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Ok: went to the Doctor's today (actually I went to the vet first, then later in the after noon to my doc's). First the good news that the white bits in Jess's hairball were _not_ worms like I had feared. Apparently they are dander and misc stuff. the vet said "Wash your cat. They aren't worms." and he left it at that. Ok, that's fine. I'll have to look into washing her though I doubt I will do it until after her sutures have healed so as to avoid any infection. Spent 70$ on flea and heartworm meds to get 6 doses (4 cats, 6 doses=not quite 2 months supply. Grrr...)
My visit to the Dr's today: as usual they took my blood. It's great, right? I mean they never bother to tell me not to eat before I come in--I just _know_ that they're going to want my blood with a fasting blood sugar level so I know better than to eat. LOL. So _that_ made the Doc happy.
She's not happy with my drop in blood pressure.
Apparently, even though I've gone from the 170's and 160's to the 130's she's still not happy with that and wants it down another 10 points. So she is upping the dosage of lisinopril. Ok, we'll go with that and see how it works.
She had absolutely nothing at all to say about my weight loss.
Do I sound disappointed? Yeah. I am. This is the woman who told me to try to drop at least 5 pounds so we would start seeing a difference. I did better than that. Really!
I've gone from 222 the last time I saw her to 208 today. You would think she could find it in her to say something --even if it's just "you're on the right track." But no.
So 14 pounds and not a blink. Eh.
At least my Gyn commented on it when I saw her and said that was great and asked me how I was doing it. (Therein lies the difference I think in the two doctors' bedside manner, eh?)
So along with the increase in the BP meds, we discussed the results of my MRI (completely normal, no signs of previous infarctions or strokes or tumors or abscesses), the fact that my neuro-verbal issue is still extant and what could be causing it. Stress.
Then we discussed what I can do re: my anxiety and depression.
I explained to her that I am taking the anti-anxiety meds she prescribed, but that I am still very stressed and anxious and frustrated. I am having to self medicate with large doses of diphenyl hydramine (benadryl)to get to sleep and that even so I wake up on the average between 10-17 times a night--which leads to me still being tired and fatigued all the time. I did note that I was aware that it can raise my blood pressure but I was using it anyway in the search to actually _go_ to sleep.
So she decided that I could be started on Amitriptyline which is an old school antidepressant. I'll still take the lexapro in the AM. (IIRC this is what the doc in the UK put me on and it turned me into a total zombie and my husband had me ditch that). Her thought is that if I take it at night it may allow me to shut my brain off long enough to relax enough to get restful sleep. I can but hope. I'll give it a try and see what happens.
All the other meds are the same, and I need to keep exercising and trying to lose weight. She wants to see me between 130 and 138 at a max weight for my height and age. Ye-ah. I think the last time I weighed in that range I was...11?12? uh. Well, I can try. All I really want these days is to have some energy to be able to live life without always feeling drained and overwhelmed at the thought of walking across the room.
Yes. Sometimes it really IS that bad.
But tomorrow is another day. Let's just see how it goes.
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208.0 lb
Lost so far: 30.0 lb.
Still to go: 68.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 12 May 2015:
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1605 kcal
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Fat: 73.47g | Prot: 44.70g | Carb: 192.18g.
Breakfast: sugar, tea, Milk (2% Lowfat Without Added Vitamin A and Nonfat Solids). Dinner: Butter (Salted), Whole Milk, Half and Half Cream, Milk (2% Lowfat Without Added Vitamin A and Nonfat Solids), Tea (Brewed), Granulated Sugar, Panera Bread Sourdough Bread Bowl, Panera Bread Broccoli Cheddar Soup. more...
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2708 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
visiting doctor offices - 10 minutes, Shopping - 2 hours, Yard Work (gardening) - 30 minutes, Resting - 13 hours and 20 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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losing 1.8 lb a week
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