TEP…week 1 weigh in #3…
Down an additional 3.6lbs, bringing me to a total of 5 for the week. I definitely CANNOT complain about that. Yay!
The smoking thing…it’s a slow process, but I’m getting there. I’m now at about 5 a day…this is down from close to a pack a day. (For all you non-smokers, there are 20 in a pack. Believe it or not, there are honestly people in the world who don’t know that. I thought it was a birthright…)
Other than weight stuff…I’ve been having some weird arm pain in my left arm for the past 2 weeks…it’s my left arm, so of course, I think the worst. I made myself an appt. with my doc for this upcoming Tues..but it was really getting on my nerves this afternoon, so I went to the immediate care center by my house. (Not quite the ER, but you still get to see a doc when you can’t get into your own doc’s office right away.) They ran some tests, did an EKG and a chest xray…and of course, the whole time I’m convinced it’s a heart attack (yeah, a 2 week long heart attack, I know…) or something heart related. You can’t help but think that you’ll inevitably inherit your parent’s health problems…and I’ve always been worried about my heart. Well, my heart is fine. In fact (I mentioned to the doc that my mother had an enlarged heart, reason being she needed the heart transplant) the doc told me that my heart was small for someone of my size. Is that a good thing?
So…
We deciphered that I am WAY TO FUCKING STRESSED OUT (imagine that) and he prescriped me Xanax. I’ve taken one so far. It chilled me out. But it’s not something I really want to become dependant on. Luckily, I’m not an addictive personality like that. Except for chocolate. But that can’t kill you. Ok, I guess in a really long term, deranged sort of way it can…but you know what I mean.
So…we’ll see if that helps. I still think something else is wrong…like a pinched nerve, so we’ll see when I go see my PCP, (isn’t it funny how the acronym for a general dr. is the same as a street drug? Odd…), and see what see has to say.
Well folks, it’s off to finish my housework and put up my Christmas window stickies. It’s a shitty day here in good ol Chicago…f*ing freezing out and complete with a lovely ice/snow storm. Gotta love the mid-west!
Have a great rest of the weekend people! =)
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I hope you get to feeling better soon. Stress makes our bodies do funky things. Stay safe with the storm.
Sorry I forgot. COngratulations on the loss!!!
Glad to hear it was NOT heart related. It is really amazing what stress can do to the body too. Congrats on cutting down on the cigarettes. I am one of those naive people who had no idea how many are in a pack. Never smoked on in my life. =0) But things sound like they are going in the right direction. Great job!