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The kayak sounds like a good idea.But that's 'cos I'm assuming that you can just float around if you don't feel too energetic ? It must be soul destroying for you,never knowing what each new day will bring.Of course,none of us do really,but it seems you never get a long enough break to feel the benefits.I'm feeling ok lately.I started taking apple cider vinegar with honey,a few weeks ago.Apparently it's very good for GERD,which I don't have,but you do.After laundry and shopping,I did another 5ml on little blackie today.It's been quite warm and it's going to get warmer as the week goes on.We also have a holiday weekend coming up,so the coast will be crawling with people and their kids.Bless them....(not).Take it easy Cat.Just take each day as it comes and get through it best you can.x
 
Yes, I've read about apple cider vinegar and GERD. There is a theory that GERD is actually too little acid production instead of too much, so the apple cider vinegar is meant to introduce more acidity to the stomach or something along those lines. I tried it briefly and it made my stomach feel horrible, so I quit that pretty quickly. I'm quite confident that too little acid is not my problem. I can tell when I've got too little acid - for a short while I was on a double dose (80 mg) of Nexium, and that was too much acid suppression for me. I started not being able to break down any of my other meds, so everything was going right through me undigested and I'd see a lot of full tablets in my poo. I went back down to the standard dose (40 mg) of Nexium and then I could break down my meds again. So a normal dose of Nexium, plus 600 mg ranitidine daily and Tums as needed, is how I function best with my severe GERD. It's not too much acid nor too little. I still have a few symptoms, but it's totally tolerable and I'm quite functional at least GERD-wise most of the time.

Yes, we have a 2 person kayak, so hubby can paddle us if I get tired or sick. We never take it out in rough or challenging waters, we stick to calm little creeks and steams and ponds. So yeah, I think I could do that. It is still kind of a lot of work, though - paddling in itself is a lot of work, and the kayak is very heavy and we have to lift it up on top of the car and then lift it off of the car and carry it over to the boat launch and so on. So I don't know if I'll be feeling up for all of that or not. I also have a one-person kayak which is inflatable, so it's obviously much more lightweight and portable, but again there's a lot of work in paddling it, and also in inflating and deflating it. I just got that kayak last summer, and I discovered that deflating it is actually the hardest part. My arms were so tired from paddling, that I couldn't grip the valve cap very well to let the air out, and it was a huge effort just to get the stupid cap off to deflate the thing. Literally, I was almost crying from the effort. So I don't know which would be easier on me, both kayaks sound challenging at the moment. But I don't want to have another lazy weekend of just crocheting and not much else. Ugh. I don't know, we'll see. It's only Tuesday so hopefully I'll improve in the next few days.
 
I think I inspired myself. :p I thought about it, and if I can't kayak, I could still put on my swimming suit and go out to the beach and sit in an inflatable innertube/pool float and at least get some sun and fresh air and relax outside. That would be easier on me than kayaking. So I've been looking at pool floats online and I'm going to a couple stores tomorrow to check some out. I also found a cute beach cover-up at the thrift shop today for only $3 so after I get my pool float, I'll be all set. I used to do that a lot when I lived closer to my parents, my mom and I had a couple of innertubes and we'd take them out to the beach and just sit in them for an hour or two and chat and get some sun. So I think I could do that now too, just by myself. I have a couple small dry-bags for kayaking, so I'm going to bring one of those and I can put a paperback book into it and do some reading while I lounge on the water.

At my pharmacy I get points which I can then use to buy whatever (they sell a lot of stuff besides just medicines), and I looked on their website - they do have a couple of innertubes. So if I find one I like there, I can use my points to get it and it'll basically be free or almost free (I think I still have to pay tax on it). So yeah, a $3 cover-up and a free innertube sounds pretty good to me! I might need to pick a more light-hearted book to read while I'm lounging, though. :p I've currently been reading Devil's Knot, which is about the West Memphis 3 case (in a nutshell, it's a true story about a triple murder of children which resulted in 3 innocent teenagers being wrongly convicted and spending nearly 20 years in prison), which is not exactly light-hearted reading. I read a lot of true-crime stuff, in particular I'm a big fan of reading about Dillinger. But I might need to look through my bookshelf and find something less awful to read about for a relaxing lake lounge day. Hubby is off Saturday and Monday, but he works Sunday, so I think I might have my lake lounge that day (hubby sunburns very easily and I can't see him wanting to go with me to lounge on an innertube).
 
I'm still having a bit of abdominal pain here and there, but now I'm in the mindset of, f*** it. :p Tomorrow is looking like it's finally going to be a nice day - the rain is supposedly going to stop (for a day anyway) and it's supposed to be sunny and 70 degrees. And I'm going to take a walk. I'll walk slowly if I have to, I'll take a shorter walk than usual if need be. But I just am getting frustrated and antsy so it's time to get outdoors in the sunshine already. Somebody at work said that the local weatherman said that we've had 20 days with rain in the month of May so far - since it's the 24th of May, that means we've only had 4 non-rainy days this month! No wonder my mood is so crummy lately, between my guts and the weather I just can't catch a break.

The weekend was looking nice when I checked the forecast yesterday, but now they're saying rain for at least one if not two days out of the 3-day weekend. Great. It's just not my week! I went to the store today and got 2 pool floats to try out (they were cheap, and now I can invite a friend to lounge & float with me if I want to). And then I looked on the city's website, and I found out that the cute little beach that's right along my bicycling path? Yeah, so that's closed for the whole year due to construction. :( Hmph! There's another beach relatively nearby, but it's not as nice. I had been thinking, maybe I could throw my towel and pool float in my bike trailer and ride to the beach - nope, now that's looking less likely as the other beach isn't as easy to get to by bike. The beach that's closed, that's right on the bicycle path and would be very easy for me to get to - the other nearby beach, I'd have to ride down city streets most of the way to get there and I don't like riding in traffic. So, hmph. This week was just designed to annoy me.

No further word on the job situation. My boss always seems worried about it though every time I talk to her, which is not exactly filling me with a lot of confidence. So I've still got that worry in the back of my mind.

Anyway, so yeah, I'm still not doing stellar but I'm going to walk tomorrow because I am in a mood and need to get away to the forest to offload some stress. No further plans yet, I'm going to see how I feel after my walk and go from there.
 
I was hoping to get a ride in today but "LIFE" got in the way.I bought a rug ( in anticipation of the new sofas eventually turning up ) but it wasn't right so I had to return it. I managed to get what I wanted though,but a 2-3 wk wait.So I'm definitely going to the quarry tomorrow.I wish I could get out of the house (bathroom) earlier in the morning when It's cooler and quieter.It's been very warm and it's forecast up to, and over the weekend.It's usually close to lunch time before I feel "safe" to go out.
I hope your weekend goes as you'd like it to.You've got lots of choices.Feel better soon.
 
I'm an afternoon and evening exerciser too. My guts and my GERD are both usually a bit too riled up in the mornings to do any sort of exercise. I've tried hitting the gym in the mid-morning, but even then my GERD is just not happy about it at all. I need to let my body fully wake up, then give it some safe food and plenty of time for that to leave my stomach and digest, and by then I'm able to safely exercise without issues. So yeah, it's afternoons or evenings only for me too.

I'm slowly putting together plans for the long weekend. Saturday I think I'm going up to visit my parents, and Sunday it sounds like my dad and I are going to go visit my grandma. Monday is the holiday that I have off and hubby is off too, but so far that's the one day we don't have plans yet. Fitness-wise, I'll see how I'm feeling and will maybe have a walk or even a weights session in the evenings after my visiting is over.
 
I had a really good walk. The weather was perfect, sunny (no rain!), very light wind, not too warm and not too cold out. I had a really nice time. Work is still worrying - we're still trying to find out whether or not our office is actually going to be closed soon. But at least I can deal with the stress when I can get out for an hour and have a walk in the forest.
 
I had a really good walk. The weather was perfect, sunny (no rain!), very light wind, not too warm and not too cold out. I had a really nice time. Work is still worrying - we're still trying to find out whether or not our office is actually going to be closed soon. But at least I can deal with the stress when I can get out for an hour and have a walk in the forest.

It's taking far too much time,this work problem.It's about time they got sorted.No wonder your guts are up one minute and down the next.They owe it to the staff not to keep them stressing.Enjoy your weekend.Clear your mind and rest your body.
It's 10am here and already 22c so we're off on the bikes soon before it gets too hot.We'll not get out over the w/end because the riff-raff will be clogging the streets AGAIN !!! :(
 
It is definitely taking too much time, I think we found out in February about the merger and it was April when we were actually merged, and now it's nearly June and we still don't know much of anything. My boss has been trying to find out more info, but she was basically told that upper management has no comment at this time. Ugh. It's been months of stress and not knowing what's going to happen. It's really not a good situation to be in at all. I just want to know one way or the other. If I'm out of a job, just tell me already! Ugh. Not knowing is the worst.

But fortunately my guts are doing better every day and I was able to have 2 walks yesterday! I had my lunch hour walk through the forest, and the weather was just gorgeous. When I got home from work, the weather was still gorgeous, and hubby hadn't walked Lily as he was mowing the lawn and making dinner instead. So I took Lily for a walk. She was moving a bit slowly, she hates warm weather (she loves cold and snowy weather the best, she dislikes weather that's even slightly warm). So we had a good walk even if she was a bit putzy and slow.

Today I'm still doing okay, so I think I'm going to go to the little gym on my lunch hour for a weightlifting session. Since it's been about a week since I last lifted, I won't push myself too much. I'll just ease back into it. But yesterday's 2 walks encouraged me, I think I can have a good gym session today.

Tomorrow is probably a rest day as I'm going to visit my parents. Sunday I'm visiting my grandma, but not until mid-afternoon as my dad is not a morning person. So I'm thinking I can get in a workout around noon in my home gym, and still have plenty of time to get to my grandma's facility which is about 45 minutes away.

I don't think I'll be able to take many walks in the near future though as there's more rain in the forecast. Rain today, Sunday, and Monday according to the weather report. I was hoping to get outdoors more on my long weekend, but that's not looking like it's going to happen.
 
We had a great bike ride.It's 25c but there was a lovely cooling breeze.It was nice just to wear a t-shirt and leggings.I was laughing to myself earlier.I was altering some bootlace straps on a couple of vests.I had previously had them knotted as they drooped in front.So I thought I'd do them "properly".Hahaha They'd have be better left in knots.I thought "Cat would be horrified and would disown me". But at least I tried eh? There's no hope for me in the sewing dept.now I'm afraid.
 
There's no harm in trying! Believe me, I fail all the time when I sew, you'd laugh if you could see some of the silly mistakes I make. But I always try to make sure to figure out what I did wrong, so that I (hopefully) don't make that same mistake again. And that's why I buy a lot of cheap clothes at garage sales, thrift shops, etc. If I try to alter a garment but fail miserably in some way, at least I'm not out a lot of money. So I'd say keep trying! I promise I will not disown you. :) And I'm encouraged that you tried in the first place.

Change in plans already. I'm not going to the gym today. A little while ago I had a horrendous gut cramp! It was very strong and painful and came on out of nowhere. I ran to the bathroom and passed a bunch of gas but only a tiny bit of stool. It seems to be over now, but my guts feel tender and sore (I don't think they were fully healed yet from last week's bout of pain). So, I'm going to rest and stay out of the gym in an effort to heal my stupid guts. I don't know why that cramp happened, fortunately it was only one. But I didn't eat anything that would have upset my guts. Maybe I did overdo things with taking 2 walks yesterday? I'm not sure. Ugh, frustrating. But I'll be good and do what's best and rest. Will re-assess in a day or two. I accept that my guts are the boss of what I do. I don't have to like it, but I accept it. My guts say rest, so I'll rest.
 
It is definitely taking too much time, I think we found out in February about the merger and it was April when we were actually merged, and now it's nearly June and we still don't know much of anything. My boss has been trying to find out more info, but she was basically told that upper management has no comment at this time. Ugh. It's been months of stress and not knowing what's going to happen. It's really not a good situation to be in at all. I just want to know one way or the other. If I'm out of a job, just tell me already! Ugh. Not knowing is the worst.

Is there any way that you can just outright ask someone in HR if they can provide more answers? I think this is just ridiculous that they are making everyone wait. If downsizing is going to occur, you could be looking for a new job while they ride out the last months. I can't believe how some businesses treat their employees. It's not right to keep making you wait like this... :(
 
They don't know any more than we do, unfortunately (my boss checked with them - I'm sure they'd like to know too, since their jobs would also be gone if our office closes).

Normally I'm treated pretty well at work - I like just about everybody (some people have their quirks, but I at least know how to work with/around those quirks). Everybody treats me well, my boss is very nice and I like my co-workers. It's just this merger, the people keeping us in the dark aren't even in the same state as we are. Everything was fine until the merger, now everything's so uncertain. I'd rather stay with the company if possible, because I have decent insurance and I've worked here for like 14 years so I get a good amount of PTO each year. But this stress is seriously doing a number on all of us, it's just ugh right now.

Instead of the gym, on my lunch hour I did one of my favorite de-stressing things that I do when I can't exercise. I went to the craft store and bought more yarn. :p It was all on sale too! I got some really pretty yarn and it makes me happy. I also got some fabric. Hubby and I use those cheapo re-usable shopping bags that they sell at most grocery stores, but many of them are falling apart now. So I decided that I'm going to start sewing bags, as that'll be more long-lasting and sturdy, so every time we throw away a falling-apart bag, I'll sew a new one to replace it. So I got some cute green fabric (nothing too girly so that hubby will be okay with using it) and I can make at least 2 bags out of it. Hubby's car is larger and newer so we tend to use his car more when we grocery shop, and as a result his reusable bags are falling apart more. So I'll make him some new bags to use. That'll be a nice, quick weekend sewing project (not that I don't also have like 1000 other sewing projects already!).
 
Your passing gas brought to mind an article in the newspaper earlier this week.A dog owner noticed hid dog had a distended belly and was in pain.Fearing it was torsion he rushed to the vets.The vet advised an x-ray and just as he was about to start the poor dog emitted a huge amount of gas that almost felled the staff :ack: with the smell.The dog's owner was relieved, but having had to pay £200 for prep and sedation,said "That's got to be the most expensive fart in history".
 
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Cat a tonic.. Just an off topic question, since i did read a lot of posts of u out of interst in my simular case. Did u have a positive calprotectin test?
 
Kenvh, no, my calprotectin came back at 49 and they told me that anything 50 or over was considered a "positive" result. So I was just on the borderline, and I was on steroids at the time (budesonide), so I'm wondering if I would have had a positive result if I hadn't been on steroids.
 
Ow yeah, definitly. Budosonide brings the levels ways down if ur inflammation is on that spots where budosonide works, wich is ileum and first colon part mainly. Dont u reconsider taking another sample without meds?? Does budosonide help u a lot?? Where do u have pressure and pain? I get attacks that i can feel my intestine burn. One or two fingers under navel belly button. I had calprotectin 277, 48 and 141. So its not because there is a negative one that it cant raise again. Its a sample of that moment of inflammation. It goes up and down all the time.
 
Cat a tonic.. What are ur basic symptoms.
Mine are..
Burning pain at intestines when inflammaion hits.
diarrheah or constipation
Gurgling
Night sweats.. Specially when flaring.. Also burning intestine then and rumbling.
Fatigue
Dizzyness .. Altough its probally meniers syndrome. I got tinnitus pressure ears and more.
Nausea

Do u get stiff sore intestines after having a lot of burning going on?
Its like multiple big spots for me. Can u relate?
 
Kenvh, my symptoms are pretty similar to yours when I'm flaring. I get a lot of diarrhea (10, 20, sometimes even 30+ times per day). Abdominal pain, especially in the lower abdomen - feels like it's mainly in the colon. Lots of cramps, urgency, nausea. Dizziness and weakness, and fatigue. I get night sweats, sometimes I have blood in the stool, unintentional weight loss, being woken in the night with pain or urgency. I also have extra intestinal manifestations, in particular I have arthritis in both hips.

Yes, I definitely will get another calprotectin test done next time I flare. I don't want to test it again right away because I'm still on steroids from my flare that started last year in August - I'm on prednisone and having a hard time coming off of it. Budesonide worked well for me for multiple flares over the past few years but then it didn't work for my flare that started last year. I ended up being hospitalized back in August because I had lost 17 lbs in a month and I wasn't able to digest anything - even eating one banana sent me running to the bathroom 10+ times. It was the most severe flare I've ever had, and I think budesonide just wasn't strong enough for it. So at that point they hospitalized me for 5 days, they put me on IV steroids and a liquid elemental diet, and when I was discharged I did the liquid elemental diet for 2 weeks and went from IV steroids to oral prednisone. I'm doing a lot better now than I was but I'm still struggling to get off of pred. I had started at 40 mg and I'm down to 6.5 mg now so I'm getting there, slowly but surely.

Fitness update: I didn't lift weights at all but I did take several walks during the long weekend. I also did some yard work which was pretty exhausting. I'm hoping to get back into lifting weights at some point this week. It's looking like more rain for a good chunk of the week, so I'll try to get out for walks when the weather cooperates, but I might be stuck indoors for the most part. I might get my rowing machine out, it's a bit taxing on the abdominal muscles which can in turn make my guts unhappy, but it's usually okay as long as I don't overdo it. Sometimes I'll just do rowing for 20 minutes or so while I'm watching TV in the evenings, so I'm planning to start doing that again on days when it's rainy.

Carol, you'd be proud, I did a lot of sewing over the weekend. :) A lot of it was just fixing things that needed repairing, which isn't very fun to sew so I had put it off and ended up with a rather large pile of stuff that needed repairs. So yesterday I sat myself down and just did a whole bunch of repairing. I hemmed a pashmina scarf that was fraying, I put patches in hubby's jeans that had holes, I fixed a couple of straps on tops and on a dress. I also made a couple of things new - I sewed hubby a new tote for grocery shopping, and I made myself a skirt. And I also went through my fabric and planned out what I'm going to sew next. Hubby's going to be out of town working at a convention for the entirety of this coming weekend, so I'll have a whole weekend to myself and I'm really looking forward to that. I'm going to do so much sewing and crocheting! :p Hah, I'm such an introvert and I really look forward to having some alone time. I'm not going out, I'm not seeing friends nor family, I'm staying in and enjoying the blissful quiet. I surely will venture out to grocery shop and walk Lily, but that'll be about the only times I leave the house.
 
Well done you,for catching up on the sewing.You put me to shame.although I will say I never allow stuff to mount up.But that's because I don't work of course.You're very like me in the introvert way.I love my own company,but alas don't really have any time alone,due to hubby being retired.But I also love him and we don't have a problem spending all our time together.Good Idea of yours,having a row in front of the TV.Just take it easy,you don't have to win the race.We had a cycle today.Hubby said "you need a waterproof,it's going to rain" I should know better than to take notice of him.Half an hout into the ride,I was sweating like a Sumo,so I had to take it off,I had a black t-shirt with a big silver butterfly on,not very sporty.It was breezy and cool,but very refreshing.
 
Yes, I'm similar with my hubby. Most people exhaust me but he doesn't, I can spend all my time with him and be perfectly happy. But I also do really enjoy just being alone.

Yeah, my life is hectic with work and pets and hubby and hobbies, so things do sometimes pile up. And a pile of mending/repairs is just not fun, and also not urgent, so it sat for awhile. I'll never not have a sewing pile, there will always be things to sew! But the pile had grown bigger lately so I decided to tackle a bunch of it.

And it's a good thing I have sewing to keep my mind off of things, ugh. Work is becoming even more stressful. I think that at least one of my projects is being reassigned to someone else (not in my office). All the signs seem to be pointing to the fact that my job is probably going away soon. I really think they're going to shut down our office and lay us all off. It's so scary. I hate the thought of it! Wish I could take a walk today to combat that stress, but of course more rain is on the way. Ugh.

In addition to wanting to get back into weights this week, I think I'm also going to try to have a punching bag session this week. I need to offload some stress! And punch something!
 
Ugh. The stress is doing a number on my guts, again. I have had 3 or 4 bathroom trips already this morning. Guts are not happy. I'm dialing things back, no plans to weight lift now, I'm just hoping to walk as much as I can this week. The weather looks good for today & tomorrow, so I'm planning lunch hour walks both days. I need to escape to the forest and just breathe in the calm peacefulness and breathe out the bad stress. The Japanese have a phrase which translates to "forest bathing", which literally means go to the forest and just take it all in, bathe yourself with nature and calm and quietude. I'm definitely doing that as much as I can. That sounds like just what I need.

My peaceful weekend is getting slightly more eventful but that's okay. My aunt (who has Crohn's) and my uncle are going to be in town, I haven't seen them in well over a year. So I'm going to try to see them at some point over the weekend. My aunt is the one family member who truly "gets" what I go through with my illness - and she's not even a blood relative, she's married to my mom's brother so she's an aunt by marriage. But she's still family and she gets me and I get her. So we'll hang out, hopefully.
 
I had my walk and it was lovely. The weather was gorgeous, the sun was shining, there are all sorts of pretty purple flowers blooming in the forest, and there were lots of birds and butterflies going about their business. It was really nice. I'm hoping to have another walk tomorrow, the weather is still looking good for that day. Unfortunately though it then looks like rain on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Ew. :p It's been raining so much lately! I'm getting pretty sick of it.
 
I also walked Lily yesterday after work. That was a pretty nice walk although she was lagging quite a lot. It's getting warmer out and she doesn't like that at all. She acts like it's torture to be taken on a walk in warmer temps (not dangerous temps, just average for this time of year, warm but not hot). She loves snow & cold, and she really hates summer and heat. Poor Lily!

And I had a lunch hour walk today. After my 2 walks yesterday, I felt quite tired and a bit achey, so I had a bath with epsom salts yesterday evening. I'm not sure if the epsom salts actually helps or if it's just the heat of the bath water that makes me feel better, but at any rate, the bath helped and I feel much less achey today. Not sure if I'm going to walk Lily again tonight, I might give her a rest day as it is warmer out today than it was yesterday. Plus I don't want to make myself achey again.

Diet-wise I'm still trying to stick to a modified version of low-FODMAP with an emphasis on trying to eat a Japanese-style diet, which is easier said than done. I tried making myself spring rolls for lunch today (not the fried kind), but the wrappers stuck together and they all sort of fell apart when I tried to get them unstuck from each other. So that was sort of a fail (I ended up eating them with a fork). Now I know why the Japanese use those little green divider things in bento and sushi style lunches. I'm going to go to the Japanese market soon and look for those and also look for mirin, which I need to make ramen eggs. Yum! (They're hard-boiled eggs with a slightly runny yolk and they're then marinated in soy sauce and mirin - which is sake/rice-based cooking wine. They're delicious by themselves or in ramen). So, I'm learning from my mistakes and improving at packing healthy lunches. It's a work in progress for sure.
 
I found mirin at the Japanese market (it's a teeny tiny little shop but it's the only Japanese shop in town). I don't think I'll have time tonight, but I'm hoping to try to make ramen eggs at some point over the weekend. Hubby has gone out of town for work and he won't be back until Sunday evening, so I will have lots of time to myself, but there's lots to do too. My aunt and 2 uncles are coming to visit me tomorrow - it's my mom's 2 brothers and the younger brother's wife (she has Crohn's). My mom's older brother, he has dementia so he doesn't get out much as he can't drive anymore. His dementia is much different than my grandma's, his is much more spatial (he gets lost easily). But, at xmas he was so pleased with himself because he could remember that I have a cat and that my cat's name is Lydia. So he asked me 3 or 4 times how Lydia is doing, and each time I could see on his face how happy he was that he could remember such things. And then when my aunt told him that they'll pick him up and bring him with to my house and that he can see Lydia, he was apparently overjoyed!

So I'll see the 3 of them tomorrow. But that means that tonight and tomorrow morning, I have to clean my house. Of course hubby left it in quite a state, he's been doing some crafts of his own but he never cleans up afterwards. So I have to clean up his mess, plus he hasn't done his usual chores because he's going out of town, so I have to do all that too (he usually does the dishes but now I have to) plus my own chores (vacuuming, laundry). I'm not super happy about that. I work full-time and I always find the time to take care of my chores, so I get grumpy when he uses work as an excuse to not do his chores. He could have done the dishes and tidied up before going out of town. Hmph.

Fitness-wise, I'm going to squeeze in workouts where I can. I'm feeling pretty good today and I think I'd like to do a weights workout today. So I'm planning to hit the little gym on my lunch hour. Then I might take Lily on a quick walk after work if I have enough energy, and then after that I'll clean my house! Phew! That sounds like a lot. I'll skip the walk if need be, I don't want to overdo things. But I think I can manage that. I hope. :p
 
Cat,you made me feel tired just reading your post !!! If you get done all that you're planning, you deserve a medal.I've been a wee bit out of sorts the last couple of days.I have been out and about though (after lunch).Yesterday I managed an 8 mile bike ride,again after lunch.I'm planning a quiet weekend with my book.I'll think of you.
 
Thanks Ken! I'm glad you enjoy my nonsensical ramblings, ha ha.

Ha ha, thanks Carol. :p I feel like I have more energy and focus when it's just me by myself - that's the magical power of introversion, I guess. So I tend to plan more when I know I'll be alone. I should have added in my post above that the weather report changed a bit, it's apparently now not going to rain today after all. Which is why I'm now tentatively planning to walk with Lily in addition to everything else. I feel like I have to take advantage of the nice, non-rainy days when I'm feeling well enough to do so. So I might overdo things a bit, but hopefully tomorrow I'll still be feeling okay enough when my aunt and uncles visit. And then after the visit, I can relax somewhat. My chores will have already been done, and the rain will have started by then, so after the visit I can relax and rest a bit - maybe I'll crochet or sew, or maybe I'll just play video games or watch movies. I won't be busy all weekend, I swear! Just busy for the first part of the weekend.
 
Hmmm. I had my weights workout and for the most part I felt pretty good. But right at the end, as I was doing my stretches and my cool-down, I had some disconcerting lower abdominal pain. Feels like the same pain that sidelined me a couple of weeks ago. That's a bit frustrating. I had let my GI know about the pain, and he advised me to take tylenol, which was zero percent helpful. But maybe he'll take more notice if I let him know that it's apparently now a recurring pain.

Because of the pain, I'm now thinking I won't walk Lily after work. I'll just do my best to clean the house and I'll rest if need be. I'm already feeling a bit better, it's eased up quite a bit, but it's worrying nonetheless and I don't want to push myself. So yeah. Slightly frustrated but trying to work with/around this odd pain.
 
I would make a note of the pain Cat, and what you were doing when it came on.
You probably do that already.Also,note if the Tylenol doesn't help.Enjoy your visit with your family.
 
Yeah, I let my GI know. I'm sure a lot of it is stress-related as I've had a lot of stress lately, but I need to be functional so that I can go to work and receive more stress... wait, no, that's not it...

It's been a rough weekend. I woke up yesterday and today with my guts very unhappy, bad mornings both days. I had more than my usual number of bathroom trips and a couple of them were just pure liquid. Still having some pain and just generally feeling unwell. It's been quite warm here, so warm that I had to put on the central air conditioning just so that I could sit with my heating pad on my belly without overheating. My aunt and uncles and I went out for sushi for a late lunch yesterday, but I still wasn't feeling very well so I barely ate anything. You know I'm not doing well when I can't even eat sushi! Ugh.

Today I wasn't going to leave the house, but then I did. I reached out to an old friend to offer her my support, because I knew generally speaking that she wasn't doing well, and then I found out that she actually has cancer. Double ugh. That stopped my pity party that I was having for myself in its tracks. You know me, I crochet, so I did what I could - I brought her a blanket, a hat, and a scarf. That felt totally inadequate, like I really wish I could just tell her it's going to be okay, but I can't do that and all I could do was give her a blanket instead. And I cried with her a bit and gave her like 5 hugs. She's having surgery this coming week so I'll be worrying about her until (and after) that.

So, I switched from crying about myself to crying about my friend. All in all a pretty tough weekend both physically and emotionally. I think I'm doing a little better this afternoon, but I think I thought that yesterday afternoon too. So we'll see what tomorrow morning brings and go from there. The very hot weather is fortunately supposed to cool down a bit to more normal temps, so I'm hoping to do some walking this week as apparently weight lifting is just not happening for me these days. At least I can walk without an increase in pain, I can't say the same about weights right now. So we'll see. If I have to rest some more, then I'll rest some more. There's always more crocheting to do.
 
So,not a good weekend.I think,if I were you,I would try to NOT plan things,and just see what turns up.Sad news about your friend,and I agree,what can you say that will make it better.I've been in that situation, and it's best to just listen and advise them to get through one day at a time.I'm not feeling 100% either.This will be the third day in a row that I haven't been out.The weather today is just awful,so I'm quite happy to be indoors.
 
I'm doing a little bit better today. Still had a pretty rough morning, but I pushed myself to go into work anyway. And I think I will survive the work day without going home early. I decided to stop at the store on my way to work and pick up a snack, in the hopes that I might have an appetite at some point today. Teddy grahams (not sure if you have those in the UK, but they're tiny graham crackers shaped like bears) were the only thing that sounded good to me. So I bought a box of the chocolate chip ones and I've eaten a small handful of them, and I still feel okay. I still don't really have much appetite, but at least I'm able to eat a little something.

Our weather is looking to be nice all week, so of course it's frustrating that I'm still not feeling so great. I don't think a walk is happening today, I just don't have the energy. I lost 1.5 lbs over the weekend and I have barely eaten, so my energy levels are way down just because of that. Once I'm able to eat a bit more normally (and digest a bit more normally), then I'll think about taking a walk. For now I'm still in resting mode when I'm not at work.
 
It's still raining here.Have cleaned out and tidied the fridge and freezer and am going for a big grocery shop,in the car.Looks like the rain will be here for a good few days,so no cycling for me.Hubby's out now dodging the showers,but he will find shelter,whereas I would rather push on and get home.I mean,who knows how long you'd have to stand under a tree or in a bus shelter ?
 
Cat a tonic... How many days do u work in a week? U work full days? How many days do u call sick and how many days do u leave early at work?
I wonder if i should do the same thing when im back to work.
The fatigue and pain is too overwelming most of the time
 
Ken, I work full-time, 40 hours a week (5 days a week, 8 hour days). I work an office job so I sit a lot and it doesn't drain too much of my energy, although my job has been stressful lately because they might close our office. I tend to call in sick anywhere from 1 to 5 days per month, depending on how I'm feeling of course. I'm in the US and we have a thing here called Family Medical Leave, which basically says that your employer can't punish or fire you for taking time off to care for either a sick family member or to care for yourself and your own serious illness. I'm not sure if there are things like that in other countries or not.

Carol, I don't blame you there, I also hate bicycling in the rain, that's just miserable. Oddly enough I kind of like walking in the rain, just because it reminds me of Japan. We walked so much in Japan, no matter the weather, and I actually have some really good memories of walking around Tokyo and Kyoto in the rain. But, I don't walk Lily in the rain, because she hates it.

Speaking of Lily, the weather is gorgeous today. I'm either going to take a lunch hour walk or walk Lily after work, I haven't decided which yet. My guts are still slightly iffy but a lot better than they were the past few days, and I have somewhat of an appetite again. So I'll see how I'm feeling in a few hours when it's lunchtime and will go from there.

I shouldn't spend money with my iffy job situation, but it was a hard few days, so yesterday after work I went to the store and I bought myself chocolates (dark chocolate peanut butter cups, yum!), and flowers (yellow and fuchsia, which is a very striking color combination), and cheese (goat brie and goat gouda). I guess I needed a lot of treats to reward myself for surviving a tough few days! And now I'm thinking that the next blanket that I crochet, I want to make it in yellow and fuchsia. I've been inspired. :)
 
I ended up taking 2 walks yesterday. I was feeling a bit sad and just wanted to get outdoors and do some walking. So I walked on my lunch hour, and I walked Lily after work too. That was mostly nice, although there was a really drunk guy in the dog park (I've seen him before and he was drunk then too - yesterday he actually had an open bottle of beer with him and smelled strongly of alcohol, and was yelling and slurring his words - fun). Fortunately hubby was with me, so I didn't feel very nervous, and our neighbor who has corgis was there too, so the 3 of us together tried to avoid the drunk guy as much as we could.

I'm feeling sad because my friend is having her cancer surgery today and I'm worried for her. Today is a big, scary day for her. And on a less personal note, one of my favorite singers overdosed and seems to be in a coma (I listen to a lot of Korean pop, so this is a Korean singer, who goes by the name of Top - he's had a rough time lately in the media and it sounds like he attempted suicide). So those situations together made me sad. Walking helped a bit. But I'm back to being sad this morning. Waiting to hear news about my friend and about Top too. Hope they're both okay.

I think I'm going to take another after work walk with Lily today, but no lunch hour walk this time. I'm going to treat myself to a bit of shopping and sushi instead on my lunch break. Tomorrow I'm going shopping too, because tomorrow is $2 pants day, which as you know I look forward to like it's xmas. :p Friday they're saying scattered thunderstorms, but if the weather holds then I'll try for another lunch hour walk. It's supposed to be super warm (like 92 degrees F!) on the weekend, so I'm thinking I'll mostly stay indoors in the air conditioning! Although I could try out my pool float at the lake, just float around near the beach. And I was invited to my uncle's birthday party, which apparently is being held outdoors on Saturday afternoon, so I'll be out in the heat for at least a little bit I guess.
 
That singer I like, he regained consciousness a few hours ago! The reports coming out of Korea are saying he's much improved. Phew! No news yet about my friend's cancer surgery, but it was pretty major surgery so I'm sure she's focused on just getting through the worst of the pain & recovery right now.

I didn't do any walking yesterday. I might walk Lily this evening, although they're now saying scattered thunderstorms tonight. Hmph. I saw so many people on bicycles yesterday, it really made me want to ride my bike. But I'm afraid of making my body angry again, so I didn't. I kind of hate that, when my body dictates what I do (and don't do). Frustrating.

My guts are doing a lot better although now they're pretty constipated because I took a few zofrans when I wasn't feeling well. Other than that, I'm feeling okay. Still not brave enough to weight lift nor ride my bike, though. For now I'm just going to continue to walk as much as I can as that is pretty safe and gut-friendly.
 
Cat a tonic. A lot of things u say i can reflect myself on. Really.
The body dictating what u will do today.. A walk or riding the bike.
I try to walk everyday. It makes me feel human again. Or a bit at least.
Its funny u mentioned the statement of not getting fired policy and medical leave.
I have a simular thing in this country. I will not abuse it. But i wont feel bad again for using it!! I got 4 immune diseases now wich is enough.
 
Ken, yes, I try to never feel bad or guilty for having to call in sick, either. I don't abuse it either but when I do need it, I try not to feel bad about it. Yes, walking makes me feel good too. The more I walk, the better I feel (usually).

Wow, yes, 4 illnesses is enough! I think I have 3 right now - presumed IBD, and I also have severe GERD and I have arthritis in both hips. Not sure which type of arthritis, my GP said osteo but I saw a rheumatologist who said inflammatory. So who knows. I think 3 is enough for me!
 
Cat a tonic, that seems also enough if u ask me.
I wonder..do u also have almost vomiting sensations?
2 out of 3 meals i got this. Almost immediatly i have vomiting sensation.

If u have a flare at night, and couldnt sleep... Do u call sick in the morning?
Do u also got hot flashes troughout the day?
 
Ken, I get a lot of nausea sometimes, but not after 2 out of 3 meals like you describe. I tend to get nausea first thing in the mornings, I have no appetite and sometimes even have a hard time packing my lunch bag because it's hard to look at food in the mornings. Usually I'm feeling better by afternoon, though.

I don't really get hot flashes, but I do get night sweats when I'm flaring. Usually cold sweats but sometimes hot sweats too. Yes, if I flare at night and can't sleep, then I usually call in sick to work. Having a flare itself drains my energy, and if I didn't sleep well on top of that then I'm likely to be absolutely worthless at work, so it's best in those situations for me to call in sick and try to get some sleep and recover as much as I can.

Carol, you're going to laugh at me. :p Today was $2 pants day, and I had my best haul ever - I came away with 13 items! 2 skirts, 1 pair of fleece-lined leggings (for winter - I wear them under a skirt when I go ice skating), and 10 pairs of trousers for work. I've gained some weight thanks to pred, and went up a pants size. But not all brands of pants are the same size, even if the label all says size 8. The past few $2 pants days, I've tried on tons of size 8 pants and almost none of them actually fit me, which was very discouraging. But I know there's one brand which is both good quality and fits true to size - a size 8 fits me perfectly in that brand. And they had tons of that brand in the store today! So I bought them all. I tried them all on to make sure they all fit, and they all fit perfectly and look really cute too. That was such a great boost of self-esteem! It's so frustrating when things don't fit, even when the label says they should, so today was pretty excellent that I found so much that does fit. Now I just need to keep my job and I can actually wear all those pants to the office, ha ha. :p
 
Ah that's excellent Cat.13 items,wow.We also have "size" differences over here,but being "vertically challenged" ( ie: short) I always have to take hems up.Sometimes I'll take them to the seamstress in the shopping centre,but mostly I use iron on hemming tape.And no matter how hard I try,which I usually don't,I can't cut a straight line for toffee.We managed a bike ride today.I was really unwell early on,but I made the effort and I'm glad I did.My sofas are being delivered tomorrow,so we might not get out unless they come early......kenvh,I often feel terribly nauseous,but it's usually through bad B.M. pain and not due to food.And I also get terrible sweats at the same time.Today was one of those days.
 
Carol, can I ask how tall you are? I'm 5'8" which is not especially tall for a woman, but I guess just tall enough, as sometimes pants aren't quite long enough for my legs. I'm the shortest one in my family though - my brother is the tallest, he's 6'6"! Fortunately though the pants I bought yesterday are all long enough. But, I'm going to have to do a whole bunch of sewing anyway. :p Women's dress trousers never have proper pockets, they're always tiny or faux pockets, so I always take a bit of fabric and extend (or create) pockets. So now I've got 10 pairs of pants' worth of pocket-extending to sew! I was thinking of mostly staying in on Sunday anyway, as it's going to be very warm that day, so I think I'll stay in the air conditioning and do a bunch of sewing.

Million dollar idea: Make women's dress trousers that have actual proper pockets! Make them fit well, run true to size, be flattering no matter the shape of the woman, and make them have real pockets that can hold actual things in them, and you'd make a fortune.

Tomorrow is shaping up to be a busy day. I've been invited to my uncle's birthday party in another city which is about a 90 minute drive away. And, my grandma's facility is about halfway in between me and my uncle's house. So I'm thinking that I might leave earlier in the day and see my grandma in the late morning for a bit, then have a picnic lunch, and then head over to my uncle's party. It's going to be quite warm out though so I don't know if doing that much is wise. I'd be indoors in the air conditioning at my grandma's, but then my picnic lunch and my uncle's party would both be outdoors. It's going to be like 90 degrees F which is very warm, and it'll probably be humid too. My guts tend to hate heat and humidity, and the longer I'm out in the heat & humidity, the worse I tend to feel. So, maybe I should just skip the visit and the picnic and head straight for the party later in the afternoon. I don't know. I really do want to see my grandma though. So I'm torn on what to do. I guess I always do have Sunday to recover, if my guts knock me down for hanging out outside in the warm weather.

At any rate, I probably won't take any walks over the weekend. It's supposed to be a heat wave for 4 or 5 days at least, ugh. I'll be indoors in the air conditioning for the most part.
 
Ken, I get a lot of nausea sometimes, but not after 2 out of 3 meals like you describe. I tend to get nausea first thing in the mornings, I have no appetite and sometimes even have a hard time packing my lunch bag because it's hard to look at food in the mornings. Usually I'm feeling better by afternoon, though

Have you ever been tested for gastroparesis? I just saw my new GI doctor and described very similar symptoms and she said it sounds like GP and is sending me for a gastric emptying study.
 
I haven't been tested for gastroparesis. I don't think I have it, I suspect it's just another fun IBD symptom, but it probably is best to at least rule out gastroparesis if nothing else.
 
Enjoy your weekend Cat.It's pouring with rain here so I'll be at home all day,enjoying my new sofas.It was such a faff getting them in,but the guys were very nice about it,and I gave them a tip.Didn't need to as the delivery charge was almost £80,but it was worth it.
I am a giddy 5ft 2ins and shrinking with age,so you can see why I need to shorten pants.And although I'm not overweight I have always had a struggle to keep in shape.Another six ins on my legs would have been nice.But you have to be happy with what you're given.
 
Yes, I have a friend who is only 4'10" and she has a really hard time with weight. An extra lb on her is so much more than an extra lb on a taller person, any extra weight is much more noticeable on her because there's such little area for the weight to go compared to a taller person. So I definitely understand that as I've seen my friend struggle a lot with that.

I mostly stayed in all weekend as it was ridiculously warm and humid out, and my guts just do not like that. Fortunately, the birthday party on Saturday got moved indoors into the air conditioning! Phew! I was a bit worried about that. It was my uncle's birthday, and he had really wanted to sit outdoors, but it was just too warm outside. We would have been miserable. I also saw my grandma on Saturday morning before the party, and she kept trying to hold my hand but then she'd exclaim that my hands are so cold - I had the air conditioning on in the car, and I had to crank it up because of how warm it was out, so my hands got really cold! :p

Sunday, I also mostly stayed in. I did a whole bunch of sewing - got all my pants pockets sewed! Now I have 10 new pairs of pants that I can wear to work, yay! And 2 of them are capris, so I'm wearing one of those today already (dressy capris are allowed at work, and it's still too warm out to wear long pants).

I'd love to take a walk, but it's going to be ridiculously warm and humid for another few days at least. They're saying that the humidity will go down probably on Thursday, and the heat should go down somewhat shortly after that. So maybe Thursday I'll take a walk. Until then, I'm going to continue to stay indoors as much as I can. I don't want to make my guts mad, they start to cramp like crazy if I'm out in the heat/humidity for too long.
 
The weather has spontaneously become a little nicer! We had pretty strong thunderstorms from yesterday evening until this morning (poor Lily, she was not happy). The rain seems to have cooled things down, it's only about 80 degrees F here which is still a bit warmer than I'd like, but it was supposed to be 90+ F so it's cooler than it was supposedly going to be. I'm going to head out for a walk shortly! I didn't think I'd get to take a walk today, but I'm feeling pretty well and the weather is actually cooperating, so I'm going to take advantage of it.

I'm hoping to get as many walks in as I can before Friday. I'm going to taper my pred that day and I'm just not looking forward to it. I'll be going down to 6 mg, and the last several times I've gotten that low, I've flared up again. You know how they say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly but expecting different results? Well, I guess by that definition I've gone insane. :p But I have to get off of the darn pred, so I have to try. I've been on 6.5 mg for just over a month now, so it's time to try. Ugh. I'm not excited by the prospect at all though.
 
I had my walk. It was good, but still too warm for me! And VERY humid. At first it was overcast, so it was humid but I could handle it because it wasn't too terribly warm, but then the sun came out. I was sweating buckets after that! Fortunately my guts feel okay still, but I became a sweaty mess. :p
 
the weathers the same here today so we're going along the coast on the bikes hoping for a cool breeze.We cycle up to the Marina yesterday which was good.Just a few cyclists and dog walkers about so nice and quiet.there is a lovely park over the road from the Marina with ponds and meadows and seats where we have a break.I'm very lucky to have such a variety of places to go very close by.Even the shops are only a 10min walk although the outlets are about 3miles and the city (Newcastle) is about 8mle.It's about 20 yrs since I visited the city,if not more.
 
Sounds like some lovely options for bike riding! I also have some good options, the zoo and the arboretum are only about 2 miles from my house, and there are several lakes and a creek that I can ride alongside of. There are at least 3 grocery stores I can ride to. And of course my favorite place to ride to is the gym, which is something like 3.5 miles away. Although I haven't gotten on my bike lately due to my guts and the weather, but I'd love to have a bike ride soon.

It's looking like today and tomorrow are still going to be too hot and humid. And then on Friday I taper my pred. So I might not be able to do exercise for the next little while, depending on how my guts respond to the taper. Fortunately I have plenty of craft projects to work on if my guts rebel against the taper. I'm really not looking forward to tapering!
 
I think it's sensible to take it easy for a day or two when you do your pred. decrease.
It seems to be going OK so best not to jeopardise things.It'll be worth it.
We didn't get out on the bikes today.Got a call to say the new rug was ready to collect,called in at the auction house and did a shop at the retail park.posh food,well a step up from the supermarket,and 2 pairs of jeans and a pair of PJs.It's quite warm and will be for a few days.Deffo going cycling tomorrow as docs appt. on Friday.
 
Good luck on Friday! Sounds like your decorating is going well if you now have the couches and new rug. Yes, I'm definitely going to take it easy for a few days at least, and I'm tapering on Friday so that I'll have the weekend to rest if it goes badly. It's finally looking like Sunday might be nice weather - not too warm and not raining. So, if I'm feeling like a human on Sunday, I might see about taking a walk. If not, I'll just rest.

Funny you should mention new pajamas, I have a sewing pattern for pajamas and some really cute fabric, so I am hoping to make those soon. I also just bought some new socks - all the warm winter socks just went on clearance, so I got a bunch for cheap. Obviously I don't need them right now, but I'll need them soon enough.
 
I didn't do any exercise yesterday but I did a bunch of crafts. I've been working on sewing shopping bags - the reusable bags that they sell at most grocery stores seem to fall apart after a year or two of normal use. I feel like fabric bags would last longer and are cuter too. :p So I've been sewing some bags for myself and that's going quite well. I made 2 cute bags yesterday (red & white fabric with rainbow handles). I also framed some clovers. I find a lot of 4 leaf clovers (and sometimes 5+ leaf clovers) when I'm walking with Lily - that's one of the benefits of exercise that they never tell you about, ha ha. So I collect a lot of lucky clovers and press them in books, and when they've dried, I put them in little picture frames with scrapbook paper as the background. They're really cute. I've given them away as gifts and have sold a few online too. So I made a handful of those yesterday evening while I was watching TV.

It's still looking too hot today & tomorrow (plus more storms tomorrow) to do any walking, ugh. Tomorrow's taper day, so I'm just going to distract myself some more with crafts - up next, I'm going to finish crocheting a hat, frame more clovers, and take in a really cute trench coat that I got for $5 which is just slightly too big on me. The coat is a bit too long too, so I'm thinking I'm going to hem it. It's going to be really cute when it's done! You know when you try something on and it's like, this has so much potential and would be so cute if only ______. Well, with sewing I can fill in that blank and bring out the potential. I love doing that!

Also on my sewing pile is to make that pair of pajamas, make a dress, make a fleece hoodie, and make a chopsticks holder. I bought a cute fabric handmade chopsticks holder when I was in Japan, and I just love it, and I think I could make one myself. So much sewing to do! Hopefully that'll distract me away from whatever my body does the next few days in reaction to the taper...
 
Ha! :p I feel like that stuff is so relaxing, it doesn't take much energy at all. I did my sewing and clover framing while sitting in my comfy chair and watching TV yesterday (I have a small TV next to my 2 sewing machines, and I have a comfy wingback chair that I sit in to sew). That's the stuff I do to unwind. :p
 
I'm a big reader.I've never been without a good read all of my adult life.But as you know,me and arty-farty don't go hand in hand.But it's good that we're all different otherwise we'd still be wearing animal skins.
 
I like to read a lot as well, especially when I'm feeling unwell. I like reading about people having adventures. I also have a touch of schadenfreude and I like reading about people whose lives are much worse than mine! Eek. Lately I've been focusing on the latter, I've been reading about the West Memphis 3 and in particular about Damien Echols. He spent 18 years on death row for murders that he did not commit, so his life story is fascinating and tragic. He's a gifted writer and wrote 2 memoirs, so I'm reading the first one now and I have the second one ready to go once I finish reading this one. What have you been reading lately, Carol?

I officially tapered this morning. It's still too early to say how it's going to go. I'm determined not to go back up in dosage. But that might mean that rough times are ahead. As usual, I'm just trying to distract myself away from even thinking about that possibility. Hubby and I have a busy day planned tomorrow - we're going to go to some garage sales, we're going to the book store, and we're going to the comic book store. Then at some point later in the day we're going to see a movie. And of course I'll be sewing at some point too or working on framing more clovers. Hubby works on Sunday, so I'll walk Lily if the weather is okay and if I'm feeling okay, and I'll do a lot more sewing and other crafts that day.
 
Cat,we have a "what books have you been reading" thread.I know lots of folk will be interested in your reads.I like social history'like you,about people worse off than I am.I also like travel books.I love Bill Bryson and have read most of his books in the last 20yrs.I've even been re-buying them from the market,to read again.We're just back from a cycle ride,about 5 miles.I was in town this morning for a docs.apt.(walked) and I got a nice jacket from the charity shop.It's a spring/autumn wear.Light grey with a diagonal zipper,big collar and epaulettes on the shoulders.It was £5-95p.Not sure what that is in dollars but it was CHEAP !!! I'm very pleased with it, but to be honest I really didn't need ANOTHER coat.hahaha Sounds like a good weekend for you.It's forecast very warm for hear,so I might stay indoors.
 
I went to google and found a USD to GBP converter - looks like £5.95 is about $7.61, so yes, that's still quite cheap here too. :) I didn't need another jacket either, I have several dozen at this point covering every possible weather scenario, but I just bought that long trench coat a few days ago too (the one that's slightly too big so I'm taking it in). Even though I didn't need it, you just can't go wrong with a good jacket!

I also didn't need any more craft supplies, but that didn't stop me from going to the craft store today anyway. :p I got more yarn, more fabric, and some stampers and stamp pads. I've been trying to send more cards lately, mostly thank you cards, so sometimes I use a cute stamper on the envelope. I found some really cute stampers with little birds on them today, and I already had butterfly ones. So that will help me when I'm sending out cards. I'm a bit old school at times! I like sending snail mail, I like sewing, and I like listening to record albums. Last weekend I had gone to my uncle's birthday party, and one of my other uncles brought 2 big boxes of records to give away. He asked if anybody still owns a record player, and I piped up because I actually own 4! (A regular one hooked up to the stereo speakers, a large but portable player, a smaller portable player for 45s, and a USB record player for converting albums to MP3s on the computer.) So I got to take home the 2 boxes of albums. I've been listening to them ever since, it's been really nice - there was some good stuff in there, Bowie, the Beatles, etc. Records are nice because they sort of force you to listen to the whole album - you can't just click "next" like you could on a CD or MP3 player. It sort of forces you to sit back and relax and just listen to music, ha ha. It's nice when I'm sewing or crocheting to listen to albums.
 
Ha! No comment... ;)

Seriously though, I definitely do have hoarding tendencies. My dad and grandma are both hoarders so it seems to have a genetic component. I try not to hoard. But there are things that I like buying often, like clothes and craft supplies. I do try to get rid of things as I'm bringing in new things into my house, so that it doesn't get out of control like it is with my dad and was with my grandma (now that she's in a care facility, she can only hoard what is brought in to her, so I try to bring her very little). When I'm buying new clothes, I get rid of older clothes that don't fit anymore or that I haven't worn in awhile, and with my craft supplies, I tend to give away a lot of the things I make - like, I crochet a lot of hats, scarves, and some blankets, and I give almost all of those away either as gifts or to charity. So it's not too bad. I do need to keep an eye on my hoarding tendencies, though. I know it could potentially get out of hand otherwise.

As for the record players, I just like them. :p They make me nostalgic, I listened to a lot of records when I was little. And we did get rid of about half of the records that I got from my uncle - we took them to the resale shop and it turns out that a few of them were fairly rare, so we got some nice spending money there (I promise I didn't buy any more yarn with that money, ha ha!).

I've had a so-so weekend. I slept really poorly on Friday night, and I had a pretty bad headache all day on Saturday. Not sure if that's from tapering pred? I felt extremely exhausted all day on Saturday, I even took a 2 hour nap but didn't feel any more energetic after that. And my guts were not super happy with me, although they weren't terrible either. Today has been better, my guts were not so happy in the morning but have gotten better as the day has gone on. Headache is mostly gone and I feel much more well-rested today. I didn't take a walk, but I have been active around the house. I did 2 loads of laundry, a load of dishes, I did yard work (trimmed the hedges and did little things like filled up the bird feeders), I did a bunch of sewing too. So I've been active, and not feeling too bad at all today. I'm still going to be cautious for the next few days or so. The weather has improved, though - it's no longer in the 90s F (way too hot!), it's now in the low 70s F which is so much nicer. I got a bit sweaty doing the yard work, but didn't feel like I was going to die. :p It's supposed to be similar temperatures for the next week at least, so that'll be great, but more rain is coming. So I'll see how I'm feeling and if it's raining, and will take a few walks here and there when I can.
 
25-30c here.I stayed indoors all weekend and got some reading done.I felt I really needed to make the effort to get out today so managed a bike ride early on,before it got too hot.I have a busy few days ahead with hair & doc.appts.and on Thursday the charity shop is coming for more stuff.My leather sofa,cushion covers a few ornaments and clothes etc.
That's twice he's been in a couple of months,but as I said last time,I feel liberated.Hope to get out between apts for more cycling. I hate appts.etc. interfering with my day to day routine.But needs must.
 
I googled, and it looks like 30 C is 86 F, so that's definitely warm! We've had similar and even higher temps lately, although it's fortunately finally cooled down here. I hope it cools down for you as well! I can't get anything done outside when it's that warm. And my guts really hate high heat & humidity. I hope you can get some cycling done when it's not too terribly warm out.

I did even more chores after my last message yesterday. :p I did another load of laundry, I vacuumed, took out the garbage, and went grocery shopping! Phew, all of that was pretty exhausting. Guts still feel okay for the most part so that's very good. I think I will aim to walk Lily this evening if it's not raining then (supposedly we're going to get scattered storms today).
 
Sounds like you might be over doing it Cat.And you know what happens then,don't you.?
It's far to warm to excert yourself.....Lecture over.
 
It's not so warm here anymore - it's only in the 60s/low 70s F, which my guts are fine with. It's when it gets into the 80s and 90s (like it's been for the past week or so) that my guts are unhappy with. But yeah, I probably did do too many chores on Sunday!

I didn't walk yesterday. It was intermittently storming so I stayed in as I didn't want to get caught in a thunderstorm. It looks like more storms today too. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to take a walk!

Hubby is going out of town for work again all weekend, I'm so looking forward to that. I love having some alone time. Of course I'm going to sew and crochet, ha ha. :p I might also take a bike ride if I'm feeling up for it. And I'll probably take some walks too.
 
10c cooler than yesterday, thank Zeuss.Far more comfortable.Walked into town for some shopping and a haircut this morning,then did 8ml on Little Blackie this afternoon.As well as doing the laundry and ironing and doing the floors,so I'm feeling quite smug.Got a doc.apt for 9-45am tomorrow so trying not to eat too much today,so that I don't have a stressful start to the day.We're expecting heavy rain from the States tomorrow,thankyou.But it has to pass over the Pennine Hills (down the spine of the country ) to reach us,so it might fizzle out before it gets here.
 
I hope your appointment went well and hopefully the heavy rains miss you! Sorry about that, ha ha, we've had lots of rain here lately so I guess you're getting our second-hand rain. :p

Speaking of which, it's finally supposed to stop raining here, but just for today. More storms in the forecast tomorrow, ugh. I have some errands to run on my lunch break, but I'm planning to walk Lily tonight after work. I'm feeling okay and it would be nice to sneak in a walk before yet more rain comes along. So that's what I'll do, and then I guess tomorrow I'll just try to stay dry as they're predicting a lot of rain. Hopefully another walk on Friday if the weather holds out.
 
Hmmm... might have to scratch my walking plans this evening after all. It's raining! :( It wasn't supposed to rain today, this was supposedly going to be the one non-rainy day, but it's raining anyway. It was supposed to be sunny but it's cloudy. I'm very grumpy about that! It's not raining very hard, but still, it wasn't supposed to do this today. Ugh. Oh well, guess I'll stay in. Again.
 
So far so good on the taper. My guts have been a bit gassy lately but I think that's because I had some dairy the other day - even if I take one of those lactose enzyme tablets, I still get gassy when I eat dairy. Other than that, I can't complain. I'm having formed stools, pretty much no cramping, some mild nausea but only in the mornings which is typical for me anyway. I think the taper is a success! Which is quite surprising because I've tried and failed to get down to 6 mg in the past. I guess the pharmacist at the compounding pharmacy was right about tapering by 0.5 mg once per month, this seems to actually be working!

It's pouring rain today which I knew it would from the forecast. I was woken up by thunder and it looks like it's going to rain all day. So definitely no walk today. Tomorrow and the weekend are looking like no rain or at most very little rain, so I'm hoping to walk then.

Diet-wise I'm doing well (aside from the dairy gassiness). I've been packing healthy lunches for the most part and trying to stick to a Japanese-esque diet. Yesterday I had sushi and ramen eggs for lunch, yum! Although I did have pancakes for dinner. :p (I had pancakes when I was in Japan though so that counts, ha ha.) Today's lunch is homemade spring rolls - the filling is rice noodles, salmon, ginger dressing, and fresh mint from my garden. And I have been eating a lot of fruit lately too. I spent an exorbitant amount, like $8, on cherries. :p And I've already finished eating them, it only took me 3 days! I need to go to the store today and buy more cherries. I've eaten them every day lately and they don't seem to upset me at all. And they're so yummy!
 
I'm so tired today! Not sure why, I think I slept well. Sometimes though when I dream a lot, I tend to be very tired the next day. And I think I had a lot of dreams last night. I don't remember much, but I know I was dreaming just before my alarm went off, because there were people in my dream who were talking, and when my alarm went off, the people were like, "What's that? Oh, it's wake-up time!" And then I woke up. :p

I am thinking about a lunch hour walk today. I'll have to see if my energy levels have improved by then, because right now I'm dragging. But maybe getting some food in me will help, so we'll see. If I'm still dragging at lunchtime then I won't walk.

I'm so excited to have a weekend all to myself. I even bought myself a new Lego set to put together, ha ha. It came in the mail yesterday and hubby saw it and he was jealous of my cool new legos, ha ha. I also of course have plenty of yarn and fabric. So I'll be busy all weekend even if I am alone.
 
I'm still tired, but made myself take a walk anyway. I'm glad I did, it's a nice day and it was nice to be outside. The forest is filling up with butterflies and fruit now - I saw lots of wild raspberries and strawberries growing, and lots of butterflies flitting around too. There's a little creek that runs through the forest, and we've had so much rain lately that the creek has turned into a rushing river. It's usually calm but today it was not calm at all! It was quite the change. The forest seems to like all the rain, though, everything was very lush and green.

I'll probably rest up tonight. I'm hoping to feel more energetic and be more active tomorrow.
 
Yes, it definitely does! That's why I like the forest path so much, it's so much nicer than walking in the city.

I felt pretty good on Saturday morning. I ran some errands and walked Lily. I then ate something that didn't agree with me. :( Hubby was out of town all weekend, and I'm not much of a cook, so I made a pasta salad from a box. I'm not sure if it was the seasoning or what, but it did not agree at all and my guts are still unhappy with me. I've had some urgent watery d and cramping and just generally feel unwell. I mostly rested yesterday, I crocheted with my heating pad on and did not leave the house. I couldn't fall asleep easily last night, too much cramping, and I ended up calling in sick this morning. Hopefully one more day of rest will get me feeling better. Bleh.
 
Oh,oh,that's not good Cat.feel better soon.I managed to squeeze a 8ml bike ride today.I really didn't feel up to it, but rain is forecast the rest of the week,so I made the effort.I think it was because I hadn't eaten enough.Stupid me.Sometimes I forget to eat when I'm busy,and it drains my energy very quickly.
 
Not eating has a big effect on my energy levels, too. And we also have more rain in the forecast, ugh. I think by the time I'm feeling well enough to walk, it'll be raining a lot. Oh well.

On that note, I called in sick again today. I'm doing better today than yesterday, but I woke up exhausted and crampy and just not feeling well enough to drag myself into the office. I was as productive yesterday as a sick person can be - I rested in bed or on the couch and watched netflix and crocheted the whole day. I made a scarf and 3 hats! I think that's a new record for me. :p Usually it's a good day if I can finish one hat, so to finish 3 plus a scarf, that's a ton of crocheting. So I felt quite productive and worthwhile, even though I was resting. I'm not going to crochet quite as much today!

Hopefully soon I'll be feeling well enough for a walk. That's the goal, but I'm not going to push myself to walk before I'm feeling well enough to do so. I'll keep on resting as long as my body needs it.
 
Doing a bit better day by day but still not feeling up to walking. I went back to work today. Mornings are still challenging with nausea, bathroom trips, weakness, no appetite, etc. As the day goes on those symptoms gradually improve. So once I get past the morning yuckiness then I'm at least functional.

I made 3 more hats yesterday. :p I had bought a small cabinet recently for my craft room, and it's now stuffed full of handmade hats and scarves. In a few months once the weather starts to turn colder, I'll donate a bunch of them to a cancer hospital. I know that hats are always in demand for cancer patients.

We've been having some very strong thunderstorms off and on here, so I don't know when I'll be able to walk again. It depends on the weather and on how I'm feeling. Saturday I'm going to visit my grandma and I'm looking forward to that. I made a photo book for her birthday next week, so I'm going to bring her that book as her birthday gift. I'm sure she'll love it, she loves looking at photos.

I actually get a 4-day weekend coming up - they gave us off of work both Mon and Tues next week for Independence Day (4th of July). I'm hoping that I'll be feeling well enough and that the weather will cooperate so that I can take some walks and be active. That's the current goal.
 
Pretty wet and miserable here too. We had thunderstorms overnight last night and more coming today. Tomorrow looks like the one non-rainy day in the forecast, so I'm going to try to get out and walk as much as I can. I'm guessing we'll probably take my grandma outside for a walk, but those are usually just a short, slow shuffle through the parking lot (she uses a walker now and has become frail and very unsteady on her feet).

Aside from tomorrow, the long weekend looks like it'll be rainy. Hmph! I might end up doing a lot of shopping as well...
 
The weather held out this afternoon - it's supposed to rain, but not until later in the day now. So I snuck out for a quick walk at lunchtime. It was very muggy and humid because of all the recent rain, but it was still nice to get out for a walk. My guts felt okay the whole time, too. Definitely a success! I'm going to continue trying to get walks during breaks in the rain.
 
I had a pretty active long weekend! Saturday was the only day I didn't take a walk. I had a very good visit with my grandma that day, she was in a great mood and was mentally coherent enough to even understand my dad's bad jokes. :p Afterwards I had dinner with my dad and brother. The visit, travel time, and dinner took up the bulk of the day, so I didn't have time to walk that day. It also rained that day - wasn't supposed to, and maybe it didn't rain at home, but as soon as I got on the highway to head to my grandma's facility, it started pouring so hard that I could barely see the road ahead of me! That was a bit scary. Fortunately everyone slowed way down. We did manage to get my grandma out for a short, slow walk in between rain storms, but I don't really count that as a walk as we probably made it about 100 feet down the parking lot and then turned around and shuffled back.

Sunday hubby had to work. I took Lily on a walk that day. Monday and Tuesday we were both off. We walked on Monday quite a bit, walked Lily and ran some errands and walked around stores. We had a bit of a windfall, I had an old accordion and hubby managed to finally sell it, so we had a few hundred dollars in cash from that sale. We ended up buying lobsters and had those for dinner on Monday - yum! Tuesday we also walked Lily, and we took a bike ride too! I had wanted to go to the zoo, because there are baby lion cubs at our local zoo. It was open on the holiday, and the zoo is only about 2 miles from our house. So we rode bikes there, wandered all around the zoo, saw the cubs, and rode home. That was a lot of activity for one day!

I'm feeling fairly well guts-wise. My jaw is giving me troubles lately, though. I think I have TMJ. It was pretty bad about 10 or 12 years ago, I remember a few mornings waking up and my jaw was just locked, I couldn't open nor close it. And a lot of pain while chewing, a lot of clicking in the jaw, etc. It was my left jaw back then, and it's my left jaw now too. It hasn't locked like that yet, but there has been a ton of pain lately. We went out for sushi last night for dinner, and every time I went to open my mouth to take a bite of sushi, it was just tremendous pain. It was pretty horrible. I googled, and there really isn't a good treatment for TMJ from the sounds of it. It said to do things like, take tylenol for the pain, try not to clench my jaw, etc. Ugh. It went away for 10 years, so I'm hoping it goes away again soon!

Fitness goals for the week are iffy. It's looking like it's going to be very warm out (90+ degrees F) and then bad storms again tomorrow. Friday it's finally looking like it'll cool down and stop raining. So I'm hoping to be active outdoors again on Friday. I'll do what I can until then.
 
Sounds like a really good weekend Cat.I wish we had a Zoo close by,I'd be there every week at least.I saw your post about the baby bird.It's amazing how they survive when they're so tiny.It's been an awfully wet week so far,although we managed a ride on Monday.We planned a whole afternoons ride today but it's been heavy drizzle,so we just had a walk into town instead.Maybe tomorrow.The kids break up for summer vacation this weekend,7 weeks,sigh !!! so no matter where we go it'll be busy,especially at the coast.We do have a couple of summer fayres close by,this weekend and next.They're within walking distance.Lots of stalls and music and motorbikes and classic cars,some American,so I'll look forward to that.
 
Yes, I love our zoo, it's free admission (I always donate a few dollars when I go there though). It's not a huge zoo but it's quite nice for the size, and it's right on the lake shore and near the arboretum, so it's in a very pretty area. I go there as often as I can. Like you said, with the schoolkids being on summer break, it's very busy there this time of year. The kids here get close to 3 months of summer break, they've been out of school for nearly a month already and won't go back until late August (I think - I don't have kids so I never pay close attention to those dates!). The parking lots at the zoo are always full in the summer, so biking there is the way to go. Have fun at the faires!
 
Yes, I love our zoo, it's free admission (I always donate a few dollars when I go there though). It's not a huge zoo but it's quite nice for the size, and it's right on the lake shore and near the arboretum, so it's in a very pretty area. I go there as often as I can. Like you said, with the schoolkids being on summer break, it's very busy there this time of year. The kids here get close to 3 months of summer break, they've been out of school for nearly a month already and won't go back until late August (I think - I don't have kids so I never pay close attention to those dates!). The parking lots at the zoo are always full in the summer, so biking there is the way to go. Have fun at the faires!

Man, I wish our zoo was free admission! The cost is over $15 just to get in the gate and then you have to pay more for the cost of the train ride, butterfly garden, feeding the giraffes, stingray bay, etc. Of course, I usually end up going to the gift shop for a souvenir. The last time my mom and I went back in January, I ended up with 2 stuffed animals which were pretty pricey, but they are adorable and very well made. I came home and did some research and the same stuffed animals could have been bought online with FREE shipping for $10 less. :( We also ate lunch at the cafe which was pricey, too. I really wanted to go and have some fun because the following week, I had my tonsillectomy and knew I'd be laid up for 2-3 weeks (ended up being 3 weeks).
 
I am also a sucker for stuffed animals, I have way too many. The coolest zoo I've been to was Ueno Zoo in Tokyo (they have pandas!) and yes, I got a stuffed animal there, even though I didn't have room in my suitcase for one. :p Our local zoo also has a train and a carousel which cost a buck or two to ride, but parking and admission are both free. There is a small cafe at our local zoo too, but they only sell foods I can't eat (hot dogs, hamburgers, etc) so I never eat there.As for paying more for your stuffed animals than they would have been online - hopefully that extra cost went to help pay for the animals' care at the zoo? I always try to not feel bad about paying a little extra for something if I know that the extra cost is going to a good cause.

I do kind of want to go to the Milwaukee Zoo soon, though, which is going to be pricey. They have a Body Worlds exhibit there right now but it's plastinated animals instead of people, it looks very interesting. And of course at Milwaukee you do pay for parking, entry, and there's a separate entry fee for the Body Worlds thing too, so that's going to get expensive. I'm hoping I can talk hubby into taking me there at some point soon.

Fitness update: It was storming most of the afternoon yesterday, but as I was heading home from work, the rain stopped and the sun briefly came out! And more importantly, the rain had cooled things down considerably - it had been 90 degrees out but it cooled down to more like 70 degrees. So I zoomed home and was able to walk Lily in between rain storms. There were tons of mosquitoes and I got bit every time we stopped (if she had to potty or sniff something or whatever), and it was super humid out. But aside from that, it was a nice walk, not too hot out, and we didn't get rained on. Today it's looking to be hot and stormy again, so we'll see what happens. I'll walk Lily if the weather allows, and if not, I'll try again tomorrow.
 
Cat a tonic. Im still silently following ur replies. Lol. Its cool to read them. I got a question for u if i may ask. I got a friend living in the usa too. He is struggling with work offcourse because of multiple illnesses like me. I remember that u said that u had some social protection contract to protect getting fired at work. U can leave work and stay home on very bad days wich is logical offcourse! I do it too in europe. Is this social protection contract only for goverment jobs? Or what job do u do? How can he subscribe for such a social protection? Where can he get some info about this? He really needs this too. I would very much appreciate it if u could reply here and give some basic info for my friend. Thx girl!!
 
Kenvh, sure - it's called Family Medical Leave (or it's abbreviated as FMLA). It means that you can take more time off of work (I think it's up to 90 days over the course of a year) due to a chronic health condition, without being punished for it. I'm not a government worker and I think everyone is eligible to get it. I believe you have to be employed for at least one year in order to qualify for it. You do not need to have a diagnosis, your doctor needs to fill out some of the forms and I was told that what they need to see from the doctor is that you have a serious ongoing medical condition, even if it's not diagnosed yet. Your friend should talk to his Human Resources department at his workplace, they can give him the forms to fill out and should be able to give him more information about FMLA. I googled and found this link which should also be helpful to him:
https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/benefits-leave/fmla

Good luck to your friend!

Fitness update: It was horrendously hot out all day yesterday, way too warm to even think about exercise, so I didn't. It is looking to be cooler out today, and hopefully no more storms for a couple days at least, so I'm planning to walk on my lunch break today and maybe will walk Lily after work too. Tomorrow I'm hoping to do something active, maybe I can convince hubby to go on another bike ride with me and I'll probably walk Lily at some point again then. Sunday it's looking a bit warmer, so we'll see what the weather does. I might go visit my grandma again that day, as it's her 85th birthday on Sunday. I already gave her her gift, but I could bring her a small cake/cupcake.
 
Managed 10ml cycle today.Bum's a bit numb hahaha.Thought we better make the effort before the weekend fayre etc.But there were lots of people about, it being the coast.I try not to moan about them to much ,as we have it to ourselves out of season.Enjoy your weekend....don't they come around quick ? or is it me just getting old.
 
Thx cat a tonic. Appreciate it! I will send it to my friend. He will be happy with is information. Thx again
 
Kenvh, you're welcome!

Carol, ha ha, no, weekends do not come around quickly! :p Not when you work full-time like I do anyway. It's been a short week because of the holiday, I only had to work Wed - Fri, but I still had to cram a week's worth of work into those 3 days, so it's felt like a long week. It's certainly been a busy week.
 
So it's an age thing then.I think most people over a certain age would agree with me though.The more time you have to waste,and I waste plenty,the quicker it passes.Don't worry Cat.your time will soon come soon enough, and the world will be over-run with woolly hats and stuff.hahaha.
 
Ha, you think that the world isn't already overrun with my handmade hats and scarves? ;) Ha ha! I'm only 37, I have to be at least 62 to take social security and 65 is the age when I can take medicare (not that I'm counting the days or anything...). So that means I have at least 25-28 years left to work before I can retire. Ugh. I can remember being a kid and I wanted to grow up, and now that I'm grown up, I want to get old and retire and act like a kid again. :p

I'm honestly not looking forward to getting old, though, not really. My grandparents made it look like not fun at all. My grandpa was very physically ill, and towards the end his mind started slipping (he lost the ability to do math, in particular - he used to do his own taxes every year, but the last few years of his life he couldn't even figure out how much to tip at a restaurant). And my grandma is mostly gone mentally and is now starting to become physically frail, too. I'm even seeing it in younger family members, my uncle is only 70 and he's got some dementia and is going downhill. So yeah, I'd like to retire but without all the downsides of getting older!
 
Hawkeye, they were BIG lobsters too! They were over 2.5 lbs each, one was almost 3 lbs! And yes, I ate the whole thing (hubby ate the larger one but I still ate my whole 2.5 lb lobster). Yum!

Fitness update: The weather wasn't super cooperative over the weekend. It was supposed to be not too warm, but it ended up being warmer than predicted. So as a result, I stayed in for the most part. I did a lot around the house - laundry, dishes, vacuuming, dusting, straightening up, gave the dog a bath, etc. So I was active, but I didn't walk nor take a bike ride.

Once again it's looking to be warm and rainy this week. I'll walk when I can. It poured rain overnight, we actually had some flooding here today, but the rain has stopped for now. If it's not raining in a few hours then I'll take a walk on my lunch hour today.

I've got a bike ride in mind for Sunday. There's a thing called Ride the Drive - I think a bunch of cities in the US do this, including mine. They shut down a bunch of streets downtown so that there's no car traffic, and everyone rides their bikes through the downtown streets. There are things like bands and food vendors and activities too. It's fun, I've done it in the past and I'm hoping the weather and my guts will allow me to do Ride the Drive this year too.
 
Ride the drive sounds like a great idea,I'd love it.I was awake all of last night due to Restless Leg Syndrom.I sat in the lounge rather that wake hubby.Nearly went mad.I wasn't well at the weekend but managed a couple of shortish walks.Just sat around reading today but the weather's not good.
 
Yes, Ride the Drive is great. They changed the streets that are closed off this year, so I think in years past it was about a 6 mile loop and now it's more like 4 miles and not really a loop anymore. So that's not great, although I'm a bit happy about it, because in the past there was a HUGE uphill on the 6 mile loop, and that's not part of the new 4 mile section of downtown. That hill always absolutely killed me, my legs and lungs were always just dead tired afterwards, so I'm pretty happy about not having to ride up that hill this year! I think I will miss being able to do the loop, though. It was nice just being able to hop in anywhere in the middle, do a loop, and not miss anything. Now it looks like it'll sort of be go down and back on one road, go down and back on another road, go down and back on a 3rd road. Well, the 3rd road leads to home anyway, so it's not too bad, but it's a bit of a bummer. A mixed bag I guess.

Was it perhaps something you ate that caused the restless leg syndrome to flare up? I know I always have much worse RLS when I'm flaring, it seems like if my potassium drops too low then my legs keep me up half the night (with, of course, my guts keeping me up the other half). Might also have something to do with low sodium too, I'm not sure. I hope you feel better tonight and can get some sleep!

It looks like it's just too warm again for me to walk today, hmph. I'm hoping it'll cool down by evening and maybe then I can walk Lily.
 

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