I am free!

I'm feeling completely free right now. I guess I should explain, right? Well. For 10.5 years, I have been on birth control. My mom put me on it in a desperate attempt to make me gain weight. It worked, and then some! I would get them free from my friends mom who worked for a doctors office, so I took them continuously to skip my period. Once in a while I would have to face the ugly monster when I ran out of pills. I always hated those days. I switched to a new doctor, and when he left the practice, I went with his replacement. Dr. B is completely awesome and very easy on the eyes. He must be in his 50's or 60's, but... WOW! Anyway. I was switched to a new brand of pills when I went with him. He prescribed them to me exactly the way I wanted it so I could skip my periods and only get a few a year. I'm currently taking Junel FE 1.5/30 and loved the freedom that came with it yet again.

Last week, I decided that I would stop and let nature take it's course just to let my body breath for a bit from the pills. I took my last pill Saturday night, and planned to resume them later in the week. I think that it was on Monday or Tuesday that I decided to not resume them for a while. I guess I just started thinking and wondering if maybe it's been the continual use of these new pills that aren't agreeing with me. I can't remember for sure when I went on them, but I know that I was put on anti-depressants in June of 05 (that only lasted for a few months). It may not be the answer, but it's worth a try before I start carting off to doctors again and just getting frustrated by the same answer. After doing some research online, I found that people have various reactions to different forms of BC. When I go back to him for my check up (which I'm way overdue for, but the kidney stone got in the way) I will talk to him about different options and pills. I want to see if it is possible that I am experiencing side effects to this extent. I talked with a friend of mine yesterday who said she went off hers in March because she felt they were making her feel depressed.

It's worth a shot, and if it works, I'll be so thankful! If it doesn't work, then I will go back to the doctors and start over all over again. For now, it's a bit of hope in my eyes after my doctors original thought was not the case with me. Now, if I could only get rid of this headache!

On the running front, I ran 2 miles yesterday after work. It felt so good to get out there and breath in that fresh fall air. I brought Nora with me and she was so excited. B went outside to smoke a cigar and normally she would follow him like she is sooooo in love with him. When she saw the running shoes come out, she wouldn't go outside. She followed me aroud with that cute little head high in the air and that wagging tail behind her. I couldn't seem to get my act together and you could tell she just wanted to get out on the road. She was so cute as she trotted along the whole way. If today wasn't Halloween, I would run at home with her again, but I will be passing out candy. I am running at lunch today though. I'll probably just go another 2-3 miles and see how I feel. No further than that! The weekend is up in the air. I won't make plans for running since I will want to run on Monday at work. I have plans to clean the house like crazy along with raking leaves. My trees are still mostly green, but I have a few that have fallen. That's about it on my end. I'm feeling good today, and I hope everyone else is. Happy Halloween!