Braces Doctor B.S./and Car Trouble

BEFORE


AFTER


She doesnt have the top wire on b/c she needs that tooth extracted so they are waiting.

We went up the school after for locker try outs and Em did great. I got her out of chorus, talked to her guidance councelor who gave us a personal tour b/c Em is so anxious about it. She was great then met the adjustment councelor who was awesome. The only one not so warm and fuzzy was the receptionist in guidance but i beleive she's leaving to be replaced by a woman who worked at the school for years and is a LOVE. We greeted with a huuuuuuuuuge hug.

CARDIOLOGIST
So yesterday i called to change my doctor (y'all know how much i love her)and the receptionist got the biggest attitude. She's like well i will have to ask Dr. C (the new doc)if it's ok. I said i cant switch? she said no b/c your already a patient of the other Dr. F. I said OOOOOOOOOOKAY. THen she asked me how flexible i was.

I could have answered this so many ways but refrained.

So i said flexible? "WIth his appointments?" She answered. In the most wise ass tone i could think of i said, "Well......when we make an appointment for Dr.C i will tell you my availabilty at THAT TIME and we'll go from there." She's like OH OK (in a blonde voice) Shaking my head just thinking about it.

I havent heard from them in a day in a half, i'll be calling back tomorrow. I dont give a crap if i am a pain, i'll at least cancel Dr. F. Are they seriously going to tell me i cant change HA HA HA! Tell me I cant. Just tell me. Go ahead i dare you. I'll just come back w/ok i'll find someone closer since i can see any doctor.

My blood pressures have been 132/84, 140/84,126/84. To any moron that has any idea what a blood pressure is KNOWS that those are half way decent numbers OFF MEDS compared to the 150/100 and 195/111 ON 50 mgs of Toporol.

I plan (i hope i follow through) to start walking or doing some sort of exercise soon after kids go back.

CAR TROUBLE
So i make my last Endeavor payment last week YIPEEEE never had a payed off car before well my 81 honda civic i paid 600 for when i was 17. And as i was driving home today from mom's the brakes in front started to grind again. They've been doing it sporadically so in a panic called dad and then remembered Ken (my mechanic) said i'd need front brakes (probably rotors and pads) after summer. So sean met me after work and we dropped it off.

AHHHHHHHHHH MONEY goes out so much faster than it comes in. Got a few medical bills paid off today (2) and paid on 1 of 3 others. I am going to be looking for some sort of job too, nothing at the school no way i know too much now and wouldnt ever.

YET another call to the doctor

Friday my blood pressure has been up, so i called the cardiologist office, doc said to take 50 mg instead of 25mg. Mind you my doctor is in one maybe 2 days a week. So this was a doc in the office.

So......i took another pill.

Bp did NOT go down. Continued to rise over the weekend i mean to the point i said to Sean it's 192/111 i think we need to go to the hospital. I opted to call the doc on call instead.

He advised me not to just stop. He advised me that only go to ER if i felt it would help ease my mind. (after getting meg's bill for Lyme from SSH, 500 just to sit in the ER, 200 for doctor, and another 200 to have them take her info in triage I DECIDED AGAINST IT)But having the pressures I've been having roughly 160/100 for the past couple days will not hurt my system. it would take years of this daily number for damage. OK. Now I was so naucuios i wanted to puke, my feet were tingling and i swear i also had an anxiety attack watching my pressure rise to that velocity.

Never mind the frequent urination (NOT A UTI THIS TIME) which kept me up Friday nite. UMMMMM NO THANKS F THAT THANK YOU.

So i took an outdated Diazapam and the pressures slowly came down.

I called them this morning and said i am coming off call me back. And when they call me back i am telling them that my bp has NEVER EVER been that high not even in childbirth with preeclampsia and toxemia, and i am taking a break for a while.

I am confused, upset, angry, irritated, any negative mad word you can think of. I've never felt so shitty as i have on bp meds in the past 2 months.

So i am off to the chiropractor then school shopping with the kids.

I'll write what they say later.

This CRAZY Week is over

Monday i threw my back out by sleeping on my stomach. I've been best friends with an ice pack and the chiropracter this week. I need to go back 3x's next week. Finding out i have minor scoliosis barely visible on xray, arthritus and bone spurs didnt make me happy, but the fact they arent touching my spinal column helps.

Also my blood pressure has been consistantly up on this Topral XL. Yeah even off meds my blood pressure was never 150/100 for days. Last nite it topped at 175/114. Yah i almost had Sean rush me to hospital but it finally came down after about 15 times of doing it. So again i have a call into my cardiologist who is only there on Wednesdays. I am going to ask the nurse to have another doctor check into it. I am not waiting until next wednesday to have my meds changed. I'l just stop taking them they obviously AREN'T WORKING!!!! You know the saying 3rd times a charm, maybe for me it will be 4th time on a new medicine.

Next week is busy with Chiropracter 3 days, Em's appointment at Orthodontist for the step before braces on the 19th and the Marshfield Fair starts friday. The week after is even more crazy week before school starts, Em gets braces, and i STILL havent gone back to school shopping yet.

Money is stressing me out HUGE, i cant even begin to tell you.

ON another note i read a book in less than a day. I had to really ice my back Wed and Thurs so i read a book called the Shack. I only finished so i could see if the book got any better and it didnt. Mom was reading at the same time and i told her dont waste your time.

I have to admit it was kind of relaxing sitting outside in the sun with a book though the book sucked.

I was going to send a resume to a medical office for medical filing but you know when something just doesnt seem right? Well this is the feeling i get. But i might have another prospective job so we'll see. It's a time will tell sort of thing.