Drs Update

So, I went to the Drs on Thurs, officially for a blood test but in practise to tell the dr that he doesn't know what he's doing because I am still waking up far too much during the night unable to breathe. He listened to my prepared list of symptoms and then said, "You're sick."

Duh.

He sent me off to a specialist, which I saw on Mon. He rocked up 4 minutes late. Then he read the letter from my GP, and read that I have uncontrollable asthma. He looked up, and said, "I don't think so."

He asked a bunch of questions, and then said that I have 3 problems. I was not haapy to begin with. I mean, who wants 3 things instead of 1?

I have:

- Asthma
- Nasal / sinus infection, which has lasted since having pneumonia 2 years ago.
- Lots and LOTS of allergies

The sinus is the reason why I wake up. Because my nose is so completely blocked I literally stop breathing at night and wake up. The ventolin wasn't hugely helping because it wasn't fixing what the problem actually IS.

Turns out I'm also allergic to dairy. Not the lactose in dairy, but the casein. It causes me to go massively into overdrive with producing mucus. Which was the cause of the persistant cough, plus meant that the sinus got worse and worse.

I'm also allergic to "three or four other things, possibly more," and I've had a full blood allergy test to find out what they are.

I was then given new meds - milder ones for my asthma, and meds for my nose. Result - the two past nights I've had the best nights sleep in more than two years. Only woke up once each night.

On the dairy front, this means COMPLETE ABSTINANCE. I'm not even allowed to eat MARGARINE. Only Nuttelex. Just broke the rules for the first time (only a lemon meringue, I thought it'd be ok), and am regretting it. Muccusy and gross.

So I can't eat
- Milk
- Cheese (sob)
- Yoghurt
- Buttermilk
- Butter
- Margarine
- Chocolate (sob)
- Cream
- And all things good

Work is predicting that I'm going to also be allergic to wheat, gluten (they are NOT identical), peanuts and fructose. Because then I will be able to eat lettuce, and that's about it.

So, my dietry requirements as of the moment:
- No dairy
- No fried foods
- No strawberries
- No ginger
- Limited spices
- Vegetarian
- No soy
- No rice grains (flour okay)
- And MORE TO COME!

Sam likes new dr. New dr makes Sam all better. Even if she can't have cheese loverr's pizza followed by chocolate mousse.

We Need To Start Again

Last night, Kal and I decided the reason why we aren't attached to all proper degrees is because we are judgemental and mean. We decided that we need to stop being judgemental and mean in order to get ourselves some good looking boys with PR. Actually, I don't care about PR, but someone else does.

Then I went and was judgemental and mean in praying not to be judgemental and mean. Then I judgementally and meanly tore down a poster at the uni. It was judgemental and mean of me, but there is one less poster inviting Arts Students with nothing better to do to go to a rally for people who don't live the way God wants them to. Hmm, judgemental and mean to Art Students, and the communities of people who don't live the way God wants them to.

We were all good in CG. No judgementalness or meanness. It might be because we watched a DVD.

This morning however, we were judgemental and mean to:
- 4 girls
- 5 boys
- Multiple assorted randoms we haven't met but who are siblings to those we have

In the 10 minutes I was up before Kal left the house. I'd post names, but that would be judgemental and mean of me. I will however point out Joab was one of them. He is our univeral whipping boy. Except that is judgemental and mean. So now we have to stop.

Hmm, this post is judgemental and mean. I think I have to start again...

God Bless Dhanny

So, I'm at church, and I'm standing chatting to Kallie, who's on reception. Dhanny comes in, and says Hi. And then,

"You look really fresh today Sam."

"It's called make-up."

Dhanny looked at me closely. "No way, you're not wearing make-up!"

"Sure I am. Foundation, concealer, curled eye-lashes, eyeliner, mascara, lipstick, and pink shimmer dust."

Dhanny looked slightly scared at this list, then looked at me closely again.

"Are you sure? I thought you just looked like that."

Gotta love him!

Princess and Superhero Day

Last week at church we had Princess and Superhero day. Apparently there was a messege there, but the main point is we got to dress up.


Me as Lady Jane Grey. Joab then spent lunchtime trying to finding Queen Mary so that she could chop off my head.



Mavis



Amy as a Warrior Princess



Rimos as an Incredible



Gen as Pocahontas



Ian and Faun. I'm sure I'd know what/who Ian is if I knew about superheroes, but I don't, so I don't. Faun is Incredible - well, she puts up with Ian, so that should go without saying.



Everyone loved my costume, that's because I was awesome. Random people who I don't know took photos with me. What can I say? I'm awesome!

Work Update

So, there's been a change in my work situation.

They had me back in full time. I was not happy, and more to the point I was not coping. I not only was extremely exhausted (getting, 4, 5, and 5 hours of sleep for the nights previous to each day of work) but I felt really bad. I felt like I had a kid sitting on my chest all day (how they managed to do that while I was up and walking around), like I had weights in my shoes, and I had dizzy spells every hour or so.

Odele asked me how I felt. I told her I felt like I wanted to die. There were no awake kids in the room, otherwise I wouldn't have said it. Odele was horrified.

I am now working part time (9:30-4) in the babies room, same rate per hour, and even though I work for 2 1/2 hours less, I only get paid 1 1/2 hours less per day because before I had an unpaid lunch of 1 hour, and now I have a paid lunch of half an hour.

I have a job I may be applying for for next year, but I'm seeing how I like the babies room first.

More On Work

My last day of part time work is today. They asked me to work full days Wed, Thurs and Fri of this week. Me, being a sucker, said yes.

Then, when I talked to management about officially switching to part time, they said that that would be fine, as long as I took a pay cut. Along with the fact that I would be working less hours. The end result is I would be earning half what I currently do working full time. For obvious reasons I can't do that.

So I'm back to full time work.

And I'm already looking for a new job.

I Should Be Sleeping

But I'm awake. I'm on a minor adrenaline rush which means I have about 20 minutes before I can even think about going to sleep. Which meant of course that I needed to eat stewed apples with custard. Sugar high along with adrenaline. My favourite!

I'm pretty stressed at the moment. It's taken me a while to work it out, because I don't get stressed the way normal people do. Instead, I declutter.

I gave Kallie a bookshelf about two days ago. My other shelves (I still have 10) are looking a little more spartan. I'd be getting rid of another one except the two smaller ones are a set so I can't get rid of one without the other. Besides, I don't know who to give them to. And I'd look a right loser carrying a bookshelf down to the op shop. Which doesn't mean I won't do it, it just means I'll think about it for 30 seconds before deciding that I have way too much stuff and I need to get rid of the stuff before the stuff is everywhere because the stuff is everywhere and I can't work with this much stuff or think with the much stuff and the stuff is all over the house so where can I work with all of my stuff and...

You get the point. When I declutter, stuff LEAVES.

On the other hand, if anyone is on the market for another bookshelf, I have some that may be soon available.

I figure I'm going to be decluttering for another day or two, and then I'll stop until next time. I'm hoping to finish going through my CDs. You've no idea how many annoying kids CDs I had. I don't have them any more. Work does. Yay for decluttering!

I have stuff set aside for lots of different people, mostly books. The Rebel has already inherited several million books. Kallie got the bookshelf, as I said earlier. I did offer one for Rebs, but she apparently wants one that dismantles, and I'm not giving up my 3 IKEA shelves. They MATCH. I NEED them. Because they MATCH.

Does anyone else think I'm crazy, or am I the only one?

Just Finished!

This is a knitted plastic bag I've been working on. I finished it this morning. My fingers are just about blistered. Knitting with plastic is tricky.



Now I get to continue sewing my knitted cream and black lion! Pictures when I'm finished!

See, I do Listen to Music Other than the Beatles

Boydie

Boydie (my youngest brother Robert) is continuing his school trip in China. He will be needing a little plastic surgery on his return but hopefully not the 5 to 10 day stay they were predicting.

From his email:

"Today at the doctors the news was good the wound is healing up like a scab now there might be a small scar but nothing much. I've got the bandage off finaly so I look normal apart from a massive bandaid on the left side."

Please be keeping him in prayer. He's a 14 year old boy - there is no end of ways he can damage himself further!