Wellness

[MickD]

@bopper  I'm sorry you're having anxiety.  Those feelings are tough to tackle.  Ya have to n i p it in the bud, and block the specific thought/feeling, then move on....else the anxiety builds.  Maybe your PCP can prescribe something like Xanax and you can take it only when needed.

I am sure it doesn't help that you've got pain, which is a stressor, as well as you said - PTS from your hubby's heart attack and surgery.

@nomless you got me confused with another poster regarding the dvd's......hahaha....even though I probably need them!

Husband has a doc appt tomorrow.

Trail run and walk......wasn't feelin it, but I was out for an hour and it's a beautiful day!

Happy Monday everyone!

[bopper]

Hey everyone, it's sunny here today, lower 30's but I"ll take it and now I just heard a winter weather advisory is heading towards us for tomorrow night into Wednesday, dang it.  I want Spring.   I walked for 20 minutes outside, the fresh air is my medicine, I smelled skunk last night too, thats a sure sign Spring isn't far off and I bet the bears are restless too.

Thanks everyone for your kind understanding of my anxiety.   I do have Xanax and I do take it when needed but since his heart attack I've needed it more than I have the last 2 years!!  I was on something you take every day about 2 years ago and it made me feel like ******, tried 3 different ones and had bad bad side effects, so afraid to try anything else and more than likely she won't want to let me take xanax every day, ( you know its highly addicting)  yada yada yada, and it's the only thing that works for me and I have no side effects!  Makes me kind of mad, I know the bad wrap it gets and I also know my body but I'll at least ask her when I go.  Foxxie I need a colonoscopy too, oh joy .   LIke I want to add that to my plate right now.   I may ask about the one you mail in, I saw stuff on TV for it.  I have enough anxiety now without having that hanging over my head but I could do the thing you mail in.  No prep either.  Mamograms I don't like but of course I get yearly too.    Anyway enough about my health.   Glad your hubby is doing better, and I understand how you feel going on that trip, I don't even want to go 2 hours to another town with my girlfriend, get anxious doing that.   I really do need to get out more LOL

DrKellli almost trip time!  I used those spacesave bags when we went to CO, they worked good.  I even packed my bed pillow in one as I knew the pillow my son had was terrible.  I told him so last time and there it was on my bed when we got there, sigh........... I'd rather stay in a hotel than stay with them, sounds terrible but at least I can do my own thing and not worry about waking someone, watch what i want on TV etc.  I don't see us going often anyways, can't afford it.

MickD thank you and yes we all need a little prayer once in a while

Laura how is your mom doing?   Did you get the Vionic sandals the other day.  I almost did but then didn't.

Nomless is Shadow doing okay?   Is your snow gone?   

Better peel my taters, have a nice relaxing and peaceful evening!

[Mmsfoxxie]

Good morning everybody.  It sleeted most of the night, I could hear it tapping the windows.  Today is iffy.

@DrKelli, I'm glad remembering your father's bd brings you joy.  The hardest part about a trip sometimes is making sure you don't overpack but not forget anything.  I'm sure you'll have a good time.

I went to get my passport renewed yesterday and was shocked.  $110 for the passport and $15 for my picture takened!  At the post office!  I don't remember what it cost me in 2008 but it wasn't near that amount.  This little trip to Canada in June is looking more expensive than I thought.  Glad I got it done, though with more than time the six weeks for it to be completed and sent to me.

Hubby is still improving but the hospital called yesterday to inform him that they are still checking for reasons for the vertigo beyond over medication.  Glad to hear it.

On the menu today is Body & Sculpt, Flexibility and finally Zumba!  Great day ahead!  I hope everyone enjoys it!

[Laura14]

@bopper  If you ever figure out what helps you with your anxiety, please share!  I have some great ideas for myself but quitting my current job which I almost walked out on yesterday would probably do wonders for me.  I hope you find something that works for you soon.

I don't do sandals because I am always cold so I passed on the Vionic TSV.  Still debating if I want to buy another color of the hiking shoes or try out Alegria.  I like their styles.  I have a pair of dress shoes from them that I love but I've never tried athletics.

@Mmsfoxxie  Glad hubby is on the mend and @MickD hope yours gets good news and a simple straightforward answer.  

@DrKelli  Yay almost trip time!  If you see a little girl attached to the blow horn because she couldn't take the working world anymore, wave to me!  I'm coming along!

@nomless  Hope your job is going better than mine and your cat is hanging in there.    

Stay warm everyone in the path of the new storm.  I saw that this morning.  We are wet AGAIN and I am over the April showers already.  I actually had to weed out my landscape on Sunday and spray it all down.  I don't think it helped control the weeds much because they are just loving this wet weather.  My grass actually needs to be scalped with all the new growth.  I refused.  It's way to early and I am pretending not to see it yet.  

So onto the Tuesday gym report...

My mom and her husband are back again.  She has her pre-op stuff today with the surgery next week.  Talk about anxiety.  I am just not myself at all and the main event hasn't even happened yet.

I am having lots of stress dreams and this is the worse month at work because they jack up all the prices and bill the annual fees so the customers are going to have a field day with me as soon as statements hit which should be any time now.  

Anyway, back to the gym.  I was tired with not really sleeping well but I made Pound and got through it.  I took my drug cards and studied in between routines.  Pound was packed even with the rainy weather.

Then Power started and Adonis was back and set up next to me.  Nudie was also back for a return engagement and looked very nice in her all there pants.  The top or lack thereof was keeping her moniker in place though.

Pretty sparse in Power so Adonis had a clear walk way to his mirror.  He tried to stomp my personal space a couple times and actually rolled out a mat right in front of me during the stretch so I could watch him flex....um, didn't work in my 20s and even more distasteful in my 40s.  

At the end of class, he asked me what I was studying and I told him I had a pharmacy exam coming up in a few weeks. I think he was impressed.  He should be.  Brains over body does it everytime.  

Anyway, hope you all have a great day and stay warm!  

[DrKelli]

Good morning, all!

We have another chilly day here.  The wind was so bad yesterday and it is supposed to be that way until the afternoon today.  I didn't think it was as strong, but it is still cold.  I am cracking up---there is some kind of conference going on and all these people have light weight sweaters or jackets and some are in shorts and it is 26 degrees!  Yeah, we don't get spring here like they do other places.  It's still cold, even when the sun is shining some days.

4 more days!!! I cannot wait.  I have made a list of all the things I need to pack and all the things I need to do before I go to the airport on Saturday.

@Laura14, I'm sorry your anxiety has dialed up.  Working out will help, but as I told my niece--Do some yoga or meditation.  You need to trick your brain into relaxing.  She has terrible anxiety and she started taking yoga around Christmas and my mom told me that it is really helping her.

My poor cousin in law--she has elderly dogs and she is in Scotland right now because she's going to Crufts.  Yesterday, one of her dogs went into renal failure and when my cousin took him to the vet, the vet said that he probably wouldn't last until his wife got home, so he had to make the decision to help him cross the bridge.  I cannot even imagine the pain this caused her.

Also--two weeks until HAMILTON!!

I hope you all have a great day--I have small group today, so that's a pretty tough workout.

[bopper]

Hey everyone, waiting on this stupd winter storm coming in late this afternoon, all day tomorrow.  Right now it's quiet and not snowing at all.  I want to be able to walk outside to my yard with no coat, no ice,no snow and just sit and listen to the bird...Soon I tell myself soon.

Thanks Laura, my anxiety has alwasy been a problem for me, just kicked in because of my hamsting/glute injury still bothering me, I'm not used to having anything wrong, especially something that doesn't go away and that is a major contributing factor to the anxiety now.  I have an appt, onthe 20 with my doc, so will tell her and ask if she can order PT for me, if that's how they do that.  Maybe she lets me call but she puts me in the system, not sure how it works.   I've read so many things, I have thought I have this, then that, then this.  Hubby and sister are telling to QUIT reading... I really have no pain in that area, just burning.  Like sunburn under the skin, worse with sitting, hardly at all or none with walking.  I want to ride my bike this summer, use my recumbent bike, etc, and am afraid sitting on the saddle will certainly put pressure on that area and contract the tendons of the high hamstring which I should not use, but it says you can't sit and rest because you will not get better resting.  Icing and IBU, but ****** I'm mad!  Glad I have the bodyblade, total body workout really so I can stay in physical shape.  I walked 30 minutes yesterday, no pain walking or anything, just sitting and if I get up from bed to use the bathroom, when I lay back down, I get the burning in the butt creases just from the short walk to the bathroom, but going for a walk doesn't bother it at all.    I think I have inflamed tendons there, confusing it with sciatica , my lower leg is fine, but this is both sides, not just one.  

Didn't do much today, prolly won't.  Need me day.   It's cloudy and windy and raw out so not walking outside and don't feel like seeing Chatty Cathy who walks the neighborhood so will stay in.  My family said I have way too much time on my hands to just think, and then you over think and over think some more.  I'm home all day with nothing to do but google and think, ya know??

Then with only 1 car, I can't go anywhere, my car is iffy and I don't want it not starting in some parking lot, that's all I need.

Thanks for listening, I'm stronger than I think sometimes but need to be told that and need to be told this too shall pass.  

DrKelli I heard it was windy there, it seems windy there a lot.   Glad you have all that sun though.

foxxie that's expensive for the passport stuff. My hubby takes passports in his business as a littel slush fund.  He charges 10$ for the passport but he doesn't deal with the paperworki.   When again do you leave, and for how long?   I hope hubby continues to improve.

nomless how are you doing.   I received my new book in the mail from Amazon and I am enjoying it.  I like books with positive thoughts and medicaton and prayer.

Okay kids, I think I need to get some vacuuming done here. Logan is needing a grooming so I see dog hair.

Have a good rest of your day 

[MickD]

@bopper. Good luck with everything!  I've done PT - super slow lifting with accupuncture.  Then I've done chiropractor twice.

You are definitely stronger than you think you are!

Husband did a ton of blood work this am.  No blood in the urine, so the doc isn't concerned right now.

I wanted to go on the trail run/walk, but waiting for the heater repair guy.  He was supposed to be here between 8 and 12, and now won't get here until 1.....I hate that.

.....and I was literally gonna hit it, and husband just left for a meeting.....forgetaboutit........

[Laura14]

@bopper  I completely understand.  When I had that back thing a couple years ago, I was miserable for months.  I hope you find relief soon.  I get just as mad when I have something not right.  I'm not used to it either and I put in a lot of work like you to make sure I can still do it all.  Very frustrating!!

@MickD  Great news!  Hope it stays nothing.  

[Mmsfoxxie]

@bopper, that darn 'unknown' is  the worst place to be. It could be that your body just needs rest. Usually, because of insurance rules, a doctor will first prescribe medicine.  If that doesn't work, PT is next but you have to get a script from your doctor.  How much PT depends on your insurance plan.  Years ago when my knees first bothered me to the point of going to the doctor, thats the way it went.  At first, I was allowed 6 weeks of PT.  The therapist told my doc or the insurance that I needed 6 more weeks.  I'm sure it helped but I still couldn't walk well or go up stairs without extreme pain.  So, three months or so after my pain started, I was allowed to see and orthopedic doctor who gave me knee injections.  I was told not to expect immediate relief because that's not the way it works.  But the miracle happened.  No painful walking and no limp.

I said all of that to let you know that you can be fixed, too.  Hopefully you have a better/swifter insurance plan than I had then. Don't be discouraged, be patient and think positively.  It's ok to have SOME anxiety.  Of course I'm the pot calling the kettle black (smile).

Glad your husband is ok @MickD.  And positive thoughts for your mother @Laura14.  When I retired, three fourths of my stress disappearred, lol.

[Laura14]

@Mmsfoxxie  One of my favorite posts ever.  Thank you for sharing this.