Hello and Happy Three on Thursday! I've been MIA for a few days, but am finally in good enough shape to write a post, so I figured why not talk about three things?
My three things for today are Three Things I Didn't Need This Week.
1. The crud that everyone has been getting. Yesterday and today I have stayed home from work, I felt so miserable. Sore throat, headache, congestion, cough - you know what I'm talking about. Ugh. Today I feel a bit more like I am in the world of the living, and unless I have some terrible relapse later or overnight, I can at least make it in to work tomorrow and get some things out of the way before the weekend. But really, no one needs to feel this way!
2. Yet another medication to take. I already take approximately 450 pills every day for various conditions, but apparently I need to add one more. I had my yearly physical last Friday, and the dr ordered a full panel of blood tests. She called yesterday to say I had Vitamin D levels that were too low, so she wants me to start taking that until I see her again in four months. Sigh. I mean, it could have been much worse, I am aware of that, but sometimes I feel like a poster child for those who take too much medicine. On the plus side, a previous mile-long receipt from CVS had a $5.00 off coupon for a CVS brand, so I managed to get a bottle of Vitamin D tablets for only $4.00. This week, I'm calling that a win.
3. Self-consciousness. I posted one of the photos in my post about my For the Birds Sweater in a knitting group I am part of on Facebook. I got quite a few nice compliments, but one person who is also a good acquaintance commented, "Well, at least your boobs look fabulous!" First of all, not a fan of "boobs" or jokes relating to them for the most part, but also I am somewhat self-conscious since one of my breasts is larger than the other, due to various medical procedures. It's not really noticeable to anyone but me, but I am very conscious of making sure my clothes do not accentuate it. And to be honest, it made me worry for a nanosecond, which is too long, and also it hurt my feelings that someone I know would have said that. I know she was joking, but for that nanosecond, I felt uncomfortable, and I hate that it made me feel that for even that long.
White People Problems, as my sister would say. :-)
In other news, my brief hiatus from knitting has ended. My right elbow was bothering me, both from osteoarthritis and a version of tennis elbow, so I wasn't really able to knit. But it's much better, so I was able to cast on a pair of socks and get started, which really made all three of the things above seem much less terrible.
So on to Friday, the weekend, and getting rid of this ick! I hope your week has gone better than mine to this point.
15 comments:
Ugh! Here's to a wonderful weekend and a way better week next week!
I'm sorry you had such a bad week! I hope things will be better next week. Knitting socks probably helps (knitting hats does that to me).
Feel better! That upper respiratory crud that is going around is no fun. Daughter has it and she is miserable. The ER was packed with people with it when we were there with Daddio.
I hear you on #1 and #2. I haven't gotten any of the crud, but there is a ton of it floating around my office. it's good the vitamin D "shortage" was caught (I've been taking a D supplement for a few years now). And #3...there's just no understanding how or why some folks act the way they do. Hoping your weekend is filled with nothing but good things!!
Vitamin D can be taken in pill form, but sometimes absorption isn't ideal. Maybe you could call your dr. back and tell her that the best way to get sufficient vitamin D is to expose plenty of skin to sunlight, so she should really write you an Rx for medically-necessary travel to Puerto Rico or some nice warm place where you can bask on the beach for a few months. Clearly you should not be at work with the crud and vitamin D deficiency. :-) I do hope you feel better.
SCORE on the Vitamin D pills. For pills so tiny, they sure are EXPENSIVE! My Vit. D levels were down this time too. Two a day for me.
Hope you are feeling better soon. The crud is no fun.
Hope you're on the mend - I had a brutal sinus cold last week and it was tres horrible! (Look!!! French!!!)
I had to laugh a little at your medication paragraph... It sounds so familiar! Dave and I keep all our meds on top of the microwave in the kitchen, as it reminds us to take them when we get our morning coffee/breakfast, etc. Dave's are mostly vitamins, and a few things for heartburn/indigestion, and mine are pretty much all pain meds. There's quite a cornucopia there, and Dave made a passing comment about our "Kitchen pharmacy" the other day.
I hope you are feeling better soon! And, I take Calcium with Vitamin D every day and have for a long time. And, now it is a very good habit, I hope it becomes a good thing soon!
And, there must be some kind of obnoxiousness going around the internet, Kate Davies posted about some untoward comments she got recently. Apparently people need a good reminder of if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything!
Welcome to the Vitamin D club. As far as that comment, I completely understand. I don't know why So Many People feel as if "joking" is always called for.
So far, I've managed to avoid the crud, but my hands ar chapped from washing them every time I get home from shopping, etc. I hope you're now on the mend.
My medication list keeps growing, too. I wish I could eliminate some of the pills, but they help me feel better.
A joke is only a joke if it's not at someone's expense. Your friend needs to be told you didn't appreciate her comment.
Glad you're feeling better and can knit again. I can't imagine being sick & not able to console myself with yarn.
aw BIg hugs. Photos can be so emotional for us! Hope your knitting pulls you back to a happy place
feel better soon and your friend sounds like a butt head. I'm sure you looked lovely we are all different shapes and sizes and everyone is self-conscious about something!
Oh, Bridget! I do hope you're feeling better by the time you read this. The Crud is just awful, and I'm sorry you got it. Do be sure to get plenty of rest and drink lots of fluids.
I often recall this childhood rhyme . . . "Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names (or words) will never hurt you" . . . and wonder what in the HECK were they thinking??? Because names (and words) are incredibly painful. Usually (as an introvert) I'd rather be pummeled with sticks and stones. . . y'know? I hope the sting of that (innocent?) comment is lessening.
Hugs to you.
XO
Feel better real soon, and have a nice relaxing weekend!
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