Hey Y'all!

I couldn't think of a good title, so that will have to work! Speaking of work. I'm here. For the second day this week. I was here on Monday, but I wasn't feeling well at all. After I left work, I hit the college campus to get some much needed advice. I'll be calling the doctor today to get some documentation to get 100% of my money back when I withdrawl from classes. Sucks, yes, but it's what I've gotta do. If they do find that my parathyroid is screwy and needs to be removed, then I'll miss more. I guess I should fill you all in. When I had my first Dr. appt, my blood came back with high calcium. High calcium in your blood causes fatigue, problems with memory, lack of concentration, thinning hair, headaches and a few other problems with your bones. From what I read on www.parathyroid.com, it can lead to osteoperosis. Maybe this is why I was having such bad problems with my shins. Even after 5 weeks off, my foot doesn't feel much better either. Now, if you remember way back in the beginning of my blog, I mentioned all of these symptoms and my doctor gave me synthroid. Now, we find that I have calcium in my blood (level 10.8). How crazy would it be that I've been complaining of all these things for this long, and the answer is right in front of me. If this is the case, I will kiss the urologist (why not.. He's already seen it all! As soon as B told him about the calcium, he said that it was parathyroid and that he just removed someone's like a week or two ago. The other symptom is kidney stones. That's most likely why it happened was because the calcium just wasn't filtered enough. I'm so hoping that this is it, and I'll feel better than I have in years! My back and kidney area still hurt, but I'll live with that on advil for now. I go back October 26th for blood work and follow up. Cross your fingers!

In other news... I'm going to try to run tonight since it never happened yesterday. I'm running at home with the dog. I know she will want to stop at every tree (brian says to check her P-Mail..yes, I love him!) to pee so I'll be broken in easily! Of course, when she see's a squirrel, I'll get some sprinting in! I also plan on moving around my summer running clothes to the under bed storage since I won't be using them for a while. It's capri's and sleeves for me! My gym bag is still packed from that day that I left work with this horrible pain so I know which shoes I left off on! The bag is still by the front door too because I kept saying "I'm going to work tomorrow and I'm going to run!" Right. Never happened.

This may break my plateau as well. I've maintained my weight of about 155 this whole month. Amazing, I know. Especially when I've single handedly polished off 5 half gallons of ice cream on my own. I am an ice cream rock star! Of course, I did almost die when B was making eggs and bacon and cooked the eggs right in the bacon grease. I ate them anyway, and damn they were good! Oh yeah, I bought a grill and we got a griddle for it too. He grilled me turkey and cheese sammies one night. I told him he was in trouble when there's 3 feet of snow on the ground and I want one! I wouldn't do that to him, but the thought is there! So, I'm thinking that when I get back to running, the weight may come off a little bit. My intuitive eating sure got a work out as well while I was at home. It helped that I didn't have much of an appetite, but it doesn't help with all the junk food now in my house.

Apple season is upon us too! We are taking a mini road trip to sages to pick up a few pecks of apples. I expect to feel the fiber pain in no time! When you hear me complaining of the bloating and uncomfortable feeling, that will be the cause! Omigod. I'm rambling a million miles a minute. I guess I am feeling better. The bad thing is that I'm still detoxing off of a lot of pain killers. It's been 5 weeks of Percocet, Vicodin, Valium, Morphine, Dilaudid, Tordol, Phenargen, Flexeril, Cipro, Flomax and one other pill I can't remember. That alone should help to fill the deductible! I'll be using my school refund to pay my bills! HA! How's that for a kick in the face. Ok.. Anyway. I'm going to stop now while I'm ahead. I'm going to get back to what I do best and read and catch up on your blogs! Oh, and let me say this. Don't ever take for granted sitting up straight in a chair. When you have a stent, you can't bend over, you can't sit up, and you certainly can't cross your legs! Have a great day!