too much going on this past month. Maybe I’ll plan something big for next year. You’ll help me remember, right?

This morning I went to the doctor for a check up. They did blood work, which I never like. I should know the results from that in about a week. My blood pressure was WAY down compared to last time! YAY!! It’s actually normal now. Thank God! I’ve been so worried about that. He also told me that since I’ve been taking my medicine, I’m on a normal cycle. Which means I should be ovulating correctly. Which means, I might have the chance of getting pregnant the normal way! I really really hope so.

I really like my doctor. I’m comfortable with him, which is so not normal for me. But he’s easy to talk to and he’s a Christian. I really hate that I have to leave him with we PCS. He told me today that I can still come to him when we move back. Hehe. So I should only have to find ONE more doctor, when we move. Ugh. Welcome to Military Life!

This post is kind of random. I don’t really have all that much to say. I have lots of cleaning to do today. And I really need to work on menu planning and making a grocery list. (Both of which I’m HORRIBLE at, but getting better.) If you have any tips or ideas about menu planning, please share!

I suppose I’ll wrap this up. Try not to bore you anymore. Hope everyone is having a blessed week!

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My Weight Loss Challenge

February 10, 2011 Leave a Comment

It’s no secret that most women want to lose weight, whether they need to or not. It’s been a self conscious problem for women for generations. I have been overweight for as long as I can remember. For years I have wanted to lose weight and have wondered why I couldn’t. It’s not like I’m stuffing my face with junk food. I think I eat fairly healthy. I know I eat healthier than a lot of my friends. I have for years. I hate white bread. I love salad, spinach, asparagus, broccoli, etc. I practically grew up on salmon and chicken. My biggest struggle is sugar. I love sweet tea and chocolate! (I have cut back to only water and I’ll eat a little bit of dark chocolate every once in a while)

In August, my doctor told me that I have PCOS. (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) One of the symptoms of that is Metabolic Syndrome. Basically, my metabolism is extremely low and that makes it difficult to lose weight. Or have any energy whatsoever. At that same appointment, I weighed in at my highest weight ever. It was heartbreaking. Since then I have been taking several medications for different things, but one of them is helping with the Metabolic Syndrome. I have lost 18 pounds since that first doctors appointment!

The Sarge has been working on losing weight to get back down to his target weight. He has done so well! He’s lost over 40 lbs since he deployed! I’m so proud of him! At the same time, I have felt like a failure because I haven’t lost as much weight. (this was before I knew I had lost 18 lbs) My sweet, amazing husband wants me to lose weight for my health. I want to lose it for my health and for my own self image. Mostly my health. So he has challenged me.

My goal is to lose 50 lbs by September 1st. (less than 8 lbs a month!) I think I can do it. The Sarge knows I can do it. I have a great support group. (He even emailed several family members & friends and asked them to encourage me daily! He’s amazing!!) I’m counting calories, but I’m not starving myself. I want to lose the weight and keep it off! I’m eating smaller meals more often, which is boosting my metabolism. I am drinking at least 8 glasses of water every day. I’m exercising more. I’m starting out slow and working up to more. And I feel great!

My mother-in-law emailed me today and encouraged me to get a pedometer so that I can track how many steps I walk. We will be doing that together, even though we are half a country apart! This is encouraging me to actually get up and WALK!

I’m excited about this challenge. I’m ready to lose weight and become healthier. I hope you will all pray for me and encourage me during these next few months as I work towards my goal.

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My Body Does NOT Like This!

February 8, 2010 Leave a Comment

The day after I went to the doctor’s office for the first time, I had to go back. They wanted to take blood, but I couldn’t eat anything after midnight. I had eaten breakfast before going the first time so they told me to come back.

I had never had blood drawn in my life! I was nervous, but my amazing husband was there went me. Even though he can’t stand the sight of blood, he was still there for me. I am so glad!

After the nurse tried once in each arm, with no luck, the doctor came in and got it on the first try. But after that, both of my arms felt numb and tingly. I was worried about that. Is that normal?! After a little while my left arm felt normal again, but my right arm (where they got the blood from) was numb and tingly all day. After a while it actually started to hurt! I called my mom, who is a registered nurse, and asked her what I should do. Know what she said? “You’ll be ok”. She didn’t even answer my question! Great mom. Great.

Thankfully after some tylenol and a good night’s rest, my arm is back to normal.

Then, YESTERDAY, the day after my arm thing, I hit my pinkie nail on the frame of our couch. I still have my acrylic nails on from our wedding, 3 weeks ago. I’ve been meaning to get them taken off, I just haven’t. When I hit my nail, it ripped off part of my real nail!! Its still attached at the cuticle and the acrylic nail is still attached, so I put a bandaid on it to keep them on. I’m hoping that it will either reattach itself, or my nail will just grow out and I can keep clipping the nail. Thankfully it doesn’t hurt today. Yesterday though…OMG! So bad. I had to take a percocet. LOL!

Well, long story short, I do not like pain. My friend says I should live in a cage so I can’t hurt myself. Hmm… Maybe she’s right…

Much Love,

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First Doctor’s Visit in YEARS!!

February 8, 2010 Leave a Comment

I haven’t had medical insurance since I was 19 years old. Now that I’m married to a soldier, I have medical insurance again! Which is so good! So I went to the doctor last week for the first time in YEARS! Since it was the first time I had been there, we just did a few things. Like they took my temp, blood pressure, etc. The dr asked me questions about my health problems. I told her about my constant menstrual cycle. She told me that from the things I’ve said, she thinks I probably have PCOS. That is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, for those of you who don’t know.

What is polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)?

Polycystic (pah-lee-SIS-tik) ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a health problem that can affect a woman’s menstrual cycle, ability to have children, hormones, heart, blood vessels, and appearance. With PCOS, women typically have:

high levels of androgens (AN-druh-junz). These are sometimes called male hormones, although females also make them.
missed or irregular periods
many small cysts (sists) in their ovaries. Cysts are fluid-filled sacs.

I have a few friends that have PCOS and I have talked about the symptoms they have and I thought that I could have it. Thinking you have it and having your dr say that you have it are completely different things.

Getting home from the doctor’s office, reading over the symptoms and complications of PCOS, I started to get a little emotional. This is one of the leading causes for infertility. Not everyone that has it, has trouble with getting pregnant. But not being able to have kids has always been my big fear. Now it just feel like it has come true.

My husband and I aren’t planning to have kids for a couple of years anyways. If I’m not able to conceive, maybe we should start saving money for adoption now. We decided a while ago that we wanted to adopt no matter what. I’m still hoping it’s not our only option for having children.

Thankfully I have a built in support group! Outside of my family and friends, I also have a handful of friends who have PCOS. They know what it’s like, they know how I feel. I am so thankful for them!!

Much Love,