Hazy.

This is totally how I've been feeling lately. It's mostly due to seasonal allergies I guess. My eyes are constantly tearing and they feel like they're on fire! I just hate having to take medication for them, but I think I'm just gonna bite the bullet on this one. Oh yeah -- my phone has been giving me grief too. The random reboots on my Motorola Cliq are not so fierce especially the 12th time in 3 days it has happened. Oh, did I mention the 3 forced factory resets on Saturday too?!? The replacement is on it's way. After doing more research on the problems, it's apparently a MAJOR flaw in this model. It was cute while it lasted, but when upgrade time comes in a few months ...

Root canal(s).

Aside from the (obvious) eyebrow touch-ups and the bags under the eyes ... this is my face in turmoil.  I just had 2 root canals on some front teeth.   So after $550 and 2 hours in that dental office, what was the first thing I did?  Buy a Reese's Peanut Butter bar (they make them in full size candy bars now)!?!?  DON'T JUDGE ME!  Lol. 

Outta here!

(I'm pretty sure that was what Becky was thinking as Ieft work today.)

I was never SOOOOO ready to leave work today.  My foot injury / issue / pain-in-my-butt was totally trying my nerves today.  It was my first day back after a day off and 2 sick days thrown in.  I just don't realize how much I was on my feet while working!  I literally only sat down during my 1 hour lunch break.  I was at work 8-1/2 hours today!!!  I see a podiatrist this Wednesday.  I can only imagine what the outcome of this thing will be....

Really?

So, is this what it means when you turn 40, everything just goes downhill???  Yep, the pics above were taking at the emergency room.  Somehow, I couldn't walk this morning.  If felt as if I sprained my ankle or something.  It hurt like hell!  After I hobbled into work this morning looking like Gimpy McGimp-Limp, Katie said I should just  go check it out at the ER.  Luckily it wasn't that busy and after a couple of x-rays and 2 hours later, I've come to learn that I have plantar fasciitis.    Apparently it has to do with me working all day on my feet, (possibly) wearing the wrong shoes, and being overweight.  Ugh, I'm fat.  I KNOW IT ALREADY.  Sigh.  I go see a podiatrist later this week...

Lunch break.

Just me and Katie from work having lunch at a local Japanese restaurant.  We had a couple of rolls and some tempura.  Mmmm.  I don't know what I would do without rice.  LOL.  Meanwhile, it's totally not helping with the Dr's recommendation of me losing 40 lbs for this anticipated surgery this summer.  Ugh.

Co-pay time.

I look thrilled, huh?  I was finally able to get that CT scan of my head mentioned a while back.  Everything apparently looks normal, except that the Dr. strongly suggests that I go through those procedures on my tonsils and nasal area(s) to help me get my breathing right.  Oh yeah ... she wants me to lose 40 lbs. before I get it done!  UGH.  In the meantime, I get to take all kind of EXPENSIVE nasal meds.  Yayyy me.  I have to go back for another follow-up in April.

Cover your cough.

From Pic a day

(seen outside the employee restrooms at work)

Indeed! Cooties are NOT cute.

Eyebags.

From Pic a day

These damned dark circles under my eyes have been the bane of my existence for years now. I really can't do anything about them short of going to getting plastic surgery done. Eye creams really don't work. But then again, I guess I have to constantly use them on a regular basis for them to really work I suppose. Someone told me to try a certain ointment there. Um -- it didn't work. LOL. In all reality, it's pretty much due to my "unique" sleeping habits (or lack thereof). Sleep apnea is something that I've only recently been diagnosed with (as mentioned here last week). Over the years I've just kind of dealt with it. Unfortunately, it has significantly affected me in recent times to the point where I simply cannot have a full night's sleep. I think I only average about 3-4 hours until I actually wake up for one reason or another (ie snore myself awake, etc.). Last year I was prescribed the use of a C-PAP machine to help remind my body to breath at night. The whole Darth Vader effect with mask and hose on my face is quite glamorous ya know. Anyway, I simply just end up waking up more with a blast of air in my face and feeling like I'm suffocating. Not cute. Hopefully, after my return visit to my specialist next week, I will finally be able to schedule the necessary procedures to get 'fixed'! Ahhh -- to be able to sleep soundly again. Sigh.

Still sick?

From Pic a day

So about a month ago I visited this same office (my ear, nose, and throat doctor/specialist) to check out some issues I've been having with my sleeping, breathing, lack-of breathing at night... Yeah, I have sleep apnea among other things. My sleeping habits in the past few years have slowly gotten worse. On any given night, I will probably wake up once or twice in 3-4 hour intervals. Other than just being overweight apparently there are even more complications. Something about a deviated septum and an over enlarged tonsil. Oh yeah, I have the sexy habit of snoring too. Lucky me. I thought we were going to discuss the impending and highly SUGGESTED operation to have these things fixed. Unfortunately, I seem to have picked up some kind of infection that literally started the first time I visited this doctor. (Who would've thought you could get sick in an office full of other sick people?!?) Anyway -- because of all of my current congestion and the like, I couldn't get a CT scan of my head to really see the severity of it all. Yuck -- gagging on your phlegm is sooooo NOT cute. I got some new meds today -- they better WERQ! I go back in 2 weeks. Hopefully I'll be able to find out what's really up with me.

Sick (part 3).

From Pic a day

Yep, that's how I feel. I've been asleep all day -- I don't necessarily feel any better. Ugh.

Sick (part 2).

From Pic a day

OMG - what a horrible picture. It was taken after waiting an hour to be seen by my doctor to tell that I just had a bad cold. Anyway -- I got some meds and I think I took the night-time one during the afternoon. Oops -- I ended up being knocked out all day. I guess that's a good thing, right?

Sick.

From Pic a day

How messed up is it to get like a really bad cold (runny nose, cough, etc.) to sort of run through you, die down a bit, AND THEN come back again completely?!? Now my throat hurts. Yuck.

WTF?

(from someecards.com)

OMG. How scary is all this swine flu craziness??? In the news yesterday, most (if not all) US leisure cruise lines have canceled their port of calls in the ENTIRE country of Mexico and are now offering Pacific Northwest tours instead! Also, from the United Nations calling on this a threat to the WHOLE WORLD?!? Meanwhile, if you don't wash your hands on a regular basis, you're just NASTY.


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Tired.

It's a little after 10pm on a Friday night and I'm just BEAT! Holiday shopping and retail is just HELL when you're the one working the latter. I close tomorrow night too. I'm not looking forward to it. My never ending cold is creeping back in. I really need to see a doctor about it. Ugh. I hate doctors. I'm watching TV right now, too. VH-1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's. Wow. I didn't realize how I actually liked a lot of grunge, brit-pop, rap, boy bands, BRITNEY, MARIAH and MADONNA. LOL.

Blecch.

I hate being sick. So far it's the end of day 3 of a new spell I'm going through. This time it's stomach related and I haven't been able to eat solid food for the past couple of days. Definitely not the healthiest of ways of controling one's weight, right? Anyway couple that with some major cold symptoms it's a whole lot of NOT FEELING CUTE! The flavors of NyQuil and DayQuil aren't cute either! Ugh. I hate being sick.

On this 2nd day off this week I decided to get some necessary errands and things done before I go away at the end of the month. I'm kinda bummed that the truck I'm driving didn't pass emmissions testing this afternoon. Here in California you have to pay for that test too! So now I have to get the truck fixed and retested before the end of the month for the new registration sticker. We won't discuss how I was given notice to get it taken care of well before last month. Ugh. I have being late too!

Supersize me...well, maybe not.

I just saw the documentary SUPERSIZE ME on CNBC. In it, the film maker Morgan Spurlock went on an intensive all McDonald's diet all the time over the course of a month. He gained about 25+ pounds, his cholesterol levels escalated, his overall health deteriorated BIG TIME. Of course as I'm watching this at 11:00pm I'm eating a Wendy's bacon cheeseburger combo meal (biggie size, of course). I feel ill right now. Hmmm. It makes you wonder how I've gained 35+ pounds while living here in LA since September. Ugh.

Kissing the Pink.

Ewww. Not really. I got pink eye. Yuck.

Sick.

It's been a little over a week post my DJ Paulo marathon track to San Francisco and back. A lot has happened...sorta quit my job last Monday. I'll save the details for another posting. I've just been sick pretty much since then. I just got back from the doctor this morning -- I apparently have STREP. So not in the mood to be sick. The bigger slap in the face came when I went to try to fill my prescription after the visit to the medical center. It seems that I've already been cut off from coverage. I dunno -- it's not like I can really call and find out what's going on -- I'VE LOST MY VOICE and am suffering from laryngitis due to the strep. Soooo not cute.