As promised new doctor and birthday weekend
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| Nene Thomas art statue |
Ill begin with the new doctor. For one, hes from England and really nice. Two, he doesnt want me to cast any spells on him to make him lose his accent because thats all he has going for him, he says, and he really doesnt want a Texas accent. This was because I was wearing my Slytherin cardigan to my first visit with him. Three, he doesnt want it to get out that hes a bit of a nerd because he has a reputation to keep. We get along pretty well and so far, hes actually listening to me and working to help me get to where I want to be.
The very first thing he wanted to do was run all of my labs, including allergies. Everything looks good except triglycerides (a sort of easy fix although my Dad says he and my Grandma both deal with that and like them, my cholesterol is low). I am very allergic to a native grass around here, go figure. I love nature but nature doesnt love me. More tree and weed types showed up on the test as being "insignificant" but honestly if they are showing up they must have some element that irritates me. My peanut allergy showed up the same and he said I could try a little, see how I do and then maybe try a little more. Well. I tried peanut butter cup hoping I would be fine because I love peanut butter. I even turned on a movie so I wouldnt be paying attention, but I still got crazy itchy and worse, I had a horrible time sleeping that night.
There were some things I already knew I was allergic to on the test as well, but a couple of new things showed up, of course as supposedly being insignificant but just how much or how little are they if they are showing up? How bad would they be if I were eating a lot of boxed and packaged processed foods instead of making a lot of stuff myself? A friend suggested I request going to an allergist for the scratch test and I am wondering if that really isnt a bad idea.
Also, my doctor is taking me off a medication for the fibro because it makes people gain weight. My depression medication is one that is also prescribed for fibro and it apparently doesnt have the weight gain side effect, so he wants to up my milligrams on that. Then hes prescribed a weight loss drug that is supposed to boost what happens when you exercise but only for three months. Trouble is my insurance doesnt cover it and it is expensive even with the store discount. So, Ive got to figure out what to do in that regard. Amanda is also thinking about getting us a planet fitness membership because they have massage chairs and hydrotherapy beds and shes hoping those will help me.
On to the birthday weekend.
It was nice and quiet for the most part. Amanda and I were going to have a writing day but she decided that we were getting Starbucks, some food, and then we went to Wonders of the World and their bead shop. We bought some gemstones: rose quartz, pyrite, and a rainbow fluorite egg. I picked up two small packages of some incense I wanted to try by Nippon Kodo. And Amanda got me the statue pictured above. It was half off and beautiful and she kind of got to the counter when I wasnt looking. I didnt know about it until the sales clerk asked me which wings I liked better because they had another in the back that had a little more color to them.
After talking to my Mom for a little bit in the parking lot we went to dinner. While on our way to the restaurant we noticed a lot of police cars zooming in the same direction. Sure enough, the very restaurant we were going to was cordoned off by the police and a SWAT time was there. Since there is a bar attached to the place, I didnt think too much of it and we didnt want to be looky loos and honestly, its jst best to get the hell out of the way, so we went to another restaurant. As it turned out there was a man in the parking lot with a machete basically trying to get the cops to shoot him. But they talked him "down" enough to get him to drop the weapon and they arrested him and I suppose got him some help.
On my actual birthday we had dinner a quiet dinner at home with Amandas parents and cake.
Ive been very spoiled this year. Of my presents, the house got a new kitchen stove, I got a few more pieces to a collection of dishes I am collecting, I got a beautiful letter done in calligraphy, fox and raccoon plushies, an electric blanket the cats confiscated, new silverware, soot sprite cake pops made by a friend, a pretty little metal plaque, tons of wonderful birthday wishes, a book, and some stationary.
In the more present news, I am just about better. I still have a tiny cough and occasionally have to blow my nose, but feel much better. Im cold today, but not as cold. Amanda decided to try going to work today, but since I was still half asleep when she left, I wasnt able to really see her.