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Apparently my blog widget isn't updating like it should when some people make new posts? weird oh well.. I'll just have to remember to check those blogs that are usually updated.

Leia Mais…

Ate too much candy..

Aw poo, I got sunburn! But it was fun while getting the sunburn. Not like the greatest day of my life or anything but good to get out of the house with my parents and hang out with some of their old friends who I've been around growing up but not lately. So my dad and family friend Craig, as well as myself were doing registration at the Wind Lake Car Show today, which was at a different park this year. I thought it was a better location. It was mostly a field with a few trees and a playground to keep kids out of the way. Except for the fact there were NO clouds the first 3 out of the 5 hours I probably stood there. All the medical treatment sites for sunburn say to take Naproxen, Ibuprofen, or Aspirin until the burning goes away but starting tomorrow I can't take any! I didn't think it would be a problem because I usually don't need the Naproxen but because I have my Laparoscopy next week I can't take any :( I guess I'll need to find some lotion or something. It's not a bad burn but I look like I'm REALLY embarrassed on my face and my arm is a tint of red.

I bought $11 worth of candy from a vendor and have almost eaten a whole bag.. ugh.. But I had some real good potatoes for lunch..

The dogs aren't mad that we ditched them all day. I guess they still act the same when we aren't home. sleep, sleep, sleep.

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Sick still.. bah..

Yesterday I finally was able to get in with my general physician yesterday to talk about my thyroid levels. He said they were a little low and he would expect them to be higher at my age. So I was expecting to get some new diet or pills to control it but he wants me to get some more tests to see it it's some Hashimoto's disease which affects digestion, reproduction, and metabolism, all of which are screwed up :|. While living in the so called "goiter belt" the area around the great lakes that the soil is iodine deficient.

It still amazes me how much gluten can screw with one's body. My doctor was saying that Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and goiters are all part of the gluten thing. All of those diseases run in my family some to the EXTREME. So I ask, "Why doesn't everyone go gluten free, then, no one will be sick anymore!" That's not exactly true but you wont have to take medications that may render your body worse and make that one thing better. The public just doesn't know how bad gluten is and the effects it brings. Doctors in the US aren't trained in depth about GI conditions. It's mostly diagnosed as "Oh, you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome you have to live with it the rest of your life," that's not an answer anyone wants to get. Being off of gluten has changed my well being even though there is still something wrong with me.. bah. All of my friends think how horrible it is that I can't have all these great foods. But really I think the same about them. Some people are addicted to these unhealthy fast foods, breads, pastas, pizza, bakery. I think I'm at an advantage that because I don't eat those foods I don't gain weight or over eat or get sick from eating. I eat the things that god intended for me like fruits and vegetables.

Being gluten free is not torture or unhealthy. Being on gluten IS torture. But, apparently people haven't caught on to it yet.. sigh..

So I have an ultrasound scheduled for my thyroid on the 2nd a long with my ROAD TEST :D, then the laparoscopy on the 7th. Hopefully we'll get some answers :/

And here's a statistic people should know about;

Celiac disease is highly undiagnosed. Roughly between 60 and 70 thousand people have been diagnosed in the U.S., but it is projected that 1.5 to 2 million have it.

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Look up in the sky!

So yesterday being home was NOT FUN! I'm not looking forward to this week either. The fast moving chains of storms we had yesterday, mixed with unusually hot temps, mixed with high fast moving drafts created PERFECT weather for guess what.. TORNADOES. UP around 3pm the storms were starting to come through. The first set wasn't bad but I just hung out in the basement with the dogs anyway. Then there was a break in the storms so I went upstairs to let the dogs spend some time outside. It was bright with blue skies and few clouds that I don't think anyone was expecting what was coming. The dogs had enough in the heat after 15minutes. So we sat on the couch in the living room watching the news when all these warnings started popping up south of us in Racine and Kenosha. I wasn't real worried but was thinking of heading back to the basement because there were still going to be some good storms, and so that Elsie could chill out in the quiet of the basement to wait out the storms.

Then right after I started thinking "hmm.. I should probably go to the basement soon.." Tornado watches were in effect. THEN one was spotted SW of us.. then I started to worry a bit. Because weather usually travels from the W, SW to the E, NE. The EXACT path that the storm was taking right over to our house! Then thinking "oh.. I should go down sooner.." I went and grabbed some snacks and went back to the living room for a bit when that in mistakable sound of sirens started going off. That's when I got the "Oh. Shit." feeling. Then I started panicking and was yelling at the dogs all worried sounding "Okay. Let's go downstairs." and they're all like "why it looks perfectly nice out." So me being the dog expert I am grabbed a handful of dog treats and they followed me right down to the basement.

They predicted that the tornado meso-cyclone stuff would reach us around 3:25pm. So at around 3:22pm I was thinking of how to prepare myself being home alone and all. My mom checked in with me shortly after the sirens were going off. So, she new things were okay then. I had some blankets and dog treats and human treats in the basement, had all the doors deadbolted and locked, had a phone and the TV running on the Fox6 Stormwatch. But, then I was thinking what if the power goes out and then I have no phone or TV for updates. I instantly thought of going to get my cell phone. But it was 2 flights of stairs up and the storm was bound to hit at any minute. In a panic I tried to make the dogs stay downstairs but Odie demanded to go with me and snuck out the door before me but I was sure that she'd follow me.

I sprinted up the 2 stories with Odie zooming behind me, grabbed my cell phone glanced outside and just saw dreary, gray, almost and eerie evil feeling sky with wind raging and rain splattering everywhere. I paused for maybe a millisecond but it felt like an eternity. The storm was going to hit any second now and I raced back downstairs Odie thinking this was all just a game panting and wagging her tail. We met Elsie back in the basement just in time. We waited out the storm and no other tornadoes were sighted and after a while the skies got bright and blue again.

I looked outside and saw just everything covered in a slight layer of rain. I checked all the trees. Nothing seemed to have been disturbed, which really surprised me. Nothing was damaged it looked like nothing even happened. My mom called after and I said everything looked fine. But, I was still really shaken up. I really don't like storms none the less tornadoes. Luckily I live in a place where they rarely hit but still when it happens it's always unpredictable of what will happen.

I can't even image what it would be like if I were still at school. I probably would of had a mental breakdown. Plus being in school after school only teachers and cleaning people would be there.. I would never want to be in a tornado warning at school with teachers and being the only people I could console with.

Leia Mais…

Bah

I thought I'd make myself update the blog for my own sake. I haven't used my scooter in probably over a month. I feel like crap every time I get home after riding it. It's been way to hot for the dogs to pull me on it so no more joyriding until it cools down. This stomach pain is beginning to be too much. The pain pills make me stupid and forgetful so I don't take them if I have stuff to do. Monday I'm going to a specialist at Froedtert (the weirdest spelled hospital ever) to see Dr. Halverson for my pelvic region-ed issues. I think it's just to schedule an operation date. I think they're planning to take one O' them little cameras and stick it in my stomach and look around for the perpetraitor of my pain. I really hope they find something and there's a way to get rid of the damn thing. I'm sick of not being able to do daily things. For instance going to school. I probably only went to school once in the past month. I didn't even make it a half day. After 1st block I went and quick got some tests done and went home because I just couldn't handle it. There's no way I can ease the pain while at school. The only pain meds that do ANYTHING for the pain is the Tramadol/Ultram but it makes me sleep like a bear and be incredibly stupid.

My mom keeps blaming it on the Gluten. But I'm fairly sure it isn't. Unless we're getting into some contaminated food I haven't eaten anything I was unsure about.

So now my summer is all jumbled and I can't plan stuff because I don't know what's going to happen with this stomach stuff whether it's going to get better, worse, or solved. I'd like to be in the marching band again last year. I love all the people in band that sometimes during the school year I could play in both band and orchestra. There's a children's musical group I was in for a few years that I'd like to help out with the directing and stage stuff. Plus during the summer I should have my drivers license and can work more often. So far I have NOTHING on my calender for this summer because I don't want to make plans and have them either jumbled and being gone half the time. Or just not even happening =/.

I hate it but it's a 'wait and see' game.

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