Another grand catch up
It has been quite a while since I could update. Between health issues and LJ not allowing me to update (GGRRR), I just have been pretty quiet. Putting a lot of this under cuts, so as not to clutter up people's FLists.
I am still seeing doctor and doctor about all the stuff that needs to be done to make me "all better." I was supposed to have my tonsils out by now, but I have been battling bronchitis and a sinus infection, so having to wait. I had a sleep study done and confirmed severe sleep apnea. I knew that the probability was there for that diagnosis, but I was overwhelmed when I got my results, as it was far more severe than I dreamed it could be. I stopped breathing 52 times in an hour. No wonder I am so damn tired. Anyway, they woke me up to attach me to a CPAP and I still stopped breathing a few times until they got the right air pressure. Once I finally was at the right pressure, I went into REM sleep for TWO HOURS!!! Amazing. They called it REM rebound. However, even though I have the machine at home now (and boy howdy, is it expensive), I haven't been able to use it, due to the bronchitis and sinus infection. Bleah.
And this delays having my hand seen to. I got a huge lecture from my PCP last week about putting off the surgery on my hand, nerve damage, etc, but I am sorry... breathing is more important to me right now.
Follow up at gyno was not good-have to go back for yet another biposy and probably another round of radiation.
The good thing is that other than a blip the week of the sleep study, my BP has been almost normal.
It has been bitterly cold quite a bit in the past few weeks and neither Nicki or I can bear to go into the kitchen because it is so cold, so the kitchen is messy and we have been wasting money on take-out. The messiness is making me nuts, but honestly, I can't stand to go in there. It was 42 degrees in there the other morning. Today, the temp is supposed to be in the 70's! If the kitchen warms up, I may venture in there to tidy and wash the sink full of glasses. Tennessee weather......
I have been really busy with full_moon_swaps and swap-bot... not to mention school. This semester is kicking my butt.
I received a lovely pocket goddess from gypsytemptress via swap-bot. I think it is hilarious to be paired up on another site with the same people from LJ. I don't have a pic of the goddess she sent yet, but as soon as I post my pics of my updated water altar, I will show it off. It is cross stitched, a lovely blue goddess.
Swap-bot has paired me with morrigane several times, right on the heels of our FMS swap in October. Too funny.
I needed a good laugh this weekend so splurged on a Valentine toy for YoYo. He loved it and has almost ripped all of the stuffing out by now. He is so funny when there is a new stuffed toy in the house. He won't let go of it and drags it everywhere.
I wrote another lovely paper about frugal shopping and debated starting another journal just for that type of thing, as after the first paper I wrote in the fall, which I recycled into a Toastmasters speech, I made a zine, which was so well received, I ended up printing again two more times. I gave out 23 of them, which isn't bad. After the 2nd paper, which I again recycled into a speech, I made another zine, which I haven't distributed yet. Need some $$ before printing. Anyway, at work, I am considered somewhat fo an expert and since times are so hard, I have been invited to speak to other groups and distribute the zine. I thought a blog dealing with the issue of frugal living would be nice, but there are already SO many, I just don't want to repeat things. Need to think on it some more.
Speaking of frugal, I left work early one day, as I was feeling so awful, and because of that , was able to pick up a really cool trash treasure. This was sitting out at the end of a driveway, waiting for garbage pick up:
Since I was feeling so rough, it was hard to get the chair loaded in my tiny car, but I was determined to have it. The seat still has the plastic on it, ripped in a few places. I will recover the seat. There is also a couple of wooden buttons missing for trim, but that is an easy fix. Some paint, a little fabric, adn I will have a lovely chair. I am using it at the computer and it is very comfy. There is nothing wrong with it, a very sturdy chair, just needs cosmetic work. People throw away anything, I swear....
Picking this up exhausted me, I was feeling so horrible.... the neighbor unloaded it for me, bless him.
More later, going back to bed....still so tired.....
I am still seeing doctor and doctor about all the stuff that needs to be done to make me "all better." I was supposed to have my tonsils out by now, but I have been battling bronchitis and a sinus infection, so having to wait. I had a sleep study done and confirmed severe sleep apnea. I knew that the probability was there for that diagnosis, but I was overwhelmed when I got my results, as it was far more severe than I dreamed it could be. I stopped breathing 52 times in an hour. No wonder I am so damn tired. Anyway, they woke me up to attach me to a CPAP and I still stopped breathing a few times until they got the right air pressure. Once I finally was at the right pressure, I went into REM sleep for TWO HOURS!!! Amazing. They called it REM rebound. However, even though I have the machine at home now (and boy howdy, is it expensive), I haven't been able to use it, due to the bronchitis and sinus infection. Bleah.
And this delays having my hand seen to. I got a huge lecture from my PCP last week about putting off the surgery on my hand, nerve damage, etc, but I am sorry... breathing is more important to me right now.
Follow up at gyno was not good-have to go back for yet another biposy and probably another round of radiation.
The good thing is that other than a blip the week of the sleep study, my BP has been almost normal.
It has been bitterly cold quite a bit in the past few weeks and neither Nicki or I can bear to go into the kitchen because it is so cold, so the kitchen is messy and we have been wasting money on take-out. The messiness is making me nuts, but honestly, I can't stand to go in there. It was 42 degrees in there the other morning. Today, the temp is supposed to be in the 70's! If the kitchen warms up, I may venture in there to tidy and wash the sink full of glasses. Tennessee weather......
I have been really busy with full_moon_swaps and swap-bot... not to mention school. This semester is kicking my butt.
I received a lovely pocket goddess from gypsytemptress via swap-bot. I think it is hilarious to be paired up on another site with the same people from LJ. I don't have a pic of the goddess she sent yet, but as soon as I post my pics of my updated water altar, I will show it off. It is cross stitched, a lovely blue goddess.
Swap-bot has paired me with morrigane several times, right on the heels of our FMS swap in October. Too funny.
I needed a good laugh this weekend so splurged on a Valentine toy for YoYo. He loved it and has almost ripped all of the stuffing out by now. He is so funny when there is a new stuffed toy in the house. He won't let go of it and drags it everywhere.
I wrote another lovely paper about frugal shopping and debated starting another journal just for that type of thing, as after the first paper I wrote in the fall, which I recycled into a Toastmasters speech, I made a zine, which was so well received, I ended up printing again two more times. I gave out 23 of them, which isn't bad. After the 2nd paper, which I again recycled into a speech, I made another zine, which I haven't distributed yet. Need some $$ before printing. Anyway, at work, I am considered somewhat fo an expert and since times are so hard, I have been invited to speak to other groups and distribute the zine. I thought a blog dealing with the issue of frugal living would be nice, but there are already SO many, I just don't want to repeat things. Need to think on it some more.
Speaking of frugal, I left work early one day, as I was feeling so awful, and because of that , was able to pick up a really cool trash treasure. This was sitting out at the end of a driveway, waiting for garbage pick up:
Since I was feeling so rough, it was hard to get the chair loaded in my tiny car, but I was determined to have it. The seat still has the plastic on it, ripped in a few places. I will recover the seat. There is also a couple of wooden buttons missing for trim, but that is an easy fix. Some paint, a little fabric, adn I will have a lovely chair. I am using it at the computer and it is very comfy. There is nothing wrong with it, a very sturdy chair, just needs cosmetic work. People throw away anything, I swear....
Picking this up exhausted me, I was feeling so horrible.... the neighbor unloaded it for me, bless him.
More later, going back to bed....still so tired.....