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What a week!

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Wow. I can’t believe I went 6 days without writing in my blog. Blogs I should say – there’s several I haven’t done any writing in all week! I don’t think I’ve ever gone that long without writing!

Sorry! Life just got in the way.

During the first part of the week I was shopping and preparing for our trip to Las Vegas next week. Then, probably because I’ve been a lot more active lately I crashed!

I’ve been so sick from about Tuesday evening onward that I’ve barely been able to do a thing. Ain’t Crohn’s fun? Of course, this means that when I go to Vegas I’ll probably crash again while I’m there or right after I come back.

If you’re going to be at Blogworld or P0stiecon and you meet up with my husband and I, don’t let me overdo things, ok? Honestly. I can be really hyper and sometimes I need to just be told to sit down and take a break. You’ll be doing me a favor if you help make me rest. LOL Also, I’m a huge klutz so making me take it easy might save me from personal injury. Seriously!

Speaking of personal injury. The other day I was standing on the couch to pull our dark curtains shut. We’d run out of Halloween candy and shutting those dark curtains helps make our house look like no one’s home. Shhhh. Well, as I stood on the couch and stretched to reach the top of the curtain where it had become stuck I heard a pop in my right ankle. I didn’t think too much of it at the time, but a few hours later my inner ankle, heel and the lower part of my calf started hurting.

I must have stretched or torn something because I’m still limping around the house a few days later! I think I really need to get me some whole life insurance or something … or wrap myself in bubble wrap as I once said I was going to do every time I went out!

I really am a class A klutz.





Puffy due to new meds!

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I didn’t say anything about this, but a few weeks ago when I saw one of my doctors they finally decided to try me on prednisone for my Crohns.

So far it doesn’t seem to have helped my symptoms or my pain. What it has done though it make me puffy! Geez …I’m traveling out of the country in two weeks. Everyone wants to look their best while on vacation and here I am starting to look like a puff ball thanks to my medication! I almost feel like going out and buying some diet pills. I won’t – but it’s frustrating!

When I feel up to it I get on the elliptical machine we bought a couple of weeks ago. I still haven’t used it enough to build up much endurance though. It’s really hard when you don’t feel well all the time! I certainly hope the steroids begin to work the way they should as I’d love to feel a little bit better!

If you’re having a cosmetic surgery treatment make sure it’s with the best

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As you might remember, my husband and I have a PVR so we tape a lot of television shows and watch them when we have time. Well, last night we got around to watching the previous evenings episode of CSI New York. Did you see it? It was a great episode about a hit woman using Second Life to pick off her targets.

One of the things that caught my eye in that episode was that one of the characters, who ended up being the first victim on the show, had had cosmetic surgery to enhance her looks. I don’t even know if the procedure that she supposedly had done is even a real cosmetic surgery procedure or not, but apparently it was a special type of surgical thread used give her a minor face lift. If this is a real treatment it looks like it would be minimally invasive and as a result much easier and faster to have done!

At this point I can say that I’ve never had any cosmetic surgery done, but as the saying goes “never say never”. I mean, there are so many different cosmetic surgery procedures and treatments available these days that I’m sure more and more people have decided to have a little work done to either correct a flaw, enhance their looks or minimize the effects of aging.

Certainly if you are going to get any form of cosmetic surgery done you should be sure that you have your work done by a certified cosmetic surgeon. I mean it’s your body we’re talking about here – you want to have someone that specializes in the type of treatment you are having done and who has performed the procedure successfully time and time again. Right?

Take for example the medical staff at the SurgiCare clinic. This company has clinics throughout the UK and all of their doctors are GMC certified. SurgiCare employs some of the most respected surgeons in the UK. Looking at their site it sounds as if they put their patients first. They provide their patients with a thorough consultation that is meant to not only find out what the patient wants to have done and what their expectations are, but also to inform the patient of their choices and the total costs of the treatment.

The Surgicare Clinic website has quite a bit of information about all of the procedures and treatments that they specialize in. Looking through their site it looks like they do everything from Smart Lipo treatments to chemical skin peels, derma fillers, treatments for excessive sweating, facial contouring, acne treatments, laser hair removal, Lip enhancement, microdermabrasion, muscle relaxation treatments, semi permanent make up, teeth whitening, wrinkle treatment, weight loss surgery and an interesting sounding procedure called Non surgical 3D face lift.

If you’ve considered having a cosmetic surgery procedure done and you live in the UK do visit the SurgiCare website to see what they can do for you and to read up on the various treatments.

In the meantime I’m going to try to find out if the cosmetic surgery that I saw on CSI NY is really real. I’m intrigued!

Sudden desire to get a puppy

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When I woke up yesterday morning I got this strange idea in my head that I just can’t shake.

I want a puppy.

It’s a crazy idea. But it’s like the lights turned on in my head and I can’t shut it off. I say it’s crazy because my husband and I are both allergic to furry animals.

Of course what I really want is a baby, but that’s not happening and due to my illness it might not happen at all. So what’s wrong with a puppy?

I think we can handle the allergy part of the equation. We’re both allergic to dust mites and a few other things so we take allergy medication every day anyway. That should cover our allergy to a dog.

Obviously I won’t just go out and get a puppy to test my theory. I haven’t even told Chris yet that I have this crazy idea turning around and around in my head. When I do though, maybe we’ll spend some time visiting several of our friends that have furry pets to see how we do on those visits. If we’re ok we’ll probably be ok as long as we keep taking our allergy medications right?

Sigh … yeah it’s a crazy idea.

Use a BrightBox to keep the symptoms of SAD away!

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Do you live in an the Northern Hemisphere? Do you find yourself becoming depressed, more tired that usual and or seem to lack energy through the winter months? Perhaps you even have cravings for foods that are high in carbs and sugars in the winter time?

If you suffer from any of the seasonal affective disorder symptoms I’ve listed it’s possible that you might be affected by a mild to severe form of seasonal affective disorder.

Recent studies have shown that up to 25% of the people who live above or below 30 degrees of the equator may suffer from at least a mild form of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

You may or may not realize this, but exposure to light affects our bodies sleep/awake cycles as well as the secretion of the hormone Melatonin which is secreted by our pineal gland. Our Melatonin levels can also affect the actions of our pituitary gland as well as our adrenaline, serotonin and dopamine levels.

If we are only exposed to low levels of light for a period of time our bodies can begin to secrete too much Melatonin and since Melatonin is one of the hormones that brings on the desire to sleep we might have the desire to sleep more often than normal and our moods might be affected as well.

Excuse me if I got into hormones a little too much there. I find it fascinating how our bodies can be thrown off so easily simply by not being exposed to high enough light levels! I also find this topic fascinating because I keep reptiles (box turtles at the moment) and exposure to the full spectrum of light is very important to their health as well for a variety of reasons.

The symptoms of SAD can easily be relieved through the use of SAD light therapy. In fact, the symptoms of SAD can be dramatically reduced after just a few days of light therapy.

brightbox.gif A UK company has developed and thoroughly tested the BrightBox. It’s what is known as a SAD light box. On the left you’ll see an image of their easy to use and easy to transport light box.

People who suffer from SAD can use the BrightBox for 30 minutes a day in order to keep the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder at bay. If you look through the sites gallery you’ll see people using the Brightbox in front of computers, at their desks or even at the dinner table with their family!

If you are interested in learning more about Seasonal Affective Disorder, the BrightBox and or connecting with other SAD sufferers please visit the BrightBox site.

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