Our 15 year old cat is driving me crazy and I feel so guilty about it. She's not eating her kibble but will want all our human food. She's constantly in our kitchen sink and I've caught her eating out of dirty dishes. She's never done this before. I know she's hungry. We have given her soft food but then she barfs it back up. She's SUPER skinny...5 lbs been having a lot of messes outside the litter box, some are even bloody stools. Been to the vet multiple times for blood work etc and they can't find anything wrong. It's DH's cat and he's starting to monitor her litter and thinks we may have to start thinking about her quality of life.
Gout is tricky and can be extremely painful. DH suffered with it until we got his meds and diet issues figured out. Did they give him allopurinol? We find that if he drinks tons of black cherry juice, water and avoids beer, red wine, red meat, seafood and green leafy vegetables it will pass rather quickly.
They said it's not showing up in the x-ray, I guess the crystals would have shown up so they don't think it's gout anymore. They're hoping to figure it out when they get the MRI results.
ETA but he's been eating cherries, I got him tablets of concentrated tart cherry, no alcohol, reduced meat. He's had three medications from the doc including an anti-inflammatory and pain killer and nothing has helped. It doesn't even take the edge off.
Being in pain sucks enough but unexplained pain is way worse!
I'm on hold with Frontier. We had vouchers that expired on May 1st and, of course, now I have a trip to book. I'm praying they'll take pity on me and reinstate them. Having a newborn is a good excuse, right?
I get irrationally annoyed when people don't know the difference between breath and breathe. Especially when they tell a poster who's having a hard time to "breath".
I am already mentally checked out for the long weekend and don't want to do anything at work today so I'm looking at weekend vacation rentals (planning to rent for a weekend around Annapolis if anyone has any good tips!).
DH and I have a long overdue date night tonight. Part of me is looking forward to it but part of me wants to stay home and finish the 3rd book of the GoT series.
Note to self: don't even think about feeling smug about ANYTHING. Ever.
I was feeling pretty smug about the fact that sofia has been an awesome 3 year old. Like, super well behaved. Always listened to me, never gave me any trouble. Hah. This week has been hell. It looks like 4 is going to suck if this keeps going. She argues about everything. Doesn't listen, like, at ALL. She knows more than I do, apparently. Good god.
Post by themysteriouswife on May 22, 2015 10:21:11 GMT -5
Today is my last day at my job. I'm not sure I'm staying the full day. I'm a little bummed no one brought cake. Every time someone leaves I make sure we send them off with a cake. They didn't get me a cake for my birthday either. I just want a cake damn it! I will stop at the bakery on my way home.
Gout is tricky and can be extremely painful. DH suffered with it until we got his meds and diet issues figured out. Did they give him allopurinol? We find that if he drinks tons of black cherry juice, water and avoids beer, red wine, red meat, seafood and green leafy vegetables it will pass rather quickly.
They said it's not showing up in the x-ray, I guess the crystals would have shown up so they don't think it's gout anymore. They're hoping to figure it out when they get the MRI results.
ETA but he's been eating cherries, I got him tablets of concentrated tart cherry, no alcohol, reduced meat. He's had three medications from the doc including an anti-inflammatory and pain killer and nothing has helped. It doesn't even take the edge off.
This happened to H. They diagnosed him with gout even though the X-Ray showed nothing . The pain and swelling was unreal. After a month it cleared up.
Ha, my supervisor's boss just stopped in to ask how my ankle was and how going up and down the stairs during our fire drill was yesterday and then gave me a "shame on you" speech for not swallowing my pride and letting someone send me down on the Evacutrak chair thingy. So I may just end up being a guinea pig for training on using it today. Good times.
FTR, he was totally joking about the shame on me speech. Mostly. All in good fun, I promise.
It's raining here, again. I'm so tired of the damn rain.
I get irrationally annoyed when people don't know the difference between breath and breathe. Especially when they tell a poster who's having a hard time to "breath".
Now I'm picturing someone saying, "Just BREATH! Just BREATH!!" to someone having a panic attack IRL and I'm giggling.
"You. You and your crazy life. You and your geographic anomaly. You and your drunken lesbianic ways and terrible navigational skills." - ProfArt and her holy baby
I'm starting to feel the baby this week. He is quite a kicker. Or puncher, I can't tell.
You'll be able to tell the difference soon enough!
I am not being functional at the office whatsoever today, whereas I should be a superstar. I just really want to get out of here and start taking care of the 30 errands (realistically 6) I need to run on the way home.
I have an insane amount to do this weekend thanks to my friend's wedding shower on Sunday. I'll be happy when this is over.
I have discovered that I should have done a tiered invitation system: paper invites for the 40+ set and evites for the 40- set. I did paper invites since I was able to get addresses from the groom (no email addresses for more than half the list) and I've now spent all this week tracking down the non-replies on facebook. They are all people my age who apparently only check their mailbox every 3 - 4 weeks. Ugh.
Note to self: don't even think about feeling smug about ANYTHING. Ever.
I was feeling pretty smug about the fact that sofia has been an awesome 3 year old. Like, super well behaved. Always listened to me, never gave me any trouble. Hah. This week has been hell. It looks like 4 is going to suck if this keeps going. She argues about everything. Doesn't listen, like, at ALL. She knows more than I do, apparently. Good god.
This happened to us with DD. Totally threw us for a loop because we thought we'd gotten through unscathed. 4 was rough. She has settled way down now but she's still a bit sassy.
Post by whitemerlot on May 22, 2015 11:11:52 GMT -5
CurlyQ284 did they do blood work? Wondering about an ANA test. My h had something like this going on and it took forever to figure out. He has an autoimmune disorder.
I get irrationally annoyed when people don't know the difference between breath and breathe. Especially when they tell a poster who's having a hard time to "breath".
Now I'm picturing someone saying, "Just BREATH! Just BREATH!!" to someone having a panic attack IRL and I'm giggling.
It really doesn't have the intended effect! Because now you're upset AND annoyed.
CurlyQ284 did they do blood work? Wondering about an ANA test. My h had something like this going on and it took forever to figure out. He has an autoimmune disorder.
They said some liver test was elevated just a tiny bit. I think he's scheduled to re-test soon?
CurlyQ284 did they do blood work? Wondering about an ANA test. My h had something like this going on and it took forever to figure out. He has an autoimmune disorder.
They said some liver test was elevated just a tiny bit. I think he's scheduled to re-test soon?
Well, since we're all putting on our doctor hats here, have they ruled out blood clot?
I'm 1.4 pounds away from having lost a total of 50 pounds since January. Woo.
My H and DD are going up to the cabin tonight, I'm not going until Sunday. 36 hours of uninterrupted me time. I CANNOT WAIT.
CONGRATS!!!
I hope to start after the cruise. I HATE being hungry though. I need to have my doc double-check my meds because I feel like I'm hungry at least 1/2 the day.
ginger Thanks! It took me a good 2 weeks or so before I didn't feel like I was starving all the time. The first two weeks of total diet overhaul nearly made me quit trying because I felt like I was starving all the time, but I made it through. I estimate that prior to January I was likely eating/drinking about 3,500 calories a day, and I cut to around 1,500. Depending on how much I exercise, I generally eat between 1,300 (if I'm just plain not feeling that hungry - 2,000 (if I've exercised and I'm feeling ravenous) a day. I try to vary it, I seem to lose more if I don't eat the same amount every day.
They said some liver test was elevated just a tiny bit. I think he's scheduled to re-test soon?
Well, since we're all putting on our doctor hats here, have they ruled out blood clot?
I don't know. They thought it was gout all the way up until yesterday. DH was the one that asked for the xray order because he thought it was broken since it was getting worse. He hasn't seen anyone since then except for the MRI people. Our doc is on vacation and she's put an assistant on the case who is helping us. I think they are waiting on the MRI before anything else
I ran around this AM and bought a bunch of fun food for this weekend from local specialty stores and bought myself a yummy sandwich. Ready for the weekend!!
We are going to the shore tomorrow and then getting crabs.
I ran around this AM and bought a bunch of fun food for this weekend from local specialty stores and bought myself a yummy sandwich. Ready for the weekend!!
We are going to the shore tomorrow and then getting crabs.
My 12 year old inner self just laughed my ass off.