So, my foot issue was indeed what I thought it was. After some rather painful healing after the treatment it’s starting to feel good again and I can walk without pain, but I have a follow up on Tuesday to have it checked again and make sure there isn’t a second treatment needed. I have lost some weight even though I haven’t been able to really implement an exercising regimen yet, but just watching what I’m eating is having an impact. Packing my lunches every day instead of eating food in the cafeteria is especially helping to give me a much better idea of what I’m actually consuming.
I also got a call yesterday from the nurse at the RE’s office. All my bloodwork came back and everything looks good. No clotting factors (which I was a little worried about as a blood clot put my mom in the hospital for a week years ago and they never determined what caused it), and my cholesterol and triglycerides are good. The only blip is two mutations on the MT.FHR, which she said aren’t a big deal it just means that my body doesn’t circulate folate the way it should, so I’ll have to take Rx supplements twice a day. What all this means is that my follow up appointment with the RE next Wednesday to discuss treatment of any issues has been canceled, the pharmacy has been called, and we’re cleared to start trying again any time. I was guessing I’d start my cycle around Monday, but based on my past cycles really could be any day between now and then and likely won’t be any later than that. It’s good. I feel good, and I feel ready to start trying again.
Firefly’s new work schedule is taking less getting used to than I thought it might–for me, at least. It’s been really nice having her here in the evenings, and not feeling rushed to get her off to work or with our bedtime routine, which has needed very little adjustment. It is a bit different in the mornings since I’m on my own getting Monkey ready and out the door, but it hasn’t been too bad and really it seems less rushed now. It was me dragging myself out of bed and trying to get myself ready, then her getting home from work and rushing to help me get him ready and out the door, and then I’d eat breakfast at my desk at work. Now I’ve been getting up earlier since she’s been getting up and out of the house early, and have even had time on some days to cook a hot breakfast for myself and eat it before I start getting him ready. I haven’t really gotten out of the house much earlier than I was, but I’m working toward that so that I can start work earlier and, consequently, get out earlier in the evenings to get home.
I haven’t had a chance to take many photos yet, but I have some plans to for the weekend. I did take this one yesterday for a photo of the week submission on a photography board I help moderate:
That’s a neat shot, and written in German
I can almost understand it, but I have a tough time with the old timey font that makes the “s” look like an “f”.