Plus-Sized Pin Up

I should be saying good-bye to week 4 and heading into week 5. Well, it's not happening. I didn't end up finishing out my week 4 on Friday. After an unwanted adventure the previous night, I was left with zero energy. Needless to say, I slept in. Man, did I need it! Then last night, I ended the evening with a migraine from hell! Usually I'm not too light sensitive when I get them, but last night was awful! Several hours after taking Advil, drinking caffeine, and resting, I felt like I had been beat up!

Slipping into a hot bath was a needed retreat. However, instead of snuggling into bed and going to sleep, I got out feeling horribly nauseous. Hubby brought me some pomegranate 7Up to calm my stomach. I decided not to take my medication and sipped the 7Up until my stomach was calm enough to go to sleep.

I don't think I slept well. It was really restless, and it felt as though I woke up several times throughout the night. When my alarm went off this morning, I found that I had horrible night sweats as though I was running a fever. I was also extremely chilled. However, I felt fine. When I got up to get ready for the gym, I found that my bowels (stomach, intestines, etc.) were feeling iffy. It seemed like a good idea to stay home. *sigh* After trying to crawl back into bed twice and being jolted out by a whining dog, I have decided to quit. I'm planning on curling up into a warm blanket on the couch, so I can deal with the dog. Hopefully I'll end up getting more rest.

The weird thing is I don't necessarily feel sick. Yeah I'm chilled and my bowels don't feel good, but it seems to be without the feeling of being sick. It's weird. Hubby had some lower intestinal issues last week without feeling sick, so I wonder if I ended up getting it. *shrug* Who knows. Either way, I'm gonna jump into the last half of week 4 on Wednesday -- provided I feel better -- and start week 5 next week. I'm trying to convince myself not to feel guilty about skipping the gym. My body is just telling me to rest. If I push myself, I'll only end up hurting myself in the long run.

Anyways, I'm going to tuck myself into some warm blankets, snuggle down with a book, and try to feel better.

Prednisone took all of the swelling down pretty quickly. I'm not sure if the antibiotics are doing anything or it is just time passing. Unfortunately, my tongue is super sensitive and it hurts to eat certain foods. My mom assures me that it is normal. She says something about the skin coming back after being pretty swollen. *shrug* It feels pretty raw at times. I need to eat a lot slower and softer things. Sadly, hot food hurts :( I love hot food!\

On Monday, I'm starting back on my regular gym workout. I still need to go a little slow since this past week has been a bust. As funny as it sounds, I'm actually looking forward to getting back into the swing of things. The gym is like a constant. I can listen to the music I want to, zone out, think of things . . . Everything is free and just mine.

In rather strange news, I've been thinking this week about entering one of my short stories into a writing contest. I'm not sure whether I should send it into the never-been-published for $6000 or the annual fall contest. Getting back into the story is rather exciting! It was went over really well in my fiction workshop class. There are some things that need to be polished.

Angel is coming to visit me on the 22nd for her birthday! We're going to a friend's dance performance of Alive in Wonderland. He is the Cheshire Cat!! So happy!! I'm excited! LoL, I even motivated myself to finally start working on cleaning up the kitchen. The next biggest job will be the carpet. Juneau still has accidents if she is not watched pretty closely (*ahem* like when hubby has to watch her), so the carpet needs to be scrubbed. We clean up after her, but there is a point when it needs to really be cleaned. Hey, heehee, cardio ^_~

Anyways, I have a date with my book ^_^

I woke up to a swollen tongue with a yellow coat. I took an antihistamine and my tongue has shown massive improvement. This is the second side effect from the prescription that I am showing. Yesterday I talked with her about my dark urine (possible side effect of the drugs), and she felt I needed to give it until Friday and push as much fluids as I could. She was concerned that it might be due to my inability to get a lot of anything down. Even though she thinks that my throat could be an allergic reaction to something (since I had not other symptoms of being sick. I felt good, but my throat hurt like hell!), I'm more likely to believe that my swollen tongue is an allergic reaction to the medicine and is independent of the initial reaction (the tonsils and glands).

I'm not taking the pill until I can talk to her on Friday. When I called on Tuesday, one of the nurses was convinced that my dark urine could not be a side effect (even though I had the paperwork from the pharmacy stating that it could be one, she had never heard of it, so it wasn't an issue). Needless to say, I would rather talk to the lady I went to in the first place. She isn't in until tomorrow and she said she would make sure to keep a spot open to see me if I needed to come in.

Until then, I am going to continue pushing the fluids and taking the antihistamine. Hopefully not taking the pill stop the problem. I would rather have bad indigestion than continue taking a pill that is causing my tongue to swell!

UPDATE:

I called to schedule an appointment for tomorrow. The nurse I talked to this time felt that I needed to come in this afternoon. Here's hoping that they can figure out what's going on!

Walked 5 laps this morning. After stopping to find some tissue, I decided it was important to stop and work on stretching. Man, I over did it on the walking. When I stopped, I started to feel lightheaded and woozy. I still need to keep going to the gym, but I'm not planning on doing as much walking on Friday. I've been trying to get in cardio 5/wk, but I'm taking it easy on Thrs.

Still surviving on applesauce and pudding. I was able to upgrade last night to hot and sour soup from the Chinese place in town! It didn't burn and it went down! I'm leaning towards garlic mashed potatoes for lunch :9

Arg! Now it looks as though I have swollen tonsils and glands! I don't feel sick, but . . . The nurse wants me to try and push the fluids (even though it HURTS), suck on cough drops, and drink some warmer fluid. The indigestion doesn't seem to be an issue after I took the Prilosec last night.

Am I sick? I wish my body would just decide on one or the other and just be that!

I'm still planning on the gym tomorrow. I think walking a lap or two and doing stretching is a good idea. Pushing myself through 20min on the elliptical, doing weights, etc, might be too much for my physically after all this crap. Hopefully it will get my lymph fluid flowing and push all of this out of my system.

*sigh* Looks like applesauce and pudding for me, New diet? LoL

The nurse gave me a prescription strength Prilosec and a cocktail numbing liquid so I can get stuff down my throat. Excited, I ate leftover tacos after using the numbing agent . . . That went over like a lead zeppelin! It hurt so badly that it took me quite some time to get it down. It acted as though I hadn't even taken anything. I'm forcing water down, but it still hurts. So, in the last 24+ hours, all I've eaten is a few crackers, ice cream, and two tacos. The ice cream goes down better because of its liquid state. Hubby has gone to the store to get pudding and some Campbell soup. Hopefully, they will work.

*sigh* Needless to say, I'm tired and weak. She said I could go back to normal exercise, but I think I need to get some food in me before I start pounding away again. One lol, I lost weight :P

Everything is now out of my system. It has left me feeling wasted, achy, and chilled. I bath is really needed tonight. Unfortunately, my throat still feels pretty tight. it also feels as though I have something stuck under my Adam's apple, and that need-to-burp feeling is still there. It hurts to swallow and breath really deeply. I'm hoping the steam will help. If nothing has changed, I'm heading to the doctor as soon as she can get me in. Either way, I am seriously thinking about staying home and resting instead of gym.

I should crawl in bath and then bed.

I don't know what's up. Sometime after eating dinner last night, I got pretty bloated. I went online to find some immediate relief solutions. The only thing I could find suggested drinking a glass of chamomile tea. It was enough to lessen the bloating pain so I could sleep.

When I woke up this morning, I was in a lot of pain. I took a laxative in hopes that I could purge my system. It didn't even start working until late afternoon. It has been hard to drink or eat anything. It has felt like gas is building up to burp, but I can't It is really, really painful. Swallowing much of anything makes that pain start. I was able to get down some ice cream due to lack of substance. Hubby got me cola, which has been helping me burp. It has helped.

I took some antacids to see if it would help my throat stop hurting. My mother, who has similar issues, suggested I try a suppository. I just did . . . I'm hoping it helps. If there isn't any improvement tomorrow, I'm calling the doctor. I might or might not make it to the gym. Exercise has been keeping me regular, so it might help. Either way, I am not pushing myself really hard. Maybe a little walking and stretching.

*sigh* I spent the whole day on the couch. I still have some cola and hubby got me some crackers. Hopefully I will get better . . . .

Anyways, time for Dexter :)

No exercise today. Last night my stomach was pretty upset and I was clutching the toilet for awhile I was finally able to make it to bed nursing a 7Up. Hubby had to bring me a pan in case I couldn't make it to the bathroom. I curled up on my side fearful that I wouldn't sleep. Exercise didn't seem like the smartest idea, so I told myself I would be lax today. After sleeping in until nearly noon, I go out of bed feeling a lot better. I'm not sure what caused it, but I'm happy it didn't stick around!

I made something called Cowboy Stew last night. It calls for some bacon, so, in order to make it healthier, I subbed turkey bacon. Thoughts: NEVER AGAIN! Since I don't eat bacon often (maybe once every 2mo), I say give me the damn pig! Oh my goodness, that stuff is nasty! My hubby talked me into trying it this afternoon (I refused to eat it with the mean - It was a garnish). I did. I ran into the family room to eat one of his wasabi almonds. It was the only thing strong enough to clear my palette. *shudder*

I'm heading back to the gym tomorrow. Time to finish a week of shredding the elliptical for 20min.

Yesterday was a bad day. I'm not sure that was causing the issues, but I was in a bad way. Even though I took a nap in the afternoon, it felt as though I hadn't slept in ages. My body hurt, I felt lethargic, barely had energy, my head was killing me, etc. I ate some cheese and almonds for a little extra protein thinking it could be from working out. It really didn't help anything. I was trying to make sure I was keeping myself hydrated. I don't know if that helped, but I never really felt hungry. Finally, after talking to my mom, I decided that I needed some iron. We went over to Applebee's for a late dinner. I ordered a burger. I wasn't hungry, but when I bit into it, I was ravenous! It really, really helped.

Back before Depo took my period, I used to get really bad iron deficiency during my period. I wasn't really bleeding as much as I used to, but my body responded the same way it had when I had low iron. Either way, I felt a lot better after the burger! My headache kind of dulled, but it came back with a vengeance! I took some Midol on the assumption that it was induced by Aunt Flo. It didn't subside by the time I turned out the light, but I was able to get to sleep.

Ug, the house needs to be cleaned. When it comes to working around the house, I have absolutely no motivation. I have given hubby the task of cleaning the kitchen. He was willing to clean up because I was cooking all the time, and now it's time for him to follow up on that. I also need to call some of the jobs I applied for. Not to mention that I need to make a playlist for tomorrow.

Well, I need to get working. The kitchen needs to be clean enough to make tuna and egg salad sandwiches for lunch (yum!!). Here's hoping week 6 goes a lot better than the previous weeks!