Fact is I was frustrated. Frustrated with how things had been going health wise. Frustrated for you guys in the fact that I wasn't posting much worth reading. At least in my mind I was thinking that. I have to say I missed writing though.
First and foremost this blog has been a journal of sorts. There are times I will come on here and read old posts to either a) remember something that happened b) remember a recipe (I know. I should remember my own recipes, but this is how I write them down) or c) motivate myself.
It's been a hard 18 mths since the heart attack. I am, as of this past September, off any med except my thyroid med (which I have taken daily for 31 years), and an aspirin a day. The last med I was on was the Pravastatin. I was on half the lowest dose prescribed. They wanted me on it to A) lower my cholesterol, and B) strengthen my vessels. My husband wanted me to take it for 6 mths until I had my labs done in Sept. So I did. Then I had my labs....Guess what! Cholesterol went up! Yea. Go figure. Plus a side effect was really sore shoulders. So off of it I went. My OBGYN recommended I take Magnesium 500 mg to help strengthen my vessels, so I take that as a supplement in lieu of the cholesterol med.
Now I'm trying to get back on track with my healthy eating and moving. I did have some victories this past year. For my Birthday, Dh and I went hiking 5 miles ( 2.5 up and 2.5 back), up to a beautiful waterfall. I even went so far as to climb a really steep part of the falls to see additional falls behind the initial fall! I would have never done that before!
And just recently Dh and I went and hiked Tallulah Gorge. I think it was 1082 steps down and UP! We made it though! It was a milestone I wanted to achieve ever since the heart attack. You see we had walked this twice before and I wanted to do it again! Not a great picture, but give us some grace. We're still learning a smartphone.
The frugal black belt is still in place. It had to be last year because we were paying off hospital bills, then we had to build our Health savings account back up. We are still needing to be frugal for other reasons: Our car isn't getting any younger, and we will need to be thinking about buying another one. We still have things here that need to be addressed home wise. Groceries aren't getting cheaper and we still have our two youngest home. We've had some big dings on our savings accounts more than once. The latest ding was having to pay a goodly sum to put down our cat of 20 years. She had CHF, and couldn't breathe. Precious girl.
So I'm going to start posting some more about things going on here, good, bad, and boring. It helps me, and if I can interest anyone, then that's a big plus. Thanks for taking to time to read, and I hope it won't be too boring.
