I've been a little absent from my blog lately. I have good reasons, mainly just because I haven't taken the time to write on it. It's been a crazy past few weeks.
A quick history: For the past few months, I've had spells where I've been nauseated, tired, and just had a huge loss of appetite, among other problems. I dropped 7 pounds in about 10 days, and trust me, I didn't have 7 pounds to lose in the first place. I took Nexium per my doctor because she thought I had GERD. Well, even on the Nexium, I still had symptoms a few weeks later. Over Thanksgiving, I quit taking it, thinking it wasn't helping and that I didn't want to be sick over the long weekend while my family visited. My symptoms went away a few days later. However, I didn't gain any weight back. I was referred to a nutritionist who set me up with an eating plan to help me gain weight the healthy way. Then, last week, I got a call from the phone nurse at my doctor's office and she informed me that my nutritionist called my doctor and thinks I may have something called Celiac Sprue. (Basically, that means that my body doesn't absorb the nutrients in my food like it should and if it goes untreated, I could end up with serious problems with my intestines. Celiac is also associated with gluten allergies.) So, now I need to go in and do a bunch of lab tests to see if in fact I have celiac. I haven't been able to put on any weight lately either.
Aside from my health issues, AF hit pretty hard yesterday. I had major doubling-over painful cramping. It's amazing I made it through work. Today they're not as bad, but I still have pain every once in awhile.
On to other news....work has been interesting. I'm so ready to quit there, but I guess I'm just waiting for a good legitimate reason. We really could use the extra money to help pay off my student loans, but I'm just getting sick of stuff there. It seems like there's so much drama and so many stupid new things that they want us to do, despite the strong opposition to the changes. We're peons though - we don't have a voice when it comes to changes that affect us.
The holiday season is upon us, and once again, I will be spending it alone. Granted, I am going to a friends' home for Christmas dinner, but Christmas morning there won't be any gift opening at my house (aside from the few items I'll probably get the dogs). There won't be any snuggling on the couch while watching the parades or football. Christmas movies will be enjoyed solely by me. In this time of family get-togethers and joy and laughter, I'll be home making pies and dreading going to work the following day. How depressing. You would think that I'd be used to it, but in the past, I've at least had some family around. Well, not this year. My husband is away, and my family is going to see other relatives. Not that I'd want them coming up to my house, but not having anyone home with me makes me realize how much I love having people home. I guess I'm just really missing my husband. I never really like to admit how much I really do love having him around picking on me or just being there period.
Okay, so that whole thing turned pretty depressing. I'm going to go do something a little more upbeat now, I think.
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