The initial report from
the doctor is in, I officially have high blood pressure. It’s not terribly
high, but regularly high enough to cause some concern and land me on
lisinopril. I’ll have my first dose tomorrow morning (after I get to work,
since it’s known to cause drowsiness, light-headedness, etc., so I’d rather be
where I’m not going to be driving before I take it). I also have instructions
to exercise more and lose 10% of my body weight. When I’m in the doc’s office
next week for a follow up, we’re going to discuss this situation further,
because, well, I’m home for somewhere between 3 & 4 hours on weeknights
before I need to go to bed, and somewhere in there must be my dinner. I’ve learned from the past, that late evening
exercise and restful sleep are NOT friends in my world. Once it cools off, I
can walk a lap or two around the exterior of our building at lunch, but for
now, while it’s Hotter Than Satan’s AssHole out there, it is NOT an option. I’m
looking into gym facility options that are either near work, or somewhere
between home and work that’s easily accessible one direction or the other.
There’s a facility associated with a hospital that’s open to the public, and
includes an Arthritis Aqua-cise program, which should also be beneficial for
the Fibromyalgia as well. My short term goal (by the time I go to the doc’s
again on the 19th) is about 4 lbs, so I’ve gotten some salad mix,
and will be working on eating more balanced, healthier stuff, regardless of
what the rest of the house is eating.
Happy Jar for the day
was making someone I adore laugh til she almost wet herself, when she’d had a
bit of a rough 24 hours or so!
