Got in some exercise today. My friend Mani at work and I did a really good walk at lunch and when I got home, I immediately headed to the gym for 25 minutes of strength training and 25 minutes of cardio.
On the iPod playlist today:
Heavy Metal - Sammy Hagar
Machinehead - Bush
You Got What I Need - Alice Cooper
Like You Do - REO Speedwagon
Man of Constant Sorrow - Allison Kraus and Union Station
Strange Way - Firefall
Know Your Enemy - Green Day
Before the Lobotomy - Green Day
All American Girl - Train
Let's See How Far We've Come - Matchbox Twenty
Thoughtless - Evanesence
Took my bike to Rasmussen Bike last night for a tune-up. My gears were working funky and I wanted them fixed. Boy, do they have some nice bikes. My bike is 15 years old. I spend about $500 bucks on it 15 years ago and I take it in to be tune uped every other year, so it has lasted. But, boy did I see some nice bikes....to the tune of about $400-$600 dollars. I'll be getting mine back on Thursday.
I've been very worried about my Aunt Susie (my mother's younger sister). She has not been feeling well for several months, has lost alot of weight and the doctor can't seem to figure out what's wrong. Personally I think it's her gall bladder. The ultrasound didn't show any stones, but it is inflamed. Well, I say take it, but our Doctor (we both go to the same MD) says they won't take it without seeing stone. I say BULLSHIT and I told her that if she continues to feel as bad as she does, she needs to go to the emergency room...screw out doctor. I lost it today when she started to cry on the phone about if something was to happen to her, she needed me to be there for my Uncle and to help him out. My Aunt is not a cryer and for her to get emotional is something. I know that she is thinking about mom and what happened with her and her illness and she is thinking about her own mother (my grandmother) who died at age 63 a few hours after routine gall bladder surgery. Now granted, my grandmother was not a healthy woman, she went through two bouts of rheumatic fever as a child, suffered from "dropsy" and had high blood pressure most of her life. I can't believe that she was still having babies in her 40's. She is 40 when she had my mom and 44 when she had my Aunt. I just praying that everything is okay with my Aunt. I don't know what I will do if I lose her too.
Okay, enough of that....I need to think positive, but it did help typing that all out. I've been teary a good portion of the day.
Looking forward to this weekend with no company and no commitments. I leave first thing Monday morning for Washington DC again and won't be back until Thursday night, so I'm going to spend the weekend with my boys and getting packed.
Later.....
4 comments:
I hope your Aunt gets to the bottom of her problem. There is nothing worse than not feeling well and no one can seem to get to the root of the problem. I'll keep you all in my thoughts and prayers. Be sure to keep us posted. Enjoy your weekend with your boys and safe travels next week.
Enjoy your weekend, and all my most positive thoughts for your aunt. Judy's right: feeling bad and not knowing why really sucks.
I sure hope she can get the help she needs.
Poor Susie, nothing is worse than feeling ill without explanation. My advice would be to seek a second opinion. Specifically mention HIDA scans...it may not be her gallbladder, but sometimes there really AREN't gallstones, but just sludge. That also requires surgery to take out the gallbladder, and the HIDA scan is a nuclear medicine scan that can detect GB malfunction without stones...
I'll keep her in my thoughts and prayers!
Late commenting here, but I completely understand the stress and upset you're feeling. I hope your aunt gets to the bottom of things without fear getting in the way.
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