Well, for those of you I have not told...I have been diagnosed with asthma. My doctor's exact words were..."At any given time 10% of the population has asthma and 10% of that whole have asthma all of the time. You are part of that 10% that has it all of the time." Great. My exercising has been put on hold really since October. I was attempting to run and do body pump from October through December with much pain, coughing, discomfort, and misery. Now, I am on a costly regiment of antibiotics (to get my sinus issues under control which only hinder my asthma) and two different inhalers. I feel like a medicinal toxic mess. I did run for the first time in about 3 months on Thursday afternoon, but I was still frustrated because I have to tote my rescue inhaler in the gym and then keep it on the treadmill for all to see. People are probably wondering what in the world I am doing on the treadmill in the first place, oh well gotta get back in shape. I am hoping to run the Apple Blossom 10K in May. If the regiment of antibiotics and inhalers does not work by May it is on to bigger and more costly efforts, shots. The shots are new but have been helping people in my position. However, although they may help they are monthly and range from $1,000-3,000. AHH, not quite on a teacher's budget. So, right now I am really happy to be feeling a bit better, getting my asthma under control, not coughing all night long, sleeping, and sleeping with my husband at that. I will let you all know how it goes as the time goes by.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Frustration
Well, for those of you I have not told...I have been diagnosed with asthma. My doctor's exact words were..."At any given time 10% of the population has asthma and 10% of that whole have asthma all of the time. You are part of that 10% that has it all of the time." Great. My exercising has been put on hold really since October. I was attempting to run and do body pump from October through December with much pain, coughing, discomfort, and misery. Now, I am on a costly regiment of antibiotics (to get my sinus issues under control which only hinder my asthma) and two different inhalers. I feel like a medicinal toxic mess. I did run for the first time in about 3 months on Thursday afternoon, but I was still frustrated because I have to tote my rescue inhaler in the gym and then keep it on the treadmill for all to see. People are probably wondering what in the world I am doing on the treadmill in the first place, oh well gotta get back in shape. I am hoping to run the Apple Blossom 10K in May. If the regiment of antibiotics and inhalers does not work by May it is on to bigger and more costly efforts, shots. The shots are new but have been helping people in my position. However, although they may help they are monthly and range from $1,000-3,000. AHH, not quite on a teacher's budget. So, right now I am really happy to be feeling a bit better, getting my asthma under control, not coughing all night long, sleeping, and sleeping with my husband at that. I will let you all know how it goes as the time goes by.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Christmas and the New Year
It has been quite a while since my last post due to the holiday season. What a busy, wonderful, exhausting, and splendid all at the same time season it has been. Here is a top ten list of this year's great festivities.
10. In our house for the first Christmas
9. Decorating and putting up two Christmas trees in the new house
8. My first Christmas married
7. Spending the 23rd with Vernon, Patsy, my parents, Chad, Charity, all the kids and Jeff's stepsister Amy for the first time
6. Two extra days of Christmas vacation due to the 2 feet of snow, gotta love this!
5. Christmas Eve church service--singing Silent Night in the candle light
4. Cooking Christmas dinner for the first time, Jeff fried the turkey, Patsy made the sweet potatoes and stuffing, and I did the rest--had a little assistance for the first go round. Loved every minute of spending time with the entire Brinegar, Cunningham, Blackburn, Fink crew (those of you that know my family will understand this ;)
3. Having my Dad and Sherry stay at our house for 5 days
2. Spending New Year's Eve and day laughing with Darlene and Vince(Jeff's mom and stepfather), Chad, Charity and all the kids
1. Knowing that Jesus truly is the reason for the season
That is one heck of a top ten list. All though everything truly was wonderful and I know that my family is blessed, there was a bit of sadness in my heart for my brother and all of our troops. Every time I sat and started to think about him and his sacrifices I just cried. He is so brave and I truly miss him everyday. Our military men and women are so brave and I hope that all Americans really swallow the depth of their service; especially during the holiday season.
Ok, off the soap box and on to a few pictures. These are pictures of New Year's Eve and Day in Mannington, WV. I hope all of you enjoyed your Christmas vacation as much as we did.
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