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Today was all about annual medical stuff. I won't tell you about the joys of having a retroverted uterus during these wonderful exams...I'm sure you ladies can imagine and the gentlemen would rather not.
The NP talked to me about lots of stuff. She's a skinny gal and I'm not; but to give her credit, I brought up my weight problem, not her. However, it's really hard for her to understand the frustration of being genetically predisposed to fat. I did water aerobics 3 days a week for 6 months and never lost a pound. I watch my diet, although I recognize that I need to be more careful with serving size. I've worked pretty hard this year to lower my fat content. But she advocated for a low carb diet- which by her definition is avoiding wheat products. *sigh* I told her I had trouble staying on any diet that made me feel like I couldn't have something. So we bickered good naturedly about it and she conceded to refer me to a dietitian. FINALLY! This has been my goal for at least a year now.
She also told me I needed to exercise for at least an hour every day. Where do I find an hour a day to exercise? And what exercise do I do that doesn't leave me hurting so badly I want to cry? She really felt like a bicycle was my best option if my back will allow it. I've been trying to fit a bike purchase into my budget but it hasn't happened yet. It won't happen this next month either. However, I will plan to go back to water aerobics in the fall.
She is also going to refer me to an allergist. She looked at my ears, and my throat and said...."Is this normal?" Unfortunately, it is for this time of year at least. I go through an average of four boxes of tissue a month. We talked about the fact that my body hurts so much. I know that weighing less would help but I also think that I may have some sort of food allergy that is contributing to this generalized inflamation that shows up on my blood tests but the cause of which has not been identified. I see a prick test in my future. Whee! She also warned me that just because a prick test was positive, didn't mean I was truly allergic only that I had dermatalogical reaction. True allergies are those that show both on the prick test and the blood test. Interesting!
I went and visited the vampires thereafter. Another poke in the hand but only one! YEAY! They are doing complete metabolic and lipid panels as well as a TSH (thyroid) and A1C. It was time to check my cholesterol after 3 months on the statins. It will be interesting to see how that turns out.
Then I went home and sewed for a couple of hours. I still need to do all the hand work but since that is portable I'm moving on to the next project.
It really isn't shapeless, it's just the hanger. It's a very fitted a-line jumper made on the same pattern as the one that was destroyed by ink earlier this year. I've had this fabric for years but didn't think I had enough for this pattern. I barely eked it out but that's good enough!
While I'm at it let me show you the other two dresses. Again, on hangers because it's pretty hard to take self portraits:.
They aren't really shapeless they just look that way on the hanger.
And the details of the trim:
Next was a visit to the eye doctor. She was doing a follow up on the little hole in my retina. It seems to have healed and there are no others, which is good. She says sometimes these are just random instances. She called it a "cute little thing!" Silly! But oh I hate dillation! I went to write a check and I couldn't read the check number, nor anything I wrote. It was all one big blur. Eek!
I made it home safely where I had a two hour nap and it is now time for more sewing. Tomorrow is also a vacation day for sewing.
The NP talked to me about lots of stuff. She's a skinny gal and I'm not; but to give her credit, I brought up my weight problem, not her. However, it's really hard for her to understand the frustration of being genetically predisposed to fat. I did water aerobics 3 days a week for 6 months and never lost a pound. I watch my diet, although I recognize that I need to be more careful with serving size. I've worked pretty hard this year to lower my fat content. But she advocated for a low carb diet- which by her definition is avoiding wheat products. *sigh* I told her I had trouble staying on any diet that made me feel like I couldn't have something. So we bickered good naturedly about it and she conceded to refer me to a dietitian. FINALLY! This has been my goal for at least a year now.
She also told me I needed to exercise for at least an hour every day. Where do I find an hour a day to exercise? And what exercise do I do that doesn't leave me hurting so badly I want to cry? She really felt like a bicycle was my best option if my back will allow it. I've been trying to fit a bike purchase into my budget but it hasn't happened yet. It won't happen this next month either. However, I will plan to go back to water aerobics in the fall.
She is also going to refer me to an allergist. She looked at my ears, and my throat and said...."Is this normal?" Unfortunately, it is for this time of year at least. I go through an average of four boxes of tissue a month. We talked about the fact that my body hurts so much. I know that weighing less would help but I also think that I may have some sort of food allergy that is contributing to this generalized inflamation that shows up on my blood tests but the cause of which has not been identified. I see a prick test in my future. Whee! She also warned me that just because a prick test was positive, didn't mean I was truly allergic only that I had dermatalogical reaction. True allergies are those that show both on the prick test and the blood test. Interesting!
I went and visited the vampires thereafter. Another poke in the hand but only one! YEAY! They are doing complete metabolic and lipid panels as well as a TSH (thyroid) and A1C. It was time to check my cholesterol after 3 months on the statins. It will be interesting to see how that turns out.
Then I went home and sewed for a couple of hours. I still need to do all the hand work but since that is portable I'm moving on to the next project.
It really isn't shapeless, it's just the hanger. It's a very fitted a-line jumper made on the same pattern as the one that was destroyed by ink earlier this year. I've had this fabric for years but didn't think I had enough for this pattern. I barely eked it out but that's good enough!
While I'm at it let me show you the other two dresses. Again, on hangers because it's pretty hard to take self portraits:.
They aren't really shapeless they just look that way on the hanger.
And the details of the trim:
Next was a visit to the eye doctor. She was doing a follow up on the little hole in my retina. It seems to have healed and there are no others, which is good. She says sometimes these are just random instances. She called it a "cute little thing!" Silly! But oh I hate dillation! I went to write a check and I couldn't read the check number, nor anything I wrote. It was all one big blur. Eek!
I made it home safely where I had a two hour nap and it is now time for more sewing. Tomorrow is also a vacation day for sewing.
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