Our poodle had two little girls on August 8th 2011.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Quick Medical Post
Medical news-
I had some blood work done which revealed that my vitamin D levels were a third of what they should be, rising Cholesterol, and a taxed/fatty liver. So I'm taking vitamin D and fish oil to help out with two of those three issues.
For the liver it was decided to cut back on the Celebrex and replace the Norcos. I'm now on a more liver friendly Methadone. Methadone is of course the medicine used to wean people off of heroin, but apparently before it was used for that it was a pain medicine. The doctor made a point of telling me that JFK took Methadone for his back.
The advantages of Methadone are less stress on the liver, the medication is longer lasting, and pill doesn't mess you up as much as Norco and some other drugs. The first disadvantage of the drug is of course the image that the name alone conjures. When you say your on Methadone most people will immediately leap to heroin abuse. The other downside to Methadone is the time it takes to start working. Methadone works by building up in your system over a period of time. It takes anywhere from 2 to 7 days of use before enough builds up in your body to actually start relieving pain.
In other medical news, I've been going to the Rose Center to work on my dizziness/vertigo issue. They've identified that I have an inner ear problem that causes problems when I turn my head to the right. As your walking or really doing much of anything, you tend to unconsciously scan to the right and left. The more actively I do this the bigger the problem, at least in theory. Via computer tests and vision/balance exercises the problems has been reduced some, mostly. The frequent and brief episodes have been greatly reduced, but lately I've been having more severe episodes every few days. So this is a work in progress.
In other news-
Joelle (poodle) had two pups on Monday August 8th, 2011. So far they are doing very well, and we took them to have their dew claws and tails clipped yesterday. Unfortunately both are girls and the other lady isn't sure she wants a female. So we may be selling a female toy poodle in the next few weeks, and then trying again next time Joelle goes into labor. I'll try to post some pics of them latter, right now Joelle really doesn't want them out of her sight.
School-
Doing my second marketing class. Interestingly we are using an international textbook that makes a lot of references to pop culture and trends in Britain. Actually pretty interesting.
Games, help Helps
Need a game to play with peeps until Swtor launches. Doing a trial of DAoC and Darkfall, but thinking of maybe slinking back to WoW with my tail between my legs.
I had some blood work done which revealed that my vitamin D levels were a third of what they should be, rising Cholesterol, and a taxed/fatty liver. So I'm taking vitamin D and fish oil to help out with two of those three issues.
For the liver it was decided to cut back on the Celebrex and replace the Norcos. I'm now on a more liver friendly Methadone. Methadone is of course the medicine used to wean people off of heroin, but apparently before it was used for that it was a pain medicine. The doctor made a point of telling me that JFK took Methadone for his back.
The advantages of Methadone are less stress on the liver, the medication is longer lasting, and pill doesn't mess you up as much as Norco and some other drugs. The first disadvantage of the drug is of course the image that the name alone conjures. When you say your on Methadone most people will immediately leap to heroin abuse. The other downside to Methadone is the time it takes to start working. Methadone works by building up in your system over a period of time. It takes anywhere from 2 to 7 days of use before enough builds up in your body to actually start relieving pain.
In other medical news, I've been going to the Rose Center to work on my dizziness/vertigo issue. They've identified that I have an inner ear problem that causes problems when I turn my head to the right. As your walking or really doing much of anything, you tend to unconsciously scan to the right and left. The more actively I do this the bigger the problem, at least in theory. Via computer tests and vision/balance exercises the problems has been reduced some, mostly. The frequent and brief episodes have been greatly reduced, but lately I've been having more severe episodes every few days. So this is a work in progress.
In other news-
Joelle (poodle) had two pups on Monday August 8th, 2011. So far they are doing very well, and we took them to have their dew claws and tails clipped yesterday. Unfortunately both are girls and the other lady isn't sure she wants a female. So we may be selling a female toy poodle in the next few weeks, and then trying again next time Joelle goes into labor. I'll try to post some pics of them latter, right now Joelle really doesn't want them out of her sight.
School-
Doing my second marketing class. Interestingly we are using an international textbook that makes a lot of references to pop culture and trends in Britain. Actually pretty interesting.
Games, help Helps
Need a game to play with peeps until Swtor launches. Doing a trial of DAoC and Darkfall, but thinking of maybe slinking back to WoW with my tail between my legs.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Short Post
I've made an appointment to try and get stronger pain medication. Right now I'm taking norcos and three other pills for pain, plus using lidocaine pain patches and it just isn't doing the job. I just want something until we're cleared to do.pain blockers or whatever the doctor decides.
Poodle still pregnant but it should be any day now.
Poodle still pregnant but it should be any day now.
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