Marcie and I had several good runs this weekend. She took a 2nd place this morning in Standard, and was 1 second from Qing in JWW. We were clean in JWW Friday — I had to work Friday — and had a few minor mistakes in Standard that day.
Maggie is improving — she actually did weaves without trashtalking (that’s what one of my friends calls her bellowing).
The point — I’m physically doing better just not as well as I was last year at this time.
One of the reasons I went into teaching instead of actually working as a computer scientist was so I could have a life.
Well today I have to give up my favorite activity to teach someone else students. Worse yet, I have to do it during the wrong part of the year. The test we are teaching to is in May.
No kid in their right mind cares now.
So my bloodsugar is not doing good things right now!
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I’ve been staying at the same level for quite some time, but was hoping that iShape would step it up automatically. It hasn’t.
So I finally went and told it I wanted a higher level. Argh! It took me from 15-20 minutes a day, to 55 minutes, and there was no way, but I finally figured out how to tweak it to give me 25-35 minutes a day.
I still wasn’t sure about that.
But I managed to get in all my 35 minutes work outs and have a day to spare. Did that on purpose. I’m playing hooky from school today to do an agility trial, then I have to work at another school tomorrow — which I hate, and then agility trial on Sunday.
I’m also hoping to get my Christmas pictures made tomorrow, but have two more weekend afternoons if that doesn’t happen.
I wrote a nice email to my endo explaining that I had been off the anti-inflammatory for 2 weeks and for 2 weeks I felt like I’d been hit by a truck the day before. Stiff and sore, hard to get up out of bed, etc.
I wanted to have a good agility trial this weekend, so I started back on them and back on the allergy medication (Nasonex), in case the pollen is bad, but it should have all frozen.
It’s not the knee that needs it, it’s the whole body.
To me, quality of life is more important, plus I’m more active on the anti-inflammatory, so it’s easier to control the blood sugar.
I will try getting off periodically, but for now, I need them.
We’ve had a good year here, even with some recent frustrations.
My husband is in good health, has a good he enjoys.
I of course, have a job I really enjoy and have students who make my days worthwhile.
We have the beagle girls, even the puppy, who can be frustrating.
We had a nice quiet day, went to Steak and Ale. Hope everyone else had a good Thanksgiving.
Had to call the vets to check on blood work — everything they have gotten back looks good. We’re still waiting on titers, and they might not be here until next week.
I really dislike having to call, when they said they would call.
I think I disappointed him — I think he was ready to do the Symvist.
But my knees are bothering me less without the anti-flammatory, than they were before inserts. As I told him, they aren’t perfect, and I’m sure there is still healing going on, but I am more active, and things are better.
When I got done, I went and bought two more pairs of inserts. Now I have one pair in my exercise shoes (dog remodeled), and two pairs to alternate on a daily basis.
I finally made it to the cardiologist. Man, is that office tedious, you have to tell your story to three people.
Had an EKG. Was finally told that insurance had denied the other test they wanted.
They switched my blood pressure medication, agreed the chest pain was probably heartburn and will see me again in March.
Fun!
Of course, they did not have suggestions for the GERD.
I’m home. Man, I’m glad to be at home. I hate traveling — I think I said that before I left.
I did have a problem with eating on the way home — I was tired, I was bored, I wanted to get HOME! So I ate. I tried to stick with okay stuff, but I broke down and had a horrible individual pizza during the last hour. Oh, well, my blood sugar was back down to 117 this morning so it wasn’t too bad.