Bellaryna's Journey

thanx for the love stacy!

still wearing the brace in fact my wrist is still hurting so i am going to go see my family doc today to make sure nothing is really wrong. it hurts right on the side of the wrist where the bone pokes up. if i take the brace off i can barely rotate my arm witout feeling like my hand might fall off. so of couse the obvious answer to thay problem is don't take off the brace! hahaha
catch up with everyone later
ciao
 
Mamaz2ndbaby said:
Hope your arm feels betta lady! Have a great day!
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Ahhh! Thanks for the love.
Notice I am writing with caps again. I can actually type somewhat but have to keep it to a minimum as it begins to ache after a while.
Doc says that it is a severe case of Tendonitis. Must be severe since I felt like my hand was gonna fall straight off my arm!!! LOL
Didn't get to Zumba today as 1. I was afraid that I was going to jar the arm around a bit to much. 2. I got sooooo much stuff to get done it ain't even funny.
Luckliy my mom has offered to come over and help me out with the things I just can't do right now. Like dishes and laundry. (Dh says that my injury seems suspcious since it happened when there was tons of laundry to get done! hahaha)
Mom is doing well.
We went and saw her oncologist on Friday and he said that basically mom's non-hodgkin's is looking the same as before. Maybe a bit more advanced but nothing to freak out over.
It would seem that the doc who read the results from mom's PET scan wasn't fully aware of how far advanced her non-hodkins was. So when she saw what she saw on the results it sent her into a tizzy.
Mom's at Stage 3 outta 4. That is where we found out about the non-hodgkins. Sooooo they did say it looked like on nodule was a bit bigger than last time so they want to do a biopsy on that one. No matter the results mom will most likely go thru some sort of treatment. What kind of treatment will solely depend on what the results of the biopsy are.
Eating was awful yesterday. Well let's put it this way..........food was good amounts of food was not. LOL
Today has been good so far. I am hoping to keep it at a managable level but am very busy and don't really see anytime for slowing down for most of the day/evening.
Well I gotta head onout of here.
Hope everyone has a grand ol' day.
Mwah!
 
What did you do to your wrist? Goodness girl!

Yeah, I agree with your husband good excuse to get out of laundry! :)
 
SweatPea said:
What did you do to your wrist? Goodness girl!

Yeah, I agree with your husband good excuse to get out of laundry! :)
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Well let's see......
I am to stubborn to ask for help so when I had over 100 picture packages for the Upward basketball league to get done I tried to do them all myself in like 3 hours and ended up with an extreme amount of pain as well as severe tendonitis.
But I am almost 100% so have no fear! LOL
And believe me I learned my lesson.
Pride comes before the fall.
 
Sometimes I feel like I don't deserve to be here on the forum.
Just seems like every other week I fail to keep myself in line. And then what am I suppose to come here and talk about? LOL
Last week was a good week then of course I hurt the wrist so I didn't go to Zumba Tues or Wed. Really thought about going today (wrist is feeling almost 100%) but then school got cancelled due to extreme fog. And I ain't kiddin' when I say extreme. It was so thick you couldn't see 15 feet in front of the car.
So ended up running back home so that dh could get to work.
I think that the meds they have me on for the wrist must be messing with the depression meds because ever since Tuesday (started wrist meds Mon nite) I have just been feeling really blah. Like I don't really care.
Which is typically how I feel when I am not taking the depression meds.
Is it possible the one is blocking out the other?
I go back to work tomorrow. Missed all last weekend due to mom's oncologist visit and then being out because of the wrist (there it is again!).
Hoping that things go well at work. We have been slowing down a bit due to the economy but since we are in the grocery business I don't forsee anyone losing their job who doesn't deserve to already.
Well I got to go finish dinner.
Going to attempt to get back on track tomorrow.
Even with the food journaling.
Just need to do it. :smash:
Ciao
 
Hello, sweet, sweet Dawn. I hear ya kid! I fell off the food wagon pretty hard teh last week or so. Trying to get back on it now. Sigh...

I have to get serious about everything. I hav e a 63 mile cycling even to train for in May. No excuses for me. I'm really hoping I can do this.

BTW, yes, the meds could easily be interfering with each other. I have seen the same thing often enough in people close to me with regard to pain medication and anti depressants of one form or another. I hope you're doing okay. You are way too amazing a person to let things go bad. You need to push through and get yourself back...

:beating:luv ya, I'mm coming back over here to your place more often now!
 
Hi Karl!
So glad to see you. Sure have missed your visiting.
So your got an event your heading towards? I do to. I am planning on climbing the Sears Tower in November. On the inside of course! LOL
Chicago does it every year. I incorporated it into the health challenge at the YMCA last month climbing all 2,109 stairs in a little bit more than an hour. I figure that if I give myself this kind of a goal, and tell everyone I know, than there is no reason I should fail. As I really want to see how fast I can do it in and I know that there will be people cheering me on. I have even had some members from the Y say that they want to do it to. So I may actually have a team put together!
I think you are right about the meds. As the week has gone on I have felt better and better. It was a steriod Z-pack that I was put on. You know take like 6-7 the first day and then less and less everyday until it's all gone. Tomorrow is my last day and I am looking forward to it.
We need to get our accountabilty thing going again liked we talked/tried before. I did really well when I knew there was someone who was going to be seeing what all I ate.
Well still need to do the "O"fficial post.
Later gator!
 
Here is the "O"fficial post!!! LOL
First today is my birth daughter's 18th birthday so even though I am fully aware that she may never want to see/speak to me I am on pins and needles hoping she will call. And if she doesn't I am okay with that. I guess I am just assuming that if she was going to do it, it would be today.

With that said I decided that I needed to get back on the wagon and stay there. Kept telling myself how I would jump back on tomorrow. Well yesterday when I thought that I was "hey tomorrow would be a really cool day to get back on that wagon". Since this day holds such a special place in my heart it would be darn near impossible to screw up. For some dumb reason I always think that I need to start things around times I can remember. New Years, Anniversary's you get the idea.

Weighed in at 206.6 this morning. Only .4 higher than the last time I reported my weight. Which in and of itself must be some kind of a miracle. 'Cuz let me tell you those dumb Cadbury Eggs are evil. I have eaten like 7 of them in the past week. Used to be that when you were at the store you never had to worry about getting them if you just stayed out of the holiday aisle. But now they have started to stock them individually up by the registers. So easy to grab 1 or 2. And of course you can never just cruise right through the line. You always get stuck behind the slowest person on earth. So all you do the whole time is stare at the eggs. Listening to them calling out your name!! LOL
Anyhow I have to make the rest of this really quick as I need to head out the door to go to work.
I had my standard eggbeaters with salsa for breakfast with 1/4 cup of cottage cheese. And a piece of whole wheat toast with s.f. jam.
Hubby called to see if I wanted to have lunch so we headed out to the local steak house. Now I know your thinking well here it is, she made it this far and fell off.
NOPE!
I got the salmon without all the "special sauce", baked sweet potato (dry~no fixin's) and a house salad. Did however try one of their bucket desserts which are very much like Applebee's dessert shooters. Add to that 1 individual twix and I have done better today than I have in a long time.
Got soup and an apple packed up for lunch.
Oh I did have a s.f. vanilla latte this morning but I figure it can't be more than 200 cals as I got the little one and the syrup was s.f. So the only thing with any real cals was the milk.
And as I head out the door hubby is making me one of his coffees. Again can't be much as far as cals go.
Well that is about all there is for now.
Hopefully I won't have to work to late tonight as I have to coach b-ball in the morning at 10am.
I'll check back in tomorrow.
Hope everyone has a GREAT day!
Mwah!
 
Hey Bell!

Just wanted to say that of course the meds could be interacting with one another. But, I would also have to say I'm thinking your dr. is smart enough to know if the two would counteract one another. At least I know my dr. is pretty savvy about those kinds of things.

However the reason I'm writing is to say that even with the depression meds, it doesn't mean that every day is a "happy" day - it just means that you can get through the days that otherwise would be really bad. You know I know....

And you know I lubs ya!

BTW, my weight is up - the scale is still broke, but dh managed to make it work if you step on it right. I know what I did though. I bought this container of toffee peanuts. Um, yeah I know! I'm sure I ate at least half of it - and it said 3 tbs. was 160 Cals! Dh asked how many did I eat and I told him that I didn't know, but you got to figure one handful is at least 3 tbs. and I had many handfuls! :p
 
Quick little update.......
The scale is being really nice to me lately.
As of this morning my weight was 204.6!!! :hurray: That's 2 pounds down!
Which means I must be doing something right.
Have done well so far this weekend. Haven't over-eaten, not even one day, and have bought nothing out of the dreaded machines at work.
Gotta go get ready for work.......will catch up with every's diaries tomorrow.
Adios Amigo's!!!
 
Bellaryna said:
Quick little update.......
The scale is being really nice to me lately.
As of this morning my weight was 204.6!!! :hurray: That's 2 pounds down!
Which means I must be doing something right.
Have done well so far this weekend. Haven't over-eaten, not even one day, and have bought nothing out of the dreaded machines at work.
Gotta go get ready for work.......will catch up with every's diaries tomorrow.
Adios Amigo's!!!
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WTG Bell!

I didn't get a chance to see you at church today. We came for early service - then I had Sunday School. I think Trev was trying to see what he could get away with - I had to put him in his spot a few times. :) Oh well, he'll learn fast!

He didn't know what was coming... LOL
 
Way to go with the weight loss Bella...keep it up! Oh, and you should let your dr. know about what youre experiencing so he/she can change the prescription.

Hee hee @ sweetpea and her handfuls of toffee peanuts. I KNOW how that goes.
 
Hey there! My apologies for not getting in here in ages, but my computer time has been pretty short lately, and when I do get on, it seems work-related things take up most of it.

I wouldn't worry too much about your birth daughter not contacting you yet. You know teenagers are wrapped up in themselves most of the time, and she's probably busy getting ready for graduation and all that jazz. :) I suspect perhaps this summer once school is out you'll be getting a call or a letter.

Hope your mom's biopsy goes well. :hug2:
 
Val ~ thanks for the well wishes for my birth daughter's b-day. That was very kind of you. Mwah!

Mammaz ~ thanks for the encouragment, heaven knows I need it if I am going to stay the course. LOL I'm right there with ya on the toffee peanuts. Except around these neck of the woods for me it would be these yummy chocolate cashew brittle's that the Amish make. :drool5:
Mmmmm there is no way I can stop with just one! LOL

Sweetiepea ~ Missed ya on Sunday morning. :(
Sorry to hear that T-dog was being a royal pain. :banghead: I have noticed that too. Glad to know that you put him in his place. He needs to understand that he can't get away with treating people/teachers that way.
Thanks for the kudo's! Now let's just hope that the good news keeps on coming.

"O"ffical segment of the post hahaha
I did really well yesterday even with us going out to pizza hut for lunch after church. Of course that just about couldn't be helped. The girl in front of us works at pizza hut and had on a jacket from there. So most of the service I was able to see the red roof! LOL
Probably did eat more than I should at lunch but I more than made up for it by cutting waaaaaay back for dinner. Basically I ended up treating lunch like dinner and dinner like lunch.
Scale did show a pound higher this morning but no fear. I know that I did not eat more than 3500 cals yesterday and pizza is salty. So mystery solved.
Now today on the other hand I treated as my free day.
My step-son graduated from high school early last week. So I took him out for coffee and a "treat". Got to the coffee shop and their espresso machine was broken. So ended up having something I have never had before.
A flavored steamer.
Basically it is a latte without the coffee. IT WAS GOOD!!! hahaha
Made with skim milk, s.f. white choc. mocha and a bit of whip on the top (hey I am not going to totally deprive myself!) I know it only came to 90 cals before the whip so I guessed it at like 175. Figured that ought to cover it.
Also had one of their day old muffins. 1/2 price they are. And I am all about saving the buck. I mean really if I don't have a problem eating them the next day (like that happens at my house, LOL :smilielol5:) at home than why should it matter there?
Hubby came home for lunch and we took Alex to eat. Again trying to spend some quality time with him. You know letting him know how proud we are and all that.
So he picks Steak and Shake. Now I know I should have chose a salad but remember this is my free day. So I went with the double cheese and fries. With an orange creme shake. Mmmmmm.
Dinner was a small portion of roast that I had cooking all day long with steamed baby carrots on the side.
Now I got to confess something.
I had to go to the YMCA to pick up some papers there for a project that I am working on and I had the kids with me. And I had $$$. I have started to notice a pattern where I will take the kids somewhere to get them a treat and of course I am there so I might as well get some to right? Well when we left the Y I really wanted an unsweetened ice tea from the golden arches. But the whole time I am driving there all I can think about is those cookies that they sell. Usually you can get them in a 3 pack for $1. So I start thinking well I could buy a 1/2 dozen, give the kids each a cookie and then the other 4 could be mine.
Now I know this may sound off the wall but I felt like I was having an argument in my head over those dumb cookies. I kept telling myself "No, we are not going to buy cookies. You don't need them and neither do the kids." But then I just knew when I got to the speaker that my mouth was gonna open up and the words for a 1/2 dozen cookies were gonna come blurting out.
It was a tough fight but I won that battle. I literally was repeating in my head over and over, " A large unsweetened ice tea please. That's all."
And when I was finally able to say those words I was so proud of myself!
I DID NOT ORDER THE COOKIES!!!! :party:
I was actually doing one of those "Yeeessss" moves in the car. You know where you take your arm up and then bring it back done along your side?
So even though today was my free day I didn't totally go hog:piggy:wild!
I actually was able to control myself.
Talk about an achievement. :biggrinjester:
 
*WooT!* So glad you were able to give us all a great update! ;)

Way ta Go with Control! You Rock! :hurray:

Have A Goal Reachin' Week ya hear?

:hug2:

<3 Stacy
 
Hey Bell!

WTG with the self-control! I didn't know cookies were a dollar at McD's... Hmmm???? LOL JK I will stay away from there!

I had my own bad pizza tonight - it's from a local place and they call the pizza "a forklift". Really I don't like it. I wish dh would just order a regular one.

But, I had one piece, which was the equivalent of 4 regular pieces, I'm sure!
 
Hey all~
Man what a busy week I have had. In fact I have been nothing but busy lately. Seems like there is barely time for anything, let alone myself.
Been doing so-so with the eating. Blaming all my pit-falls this past week on the "cycle". Seems like I have no self control when it comes around. At least this time I didn't go completely beserk! LOL
Gonna jump on that dusty piece of equipment out in the other room. Formally known as "the beast" (elliptical). But here lately it hasn't seen any movement unless you count sliding it out of the way when we had Christmas.
The weather here is finally breaking away from the nasty winter that we had. So I have been feeling much much better. Even if it is not exactly nice outside at least there is no snow on the ground!
Already thinking ahead to all the walking I will be doing, just like year.
Well I gotta go clean house and do laundry (blah).
Catch ya all later.
 
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