Get a Dunkin Donuts extra large coffee in the morning.
With 2 sweet and low.
With cream
Add one small pump of Mocha (yes, I do add this), if you can trust the counter person. I do watch them.
Make sure it's hot!
As you sit in your school bus waiting for the time to catch up, and after an hour is up (an hour after your meal, remember?) Take a sip.
Yummy!
As you drive and come to traffic lights, stop signs, or as you pick up your kids, take another sip.
When you get home, you still have quite a bit left in the cup, so put it in the fridge with the lid on of course.
Repeat again tomorrow. By that afternoon, after you finish with the kids, you have two cups left in the fridge with cold coffee.
Combine the two cups. Add two scoops of protein powder (is there any other flavor but chocolate? I think not!), a little extra decaf (cold) to fill the cup. Stir thoroughly, replace the lid, and enjoy! You get your liquid, some great cold coffee, and a protein boost.
Life is good!
Hey Larraine! I have been following your journey even though I haven't commented on your blog. I wish you luck. I can understand your frustration. I wish I could tell you there is a lesson in all this, but I don't want to be shot. I think you will survive. I'm rooting for you!
Next:
I had a bit of a problem that I couldn't solve myself. I sometimes wish I were Dr House so I would know what was wrong and could fix it myself, but I'm not even close. I do have better bedside manner than him!
I thought it might be a bit of depression catching up with me, but this was different. I know I've had problems that I couldn't do anything except live with them, but this really knocked me for a loop.
With 2 sweet and low.
With cream
Add one small pump of Mocha (yes, I do add this), if you can trust the counter person. I do watch them.
Make sure it's hot!
As you sit in your school bus waiting for the time to catch up, and after an hour is up (an hour after your meal, remember?) Take a sip.
Yummy!
As you drive and come to traffic lights, stop signs, or as you pick up your kids, take another sip.
When you get home, you still have quite a bit left in the cup, so put it in the fridge with the lid on of course.
Repeat again tomorrow. By that afternoon, after you finish with the kids, you have two cups left in the fridge with cold coffee.
Combine the two cups. Add two scoops of protein powder (is there any other flavor but chocolate? I think not!), a little extra decaf (cold) to fill the cup. Stir thoroughly, replace the lid, and enjoy! You get your liquid, some great cold coffee, and a protein boost.
Life is good!
Hey Larraine! I have been following your journey even though I haven't commented on your blog. I wish you luck. I can understand your frustration. I wish I could tell you there is a lesson in all this, but I don't want to be shot. I think you will survive. I'm rooting for you!
Next:
I had a bit of a problem that I couldn't solve myself. I sometimes wish I were Dr House so I would know what was wrong and could fix it myself, but I'm not even close. I do have better bedside manner than him!
I thought it might be a bit of depression catching up with me, but this was different. I know I've had problems that I couldn't do anything except live with them, but this really knocked me for a loop.
- I've been experiencing fatigue. I just thought it was because I haven't been sleeping well, but it just kept getting worse.
- I do get low blood sugar from time to time, but that is usually fixed quickly with a sugar pill, or eating something. It felt different.
I went to my grand daughter's birthday party Saturday, down in Maryland. I slept well the night before, and felt good going down there. I played with some of the kids, and had a good time. I left and headed back up feeling a little tired, but still OK.
I got home, took a nap, and then headed back out to York to see my friend play for a benefit party. I stayed until 8:30pm and then headed home.
On Sunday, I felt like I had run a marathon. I had no energy. I wasn't sore or anything like that, I just didn't have anything left. I forced myself to go out in the morning to BJs to get supplies, and then later in the evening to the supermarket. The rest of the day was spent watching TV because I had no energy.
I have been wanting to go job hunting, but I was worried that I wouldn't be able to work because of this crazy fatigue. I thought I was just getting old, but how could I take a job when I couldn't even work two days in a row?
So, today, I finally decided to call the dietician at my Bariatric center. It takes a lot for me to make calls like this, so I went for a walk to build up courage.
I made the call while on the walk, and told the guy what was going on. He checked last year's blood work results, and asked me how much iron I was taking. I told him I went from one pill a week to two. They are 18mg each. He told me he thought it might be anemia, and suggested moving this year's blood work up a month, and increasing my iron intake to a daily pill.
I had read of this problem somewhere else, but I can't remember where. I never thought it would happen to me. But, I need to get my energy level back up. If I use up vitamins and minerals like this, I won't be able to function very well in the work place. I don't want that.
I need to be alert, awake, and able to work in order to feel good about all this.
So, I started to increase my iron as of today. Let's see what happens.
On a side note, I started eating Fiber One cereal to increase my use of wheat and gluten in prep for a Celiac test. The dietician ruled that out as a cause of fatigue.
Iron can cause constipation, but I have not had that problem at all since I increased my fiber. In fact, I feel much better than I have in a long time.
Now if only I can win the lottery....
I got home, took a nap, and then headed back out to York to see my friend play for a benefit party. I stayed until 8:30pm and then headed home.
On Sunday, I felt like I had run a marathon. I had no energy. I wasn't sore or anything like that, I just didn't have anything left. I forced myself to go out in the morning to BJs to get supplies, and then later in the evening to the supermarket. The rest of the day was spent watching TV because I had no energy.
I have been wanting to go job hunting, but I was worried that I wouldn't be able to work because of this crazy fatigue. I thought I was just getting old, but how could I take a job when I couldn't even work two days in a row?
So, today, I finally decided to call the dietician at my Bariatric center. It takes a lot for me to make calls like this, so I went for a walk to build up courage.
I made the call while on the walk, and told the guy what was going on. He checked last year's blood work results, and asked me how much iron I was taking. I told him I went from one pill a week to two. They are 18mg each. He told me he thought it might be anemia, and suggested moving this year's blood work up a month, and increasing my iron intake to a daily pill.
I had read of this problem somewhere else, but I can't remember where. I never thought it would happen to me. But, I need to get my energy level back up. If I use up vitamins and minerals like this, I won't be able to function very well in the work place. I don't want that.
I need to be alert, awake, and able to work in order to feel good about all this.
So, I started to increase my iron as of today. Let's see what happens.
On a side note, I started eating Fiber One cereal to increase my use of wheat and gluten in prep for a Celiac test. The dietician ruled that out as a cause of fatigue.
Iron can cause constipation, but I have not had that problem at all since I increased my fiber. In fact, I feel much better than I have in a long time.
Now if only I can win the lottery....
