I'm starting to wonder why at times we even go to the doctors office to find out what exactly is wrong with us in the first place. For those who don't know, I have late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia (or Locah as I like to call it). Pretty much, it means that there is a partial enzyme blockage in my adrenal glands that not only reeks havoc with my hormones (for those who thought I was a little off, you now have something to pin it on), but with my body as a whole, pretty much rendering me at this point not able to have children (I can have children eventually, just not right now). As a form of treatment, I'm on steroids to help suppress the extra crap my body is producing (which comes with its own little bundle of side effects like weight gain). The reproductive endocrinologist that I'm currently seeing is a really great doctor (not to mention funny) is a total loss as to what is going on with me. Everything was all fine and kosher for about 4 months and then my symptoms started flaring up again. He looked at my labs that were done in February, he's getting worried because between those and my current symptoms, he's at a total loss right now--half of my symptoms suggest that the steroids are working too well and the other half of my symptoms (including my lab work) are suggesting that the steroids aren't working well enough...hence my current pickle.
I'm so frustrated right now because it always seems as if the *important* stuff that I want in my life I have to constantly fight for and I'm tired of it. I'm very grateful to have Brian with me right now because he is definitely my rock (as well as my sista friend Alicia). Why can't anything I really want ever come easy for me?
Friday, April 30, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Whoo hoo!
I am well on my way to a skinny ass!! I switched my diet plans around a little bit, simply because I needed more than just shakes and puddings all day long. I loved the fact that I lost a lot of weight in a short amount of time---I just didn't like the 560-600 calories/day that I was consuming (which that by itself doesn't sound too healthly).
I switched over to a 1200 calorie/day diet and I'm noticing some differeces already like the fact that I'm not so grumpy and get upset with others eat "normal" food in front of me like I was when I was doing the drinks/puddings (I'd tell people it was ok to eat normal food in front of me, but it really bugged the bejeezers out of me). The only problem with this one is that almost everything I'm eating is fat free/low calorie/low sodium---everything I should have been eating in the first place (trust me...its quite something to go from a fatty Big Mac to a healthy veggie burger)...the proof is in the scale though. When I went to my diet meeting this week, I lost 9 lbs by their scale, bringing me down to 176lbs which is great!! I know that its gonna be a long while and I'll face plateaus here and there, but I'll get down to a nice slim 110-115lbs someday--just a mere 66lbs to go!
I switched over to a 1200 calorie/day diet and I'm noticing some differeces already like the fact that I'm not so grumpy and get upset with others eat "normal" food in front of me like I was when I was doing the drinks/puddings (I'd tell people it was ok to eat normal food in front of me, but it really bugged the bejeezers out of me). The only problem with this one is that almost everything I'm eating is fat free/low calorie/low sodium---everything I should have been eating in the first place (trust me...its quite something to go from a fatty Big Mac to a healthy veggie burger)...the proof is in the scale though. When I went to my diet meeting this week, I lost 9 lbs by their scale, bringing me down to 176lbs which is great!! I know that its gonna be a long while and I'll face plateaus here and there, but I'll get down to a nice slim 110-115lbs someday--just a mere 66lbs to go!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Oh ho hum...
I guess everything so far is ok for the most part. John and Alicia are moving up to Traverse City here in the next couple months (well, Alicia is...John is moving up there little by little on the weekends.)
Things here on my end are alright. I go back to work tomorrow night and I'm not entirely looking foward to it since I've had the last 4 days off...no doctors yelling, people actually knowing how to do their job...its amazing at some of things that slide by. And yet...I haven't thought about them at all really during the last 4 days.
The biggest thing on my mind right now is how much of a goob (or I guess moog) my abnormal psych teacher is being...one of the downsides of taking online classes I guess--you try to sound intelligent (and heaven forbid you actually are intelligent) and you get marked down for it. So I guess if my instructor wants dumbass cookie cutter answers, then its dumbass cookie cutter answers he'll get---I'll just explain everything as if I'm talking to an idiot and we'll see how he likes it for a week or two (of course, knowing myself and the way things usually backfire in my face, I'll probably get full credit for it).
Things here on my end are alright. I go back to work tomorrow night and I'm not entirely looking foward to it since I've had the last 4 days off...no doctors yelling, people actually knowing how to do their job...its amazing at some of things that slide by. And yet...I haven't thought about them at all really during the last 4 days.
The biggest thing on my mind right now is how much of a goob (or I guess moog) my abnormal psych teacher is being...one of the downsides of taking online classes I guess--you try to sound intelligent (and heaven forbid you actually are intelligent) and you get marked down for it. So I guess if my instructor wants dumbass cookie cutter answers, then its dumbass cookie cutter answers he'll get---I'll just explain everything as if I'm talking to an idiot and we'll see how he likes it for a week or two (of course, knowing myself and the way things usually backfire in my face, I'll probably get full credit for it).
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