Another Medical Update

Some more tests came back earlier this week.  So, here's the latest...

• Hypoglycemic
• Iron's too high
• Something's going on with the thyroid

Doctor "prescribed" protein shakes so I get better nutrition.  I stopped taking my multi-vitamin which had 100% dv of iron.  The final tests, the results of which I will find out Thursday (20th), should indicate what the thyroid issue is...we hope.  Meanwhile, I try desperately to not fall asleep at work and avoid the foods I shouldn't eat...I've had little to no success at either, but I still try.  I'm really looking forward to Thursday when hopefully I will have some real answers.  I'll keep you posted.

Decorating. Check.

There is so much to do and only a tad bit over a week to do it.  I finally finished decorating for Christmas.  Here are a couple bad pictures to prove it.

Justin helped me put up lights outside the week after Thanksgiving.
Yea for brothers with ladders!  :)

Finished decorating the tree last night.
It only sat naked for a couple days...but right in front of Baby Jesus!  Scandalous!

(P.S. Glad this thing is working again!  Maybe I can get a little caught up...maybe.)

Musing

Was standing at my office windows looking for my house (I can't actually see the house, but I can see the approximate area in which it resides), when the unexpectedness of that moment struck me. I would never have guessed I would be where I am now, doing what I am now, etc. I live in Lincoln? I have a house? I work for the same people to whom I owe an inordinate amount of money for going to expensive schools for so long? How on earth did this all happen? Yes. This is 100% not where I expected to be. Staring out an office window in downtown Lincoln looking for, of all things, my house...surreal it is. It blows my mind sometimes. It makes me grateful, is a little bit humbling, too. Life has this uncanny way of changing without our being aware. Then, one day, you are staring out a window.

Thank You

Just a quick thank you to the family and friends who went to see "Scrooge." Most of you drove an hour or longer to get there, and I greatly appreciate that. It means a lot to me to have people in my life willing to take the time to come support me.

Medical Update

I have had a lot of tests done lately. Some of the results have finally come in. I wish I had had these done sooner. The results I was given tonight were food sensitivities and allergies. There are three things to which my body is sensitive: hemp, teff, and cow's milk. The doctor says I should be able to, after 3-6 months of abstinence, gradually work those back in or at least be able to tolerate them better. There are four foods which I need to cut out 100%: amaranth, coffee, sesame, and tapioca. That last one he says will be the difficult one to remove because it is used in so many things as a thickener.

I am so glad to finally have a start getting this health "stuff" under control. I'm so sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. Hopefully getting rid of these things from my diet will be a good start.

Stupid technical difficulties!

I'm so disappointed with blogger.com right now.  I wanted to spend my evening last night during the election coverage getting my blog updated.  But I couldn't get any pictures to upload and I had to keep refreshing the screen...and it's still doing it.  I'm so frustrated!  So I apologize to everyone who was waiting for pictures of Dad's birthday party.  I really wanted to get them posted yesterday and now it won't be until probably Saturday.

VOTE!

Tomorrow is Election Day. (Yes, with a capital "E.") If you don't vote, you may not complain about the result. I hope those who didn't vote four years ago have been quietly waiting and learning their lesson until they can cast their vote this year.

I am going to go stand in line tomorrow to be among the first to vote in Nebraska. I want to spend the day with my "I voted" sticker worn proudly on my chest. I'm also going to have FNC (FoxNews Channel) playing at work all day long.

It is our civic duty to vote - a solemn right and freedom. It is also something not to be taken for granted. The United States is still the "Noble Experiment." We are unique. It is the job of every citizen to be engaged in our politics - in the election of our governing leaders. It is the gift our founding fathers left us - a nation led by the people and for the people.

So, I urge you: VOTE! Don't take your freedom for granted.