Costocondritis

Hey, Everyone!

Went to the doctor today...
I'm going to be fine. I've got a bad case of Costocondritis from the chair I sit in at work. Basically, my posture is great at the start of the day; but after 8 hours of sitting in such a crummy chair, I start to slump. Sitting in a bad position for that many hours put too much tension on my ribs. Not to mention all the barfing I was doing recently. The doc couldn't believe I waited so long to come in... Anyway, I've got painkillers now and I got a special pillow to make my work chair a bit better (hopefully). I've also got a special exercise regimen that I'm to follow as well. Right now it really, really hurts. Especially when I cough or sneeze. I thought I was going to die yesterday, it hurt so bad when I coughed. I'm relieved that it turned out to be something that was fairly easy to fix. I'd like to say that "next time I won't wait a month before I come in," but, knowing me, I probably will... I can't stand hospitals. Of course, I am doing much better. At least this time I actually made an appointment instead of waiting until I had to go to an emergency room. Baby steps. :)

I'm also getting my blood sugar checked out again. On my birthday! I figured that if I had to fast for that many hours, I might as well do it on a day when I'm guaranteed a good meal later on in the day (my parents are planning to take Ramiro & me out to dinner that night).

Christmas went really well. I'll do another "Christmas in Pictures" entry like last year as soon as I can. So far no one's sent me any of the pictures from Christmas Eve & Christmas, so I have nothing to post.

In the meantime, here are pictures of Rebel (that feral cat with half a tail) from Christmas Eve (we gave her a meal that night) and Ringo (hiding under my rug from Mo):
Ringo is a master of stealth. Obviously.

Thanks again to everyone who checked in on me. Hope everyone had a great holiday! I can hardly believe that 2010 is almost over. If I don't write again before 2011, have a very happy New Year!

Until next time...

--Lauren*
http://littlezotz.webs.com

Ginger Chews

Hey, Everyone!

Next month would have marked ONE YEAR with NO SUGAR! But...

Between my kidney stone and my back, I've been in some pretty excruciating pain lately; so much so that it makes me uncontrollably nauseous. And the only thing that I've found that really works well is Original Ginger Chews by The Ginger People.

I'm disappointed that I wasn't able to meet the one year mark, but those chews are really quite amazing so I thought I'd make a quick post to let others know about them, in case they're having similar problems. Also, they're very tasty!

--Lauren*