On the neurology front... the topiramate is causing some icky side effects. One of which is nausea. Which sucks because I'm hungry, so I eat, then I'm nauseous the rest of the day. Wednesday for example I had trail mix, and 2 dates with peanut butter and BOOM! Nausea. So once my stomach settled and complained I had some crackers and jerky. Nausea. Later again, babybel and the rest of the jerky. Nausea. By the time I got home I was hungry but couldn't trust that I wouldn't feel nauseous all night so I made a deal with myself. I'd fast the rest of the night and treat myself to a Greek chicken salad the next day. Apparently salad is all I want. I made a wonderful tortilla quiche with mushrooms and green peppers that I had on tues... nausea. This sucks. And yes, it's the med and not a bun in the oven. I'm not down for a geriatric pregnancy, thank you. I also get muscle twitches and tingling in my feet. Sigh. Hoping the side effects go away or I might need to talk to my doc about other things. Losing weight is nice but DAMN. This sucks. I'm now wondering if the nausea was caused by the half of a muffin I also had... maybe it's sugar that triggers the nausea? Guess I better lay off the baked goods for a while.
In other news, I'm struggling with getting people to do stuff at work and it's making me a little crazy. Like... these are things that regulatory agencies are going to look at when they come, and I'm responsible to make sure they are getting done, but I don't have any real oomph to get people to do them. I'm considering a cattle prod, but that seems excessive, tbh... it's just super frustrating. I'm noticing some spillover into my personal life as well because when things at work are driving me nuts and then things at home are less than ideal I definitely need some coping mechanisms to make sure I'm not taking work frustrations out on my friends and family, and vice versa. It's a tight rope we walk sometimes, and we are expected to figure it out alone... no wonder there's a mental health crisis in this country.
The rest of the weekend was reading, movies, and Sunday we also went to Costco.
We also got all the things for the week, so when we got home I prepped my apples (washed and sliced em) and eggs (hard boiled). Once again I'm gonna mostly do salads with tuna this week, except for one day when I have leftover chicken enchiladas. 😁 Lunches are gonna be gooooood. I'm gonna try to add yoga into my cardio routine this week, too. We shall see... depends on how bad the side effects decide to be. Sigh.
I started reading Stephen Kings Fairy Tale. Its good so far, but weird that the protagonist was born in 1996. Lol... most SK books I've read are his old ones, so it's wild reading one about "that was in April of '13." Hehe.
Not much else to tell... time marches on and carries me with it. I'm soooooo ready for a vacation. For SERIOUSLY. Much love. 😘😘
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