I got together with some family yesterday for a ladies hot beverage night (which had the bonus of dinner and dessert!) and was "out late" - I got home after 9:30!!! Upon arrival home I ate a small bag of Cheerios in an attempt at a last supper to help me out today. I was up a lot last night staring at the ceiling and thinking about eating. Poor Jake got kicked off the bed 3 times last night since he hopped up while I was still awake. The alarm went off this morning and I remained in bed while Jesse got ready for work. Then I was able to sleep for about an hour after he left. At 7:30 I wrote my Sub plans for today, emailed them in, and then went to my appointment.
Here's a fun fact - the drink was literally two times as strong as the one I drank last week. Last week it was a slightly sweeter version of Orange Soda...this week it was so strong that I winced with each sip - but managed to get it down within the 5 minutes. Within about 10 minutes my hands started to shake, so I began knitting. A woman came in who had quite the complicated blood draw orders and we chatted while the phlebotomist worked through the paperwork. She had had a gastric bypass in the spring and had lost 80 pounds. She was a mother of two kids and a tea drinker. I told her she needed to check out teavana and gave some recommendations for tea and products. She told me about the recovery of her procedure and the effect it's had on her life. While she went in to get her blood drawn my head started to spin and my whole body began to sweat. The phlebotomist saw that I was in rough shape and asked me if I wanted to lay down. The nice lady offered to walk me back there!
When I laid down one of the nurses came in and gave me a cold cloth. That was an amazing move on her part. I laid there for a bit taking deep breaths and trying to relax. Once I knew I wasn't going to vomit I took out my iPhone, opened up Netflix, and watched episode 3 of The Office. Then I had the second blood draw (the first was upon arrival to get my baseline). I closed my eyes for a bit after that and then watched episode 4. Then had the third blood draw. At this point, every few minutes I was having reflux (which is a polite version of saying I was vomiting in my mouth). Thankfully I was allowed to drink water, and that helped a LOT! About 30 minutes later (episode 5 plus a few minutes of sitting up and letting my head stop spinning), I was able to walk back out to the waiting area and await my last blood draw.
I rewarded myself with a stop at Shaw's to get Smartfood (and Sparkling Cider so I can feel fancy this weekend as well as some soda that was on sale for our guests) and then went across the street to Subway to get a Chicken Bacon Ranch foot long - which I will proudly say that I ate ALL of. After relaxing at home for a bit I got my clean on and surprised Jesse with a spotless house. Well, almost spotless...I didn't clean the office because I would have had to get on all fours to plug something in under the desk and really didn't want to do that as my back was already hurting.This is a picture of Kara and I from last month when we were 6 months along. The updated 7 month picture will come after we get reunited (and it feels so good) this weekend!
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