So! I have made it thru 5 days of keeping the house at 90% and the laundry always done, a hot breakfast for Jay every morning (except yesterday as he has Afternoon PT on Thursdays, and i dont cook before 6am!)
I have also been working on me. I cheat....im such a dork....BUT its good cheating.... I took my elastic band (with handles) and looped it around the head board of my bed. Sounds kinky right...No....haha. Jay and i watch different shows in the evening....so while im upstairs watching my shows, i can do Rows, leg press, curls, and pull downs....all while laying down haha. Holding my feet a few inches off the bed engages the abs, and even tho im layin there watching TV, im getting effective resistance "training". I hijack the TV in the afternoon from Cadie to do my cardio with a disk i got with my Prevention subscription, and then work with my stability ball. The scale is being fickle, but i know its because i have my "friend" and i have been drinking alot of water.
Yesterday i went out to get my script and more Calcium. I foud a better Cacium supplement.... i have been taking 2000mg of elemental calcium in the form of Calcium Carbonate. I found a supplement that will give me 2500mg, in the form of Calcium carbonate and Calcium Citrate, and other stuff.....I had read on my Thyroid Cancer Survivors website that a number of those with hypoparathyroidism alternate between Carbonate and Citrate. So i was looking for a better way to stabilize my serum calcium levels..especially since the hormones associated with my "friend" tend to mess with my levels and i get symptomatic at that time. I just wish there was an easier way to supplement...since i have to take Calcium, magnesium, and vit D. Jamieson makes blends, but nothing with the levels i need. i just hate having to swallow 7 pills a day.....but not as much as i hate being in the hospital. Tj went with me to the Pharm yesterday and saw cool Med Alert bracelets....and i realized i should probably wear one, since if anything happened to me, how would they know i need all these meds? I know i have gotten quick treatment when i have tetany because i KNOW whats wrong, and what i need. The second time it happened, the nurses were like "whats wrong?" i said 'Tetany'. They said "oh...what do we do about it????"..Uhh..your the nurse.. " draw a serum calcium, start an IV, ECG, Cardiac Monitor, and do IV calcium infusion." "Oh! " Then i end up with every one on staff coming thru to see "The Girl with Tetany" Its like when i was hospitalized for the Thyroid Storm when i met every doctor at SMH because none have them had seen such a rare case. It was weird having my neck felt up, my hair felt (Hypothyroidism makes your hair feel like straw..i thought i just needed to stop colouring and use better conditioner) or my balding temples pointed out (also causes hairloss) Im not one to enjoy being High Profile...but these people saved me from death that night so i couldnt refuse them....
Enuf rambling over that crap......Im doing well, and i am feeling soooooo much better, and i prefer to not think about the cancer.....
What else is going on in my world.....hmmm....looking forward to Halloween......and REALLY looking forward to getting ready for Christmas.
Well i guess i should go check on the Banana Bread in the oven...
ciao
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