Low Carb and High Fees

Low carbing continues. It's pretty neat in a way, because it's forcing me to utilise some flours i've never used before in order to create low carb options for breading and baked goods. I'm using quinoa flour currently, we all know how good quinoa is and now I can make brownies out of it! ;) Haha, I did have a day off yesterday where I ate chips and a sugary drink (and a piece of banana bread <3) but i'm back on it today! It isn't going bad, though I do not see this as a long term option for me.

In other news i've been reminded again that I owe most of this semesters fees >.>. I do know I owe it, and we are working out a solution, but i'd rather not get the harassing calls. I have spoken with people in the office, I wonder if there is a lack of communication...hm.

I've been feeling a bit better recently as well. Still getting fatigued, but physically i've been not as sore. I'm saying it's from the new naturopathic meds. So i'm going to try and fit in more walking with Milo :) we had a nice half our walk today around a nearby park, and other than him getting some prickles in his paws (poor baby :( he needs little doggy boots!) it was quite good! Though my ankles are not very happy. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Flares Aren't Just for Signalling

Definitely flaring. Hopefully it'll turn up on my blood tests >.>. I had my strengthening class today, and could only really do about 2/3rd of what I normally can. Not so good. But i'll be able to start going twice a week, which will hopefully up my knee strength a bit quicker.

Speaking of blood tests, I had more blood taken today. I reminded her to use the syringe instead of the vacuum sucky needle, which is meant to cause less damage, but my small veins caused problems and she had to stab me twice. So much for that >.>.

On a lighter note I took a nice hot bath and ate pizza bagels for dinner.

Paperwork and Pools

More paperwork >.> I really need to study for my exam. That'll be tomorrow. Big pot of coffee and my books!

In other news, I forced myself to go to aqua aerobics today at the Chermside pool. The pool was nice and warm, and it was a therapy pool so we didn't have people swimming around us. The Chermside pool will be closer to us when we move, so I thought I would check it out :).

Speaking of moving, we finally got word that Milo was accepted by the body corp! Thats all of our conditions taken care of :D now just finnish up a few bits of paperwork and then settlement is next tuesday! Very exciting.

Sore today, hands, wrists, R elbow, shoulders were stiff, back and R knee/leg. Nerve pain, but a bit better than it has been. Likely because I slept more on my L side last night. I'll try that again and see if it helps tonight.

Contract Take Two

So we signed the contract for the Nundah apartment today :). There are yet some loops to jump through but our part is mostly done. I had three hours to kill as well between class and the time we were meant to meet the real estate agent, so I had a good walk around Northgate/Nundah. It's really a lovely area, especially up where the apartment is near Northgate. It's only a ten minute walk from the train, yay! About fifteen minutes to the shops, and there is a little convenience store just a block away! It'll be exciting to see what tomorrow brings :).

On a not awesome note, my back/hip/knee/foot is really sore after walking so much while carrying my backpack >.>...worth it.

New Rheum tomorrow. We'll see how it goes >.>. I'm half expecting him to put me on a biologic and half expecting him to dismiss me. I'm not sure which is worse o.O. I'm feeling very tired again. I was up a bit early today, more headaches. My R foot and R hand have also been more-than-normal sore today, though my L hand has also been sore especially in the morning.

I forgot my anti-inflammitories at home -.-. So after my exercise class was not so much fun, especially as I had to walk around a shopping center for a while (grocery shopping and checking K mart). Blah.

On a lighter note, because my foot was angry, Bran made me a yummy dinner of spinach ravioli with tomato sauce and just a bit of cream cheese mixed in! <3 he's the best!

Ok, my brain is starting to feel like a marshmallow again, so goodnight.

Spoke with the loan guy today :) we'll hear back next week about the pre-approval. He seems pretty confidant that we will get it. Lets hope!

Didn't get the studio, but we are checking out some other places tomorrow. I'm not feeling bad about this though, I know when the time is right something just for us will show up :).

Pain wise not too bad today, back is still angry. I went for a walk with Milo this morning, and that did help with my sore back. It made me very tired though, maybe I should stick with 20 minute walks for the time being..Milo sure was happy though! He is a sock dog again today, his back paws are looking better but his front right is awfully irritated. I'm sure another day or two as a sock dog and it will heal up. I've also made the decision that once we are done this bag of food i'll start making his dog food. That way I know exactly what is in it. Poor pup.

Random Update

So my blog had been getting a lot more traffic lately, but it's from some random websites. Anyone know whats up with that? And if we do have new readers then welcome and please follow :D <3.

In other news...I don't have much news today. Had a sore jaw all day but other than that i'm back to my normal pain levels thanks to upped prednisone.

Bran and I had a lovely brunch :) eggs in a basket, pan fries, chocolate chip banana muffins, and pineapple to finish it off, yum! I do love some good pan fries (home fries, skillet potatoes, etc.)

We also had a nice walk, even getting caught in the rain was nice. It felt special some how, getting caught in the rain with my love. We had to hide under an overhang until the rain lightened up, but even so we got  quite wet! Milo (our puppy) enjoyed the walk too and gets to skip his bath this week since he got quite soaked ;) he does smell better.

I have my physio check up tomorrow along with buying with cane i've been eyeing. I'm meant to see a private physio as well but I think i'll try acupuncture instead.

Off to See the GP...the Wonderful GP of Oz >.>

I wasn't too sore today...until my physio exercise class >.> now i'm really sore. I have been quite tired though. Going to the GP tomorrow to talk about the weird vertigo thing. My brain isn't working so well...

On a lighter note, the physio did note that my leg muscles are getting stronger :) huzzah! Now if only it would actually help my knee!

Swimming Again

Still not feeling awesome, but I did get out for a swim :). It was nice to be in the water again. I definitely can notice the difference in my muscle tightness after a good swim. Joints, maybe more mobility, but it doesn't help pain wise. I was able to swim for around half an hour before my R elbow decided it didn't want to do anymore.

I slept for around 11 hours last night >.>. But only needed one coffee today!

Now i'll go finish my book and possibly nibble on some dark chocolate <3.

Processing

The fatigue continues. Joints aren't too bad, but oh my aching legs! Hopefully that means the muscles are building up ;).

Not too much today other than being mostly bed-bound and trying out my new thermos. Early to bed I think, maybe after a nice hot bath. Milo is especially cuddly today.

I'm still emotionally a bit off from yesterday. I feel like thinking about certain things is effecting me more than it normally would. I'm hoping this means my mind is processing it and soon i'll be able to move on. We'll see. I'm not looking forward to the next session of EMDR.

Jaw is a bit sore today, hands, KNEES, slight headache, slight fever, mild ongoing cramps (for at least a week now, wtf?).

Not as Blah.

Feeling mostly better today.

It has been a long day though. I had my first session of EMDR therapy today. It was difficult. More difficult than I thought it would be. Quite a roller coaster of emotions. But if it will help my poor brain to process the difficult things i've been through than it'll be worth it. I'm glad I have such a lovely therapist, but it's so hard having to re-live difficult things.

In other news, I had my second exercise class today. It wen't much better than the first now that I know some things to do and I don't have to wait for instructions. I also got the physio to give me some extra core strengthening things to do at home :). I'm feeling very tired now after having so much emotional and physical stress. Good stress, mostly, but still stress.

MTX wasn't too bad. A bit tired, a bit of a sore tummy, but joint pain has gone down in general. Jaw was still a little sore but nothing like yesterday.

The occupational therapist pushed back my appointment again :/ and for some reason called my MiL to make sure I knew not to come in on friday >.>....k.

MTX Take 5

NO MTX HANGOVER! For the first time in a while, i'm actually having a pretty good day :D. I was able to chop things (I made potato curry, yummy!), I did well at my exercise class, and did laundry along with some general cleaning up. I was still pretty tired, but not like yesterday. It's nice to have a good day :).

Now i'm watching my dog try and lick to the bottom of a peanut butter jar. He is so cute <3.

As the day ends, I do feel my body pushing. I'll likely go to bed in an hour, because I know that I did push my luck today and i'll need rest to make sure I recover. But it was good to get things done, and now I have a few big containers of curry for the freezer!