It’s time for my afternoon break! Have you taken your afternoon walk yet? I’m taking a quick 15 minute walk. Would you like to join me?
You can walk almost a mile in 15 minutes.
Daily Archives: May 5, 2006
Migraines?
For the past several years what I think are migraines have been kicking my butt.s Anywhere from mildly annoying to the eye jabbing bouts that FamilyMan described so well … but always accompanied by a quesy stomach, extreme fatigue, and sensitive eyes. The bouts last anywhere from four hours to two days and occur at least twice a month.
t At first I thought it was hormone related since both my mom and younger sister suffered from them during hormonally stressful times. But then I went a year without periods [hoping I was done with the horrible cramps and PMS ... only to start having them again two months ago ... SIGH], but the headaches continued the entire time and when I mentioned it to my doctor he said it was unusual for migraines to start at menopause and then ignored it.
Then I thought maybe the Sleep Apnea was the culprit and asked my doctor last year. He made me take a sleep study even though I knew it really WAS Sleep Apnea and I’ve been using a CPAP machine as much as can be tolerated, but the headaches continue … having a mild one right now.
Not wanting to take pills for the rest of my life that may cause more problems that what they are supposedly curing, I just take Excedrine Migrane and try to sleep through it whenever possible. The last time I had a bad bout I thought to stop in at Osco on my way home to check my blood pressure after reading on the Internet that there may be a connection between Sleep Apnea, migraines, and high blood pressure … and discovered it was, indeed extremely high for me.t Having always been kidded by nurses that I was dead because my blood pressure was so low and it was so hard for them to get a pulse, this terrified me. Once I felt better, it went way down, but is still high for me.
c I think this just qualifies as a rant since there really isn’t any point to this entry other than passing on my pain. Going to take a nap now, if I can, since I can’t eat lunch.
E4T Fruit & Vegetable Bar. It’s a shame to let fresh fruit or veg go to waste.
The Fruit & Vegetable Bar is my daily reminder (to myself if no one else) to eat some fruit and more vegetables sometime today.
In the past I’ve gone to the store and stocked up on bags of fresh produce, only to toss them out a week (or two) later when they are no longer fresh (or far from it). But I’m getting better at making my fresh fruit/veg plans a reality rather than just a dream.
And one thing that seems to help is buying seven apples at a time. It’s nice to see the bag shrink as the week goes on.a And it’s a reminder to get to the store to buy more when I’m down to one or two.
But it’s not so many that they’ll go bad if I forget about it one day.
Wait, I haven’t had my fruit yet today! Have you?
Diabetes and me. It’s going pretty well, considering my past.
As some of you know, I’ve had diabetes for almost 10 years. Well, since I was diagnosed almost 10 years ago, I’ve probably had it for at least that long. And I’ve had a rocky relationship with the management issues.
I started out full of determination to keep it under ‘tight control’ and the first 3 months did great. I got my HA1c down to the 5 range and for about 1/2 a second was thrilled. But, there was something funny about the protein levels (I don’t remember anymore which number was ‘off’) and I had to have more tests (a 24 hour urine test, which isn’t fun). And the discouraged me so much, I ‘lost my momentum.’ Continue reading
E4T Exercise Blog. My first morning break in the new place.
It’s time for the 10 am Exercise Break, and I’m actually excited. They moved 3 of us to the new building yesterday, so the place is pretty much ours.] Oh, there are some others working on getting things set up for the rest of the staff in other parts of the building. But, basically we’ve got the place to ourselves.
And it’s a walker’s dream.
The building is huge and I’m ready to walk. Are you ready for your 15 minute Exercise Break?