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Journal
August 9, 2002
So it's been another interesting couple of weeks in my life. Ahhhhhhhh, where to begin......???
Firstly, the kids have started pop warner (football & cheerleading)....which requires me to be at the field ohhhh 5 nights a week right now....then the weekends as well once the games begin. Oh, and you know I finally gave in to helping to coach the cheerleaders (I cheered all my life and then was a coach for a while years ago so it's something I enjoy ...but....) I know, I know...but wait..it gets better......
Sometime last week I started to get very strange symptoms, including not being able to breathe very well! So, so, so scary. So much so that I was almost rushed to the hospital after having an anaphylactic attack. Mark had to take time off from work and I had to stay out of my house as much as possible. I did keep my doctor's appointment on Friday, which was suppose to be more about my surgery, but, needless to say, wasn't....... i'll get into more about that later. So after seeing him .....it appears that I am quite allergic to our new puppy....well his dander anyway. He put me on Allegra which does seem to help but I had to come off of it for two weeks so that I can be properly tested by an allergist to be certain it's the dog that is causing this. So, poor JoJo has been living in our basement and our daughter, Angela, the angel that she is, has been taking such good care of him and giving him lots of love and attention. The good news is that we do have a family friend who is willing to take him in if it turns out we can't keep him so he'll be in a good home and the kids will be able to visit him often and still be a part of his life....but it's still sad. Oh, and did I mention that we're in the process of having to get two new cars because my husbands died?
You have to laugh really......or else you lose your mind. 
It amazes me that even after all i've been through in my (almost) 33 years and how i've really learned to treasure every day of my life there is still so much I take for granted. Not being able to breathe certainly puts things in perspective for you! It is a vivid reminder that I should continue to do my very best to control that which I do have control over. At the very least, on my final day on this earth, I can say that I have done the best that I could do. While still having fun, of course. 
So, my doctor sends his intern into the room first to meet the 'Weight Watcher Queen'. I had a little giggle at that and then felt the need to move right along to my symptoms. Usually i'd take the opportunity to help educate people in his position on how to best address his overweight patients (afterall, it's those who've been there that know best and they do need to know) but I really needed to be selfish by this point. Both he and my doctor came to the conclusion that it could be an upper respitory infection but more likely an allergy to my doggy. After intentionally exposing myself to JoJo the next day and having the reaction I did.....I would have to agree with the latter.
I did talk to him about my back as well and he agrees with my doctor that it is a combination of the weight, poor posture and my waterbed (which I need to get rid of) that has caused the scoliosis in my back. (I blamed it on my breasts ) Both seem to agree that the surgery will help but it's still something I will need to deal with for the rest of my life. It is now essential that I exercise regularly. I've decided that I am going to take some more time before having an in depth consultation with the plastic surgeon and i'm also going to research surgeon's in my area more closely. Not only do I want to be closer to my goal weight before going any further but I want to be certain of the capabilities of those hands i'm putting my body and essentially.....my life into.
I'm still doing well as far as my diet goes. I've not been getting home until 9 at night, which is too late to start preparing anything, so dinner has been something quick around 4:30 in the afternoon. This is a big change for me that i'm sure will be to my benefit over time. I also seem to be craving fresh fruits and lots of water for some reason so i'm taking advantage of that to. I'm still not getting alot of constructive exercise in but i'm cartwheeling and bouncing around the field plenty at night with the girls and throwing around the football with the boy as well so at least i'm moving and keeping active. I'm happy with that for now. The kids will go back to school in just a couple of weeks and then it's back to business with my daily exercise routine. Whoooooooooopieeeeee..........did I say that?
So, until next time........
Take not a moment of your life for granted!
~Kim
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