Epic Fail *lots of timi, you’ve been warned*
the only good thing that happened was the really nice sex last night. but after writing this out, i don’t even want to have sex anymore. i’m an epic fail.
Well… Everything sucks.
and here’s why!
*Ok, so this first thing doesn’t, it’s just funny. so last Thursday, Baboo and I went out to eat. We went to the Elephant bar and there were these two hot chicks sitting near us. This old guy (who was already drunk) came in and sat next to them and ordered a beer. He suddenly starts hitting on them with "EXSCUSE ME MISS!" as his opening line… every time. The two girls were already in a few drinks in and were humoring him until their male friend came and they started to ignore him. The old guy was all flustered and put out and when the hottie sitting closest to him left to go sit somewhere else with the guy he got really upset and left… without paying his tab. The bartender got all sorts of upset and chased after him (Baboo and I saw the guy walking across the street) but couldn’t find him… until old guy came BACK and the bartender chased after him into a restaurant across the way. The old guy came back to pay and was all upset, but it was funny.
and the Dodgers lost cus they suck.
*Also on Thursday I found out Jacob had an ear infection. I have no idea how he got it, but it turns out me using him as being "sick" panned out. Poor baby. He’s fine, just on anti biotics.
*Friday I went to the doctor. I had a panic attack before hand, of which Baboo got a front seat. He didn’t understand it. blah.
*My doctor was actually really cool. She took about 20 minutes before the exam to talk to me about my history and my concerns. She was this really nice black lady with kind eyes. Anyway, my blood pressure was high *siiiiiiiiigh* and so she put me on meds immediately for that. BAH!!!! I’m also on a potassium supplement because the meds for the blood pressure can make that level drop too low.
WHAT EVER.
*So I’m sitting there naked in that stupid gown talking about how I want to have another baby and she basically looks at me like I’m crazy and says "Well we really need to work on gettingyou into better health before you do that."
*sigh* I wanted to burst out into tears right there.
My blood pressure is the main thing. It’s just too high. And if I got pregnant right now I’d immediately be high risk and it would all be very dangerous and bad.
So I have to lose weight and hope and PRAY that it decreases my blood pressure. She also ordered me some blood tests, which I’ll just get to those results now.
After a 12 hour fast it looks like I have high cholesterol and I’m in danger of early heart disease if I don’t get it under control annnnnd I am anemic. wheee!
I’m awesome right?
I’m probably gonna get MORE meds and its just gonna be stupid. I feel old…
OH YEAH, how did I fail to mention that my BMI NOW CLASSIFIES ME AS OBESE.
So yeah, i’m fat. People can say I’m not, but OBVIOUSLY I am. and OBVIOUSLY it’s a problem because the Dr. went on and on about how I need to pick up on my work outs and lose the weight if I want to improve my health. I’ll just come out and say it, I’m 162 pounds. At my height, that’s not cool. It’s really all in my stomach and butt. I look pregnant (as people keep kindly reminding me and asking me about)… so yeah. I’m just a super whale butt and if I don’t lose the weight I can kiss all of my future dreams goodbye.
I don’t even feel sick, but I guess I am.
*sigh*
so then she goes into the exam. She shows me how to do a breast exam.
Nothing is more weird than laying and watching your doctor look at you as you touch your boobs… and then have her touching them.
blah.
NO WAY COULD I HAVE HAD A MAN DO THIS!!!!!
And then as she goes down for the vaginal part I want to run away.
she says "your skin looks healthy down here."
ummm, great? I don’t know what to make of that,but that’s good right? No weird warts or lesions. ha ha… *blink*.
Then she starts asking me random questions about stuff I can’t even remember as as she starts poking around and using speculums and blah blah blah. She also did an examination of my ovaries (yay, more doctor fingers all up in my stuff! wheee!)and said everything looked fine. She said it probably was a cyst that made things weird a while ago and that it had burst on its own.
blah.
whatever.
so she goes away and lets me dress and comes back and we make an appt for 3 weeks from then so we can go over my lab results and she wants me to lose 2 pounds by then.
*sigh*
Well I hopefully will lose more than 2 pounds.
my spirit is completely broken by all of this shit. just BROKEN.
I’m all fat and killing myself and there is no way I can have another baby in this condition.
To top it all off, I got two stupid vaccinations for tetanus and meningitis… and my ARMS HURT where I got the shots. They’ve hurt since Friday, really bady too. No wonder babies cry for days!
And I also felt sick with body aches and fevers off and on all weekend long. I’ve been miserable.
I know that Baboo will probably read this and be like "eh?!" because I haven’t really talked to him about the fact that until I lost weight (like a lot of it) and get my blood pressure and cholesterol WAY down, there is no way I can have a baby. I shouldn’t even WANT TO right now because it’ll just be drama and dangerous for all of us.
so whatever.
maybe in a year right? that’s what I had planned anyway. But i really have no room for error.
non.
I feel like I’ve failed myself and my entire family with these stupid health problems.
It sucks when it’s the kind of problems you don’t even know you have.
I’ll come back and talk about Jonathon and why he got sent home on Thursday and the parent teacher conference. I’m drained.
Take a deep breath! I’ve been in your shoes. 🙁 I had to lose the weight OR ELSE [according to the doctor] and I did it [53lbs down!]. I will be your cheerleader if you want! We can e-mail back and forth and do this together! Hey, EVERYONE needs a support system! And I know you can do it!
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How tall are you, anyway? I know how you feel about being all blahhh with the health issues. You did good losing weight before, I’m sure you can do it again. You can do it, I have faith!! 🙂
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Ohhhh and about the BMI thing. I have been reading some reports that some doctors hate it because it does not take into account your body frame size or muscle mass. Some body builder guys (and girls) are considered obese because of their muscle mass. BMI sucks!
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Breathe, M! Things will work out. Everything she told you is pretty normal and it’s nothing that’s absolutely horrible or critical as long as you take the proper precautions to make some changes. My stepmom had our little sister Desi when she was 31 or 32, and she’s just fine. As long as you take the little steps to steer your good health in the right direction, I wouldn’t be too too worried. <3
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You do realize that anything over a few pounds overweight is considered fat. Using that logic, I should have my own orbit. I’m sure you look great. No need to panic. 🙂
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Dont worry, that sounds like standard Dr gibber. I know women that are in HORRIBLE health and have litters of healthy babies. Not saying you should ignore the doctor, just saying.
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What a horrible day. 🙁 I hate drs, but see… it’s a good thing you went. I have a friend that just went on some diet (Atkins, maybe?) and has already lost 9 lbs. in like a couple weeks time. But then again…. she doesn’t really get to eat anything good(fun), so there ya go. I feel for you. I do. I wish there was a button to push to make everything perfect.
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First of all 162 is not heavy at all. I would never call you FAT. I’ve seen pictures-you’re anything but. Secondly your health is not always up to you. I am at a very high risk of developing cancer and/or heart disease. That doesn’t mean I’m a failure-that just means we have to stay on top of our health a little better than your normal person.
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I wouldn’t stress too much about the weight-I’d worry about being healthy. Not just for your future baby but for those two little boys who need their Momma
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Well, I’ve seen you in person and you’re cute as a button! I think that the doctors HAVE to say that shit. Look at how many people in terrible health have babies. Plus, there is such a narrow range of “ok” I have a skinny friend who brought her 18 month old in for a check up and the DR threatened to make a DCFS report b/c the baby was underweight! I saw the kid, he looked totally
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normal. He was tall and slender — his parents are both tall and slender! He ate like a horse and he had a ton of energy! I have been told the same shit by 3 doctors and I have bigger problems than dieting. I do what I can and that’s all I can do right now. Fvcking Kaiser with their “preventative medicine”. I keep searching for a fat doctor who will be a bit more gentle with his/her words
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BMI is retarded. I’m morbidly obese, by the way. Morbidly! I’m glad you survived the dr. I hope your BP goes down and your bad cholesterol too. That stinks.
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Oh and I hate OBGYN exams. And if the only women who had babies were women in perfect health at the prefect age — no one would have babies! Although there’s nothing wrong with managing your BP (you’ll prob. feel better all over if you do) and who can deny that losing 2 lbs is a bad thing? Certainly not me!
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Just stay positive about it and stick with your plan. Now that you have the assistance of the doctors guidence and medicine there should be no problem reaching your goal and getting to where you want to be with everything with in a year.
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Hey hye – at least it is something that you can fix. It’s not something that’s going to stop you forever. You have to think of your own health before anything else – and you’ve got the biggest motivation ever to help yourself right now. I know it sucks, but let yourself have a little mope time, and then pull your socks up and realise that you CAN do this, because you want it enough.
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I’m proud of you for seeing the doctor! It’s food that the gyn examination went ok. I hope you can get your blood pressure down.
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HUGS. I’m glad you went to the doctor hun. Even though some of the news was not so good, it could be worse. You will be ok!
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woah honey deep breaths… those stupid BMI thingies suck !!! i wish you good luck on getting in babymaking shape because i know how bad you want one but even if you dont your not a failure you have so many wonderfull people in your life including your readers who love you no matter wat !!!!!
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oh, and I regularly eat garbage.
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For the record, I don’t believe you’ve failed.
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Well, at least your health issues are probably related directly to your weight, which can be corrected, meaning all the other things can be corrected as well. I know how hard it is though.. I’ve been struggling with 20 pounds for years. 🙁
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