2/2/25-2/8/25

I've been approved for short term disability and I am trying to do more things for my mental health. This week I went to the museum free day. I haven't been to a museum in about 6 years. It was really fun. 

I went to a doctor appointment about my back and neck. They are sending me for an MRI. Can't wait to see what they find out. 

Only a week until Valentine's Day. 😱

I had to get up early one day to get a pass for a hike I want to do on my next van trip. 

Until tomorrow...

1/26/25-2/1/25

A busy week with work. I had acupuncture and therapy. Then I had a day with other small business women at a manifesting your dreams session. I made another vision board. It was a fun event. 

Only two weeks until Valentine's Day. I'm getting my chocolates ready!! 

Until tomorrow...

1/19/25-1/25/25

I've started walking with my neighbor. It is nice to chat and get a cup of tea while we walk. 

I had my sleep study meeting and they said I don't seem to have sleep apnea or any other medical situation other than insomnia. I have a list of things to do to try and correct it. 

Until tomorrow...

1/12/25-1/18/25

Still trying to catch up from my crazy holiday selling chocolates. 

Lots of medical stuff. I had a heart echo and a visit to my ear, nose, throat doctor to check my ears. I had acupuncture and therapy. 

Sunday we got up and got ready to go for a hike. I got dressed we started eating breakfast when all of a sudden I couldn't move. I don't know what I did to my back but suddenly I couldn't bend over and I couldn't walk upstairs. I took some Advil and lay down for a little bit. I thought oh it'll be fine in a little bit. It was not. After an hour or so, I decided to take a hot bath. It felt better after the bath but within 30 minutes it was hurting again. I got a heating pad and laid on it for the majority of the rest of the day. I had to wait around for my groceries to be delivered. Yes I did get some junk food because I feel junk food makes you feel better when you're laying on your back in pain. I watched lots of TV and just hung out. I'm hoping it will feel better tomorrow. 

I also had a meeting with my small business consultant. She is helping me sort this stuff out. There is so much to figure out starting a food business. 

Now I am gearing up for Valentine's Day. 

Until tomorrow...

12/13/24

What a busy day! First I woke up and made some chocolates. Then I went to my doctor, where she put in for some tests. I can't believe how different I feel since the last time I saw her last week. Pretty much all the pain in my chest has gone away. 

Then I came home and finished making some chocolates because I was going to take them to a client in the afternoon. I also had to box up chocolates to get into the mail. I got on the road and got part way to my clients when I realized the traffic was horrible on a rainy Friday afternoon, so I turned back. My client was very nice and saying I can bring them over tomorrow. 

Then I went to my acupuncture appointment. I'm having this weird pain under my jaw. So she did some needles supposed to help me deal with that. 

Then I raced to the post office to mail the box. Then I raced home to get on a zoom meeting with my new bookkeeper. She's a colleague of mine when I worked at a client years ago. We've kept in touch.  Now she is going to make sure my chocolate business books are good. 

Then I came home and decorated some holiday chocolates that I made. I brought them to my neighbor's holiday party. It was a busy day. 

Until tomorrow...

12/5/24

I went to my eye doctor today for my checkup. Luckily it didn't have to get my eyes dilated but I had to do various other machines. I like the one where they show lights and you have to press the button when you see one, visual field test. I hear a lot of people don't like it but it reminds me of the old fashioned video games. 

Instead of resting, I had another full day of work. After working, I made some chocolates. I'm feeling a lot of stress about the fact that I have not started making chocolates. I've also been working on my website. I feel like it's done. 

Until tomorrow ...

12/3/24

I'm still in pain. I went to my doctor to get checked out. She saw the pain I was in. One topic she brought up was going out on disability. So now I have to decide if I want to go out on short term disability or not. 

I'm working today because I have a big client caseload this week. I honestly don't want to be working I want to be laying in bed recuperating. But that's not in the cards this week. 

Until tomorrow...

12/2/2024

I woke up this morning and my chest was killing me. The pain was also going into the back of my shoulder. I called the doctor and she wanted me to go immediately to the emergency room. I did finish up some work took the dog out and then went to the emergency room. I had to reschedule three meetings for work. 

In the emergency room they checked my heart they checked me for blood clots they checked my blood work and they found nothing. Which is good! They think it's my fibromyalgia that is causing me to have pain. So they gave me Advil then sent me home. 

I had a webinar about selling my chocolates in the evening and now I am trying to go to sleep. 

Until tomorrow...

11/26/2024

Today I went and picked up my vegan Thanksgiving dinner from a local store. This year instead of cooking I decided it would be more fun to get my dinner prepared for me. I got a vegan Wellington, sweet potatoes with cranberries, green beans, garlic potatoes, mushroom gravy, and sweet potato curry soup. It looks delicious. 

I had a video meeting with my cardiologist. She wants me to wear a halter monitor for 2 weeks and get a ultrasound. 

In the evening I went to a concert. I went to see Cyndi Lauper and her final farewell tour. I thought she was very surprised for 70 and her voice held up really well. Not a incredibly huge fan of Cyndi Lauper but boy were there some in attendance. 

When I was coming back home I tried to get a taxi but the first one wanted to charge me double the amount to drive me. I turned to the line of taxis and yelled out is anyone want to drive me for the amount that I'm willing to pay? The taxi driver stood up and said he would take me. I hate price gougers. 

Until tomorrow...

10/25/2024

It was a busy day. I got up early and took my new paperwork down to City Hall. I'm not sure if I've talked about why I had to do new paperwork but it's because to get the kind of permit I need I have to take the word vegan out of the company name. So I went down to file more paperwork to have this accomplished.

And then that was a friend to talk about our vision boards. We both decided to make vision boards for the next year. I think I have a clear idea of what I want to happen in the next year so it wasn't that difficult for me. 

I needed to go give blood and I was feeling pretty good today so I went down and did my blood test. I've already heard the results and they look good. 

And I met with the person that I met at vegfest. She's super nice and watch me through a bunch of permitting process, home inspection, and pitfalls in the process. I took lots of notes. 

Until tomorrow...

10/23/2024

This morning started with a webinar on an accounting program. I wanted to learn more about it. I need an accounting program for my chocolate business if it ever gets off the ground. 

Then I went over to see my dermatologist to see if she can cut something out. I know that sounds dramatic but I have had for a number of years he bump along my scalp and it itches constantly. I wanted to see if she could cut it out so this itching stops. She made an attempt but decided that it is a nerve ball and it's dangerous to cut something like that out. So instead she gave me a shot of something that's supposed to stop me from itching. Right now my scalp is a little numb. 

Until tomorrow...

EYE DOCTOR

I had to get up again very early to go to the eye doctor. I've had a left blurry eye. I thought it was cataract but it seems it is probably dry eye. The Sjogrens is making my eyes so dry. 

I was given so different tear drops and information about some different drops. These drops create a film so the tears I do make do not evaporate. 

I'm still thinking about the new drops. 

Until tomorrow...

QUICK VISIT TO RA DOCTOR

This morning I had my RA doctor appointment. She seemed happy that I am doing well. 

She said I should take the new covid vaccine as soon as I can. 

That is about all. It took me longer to get there and back than I was in her office. I like it like this. 

Until tomorrow...

DAY 5 FAMILY TRIP

We got up early this morning to go ziplining. I was very excited because I missed going ziplining lining when I was in Hawaii because I broke my foot. So now was my big chance to try it out. Well, it was a fantastic experience. For those who have never done it, ziplining is like flying through the air while feeling safe. At least at this place, I felt very safe because I was extremely belted in. 

Some of the ziplines were two people at the same time and some were just by yourself. It was fun to go flying through the air with a family member next to you. This company had six ziplines. You started out small and the last one was a very fast very high ride. We rode through forests and over creeks. Personally, I cannot wait to do it again. 

After ziplining was when the trouble began. Well, I'm exaggerating because really the trouble started the day before when I fell in the river. By the evening after I fell in the river, I started not feeling great. If you remember I not only fell in the river but I inhaled some of the water. 

So after ziplining I went in the hot tub. When I got out of the hot tub that's when I started to feel much worse. I hurt in the middle of my chest and my voice was very craggly. Since it was still in the middle of the afternoon I called my doctor's office and told them what was going on. The doctors response was all in capital letters: go to urgent care now! 

There was a small complication in that I didn't want to upset everyone because that evening was a special anniversary dinner. So I got my brother to drive me to urgent care. The people at urgent Care took care of me did a EKG and an x-ray to make sure there was nothing around my heart such as water. There was not. But the doctor said I aspirated water which you may not know, is very dangerous. People have died from dry drowning.

The doctor decided because I am immunocompromised/suppressed, that he would put me on antibiotics and an inhaler. The doctor called the prescription into the local supermarket but the pharmacy closed in a couple of hours. I was not able to make the dinner because I had to get over to get my prescription and that took a while. My nice brother arranged all of the transportation going from the urgent Care to the pharmacy and back to the house. Once at the house I climbed into bed after taking the medication. 

So another new fun experience.

Until tomorrow...

STILL MORE CHOCOLATE

I got going early and took my Amazon returns to UPS. I bought different boxes and paper cups for the chocolates. I really like the small black boxes. The rest went back. 

Then I had my doctor appointment with my concierge doctor. She is so great. We went over everything. I told her about the GYN appointment and she gave me a list of other doctors. This time I'm changing doctors. (If you don't remember, I had a big problem with the office manager who refused to let me get services for excruciating pain until I paid a co-pay that I didn't owe. The doctor convinced me to return.) I need to get on this task immediately. 

Then I came home and took a nap. I have been testing my blood sugar for a couple of weeks. For the last two days my blood sugar has been really low when I wake up. It seems the doctor is probably right that I am hyperglycemic. That is not good news but better news than pre- diabetes.  We talked about how I need to eat 6 smaller meals. She also didn't believe my blood sugar was that low. I wish I had brought the machine with me. 

Then I had an hour and whipped up some chocolates. I want my friend to taste them while he is visiting. I think they taste good but let's see what others say. 

Until tomorrow...

AND MORE CHOCOLATE

After visiting my OB/GYN, I made another attempt at perfecting my chocolate. It didn't go well. Tomorrow is another day to try 

The visit to my OB/GYN did not go as expected. I won't go into the gory details but omI an not sure I am going back to see her. I said this last time but I relented and returned. This time I will not return. It was a horrible visit. 

Until tomorrow...

APRIL FOOL'S DAY

I just looked back at last week and I was going to say the same thing this week. I'm drowning in work. I just worked until 10:00 at night to catch up.

Although it is April fool's Day and Cesar Chavez Day, I went to a doctor's appointment. After the chip incident, I had a sore throat for a long time. But I also had sort of pain underneath my jaw. My doctor decided I should go see an ENT. The ENT was very nice and listen to me. He did a lovely test where he put a little camera down my throat. It was easier than I thought. He didn't see anything but he definitely said that if I don't feel better when I come back from my trip, he would order an MRI.

Until tomorrow..

SAW MY DOCTOR

Today I went to see my concierge doctor. It was a check in and time to review all the tests and visits I've been on. We talked about my memory clinic visit, the visit to the endocrinologist and the visit to my rheumatologist. 

She is sending me for tests and approved my getting the RSV and COVID vaccines. 

I got a lot done today. I got my old camping stove to work. I walked to the library. I made granola bars with oats, walnuts, pecans, almonds, dried apricots, craisins, golden raisins and chocolate chips. These are so good. 

Until tomorrow...

MEMORY RESULTS

I received the results from my memory test. I have the memory of any person my age. I don't have to do anything except go back next year and sleep better. That is good news. To celebrate I walked 7,358 steps. About 3 miles. 

Until tomorrow...

BONE DENSITY APPOINTMENT

My day started with an appointment with an endocrinologist. She looked at my bones. Things are not too peachy. I have osteopini and osteoporosis. Not good at all. I am going to have to take medicine to slow the bone loss. I don't want to break a hip. Or what happened to someone. They sneezed and broke their neck! 

This is the start of a week of medical appointments. 

I walked 6,706 steps today. About 3 miles. 

Until tomorrow...