I did 1 hr and 45 minutes with Richard today Now feeling pretty good gonna get ready for this mammogram this afternoon . Feeling pretty good gonna cook me a slice of chicken for lunch and some veggies be back later

Tis the season - also have first 'boob-squishing' scheduled for the 17th!!

Doggy picture is one from the interwebz We do have two black labbies, but a costume would not be tolerated!

You can see their picture here
http://musingsontheporch.blogspot.co...lack-labs.html

I had my first and only mammogram 4 or so years ago after finding a small lump that turned out to be a cyst, in a breast. I was truly not bad at all. I was able to get a cancellation appointment the next day, and had an ultrasound right away to confirm the findings, so I was reassured right away. Hope you are just having a routine one, and don't have a lump. The tech took her time and squished slowly and gently, and it was not painful, just uncomfortable, like a properly done pap test. ( it seems a fitting comparison)

well DH is away tonight, so haven't been able to sleep, but will head to bed soon.
have a good night.

started the effexor yesterday, will be trying it in the morning for the weekend. I wanted to start on the weekend because it can make you either jittery or sleepy, and better to know before Monday which is best.
FYI, I haven't had problems with depression for a long while, but the mood swings are bad. I was off the zoloft during the time youngest DD and I had the worst problems getting along, and my temper was a major problem. Doc says that like the metformin, just get used to it, and stop trying to go off. I had no hot flashes last night, BUT, DH was away and I got to have the window open. Very heavy ground frost last night, so weaning off the allergy meds now. Sometimes I feel like a walking pharmacy, but nothing compared to the elders.

FYI, when my SIL was visiting, she is also pre-diabetic or controlled type 2, and her son is a pharmacist. He feels we should ALL be on bp meds and anti-cholesterol meds for protective effects and to prevent problems later. I am gonna ask him for research evidence for this approach. Have other peoples docs done this? Those who do not currently have high bp or cholesterol?
Didn't want to open that can of worms with my doc without more evidence. She does listen when I bring the research, like she did with starting me on the metformin.
I am off to walk the dog, and then a little reunion of my university program.
Have a great day friends.

rie: I don't think there is much you can do about high bs due to cortisone injections, short of asking your doc for insulin or glyburide or something in response. Tricky, as monitoring would be hard since you don't use that regularly. But definitely worth the conversation with the doc. I assume the reason they don't worry about it is that the effect is temporary. So many docs just look at the a1c now. Careful control of sugars is what we want to do, but I suspect that many people depend on the drugs and not diet and exercise to control the bs that docs are not used to us obsessing about our sugars.

woke up at 5 and couldn't get back to sleep, DH also up, so am doing the laundry. FBS is 5.0 today. Yesterday, the effexor seemed to already be affecting appetite by supper time. I was out for supper after this university program reunion, and left half my supper on the plate. I also had dessert, ate 3 bites and left the rest. Never happened before, although the beer may have filled me up a bit. Will see if this continues. I got to sleep last night easily, but woke up so early, at 4 am. Hope that is just a one-off and wont conitinue. I walked the dog yesterday, and had an hour of hot yoga on Friday. Goal for this week is to exercise daily.
Have a good day everyone.

A quick flyby today. Getting ready to add 2 more people to an already full house. DH son and grandson from IN will be here in a few hours for a 4 day
visit. He was surprised to learn that his sister and family were still living here. It should really be interesting.

I am staying on my way of eating regardless. I'm making tacos for their meal today and I will have tacoless taco salad. I am almost back down to ticker this morning... missed it by 1 lb so I don't intend to mess up what I've started. I hope to be able to move ticker number down next week. I plan to start back to the doctor in January (decided to wait since I'll have to pay deductible in January) and hope to have numbers normal and weight down considerably by then. So I'm focused on my goal and don't plan to let anything stop me.

DD plans to make spaghetti for tomorrow night and I have a spaghetti squash that I'll nuke for my part and of course I won't eat any bread. I plan to go out with them to eat at a new fish place (new to us) where DS likes to eat. I don't plan to go with them for Cuban food because of the breading. I figure that can be a Dad/son/grandson day and the baby and I will stay home.

Catch y'all when I can.

74 bs is okay for me. But Dr wants me to stay over 80.
I think the problem is that it interferes with my sleep at times.
Wake up at 2am and am starving.
Cut out victoza and insulin down to 75 and I think that helps a lot letting
me sleep until morning.

Trish: I am really proud of you for planning out those meals, so that you can stay on plan and keep going on your weight loss plan. Good for you. Hope the lid stays on for any problems between siblings.
Froggy glad you are getting to cut back on meds as you lose weight and get your bs under control. How lovely.
Planning on roast veggies and ham for supper.
This afternoon was good. We went out for brunch and I left some homefries on the plate. Went for tea with DD and DH and DH had carrot cake, I had a bite and no more. Now, I haven't been hungry at all, but am able to stop when not hungry. THis is very nice, a side effect of the drug no doubt, but will help me a lot. Makes me feel like I can plan for further weight loss.
Cool and wet here. Hope everyone has a good Sunday

Cool and wet here too Mad and I have a wee ham in the oven right now! We should have got together! Maybe someday we will - I mosey down to the Ontario banana belt every so often.

Been pretty stressed lately but am working hard to overcome it. I think that may be why I'm getting off track with food. How can I "forget" to take my Victoza? Seems quite coincidental that it happens when I have baking goodies in the house.

I'm sipping a glass of red wine right now and thinking hard about how to stay on track this coming week. (Throwing out the popped popcorn bag will be a start!)

See y'all in the morning.

Well, I made it through today's eating. Hubby's DS fixed my laptop. I was having problems typing because a message kept popping up that I was not on the enternet. I was on it but it wasn't showing. Sure is nice to be able to type a post with no problems.

Ruthie - Sorry about the stress problems. Hope things get better for you soon. You and Mad are making me hungry for ham. We seem to only have it for Christmas.

Froggy, Bonnie, Rie and others

quickie this am:
fbs 5.2 and weight up to 174, I think I may be retaining some fluid, perhaps the med or other things. Planning some yoga this evening, had a walk with the dog yesterday. have a good monday friends