Hello, My Friends~~~
Thank you all so much for your wonderful words of encouragement and support. They mean so very much to me! Love you bunches!
I am MUCH better today after a rocky weekend of not breathing and a pointed wake up call at the doctor's office yesterday morning and a visit to the ER last night. At the doctor's office, she tested my lungs and they were working at half capacity. Yikes! But my blood pressure was sky high. She blamed the rescue inhaler, which apparently I took a lot over the weekend, but I also apparently have borderline high blood pressure. She put me on Prednisone, the "big guns" as my friend Laurin told me, for getting my lungs back up to speed. I felt my breathing return quickly but I was jittery yesterday afternoon and had tingling in my left arm. The doctor on call said I should visit the ER for evaluation of a possible stroke. Double yikes! I high-tailed it to the hospital which is five minutes away. After lots of evaluations which included a head catscan which revealed nothing :), they released me saying I should talk to my doc about getting my BP managed, but I was not having a stroke. So this AM my doc called me and prescribed a low dose BP med.~~~This is TMI, isn't it? But what I want to impart is don't be stupid like me and avoid the doctor. Seriously. I have had a BIG wake up call and I'm doing something about it, starting with my diet. Here is my haul from the grocery store today...
I need to lose 20-30 pounds and stop flying on borrowed wings and eating what ever I feel like with minimal exercise (the exercise has been minimal because I couldn't breathe well). Starting yesterday I am eating better, smarter, low salt, low sugar, low fat. Cooking things from scratch, avoiding processed food where possible. I can cook and I love vegetables. I can do this. I will educate myself too. I love magazines so here are a few I bought today. I especially like the Prevention article entitled "Stay Calm Through Anything!....
I'm not going to bore you anymore with my lifestyle change. You have been very kind to me so far and I wouldn't want to wear out my welcome. Now, that I feel better I will return to my craft table and find my zen there.~~~Love and good health to all!~~~XXOO, Beth