answers and a plan
we just got back from camping. it was really fun, but much too short. i really wish we could have stayed longer. the peace and quiet were such a welcome change from the constant noise of the freeway outside my window. with the exception of the abundant mosquito population, we love being in nature. well…that whole crouching-to-pee-while-avoiding-wetting-self-and-clothes thing isn’t so fun either. but mostly it is great.
by the time we got back in town today we had received a message from the doctor’s office. my blood levels are mostly good, with the exception of vitamin levels. Some of my vitamin levels are extremely low, which explains the fatigue and pain. i have to go in to see the nurse once a week for four weeks to get B-12 shots and take two different vitamin pills once a week for four weeks. plus prenatal vitamins every day for who knows how long. in eight weeks they will test my vitamin levels again.
we are not looking forward to the prenatal vitamins. we have been prescribed them in the past, and they taste ever so nasty. we always ended up going off of them after only a few days. but somehow we are going to have to take them this time, because the fatigue and pain are so bad.
but at least we know what is happening. it is always worse to not know. our imagination tends to run away with us and we imagine all sorts of horrible things.
on a whole other subject…and somewhat trivial…we finally found a diet soda that we like! we had found one that was ok (Peach Fresca) but this one we actually like a lot. it is diet sunkist. we have been trying to find a diet soda that we like, because we often can’t drink water. which means, essentially, that we are getting way too much sugar because we drink soda and juices. so i am psyched that we found something.
the first few days of our therapist being gone were really hard. the last few have been better, but that might have been because we were camping. our anxiety level is still higher then usual. the next few days won’t make it any better…we have our backup therapist tomorrow, vet appointment for robbie friday (yay!) and chorus audition on saturday. these are good and exciting things, but still very stressful. we are glad that robbie will being going to the vet. she really needs her medication. we are so worried about her. she is not handling the stress of sparky well.
and we are very scared about the audition on saturday. i hope it goes ok.