Monday in Durham

At Duke in Durham for a chest CT scan and Return medical visit today. 

Ate lunch at the Tropical Smoothie Cafe in the medical center to pass time between appointments. 

What I ate today:  

Baja chicken wrap (760 calories)

Salt & Vinegar chips (200 calories)

Arden's Garden Green Energy Machine juice 

16.9 oz Deer Park spring water 

Friday the 13th

So far, so good. I woke up feeling well today.

Fit app: afternoon walk
15 Heart Points
1.96 miles
5,406 steps

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.3 lbs
34.0% Body Fat
70.1 lb Muscle Mass
20.8 BMI

Thursday

Today started with a hair cut - just a bang trim at the salon that cuts my hair, which is only 10 minutes from the house.
I spent this morning managing calendars an cleanin house.
I also have new, improved exercises to start today for my back, hips, and shoulder.

12:00 PM weight: (WYZE scale)
115.1 lbs
21.2 BMI

Wednesday

Today was my second Physical Therapy appointment with Dr. Adams at Duke in Durham, NC.
Afterwards, we stopped at The Scrap Exchange for MonsterMustDie to hunt for materials for his assemblage sculptures.
Tonight was a Zoom visit with Brian and Laura.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.6 lbs
34.3% Body Fat
70.5 lb Muscle Mass
21.1 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
2 cups coffee with half+half
1 Sugar cookie(149 calories)
3 oz rotisserie chicken (140 calories)
1 oz Blue corn flax seed tortilla chips (140 calories)

Tuesday - hiking on melting snow

Karen and Bob invited me to join them hiking at Hanging Rock park today, meeting at their house at 11:00 AM.
There was still a lot of snow on the ground at the park. At the opening to the park, we were invited to join a woman named Jenna and her mother at the sheltered fireplace, who were roasting mashmallows while celebrating her mother's birthday. They had brought a bundle of firewood and a bag of large mashmallows and were just enjoying the day out. As it turned out, Jenna is a digital artist and she talked with Karen about providing some illustration work for the project Karen is currently working on.

Also enjoyed talking with Audrey, Bridget, and Kim during Women's Night Zoom this evening.

This is my last day of antibiotics so I really hope the UTI is cleared up now. I have my doubts but I feel ok this morning.
I will probably drink daily Yarrow herbal tea for a while.

9:50 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
115.3 lbs
34.5% Body Fat
70.8 lb Muscle Mass
21.2 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with Half+Half
1 Amy's non-dairy Burrito (310 calories) (60g calcium) (10g protein)
1 Sugar cookie(149 calories)
2 Cefuroxine Axetil 250
BBQ plate with slaw and hush puppies

sunday

Yesterday was a good day for a lot of food.
I had leftover hen-of-the-woods parmesan for breakfast.
I hadIa plate of roasted veggies from Deep Roots Market for lunch.
had coq-au-vin for dinner with Karen and Bob at their house.

We have no plans for today. There is still a lot of leftover ice and snow outside but the streets are clear now.
I still have some sensitivity in my bladder from the infection and only two days left on the antibiotic. I hope it is completely cleared now but I really want a urine test as soon as possible to confirm it is gone.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.8 lbs
20.9 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
2 Cefuroxine Axetil 250
1 Soft baked ginger molasses cookie filled with cream cheese icing
1/2 cup Chex Mix (140 calories)
Butternut Squash ravioli (330 calories)

thursday

If it had not been for timing of all the snow and ice we're still getting, I would have planned a Superb Owl party for this coming weekend. I was looking forward to creating another social event for friends and neighbors here but I don't think there is time now to get people to plan on being here.
I am a social creature and I love to put people together in a room or project with me. I miss that life. It's always a battle to get MonsterMustDie to allow me to have people in our home but the fights always seem worth it. I pay for it all. I put it together. I clean up afterwards. He is always stressed by having more than two people extra in our space at a time and, although he actually always seems to be much better at it than me, he hates to interact with people. I am socially awkward but I love people. He can make small talk with anyone if he must and he hates it. I make word piles.
Even crowds at supermarkets freak him out. I have seen him leave the farmers market in a panic. He does his best to make himself invisible. This makes his early dimentia even worse. He spends all his time at home isolated at his desk, skimming either facebook or listing things for sale online. I wish I had a reliable third place or group to put together my follies with.

Isolation has always been torture to me.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.9 lbs
34.3% Body Fat
70.8 lb Muscle Mass
21.1 BMI

Still too much ice and mud outdoors to walk anywhere.

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
2 Cefuroxine Axetil 250
sourdough toast with almond butter (266 calories)
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1 pizzelle cookie (60 calories)
1 cup hot cocoa (100 calories)(10mg calcium)
1 slice Harris Teeter Margherita pizza (340 calories)
Arden's Garden Pinapple Apple Ginger juice 15.2 oz (230 calories)
3 oz rotisserie chicken (140 calories)(24g protein)

wednesday

We have decided to start Ellie cat on steroids today and skip the ultrasound test. I think that is the kindest, simplest option for her.
Woke up with my urethra kinda hurting a little this morning but I also did an application of Monistat last night so that might be the culprit today. I did that to try to avoid any yeast infection that often comes when taking antibiotics.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.2 lbs
34.6% Body Fat
71.2 lb Muscle Mass
21.4 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
2 cups coffee with half+half
1 Cefuroxine Axetil 250
sourdough toast with almond butter (266 calories)
2 pizzelle cookies (120 calories)
16-piece Seaside Roll 9.1oz (415 calories)

UTI is better

After taking two double-doses of the old antibiotics I had on hand, I feel better this morning.
I was able to get a TeleMed call with Atrium late yesterday afternoon, who sent a fresh prescription of the same drug to my pharmacist.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.0 lbs
21.3 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 Oatmeal+Walnut+cranberry cookie (300 calories)
2 cups coffee with Half+Half
1 Arden's Garden Yoga juice
4 Cefuroxine Axetil 250
Momo Fuku soy + scallion noodles (320 calories) (10g protein)
1 boiled egg (77 calories)
1/3 cup fresh spinach (7 calories)
24 oz hot matcha green tea
Amy's non-dairy Burrito (310 calories) (60g calcium) (10g protein)
+ sour cream + salsa (35 calories)
sourdough toast with almond butter (266 calories)

Snowed in

We shoveled out enough of the driveway for our cars to (hopefully) get through yesterday but the streets around us are still completely frozen over. We still have power and there is food in the fridge and pantry so everything is still ok now. The showerhead in the main bathroom was acting a bit suspicious yesterday but no broken pipes have been detected.

I woke up this morning with a UTI. All doctors offices and clinics are closed today. I went through old leftovers in the medicine cabinet to find something to start on today and found one that was a gift from a friend that does not conflict with my other meds. Those outdated-but-still-good pills are a lifesaver. This kind of pain is not one I can wait on.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.0 lbs
34.6% Body Fat
71.0 lb Muscle Mass
21.3 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
1 Cystex tablet
2 cups coffee with milk
2 Oatmeal+Walnut+cranberry cookies (300 calories)
4 Cefuroxine Axetil 250 tablets (2 at 10:45AM and 2 at 9:45PM)

Snow

It started snowing yesterday and snowed all day and finally stopped snowing at 10:40PM.
The overnight low tonight is supposed to be 13 degrees. Tomorrow night is supposed to be 10 degrees.
Fortunately we never lost power and the snow is light fluffy powder - really deep fluffy snow.

I haven't exercised all day because I never had a moment to myself. I never got out and walked because the snow kept coming down heavily all day. I hope I can do my floor exercies in the morning before MonsterMustDie wakes up.
At least I think I can get a good walk in tomorrow, now that the snow has stopped coming down. I am looking forward to walking outdoors.

Ellie's Veterinary Visit

Today is Ellie Cat's veterinary visit at 2:00 pm. I dosed her as instructed with medication for anxiety last night. I was paranoid about over-medicating her. I sent a message to a veterinarian friend and was assured it was a common dose for anxious cats.
MonsterMustDie went with me to the vet and helped pay for her care today. Next step is an UltraSound at a specialty vet in Greensboro to check on a spot in her abdomen or putting her on steroids for whatever inflamation is possibly happening in her gut.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.6 lbs
34.4% Body Fat
70.3 lb Muscle Mass
21.1 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
D3 1000 IU supplement
OLLY Magnesium Gummy (336 mg Magnesium) (25 calories)
2 cups coffee with milk
1 cup matcha green tea
9 chicken + veg potstickers (360 calories)
1 enormous sugar cookie (113 calories)
1 Orgain 30g chocolate protein shake (160 calories) (650 mg calcium)
sushi tray from Sprouts Market (430 calories)
1 Oatmeal+Walnut+cranberry cookie (150 calories)

still frozen on Wednesday

The roads immediately around our house are still frozen but I am told that Main Street and English Road have been plowed a couple of days ago and are clear and dry. We just have to get out of our neighborhood.

We enjoyed a Zoom with Soogs tonight. MonsterMustDie showed his current art projects. I showed our Squirrel nutcracker and Diane Keaton Collection big wooden dice (an emotional purchase) from Hudson Grace. It was a very enjoyable conversatin. We won't be able to chat for a while, as they've got a family visit to Florida followed by a gig to prepare for the next couple of weeks.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.6 lbs
34.4% Body Fat
70.3 lb Muscle Mass
21.1 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1 Aleve tablet
2 cups Coffee with Half+Half
1 serving Oatmeal + dried cranberries + cinnamon (150 calories)
2 pizzelle cookies (120 calories)
1 gimme seaweed snack pack (25 calories) (1 g protein)
1 small bag Doritos Cool Ranch chips (160 calories)
1 Orgain 16g vanilla (250 calories)
2 fried chicken tender (700 calories)
1.5 cups roasted carrots, potatos, brussels sprouts (225 calories)
1 enormous sugar cookie (113 calories)
6 oz hot sake

Sunday snow day

I notice last night that, oddly enough, I sometimes feel short of breath when I try to yawn. I have no problem otherwise breathing through my nose or mouth but yawning closes my ability to breathe in. 

Of course, now my body wants to yawn tonight but I can't. This is very uncomfortable. It happened again tonight. 

Otherwise, it turned out to be a nice, crunchy snow day. We kept waiting all day for the awful freezing rain that was forecast but it never came. Just some snow followed by sleet, followed by more snow. The accumulation was not enough to completely cover the grass. The trees and power lines are not iced over.