Medical updates, a second run, and good-bye January you stressful bitch.

RUN! Monday morning 1.5 miles in 16 mins

What a week. Starting Saturday -- worked on the blower motor in the truck. I should say LA worked on it. I tried to help. Damned cold. Sunday -- brunch (for him, I flaked out, ugh), open houses, and rest. Wonderful rest.

Monday morning a run!! 1.5 miles this time, it felt great but I could feel the imbalances and muscles lacking strength. I keep saying I'm going to start the needed PT and plyos but am waiting until the orthopedics appt to get approval.

Well nice transition to -- the ortho appointment! Good appt, better than a previous one in which I needed therapy and a nutritionist. After discussion and some testing, she thinks it's not a fracture (same one or newer) because a fracture pain doesn't "come and go" or "change when you stretch or pop the joint". Diagnosis -- probably osteoarthritis. The bone clinic apparently left a note for Dr E about the parathyroid drugs they want to prescribe -- shes says no. Good. And a new drug NSAID added in for 7 days to calm it down and go from there. Lower the impact sports and focus on bike and swim. Swim. Yuck.

Later in the day an appointment with Dr A. Been a while since I'd seen him but he remembered all of it. We went through the shit on my list one by one. The hip (treated by ortho) and approve the NSAID with Dr B (done, and OK). The heart treated by Dr B. The bladder stone thing is not a thing, like I thought just wasn't cleared. The IUD being investigated tomorrow. My cholesterol was likely the keto diet. Nutritionists are bad, especially if they are the cardiac ones who recommend eating bagels. Jen McD passed muster. The stress fracture is not treatable with the parathyroid drugs the bone clinic is pushing, the disease process of stress fracture and osteoporosis aren't related. Dr L should maybe be replaced, based on his recommendation to Dr JS and the bioresonance. Try a vibration board someday, get the info from Dr A if I want to. But try my other things first. And try beets -- roast for an hour in the oven wrapped in foil. And beet greens. And brazil nuts, just one or two a day. As for the bottom-out fatigue and odd symptoms, he will submit labs that will wait until (and if) the cycle starts again and I can get tested while feeling like shit. I didn't ask what labs.

For those people who complain that their doctor doesn't have time or doesn't keep track or doesn't really know what's going on in the medical world -- they don't know Dr A. I'm always impressed. And encouraged.

Tuesday was blood draw for the Dr D appt on Friday -- lipids and CMP. The results came back in an hour as total cholesterol 156! I expect that appt to go well. And in the afternoon the ultrasound for the IUD, with a surprise that it was an "intra" ultrasound with cold gel. I found out today (Weds) that it's OK.

So that leaves me with the Dr S in two days, and the appt with Dr JS next week that I will cancel.

The issues that started the year out -- bladder, IUD, heart pain, hip pain, bone clinic drugs -- most all sorted out and in fix. January was a stress-ball month, hoping February goes better.

My quads were somewhat sore from the run on Tuesday and a little less on Weds. Good!

I still have lots on the January to do list -- fix the blower in the truck, fix the roof leak and ceiling damage, caulk the tub, and the fun/easy of planting my milkweed seeds. Maybe I can knock that back this weekend? If I finish it then, it still counts as "in January", right?

My list at work was really long this morning, I finished all the little tiddly jobs already (as evidenced by the fact that I'm sitting here typing instead of working!) and that leaves me with a pile of titering to do mostly. Whew! What a month.