Thursday, September 25, 2008

Mama called the doctor, and the doctor said,

"No more monkeys, Jumping on the bed."

Really though, I went to the doctor on Monday. I talked to the doctor for a few mins about what had been going on with my breathing, and he decided to do an EKG. The nurse told me to take my shirt and bra off and cover up with a paper the size of a place-mat. That was pretty funny in and of itself. Then, the nurse came in and grabbed my place-mat sized paper and left me laying on the table totally exposed. Not a big deal except my boobs look like tube socks with tennis balls in them. She then sticks little sensor things all over my chest and tells me that it would be worse if I were a man with a hairy chest. She tells me that it would be worse because the glue off of the sensors gets stuck in thier chest hair. Sorry, but I don't think that would be a bit worse then laying there with my mile long boobs flopped out. When the EKG was done the doctor came back and said that everything looked fine with it. He believes that I just have exercise induced asthma. I am wondering if that is true or if it was just an easy answer. He gave me a script for an inhaler. I have to use it 30 mins prior to exercise for a month and see if that helps. I pray that it does. If it doesn't help I will have to get other tests done. He gave me orders for a chest x ray but I just can't afford to get it done right now. If the inhaler doesn't improve things I will have to find the money and get the chest x ray done. Thanks to everyone that was/is praying for me. It means a lot to know that people are sending up prayers for me. I will update how things go with the inhaler.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Going to the Doctor on Monday

So I am a little freaked right now. I have been thinking for a while that I needed to go to the doctor for some breathing issues that I have when I exercise. When I first started losing weight (304.5 lbs) I could barely breath while exercising. I thought that if I lost weight I would be able to breath better. It isn't that I can't breath in every day life but when I try to exercise I feel like I am going to suffocate. I got a new sports bra thinking that maybe my boobs flopping around when I was trying to exercise was causing part of the problem. It helped a little but not enough. I don't breath through my nose because I can't. I have been told in the past that my adenoids are huge and that may play a part in why I can't breath through my nose, I don't know. I guess I need to face the facts. My dad has heart disease, my granddaddy had heart disease and one of my aunts had heart disease. I am worried that I might have a blockage or something in my heart. I have been kicking around the idea of going to the doctor about this for about a year. This week a lady that is my age and has a daughter my Ella's age had a heart attack. She is slightly overweight and smokes but she is only 32! That isn't old enough for crap like this. She had to have a stint put in and she will be fine, but it still scares me. It scared me into making the call and setting up an appointment. I don't know what the doctor will find if anything but I am scared. I am to young to have heart problems. I know that I have been obese most of my life but I am changing that now. I am to young for this. My kids are to young to not have a mom. Pray for me. Pray that every thing checks out ok. I have lost 123.5 lbs and come to far for this to stop me know.

Monday, September 08, 2008

It's been a couple of weeks. 1 year & 121.5 lbs down!

I am not sure how the last few weeks got away from me without me posting an update. I have been doing pretty well on the weight loss front. On Aug 26th I was down to 184.5 lbs. On Sept 2nd I was down to 183 lbs! Sept 2nd marked 1 year since we started losing weight and getting healthy. I feel like those good habits are second nature to me now. I beat the first year, I can beat the next 35 lbs! Here are two pictures to show my progress.

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In 1 year I have lost 121.5 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In 1 year Jon has lost 85 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We ROCK!!!