Need to vent

I WANT TO SCREAM!!!

Could one of you please have a discussion with my mom?!?!?!?

Yesterday after my Jenny Craig appointment, she asked me if I'd lost any more weight and I said that I was down 4½ pounds. :D And she said well isn't that a lot? And I said NO not when you regained 20 during the holidays! And she said you regained 20? and I said NO but it feels like I did...it's probably more like 10. (Which I just checked my chart and it's almost 10 pounds gained since mid-October).

So she asked how much farther I have to go and I said until I reach my goal or they want me to renew. And she asked my goal so I said 150. She asked how far I was from my goal and I said around 30 pounds.

Now here's the mad part:

She says: 150? That's too little. You're middle-aged now so you don't NEED to lose that much!!

I said Mom I'm 5'8" and my weight range is 125-160. (I just looked it up--it's actually 125-164.)

NOW MY VENT:

Why the heck can't I weigh 150 and be in good shape?!?!?!?!? I am NOT too old!!!! Like Tony (et al) says, you're NEVER too old.

Doesn't she realize how hurtful she's being? Or is she just so dammed jealous & depressed that she wants everyone to be too? Or rather, just me?

And this is from the same women who's been telling me to lose weight for years now...even decades!

Maybe this is bothering more because I'm being weaned off Prozac so I can start a new drug (that'll replace two prescriptions). Or because I'm getting my period AGAIN even tho I just had it two weeks ago.

ARGH!! I despise feeling like this!

Here we go again...

It's supposed to snain tonight so my joints are killing me! And now I'm all schnozzly again. I'm so dam tired! I took TWO naps today! I'm ready for bed and could fall asleep right now...

This sux.

I cab't bweathe

I feel horrible!

Went to the DR this afternoon since I'm worse. OF COURSE, no one else is sick.

She said I have spots on my throat & my lungs sound raspy so she gave me Z-pack (?) 5 day antibiotics.

I also asked her about the Thalassemia. She said that it's basically a term for small red blood cells & there isn't any treatment for it. But that it would explain a lot. She also said it's prevalent in people from the Mediterranean. As fas as I've been told, mom's a blue-blood and dad's slovak so not quite sure where that came from. But since mom has the same symptoms as I, it's safe to conclude that I inherited it from her since it is an inherited condition.

Good news & bad news

Good: Pittsburgh won!

Bad: now both ears hurt, throat's still sore & voice keeps leaving.

Now the real question on your mind is, "Is that bad news?".

Biscuit's trying to make me feel better by licking me! UGH!!

GREAT!!

Just great! Now I'm sick!! My throat's sore and one ear hurts and all I want to do is sleep. I'd better go to the DR on Monday to make sure this doesn't get worse. You know that stupid weakened immune system stuff...

Dam weather!

Do you like this pic?? I call it "BetsyPanda is Mad at Da Bears". Dam Bears. Stupid me for watching the game. When I watch, they lose.

So now I'll root for Pittsburgh--And #82 Antwaan Randle El! GO IU!! So few IU alumni ever make it to the NFL...

GREAT! Just Great! A winter storm warning is out for tomorrow and now I'm getting a sore throat! Why do I live here?

What's up with this?

Today I got a form letter from my rheumatologist for the bloodwork I had done with the check-mark on: No significant abnormalities were found.

So what's the deal??? What was all that talk about Thalassemia then?!? Why are you scaring me like this?

I think I'd better call her to find out.

Allergies--phooey!

I had a reaction to balloons at my sister's house today while helping her fix her PC. Well it wasn't really a PC problem, it was more of an end-user issue. Although she is having very strange problems with her printer. I felt like a very puzzled Lt. Barkley on STNG when he kept repeating, "It shouldn't be doing that."

So I figured I'd find a "no latex" pic for my blog. I don't know though, this pic above looks more like a "no hands" or "no ring finger" sign.

I found others that aren't as cryptic. But perhaps this one's the best. Maybe I should get this tattooed on my forehead since I need to remind all the medical personnel I see every time I see them! Even tho it's on every chart either highlighted or pre-printed on a bright orange sticker! But if I don't remind them, then I'm the one who suffers...just ask my Ob/Gyn after my last annual.

I'm freezing today!

This is how I feel today! I am freezing! But I couldn't find a background that had a fire burning in the fireplace.

It's raining now so my joints aren't as stiif, but it's supposed to turn into snow later today.

Good thing I don't have to go anywhere.

I can really just wrap myself in a blankie and lounge in front of a nice, warm fire.

Like the spider?? I call this pic: BetsyPanda is too cold to clean! Heck, I may just wrap in that blankie, lie on the couch, and nap until the kids get home. I'm so dam tired! But what else is new?

Frappr!

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OH GREAT! Another ailment!?

OK, so I've had my first DR visit of the year and my rheumatologist asked me if I have Thalassemia. I said never even heard of it until now. I've only been told I'm anemic. So she draws blood for the test and said to come back in 4 months. No info or anything. So I looked it up online.

Thalassemia

I gotta stop doing this...it's definitely hereditary as my mom has it worse than I. She's had infusions & transfusions. At least I'm not to that point...yet.

Starting off the new year with a flare-up

So what else is new? Can't sleep. Night sweats are soaking the sheets. Joints are stiff & painful. I really hate this $hit. Good thing I'm complaining about it here instead of bugging all my friends & family with it.