Confession, Life, Getting it together

Hey there Blogland!!!!!! Hope this finds you doing awesome and enjoying life!!!!!
Am here for a bit of a confession and getting it together. First half of April was going pretty good for me :) I was seeing the scale go down a slight bit but last week was National Clinical Lab week (I work in a hospital lab) We were served food everyday..... we were put on a peddle stool and shined on !!!!! I am a food addict (sweets especially) On Friday last week we were served cake and ice cream with that great yummy butter cream frosting:) I was IN heaven. I ate and ate and ate cake mainly the icing. Friday night when I was on my way home I was sick (upchucking) the icing I had ate way to much of. I did nothing this week to turn this bad move around. So when we went to the nutritionist/doctor appointment yesterday I was NOT surprised to see a 4lb weight gain since last month when I was there.
I have found when I journal my food I do better (dont eat as much junk)
So this is May, this is a new month, a new day, a new attitude.
My goals/plans for May is:
1) Journal my food everyday
2) Exercise some sort every day for 30 minutes
3) LOVE myself
4) Drink atleast 5 16.9oz bottles of water everyday

So with goals/plans set in place here I go to make May count, Taking back my life one moment at a time.
Have a great day and Keep on keepin on

Surviving

Hey there Blogland hope this finds everyone doing fabulous.
Welp some of you may know I am a cancer survior. I was diagnoised with "mixed mullerian sarcoma" uterine cancer in August 2007. The good thing is they accidently found it and I am cancer free :)
Today I went for my "last" ct scan. So I was at the hospital at 8 this morning to drink down contrast mixed with crystal lite. The first 16oz went down good. Then you drink 8 oz every half hour until finally they call you back for your scan (4 8oz servings later LOL) welp by the 2nd 8oz I was like ok this stuff is getting gross tasting but still chuggin away :) Finally at 10 I got called back and had the pleasure of getting a IV so they could give me dye (had a full torso scan)
I get all my work up stuff done at the hospital I work at so it is cool to have "friends" that are doing the procedures and you can gab with them a bit :) Welp my 10:10 I was out of there......
LOL so I got to sit and drink for 2 hours just to have a 10 minute procedure LOL
Now am waiting to go to my oncologist on the 23rd and hear that everything is good and I am still cancer free....... then he will release me to my GYN doctor to follow me from here on out.
Will be a bit sad in a way....... As I have gotten use to seeing onco doctor every 3 to 4 months for the past 20 months.... But on the other hand it will be a blessing cause that will mean I am cancer free :)
I will be walking in the Susan G Komen walk this Saturday here in Central Texas :)
I am really stoked about this........ as for one I am a survior (ok not breast cancer but of cancer) and because I can get some extra exercise in this way too :) As well as support a great cause

Have a great day and Just Keep On Keeping On

Weigh In/ Doctors Visit

Hey there everyone !!!
Life is good !!!!
Have you ever really thought about "your" life ??
What it is you want out of life?? How your getting from point A to point B ??
Making life YOUR own??

I was just thinking life is truly "what we make it" Is it not??
What we do, where we go, what we say, how we act. Isn't life really ours to do with what we will?
Well I know God is the one that gave me life and through his son Jesus I can have eternal life. But what I do with my life here on earth is up to me. God has given me choices and sometimes I choose the wrong choice....... but as I look back over my life I can see I have learnt a few things (some after doing them over a few times LOL) But life is truly what we make it
Today one meal one minute at a time I will strive to live stronger and healthier
Live Love and Laugh :)

Today was doctor/nutrionist visit
I have a 6lb loss since Janurary 22nd WOOHOO
Water is good
Food is a work in progress but we are progressing in the right direction :)
Exercise is a work in the beginings of progress (and we will strive to make it a lifestyle change)
Thus far my blood work is good :)
My glucose was a small bit high but the doctor said we will wait and see how it is in 3 months
He told me to keep eating good and to try to work out more get more exercise and we shall see how it looks then :)

I am off work this weekend and it is suppose to be cloudy and a bit chilli (in the high 60's)
Was in the 80's yesterday :)
So I will be relaxing and enjoy my boy :)

Have a great day and ROCK ON

Doctor Visit

Hey there Blog World
Hope the sun is in your face and the wind is on your back :)
Life is great and worth livin :)
I went to the doctor/nutritionist monthly visit today
Down 4lbs since last visit 12-18-08
So am very happy about that :)
But told I need to get "on" the exercise wagon and "NOW"
So am doing a challenge with a email group I am in
Challenge being 30min of exercise for 3 of the next 5 days (left this week well as of yesterday)
Got in treadmill time yesterday
Today will be nothing...... spent time at the doctors then making diner and lunch ...
Fix to take hubby lunch as he is workin in town today WOOHOO but I have to go to work after that :((
Have a great day and Rock On

School and Doctors

Hey there Blog world :)
Good Morning to a wonderful Thursday Morning :)

Yesterday was the day to register for spring classes. Registeration started at 3pm and the webpage to the college was jammed at times :( It took me from 3 to 4:20 to finally get registered and get signed up for the morning lab classes. By 6 last night the morning lab class was filled up (that is why I had to take a vacation day from work and make sure I was able to get signed for the morning lab) So now that is over the stress there is Lighter... Now just to keep my grades at a C and above so I can continue on to spring classes :) I am starting to see an end to all this madness after all :)
I have a test in tonights Advanced A and P class as well as a lab test tomorrow morning.

Hubby has to see the urologist tomorrow morning and I am debating if I should go with or not. I really cant take the time off school as I have a lab test tomorrow ...... but I do want to "know" what is going on with the medical stuff with hubby. Not sure he will ask all the things I would LOL and not sure he will "listen" good enough .....if you know what I mean :)
But I guess we will see what tomorrow holds huh :)

This is my weekend off work and I will be studying for I have a test on tuesday in my morning class :) As well as I do believe we will go bowling this weekend (our family outing) Liam starts school next year and I am getting excited already. We have been working on our ABC's writing them. He knows his colors (seeing them) and he can count to 17 before he misses a number :) And he knows how to say his ABCs .... we are working on shoe tying now also..... not sure if I am pushing him to much or if he should know more at this age?? Any input on this would be much appreciated :)
Have a great day and ROCK ON :)

Dr. Appointment and Life

Dr Appointments Gotta Love them huh NOT
Well yesterday was my check up with my oncologist and life is good. Lungs look good. Exam went great. Lungs sound good. Everything looks sounds and feels great as Dr Capen said :)
So Very happy about that... OH YES :)
My xray that I had done about two weeks ago says "cardiac silhouette is prominent. Ct ratio is 19/34 Lung fields are clear. the pleural sufaces are smooth. There is begining kyphoscolosis of the thoracic spine. Not other findings.
The kyphoscolosis is not good but Dr Capen thinks if I lost some weight and had a breast reduction surgery it may help it out ALOT...... I go back to him in April (6 months can you believe that YEAHHH) at that time as long as everything still looks sounds and feels good then he will release me to my GYN the doctor that did the surgery and he will watch me from there on out as long as nothing else arises :) So that was all good news to me :)
I have had the upset tummy and bathroom trots since yesterday after noon (not sure if it is from having the flu shot on wednesday or not) but will be happy when it is over :)
So I missed school last night and this morning.......... now I need to make up my lab test next friday but that is ok :)
Ok ok enough of me LOL have a great day and ROCK ON :)
Thank you for all the prayers while I paid my visit to the oncologist.... Thank you God for walking me through my appointment

Movin Tuesday

Hey there Blog World....
Today has been a bit busy... had school this morning
working on a costume for Liam (daddy and he carved the pumpkin tonight)
I got in 20 minutes of exercise bike riding while my guys dinner was cooking on the stove......
Tomorrow I have no school so I am gonna get on the tread and turn on some WhiteSnake and just jam for a bit I do believe
Work was BUSY BUSY BUSY tonight...... lets hope tomorrow is a bit slower that would be great....
Then on thursday I will have to hit the ground running.... I have class in the morning ...oncologist appointment at 1pm and class at 6pm to 9 pm then on friday morning I am back at school for lab from 8 to noon then work at 1:30 ..... so it will be a busy few days coming up
The oncologist appointment is not bothering me so much this time not sure if that is good or not :)

I think I am just a bit ok with it ..... seeing it as something I have to do for precautions but I know God has taken the cancer from me and left me to strive and grow and share my life :)
Here is to having a great day and ROCK ON :)

Managing Life

Hey there Blog Land :)
It seems like managing life is taking up alot of my life. Do you ever feel like that??
School is going good. I am getting a B in one class and a C in the other class (need to study harder in that class I do believe)
Work is good. I can say I truly enjoy going phlebotomy work. I know that may sound crazy to some...... cause phleb work is drawing blood from people but it gives me a chance to help others medically and to peak into others lives if only for a moment.
Life at home is so so..... Liam is growin like a weed and very active running talking playing..... I love to watch and listen to him.... Billy and I are living and striving..... trying to make things work. Marriage I do believe is a hard relationship to make work at times.... especially when we work different shifts and I am in school. So we have like every other weekend that we can actually spend time together when one of us is not off to work or school. So we are struggling with contection issues and just striving to get through it and be happy :)

I go back to my oncologist next thursday (Oct. 30th) Did my blood work and my liver and kidneys look good via the blood work..... my glucose is a little high 121 and my iron is LOW LOW (I dont eat alot of iron rich foods) my iron is a 26 and should be atleast a 72 so I am now back on iron supplement (Fergon) it is something I may always have to take due to me not eating greens and red meats....... Also did my chest xray for the oncologist.(he is watch a 5mm spot on one of my lungs) chest xray looked ok to me but LOL who am I to say what it is..... But I do believe in my heart that God has healed me of cancer and that they will not find the spot to be growing..... when I had a ct scan of my lungs done in Feburary the spot looked the same so that is good :)
So now just to get through next thursdays doctors appointment and we will be flying high again.

I am starting over once again with the exercise. I went to a nutritionish last month and we discussed me being to busy to exercise .... she told me I HAVE to make time for exercise just like I make time to go to work and go to school... so today I made 15 minutes to do the exercise bike while the guys diner was bakin in the oven and microwave....... so 15 minutes of exercise done... I know that is not alot but I need to start and stay going so where so here it is......

Hope this finds everyone having a AWESOME day and ROCK on life is MANAGABLE LOL even for me :)

Livin life or something like it :)

Have you ever felt like you were just "livin life" or that what you were doing was "something Like It"??
Well that is where I have been this past week and a half. I have been in the "something Like It" category... School is going FAST .....lots of reading and trying to retain information and studying. It is crazy. And it dont help matters that my instructor is new at book teachin... she is an adjunct from one of the hospitals around here......and has helped teach at the hospital (hands on) and in the lab class at the college but never a book teachin...... So she dont have her power points up until mmmmmmmm ten minutes before class starts.....and how in the world does she think you are suppose to copy print the power points and bring them to class with you for that class .... so it is NOT fun I will be off work this weekend so I will spend alot of time studying........ we have to know the route the blood flows in a fetus as well as after birth (and there is a difference LOL) among alot of other things I need to get drilled into my head PRAY for me big time.......
As for work it is going great....... I actually love being a phlebotomist and enjoy seeing alot of different people......
Ok now for the weight and food thing
well I flopped BAD BAD BAD ..... I need some help in this department....... My water is still great and breakfast eatin is good........but I need to start adding exercisin and continue to add better lunches and diners...... Ok so here is to getting back on track....... tomorrow I will start posting to my email group every day again.......and being accountable...... cause I noticed when I stopped postin every day then I did NOT add any thing new to my routine.....
My beloved hubby went to the doctor this morning (I went with him so I could hear what the doc had to say) they are retesting his total testosterone (spelling??) and he is now on a low dose blood pressure med...... B/P was 142/94 not good ...... so hubby looked at me and said well I think it is time to do somehting about this...... I want to be around to see Liam grow up... and I so well agree with him....... we both have been living fly by just doing the bare minimum and hoping to get by but we can see that is NOT working ......

So I am now on my way to work...... and raising my water bottle to chug some more

and please if you are reading this pray for all the people in the golf coast that is gonna be hit by the huricanne Ike that is coming in........ Here in the heart of Texas we will be probably getting high winds (hopefully no tornandos) and rain ......
Have a great day