Other Happenings........

Guess I have alot to blog about today. I had my yearly gynocologist visit last week--fun fun. Hate the whole idea of it,but I have a fabulous doctor. Dr Nelson makes things comfortable for her patients,she LISTENS to them if they have questions,concerns,she ASKS them about things other than what's going on in the exam room (family life) and really listens. She treats just about all of the gals (old and young) in my family. She's more like a friend. She helped me through a very dangerous,difficult pregnancy and I really like her. My son is one of her favorite deliveries. She gets pics of all the babies she delivers and likes to keep up with them over the years. She has pics of tons of babies all over her office,but she has like TONS of my son. I hear from friends and family all the time saying "oh I just saw Dr Nelson the other day and saw a pic of your son". Guess he made an impression on her when he peed on her after she delivered him LOL. She was pregnant with her first son when I was pregnant with Zachary. They were supposed to be born within weeks of each other,but Zach ended up coming 2 months early.

OK,back to the dr visit. **SIGH** She wants to send me to an cardiologist. Heart disease runs rampant in the family tree. I'm on medication for both blood pressure and cholesterol and of course diabetes. The blood pressure gave us alot of problems during pregnancy,but has been good in the years after. And I'm not having any problems with heart issues,but she said because of my age (made me feel old **sniff sniff**) LOL and because of family history that she wanted me to see the cardiologist. Makes sense-but still scares the crap out of me. I know Dr Rodriguez is going to run a battery of tests and I just dread all that. My first visit will be in June.And I know one of the first things she's going to tell me is that I need to lose about 80pounds. Easier said than done. I did join WW a few months ago and lost about 6-8pounds but with each monthly cycle,some of that lovely weight gain we all get at that time stayed around. I know I need to get tighter with watching my points and sticking to the exercising every day,but it just gets so darn frustrating to work so hard and not see any progress or loss....and I know in part it's the insulin that makes losing weight that more difficult....it's like a no-win situation.....