Acid Reflux Still, Plus Procrastination????
The last few days have been relatively uneventful, so I haven't been posting. We enjoyed our Date Day, and the cane certainly made things easier to navigate than the walker did. My muscles had a good workout for the day, and I could tell it Saturday, but that's OK. The exercise is good for me, and getting out of the house is even better.
I'm still fighting the acid reflux, though. I can't seem to get it stopped, and my throat is definitely irritated. I've played around with the timing of my meds, eating some crackers when I take the pills, and I think that's going to be the right thing to do. I've also upped my water intake, as that is good for my throat. I've been experimenting with when to eat supper, too, in relation to taking that last Sinemet. Yesterday, I took the third one at 4:30PM and ate supper at 5:30. That seemed to work pretty well, as it gives me time to empty my stomach before I get sleepy at 8:00PM. Sometimes I can manage to stay awake later, but not always. But then I'm wide awake at 4:00 or 5:00AM in the morning. I've always been an early to bed, early to rise sort of person, so this is nothing new.
What is new, that I'm just now coming to terms with, is that I'm procrastinating on paying bills, and I really don't know why. I've been doing it for months now, even letting some credit cards get late charges. DH gets very upset with me, and I have no defense, because he's right. I have plenty of time to get it done, and spend way too much time on the computer. It just seems like every time I think about doing certain things, I talk myself out of it. I'm wondering if this isn't a sign of depression, as this is just not like me at all. Or maybe it's a PD symptom? Or maybe I've just gotten lazy!!
I'm still fighting the acid reflux, though. I can't seem to get it stopped, and my throat is definitely irritated. I've played around with the timing of my meds, eating some crackers when I take the pills, and I think that's going to be the right thing to do. I've also upped my water intake, as that is good for my throat. I've been experimenting with when to eat supper, too, in relation to taking that last Sinemet. Yesterday, I took the third one at 4:30PM and ate supper at 5:30. That seemed to work pretty well, as it gives me time to empty my stomach before I get sleepy at 8:00PM. Sometimes I can manage to stay awake later, but not always. But then I'm wide awake at 4:00 or 5:00AM in the morning. I've always been an early to bed, early to rise sort of person, so this is nothing new.
What is new, that I'm just now coming to terms with, is that I'm procrastinating on paying bills, and I really don't know why. I've been doing it for months now, even letting some credit cards get late charges. DH gets very upset with me, and I have no defense, because he's right. I have plenty of time to get it done, and spend way too much time on the computer. It just seems like every time I think about doing certain things, I talk myself out of it. I'm wondering if this isn't a sign of depression, as this is just not like me at all. Or maybe it's a PD symptom? Or maybe I've just gotten lazy!!
Labels: depression, exercise, Friday Date Day, GERD, procrastination, Sinemet



4 Comments:
At 10/01/2006 7:58 AM ,
Anonymous said...
Depression and PD seem to go hand in hand, I suffered from depression for years. After taking god knows how many pills and going to councilling I finally realised it was down to me to get myself out of my depression and so far its going ok, sure I have down days but I can live with that.
Are you sure youre not developing a spanish view on things? Years ago a boss of mine used to call me Mr Manyana, "why do today what you can put off until tomorrow" looking back he was spot on about me and i`m still like it now LOL.
Tim
At 10/01/2006 9:25 AM ,
Dirty Butter said...
I agree about not wanting to take any more pills! I'm on enough as it is, plus the Cymbalta I'm taking is partly an anti-depressant, anyway. I was so terribly sick with the leg weakness and the colitis coming on, too, that I think I just developed some bad habits that the PD, if that's what it is, is just making worse.
If you can work out your depression for yourself, I can sure try. Thanks for the encouragement, Tim.
At 10/02/2006 11:33 AM ,
Ruth said...
Just wondering if the fatigue from your leg weakness/colitis etc. is still hanging over you enough to slow you down. It can take some number of days to regroup after going through that! Take care.
At 10/02/2006 11:54 AM ,
Dirty Butter said...
I can definitely tell that the right leg, where the Peripheral Neuropathy is most prominent, is still weaker than the left. I've exercised enough and my diet is back to normal enough to overcome the weakness from the colitis.
All I'm dealing with now, as far as walking is concerned, is what appears to me to be Parkinson's. I should know this week. I'm not walking normally by any means, but getting along pretty well with the cane. I do tire easily still.
Thanks for asking, Ruth. Did you enjoy your tennis holiday?
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