What's Up Doc?

If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter you know I've been suffering with unusually bad asthma attacks for at least 3 weeks. I've gone to an Urgent Care which helped somewhat but I was still getting bad attacks. The kind where I can only walk to the bathroom & back to my recliner and be completely and utterly out of breath. Asthma is not supposed to be that bad while on albuterol and steroids, so I went to see my regular doctor yesterday (thankfully she fit me in) and had a good long chat with her about everything I'm worried about which included me having dizzy spells...the kind where the whole room starts spinning and also falling asleep without warning and falling asleep while standing up! I'm serious! She concluded that I don't have narcolepsy (which I thought I might) but this was all the result of sleep apnea. After a lot of explaining on the doctor's part, she finally convinced me she was right. I was not sleeping soundly at night, hence the falling asleep without warning! Do you know now how Freaky that is??? She/the doctor also said that was contributing to my room spinning dizziness. We talked about sleep studies costing about $1,000. and about those C-Pap face contraptions they give to treat sleep apnea but she told me the best way for me (or anyone) to get rid of sleep apnea is to lose weight. This must have been the umpteenth time the doctor has told me this but for some reason, I was ready to hear it and take her advice to heart...in other words I'm seriously ready to change my eating habits and lose the weight for my health and to get rid of this sleep apnea. Yay me!
I realize this is all timing. I haven't been ready for the longest time, years even to try to lose weight but also realized I had no idea how to eat healthy. I can understand how dumb that sounds but it is the truth. Ever since childhood I've just eaten whatever I wanted. The main reason I never learned to care about my weight or what I ate is because I was always always thin or thinnish. I remained like that until I had my son and then my metabolism seemed like it was broken. I still wasn't as overweight as I am now and I gradually got to this weight so I never really cared how much I was gaining and I could never really hear from my doctor (until yesterday) how much my weight was affecting my health. But it has all hit home now. Now I see the truth about myself and now I'm ready to do something about it.
Wish me luck, pray for me, send good vibes, make posters and then take pics of them and send them to me (kidding...unless you really want to) if you want to encourage me. It will all be appreciated!
Before I end this blog post I have to mention that my doctor says that losing weight and maintaining it is 90% what you eat and 10% exercise. I am going to believe her on this because she does Not have one ounce of fat on her. I also asked her what she eats and this is what she told me:
Breakfast is a grapes or berries.
11:30AM is a protein bar.
Lunch is 2 peaches.
Afternoon snack is cottage cheese.
Dinner is meat with vegetables.

That's it! And she is never hungry and has a Huge amount of energy, does aerobics and runs marathons! She told me to at least cut out rice, bread, potatoes and soda, and basically said whatever Susan (Me) likes it is bad for me, lol! Gee thanks Doc!

Wordless Wednesday 5/26/10

Baby Blue Jay

Yesterday we discovered a baby Blue Jay on the ground in our backyard.  Now we have to go outside with our Dog to make sure she doesn't step on it accidently.  The parent Blue Jay is feeding it and trying to get it to fly but so far no luck.

Photos from May 14, 2010

Things About Me

Things about me, May 7, 2010.

If you're curious to know a little bit more about me, here goes:

I have a potty-mouth but most know that about me.

I curse often.

I believe in the power of prayer.

I pray often.

I see ghosts.

I'm a little psychic. I say a little because I really don't know how to control it.

I'm an easy laugh.

Injustice infuriates me!

I believe everything is made up of energy and energy can be manipulated, thrown, sent, residual, good, bad and healing.

I'm an empathic.

I can see evil in a face/eyes.

I listen to that voice inside that tells me of danger.

I am a seeker of Truth.

I am a thinker way more than a talker.

I need alone time once in a while.

I love music, movies and books.

I love coffee!

I savor quiet moments.

I still have to fight my shyness in person.

I've always had visions.

I had a visions of my son years before he was born.

I had visions of R years before I met him.

I had a vision of my grand babies! But not of their mother, darn!

I rather go barefoot but wear flip flops most of the time.

I was born and raised in Los Angeles.

I've been told I was dying at least three times in my life.

I'm usually afraid that I am not doing as much as I can to better this world.

If I love you I will fight for you until my death.

Every single time I sit down to blog my neighborhood goes berserk with noise.

One example is The Demented Drummer and the other is The Neighborhood Dogs and/or Small Planes:

Awake?

An interesting strange incidence occurred this past week.

In the light of day again I might add.

I've tried to forget about it but it keeps gnawing at me.  My memory won't shake it.  It won't let it go so I guess I'll blog about it...

One afternoon I was taking a nap in the recliner in front of the television.  Our dog was also napping on the floor in front of the tv.  When I woke up, I was still too tired to move or get up.  I remembered I was alone in the house and I could see the dog sleeping.  I was awake for about five minutes but closed my eyes just to relax and savor the quietness of the afternoon.  I could hear the birds chirping outside, the neighbors moving around their trash cans and...a female voice that sounded like someone was standing in front of my television that said, "be careful".  Wait!  WTF?!?! I immediately opened my eyes and no one was in the room with me!  At the very same second I heard this voice, our dog jumped up startled from her sleep and tried to scramble away but she get slipping on the floor.  It seemed, (and of course I can't be certain of this), that the dog heard the voice too and if there was someone in the room with us, it would have been right next to our dog where she was sleeping.  "Be careful"  Clear as a bell.  In the sweetest, kindest female voice.  It wasn't a whisper.  It was a soft, clear, and a loud enough voice to wake up the dog.  A voice that startled me because I was home alone.  Could I have fallen back asleep and dreamt this? It's possible but I distinctly heard the outside noises of the neighborhood.  Of course I could have been dreaming that I heard the outside noises of the neighborhood but I feel 100% certain that I was awake.  Then there is our dog.  She was startled by something at the same exact moment.

I wish I could prove this happened while I was awake but I can't.  The only way I could prove it is to have cameras all over the house running all the time but I can't afford that, heh!  Until then I'll just keep blogging.

Kitchen Ghost?

We've always known we have more than one spirit in this house. One we call the kitchen ghost.  She or he is in the kitchen quite often. Either moving things around. Banging on pots or dishes. Touching R on his back while at the sink! The kitchen ghost has appeared as a white mist to me. Once I turned from the sink to the refridgerator and walked right into it!  The other night I was rinsing the dishes off to load into the dish washer, R was in the family room on his mac and no one else was in the house.  I kept feeling a presence behind me and of course when I looked around no one was there. This feeling happened several times but wanting to get the dishes over with I just ignored it.  On this particular night the overhead sink light went out so it was a bit darker where I was standing and you would think it would be harder to see shadows right? Wrong.  As I was half way done I felt a strong presence again and automatically glanced over to my right and there on the kitchen counter was a dark shadow! I could clearing see the outline of a head, neck and shoulders.  All I could say was, "oh gosh!"  And then it was gone.  I called out to R who was still sitting in the other room and told him what I just saw.  He came over and I showed him where the shadow was and we tried to recreate it.  R would stand in different spots until his shadow was in the exact location as the dark shadow I saw.  We concluded that it was if someone was standing right behind my right shoulder to cast the shadow in that spot.

The day before yesterday I was on the computer with my back to doorway from the kitchen.  I heard footsteps coming towards me and then heard them enter the family room that I was in.  Without looking I asked who it was.  No response.  I turned and no one was there nor in the kitchen.  Then I realized I was all alone in the house in the afternoon!  Just another day at my house.