MinnesotanMommy's Journal

Not entirely sure what I'm going to write about. Just sorta found myself opening this page and I figured since I opened it, I might as well rattle about something. Took Ethan to therapy today and she suggested I talk to his doctor again about his bedwetting at nights because she feels it might very well be impacting him socially and affecting his self esteem. He can't go to sleep overs anymore for fear of people laughing at him. Only two places can he go to sleep over, and that's cuz one is family and the other is a close friend of the family. He loves sleep overs, but he can't sleep anywhere beyond those two cuz the wetting can be severe. He's been known to wet to heavily he wets right through the Pull Up. He sometimes rashes from the moisture and he hurts so bad when that happens. No amount of showering, no amount of getting him up (outside of waking him every two hours--and that trains ME to get up, not him, cuz he sleeps so hard he doesn't actually wake up and become aware of what he's doing), no amount of cutting fluids off after a certain time, work for him. So in early September, Ethan has another doctor's appointment to address this issue and see what our options are for working on this to help the entire issue. I've done what the doctor said--wake him around 45 minutes after he's asleep to get him into the bathroom--and even that isn't making much of a difference. Its frustrating for all of us. We don't make a big deal out of it, that won't help. But it needs to be addressed medically. They did some work up on his urine last time we were in to make sure no infections were showing up. Nothing showed. I know some kids are just late in that aspect (I was). But there has to be a medical way to help him aleviate some of this to make his life a little easier.

Anyhow, that's my rattle for today. Not much else to really report. I thought I had a nasty case of this cold that hit me last week, so I took some allergy medication I have. I don't fancy taking meds more then I have to, but I thought I'd give it a try to see if its a cold or allergies causing my symptoms cuz they closely mimiced one another actually. Well, my nose has nearly quit running, my congestion is nearly cleared up, my eyes aren't itchy very much now, and its easier to breathe again, so that leads me to believe that the majority of my symptoms were that of allergies and just a little of a cold yet. I was feeling pretty rough with itchy eyes, sneezing on and off all day, my lungs feeling plugged (and realizing I'm allergic to guafinesin, which helps me when I'm plugged in the lungs, and knowing I don't dare take it unless I wanna feel like I'm dying for a half hour!), random coughing fits, itchy throat. It all mimiced both a cold and allergies. So this is how I ruled out just how much of my symptoms were which one or the other. So now I know I have only a slight trace of this cold left, not nearly what I thought I'd been fighting. I'm still very tired, but that stems from the night I was out until almost 1 AM with a friend visiting friends. 

I hate falling behind on sleep. You just never catch up and you feel drug down for ages. It annoying waiting for the body to just balance itself out after that!

Well, my surgeon wants me down to ONE cup of coffee by the time I go back in September for a follow up. I did fine for a while. I was told to totally give up pop. Why give those up? For the sole reason that they strip the body of calcium. So I was doing fine on that, and I went to NO coffee or pop. Soon after the fatigue hit me, within a few days, I was back to a couple cans of pop a day. Then I started back on one cup of coffee a day and realized how much I LOVE the flavor of coffee! It isn't about the energy kick I get (I don't get energy from coffee actually--or very little) . I just love the flavor of coffee people! So now I'm back to drinking more of it. I'ma ask if maybe I can drink decaf just so I can still enjoy the flavor I so love! I hate to get rid of something that tastes so dang good! I will if I have no other options, but I truly enjoy a few cups of coffee every few days at least! I can live w/o pop. It doesn't excite me normally. But I love the flavor of my coffee and if it just means going to decaf, then I'll do that! Just so long as I can have it! LOL...I know, I sound crazy.

I'm drinking red tea now. LOVE it. The flavor is just good to me. Thing is, that stuff works on detoxifying the body. And I knew that when I started to drink it. I brew a pot of it about every two days or so right now. Thing is, I'm getting nasty side effects from it detoxing my body. They're more uncomfortable then anything, but I know this is good for my body, and I enjoy drinking it, so I just have to adjust to it and it'll pass once my body is used to this tea! I'm discovering lots of things that are really healthy for me that I like! Its kinda neat to discover that things that aide in my health aren't all icky as I thought they'd be! Helps that I have a couple of friends I hang out with from time to time that let me try new things before I buy any of it! Then I'm not going in blind and finding out I don't like something. I always thought things that'd aide my health would be nasty. But some of it is quite good. The new one I want to try is Mung Beans. Guess you can grow them into sprouts and eat them and they're supposed to be really good for the body in various ways. I'm kinda interested in just tasting them. I have a friend who got some, so when she has some sprouts, I'll try those and see if I like them well enough to go get some and do it myself. Anyhow...

I'm just rattling at random.

Oh! I haven't weighed myself in a good month and I refuse to unless I'm at the surgeon's, at least for now. I know I won't always be able to pull myself away from the scale, but it helps that I don't have one either. I can only weigh myself once a week at my therapist's office if I do please to. But I 'm just not doing it. Like seomeone said to me "I don't need a scale to tell how good I feel. I know I feel good already and I'm not letting a scale dictate how I feel about myself based on some number. I know I feel good already." That just really impacted me. So in mid September I'll weigh again. Hopefully I've lost some weight, even five pounds in the three months since I've been there last, but I'll survive if I haven't! I know I feel better. I know I feel healthier. I know my clothes are fitting well. I know I have energy. That's all I need to know! 

Anyhow, that's all I know. I need to go check the laundry. I want to wash my bedding and can't until I get my washer empty!