DianeKay's Journal

   Hi all.   Thank you all for your loving comments and your prayers.  It will be two weeks tomorrow since we lost Zoe.   My pain is easing some as I realize I did do all I could for him.

He was well loved and he knew it.   Krystal is still hurting badly so please keep her in your prayers.  She and Zoe were so close for a pet and its "mama".    My youngest still says she misses him a lot too.  

I went to the doctor for my quarterly check up and to get my lab results.   Some good news and some a tad less good.    My total cholesterol is real good...... down to 168 now.  Under 200 is good.   My bad cholesterol (the LDL) is very good.  It was 77 and under 100 is good.   My good

cholesterol (the HDL) is too low.  It is only 33 and it should be at least 50.   And my tryglycerides are still very high.  It is 289 and should be less than 150.    My iron is still very

low even though I  am taking 130mg a day.   Doctor says my gut is not absorbing it and that I really should be getting outpatient iron infusions but that it can be rather expensive so without insurance forget it.  She said orange juice is suppose to help the gut absorb iron so she suggested I start taking the pills with orange juice.  Am doing that so we will see if that helps.   She is a tad concerned about my b/p as it has been reading high with my wrist cuff at home.   But every time I go to the office it is very good.  So it could just be the cuff.   Will have to start taking it the old way at home and see if that makes a difference.   

Becca and I raked our little yard this afternoon.   It may be a small yard but it was FULL of TONS of leaves.   We have a small wooded area behind the trailer court where many of us

dump our leaves.  She and I took several trips there to dump the leaves.   As a matter of fact

we dumped TEN trash cans full of leaves!   Boy are we sore and tired this evening.   But it felt good to be outside working together on a project and breathing in some nice fresh air.

It was perfect weather here today for leaf raking.

God bless you all with a great week end.  

Love & hugs,

Diane