this is the first time i've had time to actually sit down and write a good long blog.
I like writing this blog, because it's something that I can go back and look on, and re read about what i was feeling, and going through at that point in my life.
Last Tuesday I had clinic...majorly dissapointing...my lung function was down for the first time in 5 months. I had been rock solid at .81 and even increased it to .83 a month ago...now i am down to .77...my white blood cell count was up at 17! the normal is 11, three weeks before they were at 20...so they were down a bit...so infection still though. bah! I just finished a course of cipro and septra antibiotics, but they didn't seem to do the trick. Cipro never really works. Anyways so my doc Dr. S. (amazing woman) put me on levoquin and upt my pred! ( I know i know i've been working for months to decrease it) but it seems to be ashtmatic symptoms so I gotta up the pred...anyways so I only upt it 1 mg so far no more of a puffy face then usual, which by the way totally goes down on the days that I work out. I guess the water retention like drains down or something after running and walking for 1 and half miles? 1 mg though seem to be all I need, normally she would have put her patient up to 20 mg but my body is just SO sensitive to prednisone that 1 mg seems to be doing the trick. Levoquin is also helping I think, I was able to back off even more on my insulin, and my SOB (shortness of breath) is decreasing, also my resting oxygen has come back up to 94, phew. it was bouncin' around all over the place, but since Thursday she seems to be stable.
One dissapointing thing this week, I have not worked out since wednesday. I know I feel gross! I have been SOOOO busy though. It's no excuse and I should have organized my time better, but stilll, Thursday I went to Rae Spoon Concert, soo fun. Friday had some girls over, Saturday Christmas house party in the city, and Sunday, afternoon christmas party and Sunday evening welcome home party...I AM POOPED. I have never had so many naps. I have not napped in months...in the last four days I think I have napped every day. Staying up till three in the morning and up at 9am is not my fortay for four nights in a row!
I also spent all three days updating and editing 150 photos for my website. Christmas is 12 days away! Busy time for jewels. I'm hoping I'll get a D40 or D3000 camera on sale in the holiday sales. Also I have done no Christmas shopping...I bought my dad a present before I left for barbados, but I have lost it...I hid it somewhere in my apartment and cannot find it for the life of me!
I cannot wait to just make some jewellery tomorrow, work out, and relax...no plans tomorrow night...hopefully it will stay that way, although the way things have been going, I'll probably end up doing something! haha
I have another busy weekend this weekend though, so I'd like to be low key throughout this week. Thursday through Saturday I am jam packed with things as well. It's good though...I'd be going nuts just sitting at home...thinking...keeping busy allows me only little glimpses of time to think about things...thinking about the things that have happened in the past month sometimes keeps me from sleeping...so I try not to?...
Next Wednesday is my birthday. 22 years old. Good gosh. what an old fart.
Alright so operation work out like mad this week, no skipping three days like last week! Increase lung function back up to .83 then .85 by January 5th appointment day.
Anyways I guess that is it for now! Hope everyone has their Christmas decorations up (I don't...but that's this week's goal too!)
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