Tabled trim
Apr. 26th, 2009 11:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stef_tmHi all,
I'll trim the list tomorrow - what a weekend. Without going into too much detail, my wife's health issues continue. Week 17 of our journey. Much love from my support community this weekend.
Special highlights:
- Mexican food and (watching) karaoke with Heather S on Saturday. The food was good, the beer was cold, and there were two outrageously good singers; one sounded identical to James Taylor and the other to Jim Morrison. Lots of 70s music.
- The usual suspects at Mongolian BBQ Sunday; this time the discussion was business - we're beginning a small research company of our own in our spare time. Decision made tonight: LLC for type and everyone decided the name I chose sucked. We have one week to identify our moniker Home life seeped into the conversation and some tears were shed. I received hugs. What an amazing group of people, each with their own special skill sets, networks, approach. Held together by the glue of geekiness and snark with a wee bit of greed as a catalyst.
- Many phone calls from my parents who are so concerned that they're drawing straws on who will visit. I told them to stay home! Perhaps we'll visit them in June.
- Nice phone call with my niece, Kate, and nephew, J. Also spoke to my sister-in-law.
- Diane is coming to visit next weekend! Happy hour will be off the hook!
If you are local, don't forget the latest edition of Booze and Schmooze Friday May 1st - The Stimulus Package Edition! Here's a link: http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/KAVYQQWKRIFLMANQPOPH/stimuluspackage
As some of you know, I am now medication free (for the last 3 weeks.) The medication I was given earlier, Remeron, resulted in a fifteen pound weight gain in roughly 5 weeks. Not good - especially the changes to my lipid panel results. Stopped the medication, cut out sugar, continued my work outs, and the weight is coming off nicely; I've lost 10lbs to date.
A greater concern than the expansion and contraction of my waistline was how manageable my sleep and mood would be without the meds. So far, so good. Given what's at stake I'm taking my health more seriously than before and am using meditation, exercise, diet, and good sleep hygiene to keep the system regulated. There are been a few dark thoughts; instead of running away from them I've sat with them, experienced the feelings and fears, and waited for those moments to pass. In the one instance where that didn't work I went back to my fallback - clean the house like a crazy mofo.
Late this evening I went to the gym, made my wife dinner, organized her medication for the week, did wee bit of cleaning (laundry, dishes, trash) and am ready for sleep.
Never finished that lecture; I'll be up at 6AM to do so.
I'll trim the list tomorrow - what a weekend. Without going into too much detail, my wife's health issues continue. Week 17 of our journey. Much love from my support community this weekend.
Special highlights:
- Mexican food and (watching) karaoke with Heather S on Saturday. The food was good, the beer was cold, and there were two outrageously good singers; one sounded identical to James Taylor and the other to Jim Morrison. Lots of 70s music.
- The usual suspects at Mongolian BBQ Sunday; this time the discussion was business - we're beginning a small research company of our own in our spare time. Decision made tonight: LLC for type and everyone decided the name I chose sucked. We have one week to identify our moniker Home life seeped into the conversation and some tears were shed. I received hugs. What an amazing group of people, each with their own special skill sets, networks, approach. Held together by the glue of geekiness and snark with a wee bit of greed as a catalyst.
- Many phone calls from my parents who are so concerned that they're drawing straws on who will visit. I told them to stay home! Perhaps we'll visit them in June.
- Nice phone call with my niece, Kate, and nephew, J. Also spoke to my sister-in-law.
- Diane is coming to visit next weekend! Happy hour will be off the hook!
If you are local, don't forget the latest edition of Booze and Schmooze Friday May 1st - The Stimulus Package Edition! Here's a link: http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/KAVYQQWKRIFLMANQPOPH/stimuluspackage
As some of you know, I am now medication free (for the last 3 weeks.) The medication I was given earlier, Remeron, resulted in a fifteen pound weight gain in roughly 5 weeks. Not good - especially the changes to my lipid panel results. Stopped the medication, cut out sugar, continued my work outs, and the weight is coming off nicely; I've lost 10lbs to date.
A greater concern than the expansion and contraction of my waistline was how manageable my sleep and mood would be without the meds. So far, so good. Given what's at stake I'm taking my health more seriously than before and am using meditation, exercise, diet, and good sleep hygiene to keep the system regulated. There are been a few dark thoughts; instead of running away from them I've sat with them, experienced the feelings and fears, and waited for those moments to pass. In the one instance where that didn't work I went back to my fallback - clean the house like a crazy mofo.
Late this evening I went to the gym, made my wife dinner, organized her medication for the week, did wee bit of cleaning (laundry, dishes, trash) and am ready for sleep.
Never finished that lecture; I'll be up at 6AM to do so.
