Splurged

So, I splurged a little bit yesterday and went to Rula Bula again before the show we went to see. Wolves is playing at the Stray Cat theater, and if you have the chance to see it while it is still playing, you SHOULD go see it.  The play is wonderful, funny, very emotionally intense, and gory.  Rula Bula was delicious as usual, and I didn't fill myself up too bad.

This morning I'm sticking to tea and splenda instead of drinking coffee with cream.  I didn't bring a lunch because, frankly, I was just too lazy this morning.  So I'll probably go down to the Cafe at work and get something from there for lunch today.  Yesterday i had a delightful cup of hot and sour soup at the asian place that Ete and I go to lunch sometimes.  It was yummy, and with an appetizer of chicken potstickers that we shared, it was just enough food to keep me going.  Oh, I need to remember to pick up a bottle of water at the cafe at lunch too, so that I have water when I work out tonight.  Anyway, luckily the cafe has a lot of very healthy options for lunch; I'm a fan of their sandwiches and the pasta with pesto that they usually have.

For this evening, I'm going to work out on my way home from work, then probably going to coffee with the Boys.  I've missed coffee for a few weeks now because JDK has been staying with me a lot and we've been spending time together, but I should see the boys before the holidays.

On that note, holidays.  I'm toying with the idea of ordering a pre-made Christmas dinner from Fresh and Easy.  It's 50 dollars, and feeds up to 8 people, but it's just going to be JDK and myself.  But that's a lot of leftovers and I'm the BOMB and making other stuff out of leftovers so it doesn't seem like we're eating the same thing over and over again.  And the benefit is that I don't have to cook.  The alternative is that I can make a small ham in the crock pot (i'm craving ham this year, i'm not sure why) and then pick up some easy sides and stuff to make.  Maybe a little bit of pie.  Regardless of what I do, my fridge NEEDS to be cleaned out this weekend. There are so many old leftovers in there it's not even FUNNY!  Seriously.  It's gross.  And smells funny.  I'm scared.

Fevers burn calories... who knew?

I of course haven't been working out since last Wednesday   I hurt my back and went home from work early to relax and put a hot pad on it.  Wednesday night I started having a fever.  It started off low, but by the morning it was starting to get high and staying at a steady 102-102.7 no matter what I did.  Lukewarm showers, ibuprofen, nyquil, nothing worked.  I called my best friend, Ete, to ask if he could take me to Urgent Care when it opened, being dizzy and vomiting and unable to drive.  I was puking outside while waiting for Ete to pick me up.

Urgent care was an ordeal; I couldn't drink water without vomiting.  They wanted to do a strep test, but of course that would probably make me vomit.  They wanted to do a urine test, because of the back pain it could be a kidney infection. But I couldn't drink water.  They gave me some anti-nausea medication and tried to do an IV, but the nurse couldn't fine the vein for the IV.  After much painful trying, I finally said I would try to drink water and hold it down so I could give the urine sample.  The results all came back negative, no strep, no kidney infection, they even tested me for mono; I didn't have that either.  They treated me for tonsilitis and gave me antibiotics (in case it was bacterial, but they couldn't really verify that either) and sent me home.

I slept most of the day, like sick people do.  I tried to drink water, but my throat hurt and I was just so TIRED.  Friday, my temperature wasn't any better.  My throat was worse.  After my temperature reached 103.7 I started to panic.  What do I do?  Ete suggested calling the nurse line on our insurance.  And after being advised to drink some Gatorade, I got up and drank a full thing of Pedialite and started sweating a lot! Dehydration is scary; I didn't even realize I was so dehydrated.

Anyway, during those two days, about the only thing I could manage to eat were a few toaster waffles, plain, a piece of toast, and soup broth.  Saturday, I felt so much better I wanted to try real food!  I went out to brunch with Ete and had eggs and bacon and toast, along with some lovely tea with lemon and honey for my still painful throat.  It was so delicious, but my stomach was upset with me the rest of the day.  Since then I've been sticking to semi-solid foods (pudding, Popsicles, soup, pho, etc).  I have to chew very well to make sure everything is small enough to not hurt my throat and I have to eat a few bites, then wait, then eat a few bites, then wait, or my stomach gets upset.

That all being said, I've lost weight.  Fevers apparently burn a lot of calories... And the liquid diet seems to have limited my caloric intake enough that I've still lost weight.  I'm, of course, NOT sticking to this liquid diet thing.  I'll be so excited when I can eat real food, but I might keep eating my meals very slowly so I don't over fill myself.

Been a long time posting!

So, I didn't do anything during my period.  I was in too much pain and misery and too busy.  I finished my period on Sunday and intended to work out, but never got around to it.  Monday, I had doctor appointments.  They did my echocardiograph with the cardiologist, and I saw the gyno to talk about alternate forms of birth control.  Because of my cholesterol and blood pressure issues, my regular doctor won't prescribe birth control pills to me; they raise my blood pressure.  I've even gotten a second opinion from another gynecologist regarding it and they said the same thing.  At my last doctor's appointment, I mentioned to my doctor the scary situation of only using condoms as contraception and how we had a scare a few months back.  I looked into some alternative forms of birth control and she referred me to the gyno I had seen when I started having issues with my period.
I went to see him again on Monday and after reviewing my past symptoms from the first time he saw me, and talking to me, he suggested trying the pill again.  Basically, he said that he thinks I have PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and admittedly, after doing some research, I do match up with a LOT of the symptoms of the syndrome.  He said that the side effects of using the pill might outweigh the benefits, since the pill should help with a lot of the symptoms I have during my period (irregular period and extremely heavy flow).  He said the hormones in the pill will also help me loose weight, since weight gain is one of the symptoms of PCOS.  I'm not putting my faith in a pill; I still am going to continue to work out and stuff.  However, the thought that there is something that can HELP make loosing weight no longer be this constant, painful, uphill struggle is a little uplifting.
On that note, some how I slept really wrong last night and I won't be making it to the gym today.  My back is killing me and so far nothing has helped relieve it.  :(