Still here!
February 6, 2010 at 12:10 am 4 comments
So nice that people actually care 
Unfortunately I don’t have much to report this week. I finally had an appointment with the specialist on Monday morning and that wiped me out for the rest of the day. She put me back in place .. AGAIN..but I am afraid that my pelvis has already slipped out again as the nerve pain in my leg is back as well as a lot of muscular pain in the hamstring. I will try going to the shops tomorrow as I need some things but I am not very hopeful. Luckily I have another appointment set up for Thursday.
We chatted a bit about what’s going wrong with my tratment at the moment and she said it was two things. 1. There has been a change to my posture. I usually have terrific posture (all those years of ballet I guess) but I got a macbook in October and have been using that whilst sitting on the sofa. So I must stop that. 2. The cold weather is messing me up. This winter has been especially cold (January was the coldest recorded in 110 years) and she said she has never had so many problems with her patients before. So, constant hot showers and layers of thermals is the best I can do until I escape to Australia in March. Problem is I need this sorted out before I go or else I will never survive the plane trip there.
As for my weight loss. <BIG SIGH> I am the ‘maintain queen’ it seems. I am sitting at 80.0kg . That is a minuscule loss of 100g and barely worth mentioning in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong, I am thrilled that I am not gaining weight…but it’s another week with no weight loss and that is bugging me. There’s not a lot I can do about it though and I can’t deprive myself of any more calories without making myself even more miserable. Gawd, I really want to see that scale drop below 80 though!
The other thing on my mind…and I have a confession to make is that I need to stop smoking. I used to smoke a lot and then I quit cold turkey for 2 and a half years. I started again three years ago and smoke around five to six cigarettes a day. But I have to stop! I know it shouldn’t be that difficult as I have done it before coming off 20 cigarettes a day…but my heart is not in it. I know I need to do it for my health. I know I need to do it if we are going to try for a baby. I know I need to quit before I travel to Australia so I don’t stress out on the flights. …..I am scared I will gain weight. Can I control my eating, quitting and deal with the pain of my dysfunctional body all at the same time? We’ll see. I will try as of tomorrow.
Checking in on all of you now. Hope everyone has been successful.
Entry filed under: Weight Loss Journal. Tags: hyper mobility, maintaining, weigh in, weight loss.
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Aylilth | February 6, 2010 at 7:20 am
I wish you luck in quitting, I have now been a year with out. It was hard but worth it.
With yor pain just take it easy, I’m sure when you warm up there it will get better.
And BTW where are you heading here in Aus???
~Ay
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seelieness | February 6, 2010 at 3:38 pm
If I can get through the first few days I should be OK. I am armed with nicotene gum and breath mints
I am from Melbourne but have been living in Norway for 6 years since I married a viking. Coming home to spend some time with friends and family. Yes, it’s still home…even though my home is here.
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BlueRaspberry | February 9, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Two things you might consider – feel free to throw both out with the bath water
I smoked 45 cigarettes a day…was hypnotised once over 25 years ago, never had another, no withdrawal symptoms, it was as if I had never smoked.
For your weird skeletal thing
perhaps new elastic ?? Do you remember the dolls that had elastic bands inside them to hold them together? lol — perhaps you are not old enough lol.
Seriously — as I read it I thought – ‘wonder if she has tried the Alexander Technique’ — apparently its sorta unrivalled for putting posture back together again. There are lots of practictioners out there, I am sure you could find one to help you do that. As for the laptop on the sofa cross legged — you want to have a word with my daughter? She does exactly the same, and is forever moaning about aches and pains in her hips, knees and feet…wont listen to mother – what does mother know about anything she is just mother! lol.
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seelieness | February 10, 2010 at 11:40 am
The quitting is going all right…but there is panic involved and I am not quite yet to the stage where I can go a day with none yet. I’ll keep at it though. Like weight loss, you have to really want to do something to be successful at it. I will get there though. Hypnosis might be an option though and I will look into it.
I will also look up Alexander Technique. My posture is actually extremely good most of the time and I have stopped using the laptop at the coffee table now…this hasn’t helped my problems though. I have hyper-mobility syndrome where the soft connective tissues in my body are very soft and stretch out easily. But again I will try anything that may help! Thanks for the tip.
PS I know the dolls you are speaking of
I am a little young to have had one but my Mum does have some beautiful antique German dolls that are strung together like that. Perhaps I AM strung together like that too?! hehe