Cohen's Lifestyle Mee Two Too

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One boy home today, so one slightly less stressed Mum! Still plenty of bridges to cross, and have to try and get him into effective treatment, which won't be easy. Still no idea what I'm going to do with him or me next week.

Anyway, I hope TONIGHT I can sleep more tight and look after myself a bit better.
 
Sending you hope, love & strength to supplement all that I know you already have. You are strong & wise Niyah but remember to look after yourself & your husband as well.
I know you have your faith and I hope that helps you. All I can offer is my long-distance moral support & friendship, xoxo Cate.
 
Thanks Cate - let's hope each day gets a little better from hereon. At least I can sleep now knowing what's happening to him. We are back to GP tomorrow to start new round of seeking treatment, and I just hope he can start getting help sooner rather than later. As I said, I know at least KNOW what kind of treatment is the best - something I've never been able to identify before. Had a really good talk with his public hospital consultant last week about it. Just don't think I can get it in the public system, so instead of wasting his time seeing endless people and having to "start all over again" I'm going to try and get him in where I know I can get what he needs. Only problem is how to pay for this? Well, we'll worry about that later. More holes in bank I guess.

He's deferring his study for now, and wants to pick up more work shifts again. We will see what the future brings.

It's his birthday tomorrow - a little hard to know quite how to "celebrate" but I guess we'll manage! We did some room reorganisation whilst he was in hospital, and we'll continue on with that - painting and so on, but I am terribly behind with my work right now and I see the treasurer is starting to send urgent messages to me about it, so I'll have to be Houdini over the next few days and wriggle myself into some incredible spaces!

I have a Quiz Night happening on Sat, which I don't want to cancel as I would have to disappoint about 130 people, plus everyone who has made food for the occasion. It's all happening, and son is going to help me with some bits of that, so life does go on.

I get up every day at the moment and have my yoghurt, and I'm at least glad I've got THAT bit still happening! Have been having Subway lunches of late if I can, just the salad bowl, which is the best option. But tea is the thing I need to work on to keep myself healthy. Healthy food is more esssential than ever at times like this. I'm really glad that I've survived the last few weeks without ONE CHOCOLATE! In the past I would have succumbed to a chocolate fix every time I was stressed out. It's been TOM too, and very tough this time with quite a lot of pain, so glad the chocolate monster is banished!
 
Hi

Hi Niyah,
Just wanted to say hello and let you know I am thinking of you.
Congratulations on sticking with a healthy eating plan even in a time
of stress. I always fall off the wagon HARD when I have a stressful
situation... and then I always mightily regret it later.

I hope your son will be okay.

Keep taking good care of yourself.

28+1 x
 
Thanks 28 weeks.

I am slowly getting back on track, and we've tried to make a few changes that I hope will benefit our son (like being home a little more - taking work home rather than working here whenever we can).

I'm making a little progress this week, but still won't get too excited till I'm sure I'm on the right track. Will see what weigh-in this week says. I have done some silly things, but not completely gone crazy as I would have done in the past, because I know it doesn't help in the long run.

The main thing for me with all the stress has been not having enough time to look after myself, so this is what I'm trying to turn around at the moment.
 
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The main thing for me with all the stress has been not having enough time to look after myself, so this is what I'm trying to turn around at the moment.
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I hope you can find some time for yourself soon Niyah. You deserve some pampering! Is it possible to treat yourself to a facial or a manicure before the wedding? xo Cate
 
We shopped last weekend for an outfit (hubby & I!). I did buy something, just not sure if it's the last word on what I'm wearing yet. I really like it, but was not in the preferred colour, so I'll think about it... Asked OS if he had an opinion but said he "didn't care less" what I wear to his wedding. I never know whether to be insulted by his lack of enthusiasm, or happy that he's so laid back about life!! I don't think he meant it in a nasty way, but feeling fragile it can seem like that at times. I think my older two kids are determined to be as unlike me as possible - high nervous energy and stressed out and anxious. They seem to think life goes better if you operate in permanently chilled mode, or even better, going backwards! (which tends to add to my stress levels!).

I have a hair appointment booked for morning of the wedding, but yes, thinking I should do the facial and/or manicure and/or pedicure before too. I had some booked recently but had to cancel the facial and manicure because of something or other. I had the pedicure - very enjoyable!!! A place nearby to work does a fantastic job of it - make you feel really, really special!

I really didn't do too well on "looking after me" during this last week. Spent almost all week with not much suitable food - everything just too hard after stressy days and sleepless nights Monday and Tuesday. Means I have to hang around home lots, don't go shopping etc. Anyway, I have been shopping yesterday and re-stocked things, so hoping for a better start to this week. Just have to take each day as it comes at the moment!

I have a stinking cold at the moment - well, I hope that's all it is!!!! YS had it this week, so I guess he's given it to me. Anyway, it could be worse - just sneezy and snuffly. I hope it doesn't go down to my lungs. I've been good health-wise this year so trying to stay on top. I have been taking full complement of vitamins and minerals (including lots of Vitamin C and horseradish and garlic) - anything that will stave off complications. Also Star Anise in tea.

Well, I am going to cook a curry today - I have a dinner to do for next weekend as part of a fund-raising thing. Only catering for 10 people, so that will be OK (that's my bit anyway!). Chicken Methi coming up, I hope! May get on to the Butter Chicken today, or leave it to another day.

One good day at a time - that's all it takes! Let's hope they keep coming this next week.
 
So much for today!! I have had a wog over the weekend - flu type symptoms, although not so bad, so thought I would go in to work today. Within not too long of getting there, I ended up collapsing on the floor in a faint, hitting my head on the way down and causing general shock, so got my son to take me to an ED at the local hospital, where I had an unholy 5 hour wait to get seen. They were rushed off their feet! After all that, they did an ECG, decided it was nothing too sinister, is due to the flu symptoms, but told me I have to stay home and rest for 2 days - and drink LOTS. By 3 pm in the afternoon, having had nothing to eat and drink all day, I finally went to their kiosk and bought something to eat - definitely not Cohen I might add. They then told me I was "dehydrated" when they saw me - well, not surprising since there is no water in sight in the ED and you dare not leave the room in case they call you and you get missed. Eventually I ducked out anyway, just before getting called so made it back in time! If I'd had any idea of how long I was going to have to wait, and hadn't been so woozy when I left, I could have packed my drink bottle and a doggy bag, but that didn't happen.

SOOOOOO.... maybe the next two days will be good and quiet and I will get back to some Cohen meals and good habits.

Just don't think anything more ridiculous could possibly happen now, could it??????? Surely there's going to be a few straight bits on the road ahead soon!!!!

Anyway, I kind of feel chuffed having "permission" to have 2 days off work - I wouldn't give them to myself, but when someone tells you you "must" it feels kind of nice!
 
Ow goodness me Niyah I am so sorry to hear about you being sick. That is scary fainting and your body must be very weak and in need of some rest and relaxation. I hate the long wait in the ER at hospitals it's just a joke. The hospital normally say's now that your better of going to see your GP as you will at least see a doctor much faster. I remeber waiting in the ER in Perth with a susspected apendicitis for about 9 hours! What a joke, they really need to improve the medical system in Australia!

I really hope you are resting up and are feeling much better. Remeber your health comes first so if you have to put the program off for a while till you get better then so be it!

Take care of yourself Niyah and I am sending you some big hugs
xx
 
Oh Niyah, What is crazy is that you have to be told to take a couple of days off when you are feeling sick. The cemeteries are full of martyrs! It's time you took better care of Niyah instead of everyone else. Please look after yourself my friend, xoxo Cate
 
OK, am enjoying the general relax at home today, without any feelings of guilt!

The thing at the moment is there are so many people going to GP's with flu symptoms that most surgeries, even the "walk in" ones, just can't see any more people. Unless you can ring 8 or 8.30 in the morning, it's usually not possibly to get in on a given day. The surgery I generally go to is booked out days in advance just at the moment. So everyone is plaguing emergency rooms at hospitals. It was kind of funny yesterday - heaps of people in the queue to be seen with relatively minor things were ringing doctors all over the place begging for an appointment and it was "no, no, no". They did predict August would be the chaos month here in Perth as the swine flu spread (whereas I think in Vic it has eased off). The main hospital where my son works is so overcrowded they have ambulances queued for HOURS with patients still in them - can't unload them into emergency. So the ambulances are kind of extra "waiting rooms" at the moment.

So - today - I might read Kannadew's diary and do some catching up, resting and maybe some cooking. It feels nice being given permission to be lazy for a while. I can clean out my fridge, prepare my food for the week, and generally get organised!
 
Please let today be deviation free!
Please let today be deviation free!
Please let today...

No, that's silly. The only thing in the way is my need for comfort more than my need to be committed. So it's up to me.

Well, my slack second day commenced at 10.00am when I got up. Had a good sleep last night, better than the night before, so that's good. YS has been using sewing machine - very cute to watch! I'm not sure why, but the sewing machine is equally popular with the males of the house here. SIL had it for some time, now son is making something he's designed to hold camping gear.

I think I will get back to production mode today, working on stage plans and so on. It's kind of getting scary now - seems to be coming up awfully fast!!!
 
Hi Niyah, One good day- tick! Hour by hour, day by day.....Thanks for your kind words, xoxo Cate
 
Hi Niyha:)

Thanks for visiting my diary...I must when I have more time read up on your diary..but will pop in and see Cate and then I'd better get off here.

And well done on your loss so far that is fantastic:)

Cheers - Sam:)
 
Today was "middling". I didn't drink anywhere near enough water. I was busy berating myself when I logged on here and saw Cate had bumped that "water" thread back up to the top - thanks!!!

I am determined to drink much of it in the mornings, though. If I drink a lot of water in the afternoons/evenings, I wake several times a night for loo. It gets very tedious, especially as at the moment my sleep is quite disturbed. Last night was terrible!!! (I DID drink my water allowance yesterday!). I woke up many times during the night, felt like a train wreck this morning. If I drink 2bottles in the morning, and then one in afternoon, I sleep much better. Yesterday I was late because I spent much longer at the shops than I meant to and didn't have my bottle with me. So I "caught up" later at home - not a good idea!

Today I realised I had got behind the 8-ball on the water, so let it slide a bit. However, I have reminded my husband that TOMORROW he should tell me in the morning to drink!!!! I will be at a course all day tomorrow - MUST REMEMBER MY BOTTLE!!!!!

First day back at work today - thunderous amounts of paperwork building up. Better get census done tonight since I won't be in tomorrow.

Hope everyone sleeps tight - certainly a lot better than I did last night!
 
OK, up early to get ready for course. I am 500g down today, which I'm pleased about considering I feel like I have finally started to pull myself back into line.

Want to get a head start on the water today - since I will be in a course today, must make sure I drink EARLY.

This next week will be tough hormone wise, but I want to keep at it.
 
OK, I have edited my ticker to reflect the fact that the last two months of derailment have cost me 3kg. But now that I losing again, I think it's time for me to face that on here and get it happening again!

Now, off to get some WATER!!!!
 
Wow Niyah, You were up early!! Well done on that 500g & for drinking that water. I actually thought of you in the middle of the night when I got up for the second time. Today I'm drinking my water early!! One 750ml water bottle down, at least 2 more to go before 7pm! Cheers, Cate
 
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