reflections on our week....

reflections on vertigo, hbp, bumpy thigh, toddlerhood, and more
ok.

went to the dr about my dizzy spells and after she grabbed me by the head, layed me back, dropped my head, yanked it to the right, turned it back upright, and sat me up all in one dizzying fluid motion, she told me i have vertigo. put me on a med for it that i have to go pick up today. told me if it doesn't make me 100% better by wednesday to come back and she'll teach me an exercise that should help.

my bp was high enough to give the nurse a heart attack! initially it was 190/122. after she calmed HERSELF down, and i assured her i was calm and she took it again it was still super high. so she put me in a room and waited and had me rest and then took it and got 159/92 in the right leg and 151/96 in the left. sooo, i'm also starting a bp med.

i got my tdap and flu shot and my thigh is so swollen and hurts like h-e-double hockey sticks!!

my older children never really took me thru the 'terrible twos' but kyndal! omg! this kid! my bf/her cousin calls her the devil's spawn. she definitley has a forceful personality. i lost count on how many times i said "kyndal no!" this week alone. she managed to play on the house phone and dial someone who called back cussing me out and threatening me. dumped a whole bag of pretzel sticks on the livingroom floor. threw anything she could get her hands on in the trash can. and i can't even remember what else at the moment.

alexa is a future kidnapping victim of america! mike owens, the investigative reporter from channel 5, and his driver followed her bus from her school to here and then searched for her because her bus stop is around the corner. every single lesson i've ever taught them on stranger danger, etc apparently went out the window cuz she told him her name and confirmed her school and her fave subjects and which apt she lives in all before giving him MY NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER....and then taking his business card to give to me for me to call him. of course when i did was not all that pleasant and had to check him on stalking my kid and takling to my minor child w/o me present. he's doing a story on the bus company that transports them.

we had dre'a's first parent/teacher conference and it went really well. we're really proud of her. she's doing awesome and her teacher loves her. the lil hellion she turned into last year is gone and we have our girl back.

joshua was cussing on the school bus. funny how the kid w/ the speech delay can manage to very clearly say "ass" and "bitch". and why? because dorian was doing it. bang my head against a wall.

kamy is growing like a weed. she slept for 5hrs last nite!! it was beautiful.

and as we speak kalen is fixing the water pump on the car. at least it was something he can fix.

and now on to my saturday which includes laundry, and relaxing lexi's hair, and all that other mommy stuff

20 days is now 48days......

so i get a phone call today from the plastic surgeon's office and the secretary leaves me a voicemail saying "we've got you scheduled for oct 15th" and then i get another message 5 mins later that says "o, you ob/gyn called back and said you want your surgery AFTER the 15th so we've got you on for the 22nd." what?!?!?

so i call back and explain to her my insurance coverage ends on oct 31st and she assures me that my post-op visits will all be covered. they better be.

so i went to my ob/gyn's office for the rx for xanax and asked him about it and he said he doesn't have to push it back that far. so i called plastics back and asked for an earlier date.

final decision.....is oct 15th, gotta be at the hospital at 630a. so instead of 20d to lose weight, i've got 48, which is better. and the kids have a half day on the 16th and no school on the 17th. AND then the mail runs and i've got a jury duty summons for oct 14th, how perfect is that?!?!?

so, i'm off to go lose weight and get a little healthier.

20d.....152.8

ok, i'm gonna try to keep a pic diary of this, too. just gotta figure out what outfit i have that'll photo best but anyhow, here i am 20d til surgery (although neither dr has called and confirmed it for me so maybe it's 27d.....either way..SOON!)

weight is 152.8 which is awesome cuz over the weekend i was 160.2. so maybe it won't be so hard and already being down to 152 means i can really get away w/ just 20lbs, which is still a lot, like a lb per day, but i have no choice really.

i was 156.6 when i got pregnant w/ kamy, 172.6 at delivery 15 days ago, put on exactly 16lbs....and now i'm 152.8 so i've lost all kamy's weight and i'm working on kyndal's (i was 131 when i got pregnant w/ her, and only lost 3 lbs)

my diet plan?
special k w/ red berries for breakfast
special k bar and protein water for lunch
slimfast or something to that affect for a snack
steamed veggies and fish for dinner

and put to use my pilates and sweatin to the oldies tapes everyday for 30mins. i CAN do this. i think.