"Is no news really good news?"
At least not for C's sister-in-law, Kellie, and brother, Jason. We haven't really heard anything!
She was due to give birth to her baby (?girl/boy?- no one knows!!!) on the 5th!!! Since she hadn't yet, they planned to induce her monday morning. When monday morning came, she and hubby were told that they couldn't induce her that morning because there were already 4 women in labour!
On tuesday, they attempted to slowly induce her, in hopes of kick starting labour, but the baby's heart beat became distressed, or something like that, and so they had to stop.
Kellie and Jason both spent the night in the hospital and so far that's all I know!
So, I am asking everybody to pray for Kellie, Jason, and their (so far) not yet born baby. For Kellie, I am praying that she have a quick labour, and
soon!. I am hoping that the baby hasn't grown too large, so that she can heal quick if she delivers vaginally, and I am also hoping she doesn't need to have a C-section, since it's a longer healing time!
I hope that Kellie and Jason soon bring home a healthy baby!
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"My no news"So far, no news from the doc. Also no news jobwise. Very depressing. But I have a couple of new options I am checking out, and hopefully something will work out soon!!! I need to start making some money!
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"Should I stay or should I go?"Not sure if I am going to visit my Gramma down in St. Paul this weekend for Easter.
Also not sure when I will be able to go up to Hinton to see the new baby! Chris and I are a little (lot) short on $$ and I can't stay with his relatives. (J + Kellie have a cat, Chris's parent's have 2!) Even on antihistamines, I can only be around cats for about a half an hour before symptoms start. They usually stay for days, too. It's great, really.
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"Fear of the unknown"I am thinking about doing a detoxification. I want to try this 'treatment' I saw @ Dr. Kopala's office. I think it is called EB-305... I might be really wrong. Basically you stick your feet into this foot soak massager looking thing, and they turn it on. It charges electrons either negative or positive, and it draws out the impurities from your body, through your feet. Looking at the pictures, it works well, but looks disgusting!
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"It's in the details..."
The only issue I have with doing any kind of detox program is that I am on a daily medication that can mean the difference between my being happy or sad, positive or depressed, feeling great or absolutely miserable. Lately, I have been having a lot more days with bouts of anxiety and depression than usual. However, the good days are
really good days! On the good days, I go for a drive, enjoy the sunshine, and the last 4 times I did that, I saw wildlife! (I
LOVE seeing wildlife! It is one of my favorite things. Ever.)
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"Derailed"You want to make me happy? Bring me to the zoo. Bring me for a drive down a country road where and when we'd be most likely to see a bunch of deer grazing, or geese, or moose. I get especially excited when I see moose, bald eagles, antelope, fox, coyotes, bobcats. I've even seen a lynx less than 2 km from my parent's house.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand: detoxification.
As a result of taking a dose of setraline daily (LCA of Zoloft), it is not really a recommended idea by any doctors or pharmacists to do a detox plan. Detoxing encourages emptying of the body, which can mean that the medicine might not have a chance to work properly before it is gone. So, basically it would almost be like missing a dose, or taking a half dose. The side effects are, well, f*cking horrible. If you really want to know, leave a comment, maybe I will post them, maybe not. Long list that basically means 'Blaine will be miserable'. Missing a dose can cause the side effects to last for a few days, so I don't know what detox could do. I am hoping that this might be a good thing to try, but I am going to look into it more, and as my doctor AND pharmacist. Two trusted opinions are better than one.
If anyone has any recommendations for detoxing, it would be nice to hear them, hint hint!
Is there anything you should absolutely do, or not do?
I have about 6 years of daily medication(s) built up in my system, and the problems aren't going away. As well as detoxing, I want to eat healthier - lots of fruits and veggies, drink more water, and exercise.
Hmm... Sounds like I want to feel better, right? RIGHT!
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"My kind of diet is the hardest kind to do"
However, unlike most people who diet, I am not doing it because of the number. (I don't care how many pounds I weigh. I really don't.) I just want to
feel better. I want to have more energy. I want to sleep better. I want to enjoy my life more, rather than doing stretches all day, because my back is sore, my joints ache, my head is pounding...
I know it won't be easy. It wasn't last time. But then I moved to EDM. and got back into old habits. And then some. I had some encouragement, too, but my will power was still packed in a box somewhere! :) And so, we succumbed to the ease of the numerous hellish drive thrus, and our bodies have paid for it.
Now, I want to try to undo the damage, and get back in shape. Anything other than round!
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"The zoo formally known as Mother Nature"
I love living in and around Cold Lake for the simple reason that I see wildlife on an almost daily basis. Wether it's driving home at night, seeing deer in the ditch, seeing coyotes in the fields looking for mice, or looking up and seeing birds circling overhead.
Like I attempted to start telling you above, the last 4 times, I saw wildlife- significant wildlife- whie I was out and about.
1- Bunch of deer (10-12?) grazing in a field on the back road from Cold Lake South to North.
2- A couple of young deer, not babies, though, just outside of Pierceland, on the back road from Cold Lake, not the highway. We drove in from the highway, and were going to take the back road back home, but there was fresh gravel, and I hate gravel, so we turned around. In just enough time, too! If we hadn't turned aound, we'd have missed the beautiful 3 deer we saw!
3- On the way to St. Paul, when I went with Chris when he was helping out their short-handed store, we saw a bunch of deer in the fields on the way there!
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"Moose, moose, moose, moose, moose!"
4-I saw a young moose!!! Pretty close to town, not far from the road, and he/she didn't seem bothered by my presence, calling "Moose, moose, moose, moose! Where's your mommy?" from the car! I got LOTS of pix of it, not many that great, though. I will post some next time, if remember.
Going to go to bed, though. Been writing through yawns for a while now!
TAK.
Heidi
