I'm very proud of all that I accomplished today. The list of activities was long; health things for work, cruise things, packing, cleaning my room.
While that list may not seem extensive, I often get side tracked and leave half of said list "to do tomorrow". And we all know how that story goes; tomorrow the items never get accomplished either.
Anyway, upon taking a "Wellness Review" to see how healthy I am, the computer generated that I am 54 points out of 100. Thank you machine that calculates my well being after some simple questions that either require a "yes" or "no" or pick between 1 and 5.
I'm going to try and be more positive though with this health thing. First, I don't have the pressure of $500 charge because I didn't get something accomplished. Instead I got it done months in advance. Second, after the cruise, I'm going gluten free. I'm lucky enough not to have an allergy like many people I know who have to go gluten free. Instead I'm doing it for my health and fingers crossed, it'll make the inflammation go down. Also after the cruise, I plan on working out more. I may not join a gym, but I don't think it's really necessary to join a gym to be healthier and work out more. First, spring is almost here and I'm going to try to get back into running. And I really want to try Yoga....I think the whole stretching your body and learning to breathe correctly is a wonderful way to destress.
So this is my promise to myself, to become healthier starting mid-March when I return from my trip. It's my body, why don't I try to start taking the best care of it possible?
Tomorrow is another doctor's appointment where we find out more about the blood clot. This particular doctor always makes me smile when I see him because he walks in and gives me a kiss on the cheek. The first time I saw him he asked me why I was there, especially considering my age. The upside is this time I have never been truly knocked on my ass with Natasha and Boris. The downside is that I have some weird bruising on the leg that Natasha and Boris are located. When I asked my boss if that can be a side effect to the Warfarin, she said she didn't see it as one. But then when I showed her the veins, she laughed and told me my legs look like they are old people veins.
Before anyone takes offense to my boss laughing at me, I started making jokes with her before I pulled up my pant leg to show her my shins/calves. I have realized that if you start the joking, it takes the sting away from the reality that my veins really do look like an older woman's veins.
Sometime in the near future, I have an appointment with my rockstar stomach doctor. I'm hoping to start reducing the steroids. I have to start worrying about my bones when I'm on the steroids for any length of time, and I just want to stop worrying about things. So I'd like to get this show on the road and stop tappering the medication now.
I also have to make an appointment with a new doctor. It's the doctor who will hopefully tell me why I get these blood clots. Or they will tell me if there is something with my blood that makes it clot easier. But I'm hoping to get some answers when I go see that new doctor.
If anyone ever has a question on what I am doing on a Thursday night, you can find me answering random questions for trivia down at the local bar. Surprisingly for all the useless knowledge that I have stored in my head, I'm really bad at trivia. I place blame on the questions being geared toward male subjects. Really, who knows what the real name of some long ago boxing legend is.
Anyway, you'll normally find me giggling in the corner with Shannon, eating way too much food and enjoying a beer or two while we try to defend the honor of our team. We have a little rivalry going with another team, but that's only because Brendan works with them.
But I mean who doesn't love the only team that matters...
