Today I weigh the same as yesterday, 92.5 kilos, which is fine with me. This is what I had yesterday, one small glass of juice, two small helpings of potato salad, one piece of Maasdammer cheese, some Melba toast, two tall glasses of juice and one glass of milk. Short of one ounce, I have now lost 33 kilos and I think that is quite an achievement. The Obesitas Nurse Specialist wants me to lose 9,5 more kilos, I want to lose 17 more kilos. We’ll see what happens. I would rather weigh 75 kilos than 83, but anything is possible, of course. If I can just get rid of that stomach, I will be happy. That’s the one that is making me look seven months pregnant still and I don’t like that.
Yesterday morning I vacuumed and, much to my surprise, my eyes started tearing something awful and wouldn’t stop. I got so bad that I put a bedroom chair outside and sat there until the worst of it was over. That took some time and I sat there drinking numerous cups of decaf until Eduard came home at 1:30.
While I was outside, our grumpy neighbors, from the apartment next to us, came outside and complained to me quite badly about our cats. They said that the cats pooped in their garden and barfed on their patio and that one of them had torn open their screen door and had gotten into their apartment and slept on their bed. This apparently had happened numerous time and their patience was all used up. Well, all I could do was to be very understanding and I do realize that our cats are a nuisance and that we have too many of them for the little space that we have for them. It was fine when they still had the big field to roam around on, but now that all the houses have been built, there is little room for them, so they get in the neighbor’s garden etc. They do make pests of themselves and we already had begun to realize ourselves that we needed to do something about this problem.
So Eduard and I both assured the neighbors that we would take care of the problem and that we would try and find new homes for the worst offenders. That is easier said then done. I called all the animal refuge places, but they are all filled up. People go on vacations and get rid of their cats. I called our vet and he said to put up notices at the local pet shops and to look on the Internet for places to advertise the cats. We also sent an email to all the volunteers at the film house to see if any of them wanted a cat and we have had one response already of someone who does want one, so that is good. We tried to keep the cats inside, but all night long they tried to open the cat door that we had closed and it was a nuisance, because it kept Eduard awake. So that didn’t work.
We will give up three cats, keeping Toby and Gandhi. They seem to cause the least amount of trouble. They are both home the most too. I had asked the neighbors which cats were the worst offenders. It seems that our pretty white cat is among the worst of them. Well, it can’t be helped. Having five cats in town is not such a good idea anyway, not with the small amount of space that we have now. It all was inevitable.
In the afternoon I went to my GP. I took Eduard along, because he had been to the optometrist with me and I hoped he would help me remember what he had told us. It turned out that Eduard remembered less than I did, but never mind. It was nice to have him along for the company. My GP was surprised to see me in glasses so quickly, but I told him how fast all of that was done nowadays. I explained everything that the optometrist had said and told him about the medications. He is lowering my thyroid medication right away from 200 mcg to 150 mcg. If it was causing a problem, I should notice the difference in several weeks time. The Topamax can’t be lowered and I need to discuss this with my psychiatrist anyway and he is gone on vacation now. My GP didn’t think it was necessary to see the opthamologist right away. He wants to see if lowering the thyroid medication makes a difference first. We are also going to check me for allergies again. This time specifically for dust mites and dog and cat dander and some other allergens in general. Maybe that is why my eyes keep tearing so much. I do notice, that when I am gone away from home, I have less of a problem. Twenty years ago, I tested positive, so we will see what comes out of the tests now.
I had talked to my aunt Hilda in the afternoon and she told me that being nearsighted in one eye and being farsighted in the other eye runs in the family. That is exactly what I am and that is why it was so hard to fit the glasses. Plus I have the astigmatism on top of that. It is interesting to talk to an older family member and find out about these things that run in the family. I must remember to ask her about things like this more often. She is getting older, after all. My much younger aunt Elizabeth may not know these things. She was born right after the war when her older sisters were already teenagers.
When I walked the dog in the evening, I stopped by my sister’s because my niece had been away at snow camp all week where she had learned snowboarding. Erica hadn’t told her that I had glasses and we wanted to surprise her and see how quickly she would notice them. Of course, she saw them right away and so did my brother in law and the consensus was that they looked good on me. My niece said, You look so sweet! I asked her why she hadn’t at least one arm or a leg in a cast, but she said that she had done a real good job snowboarding and that she had had a real good time. My brother in law showed me his new digital Canon camera, which is a wonderful thing and I wouldn’t mind having one myself. It has the works!
We didn’t do much in the evening. Eduard was showing addictive behavior by sitting behind the computer and not being able to stop himself from visiting forums and playing games. I sort of watched The Wicker Man while I did some other things. It wasn’t a good movie, so I didn’t miss much when Eduard finally switched channels to Top Gear. We went to bed a 10:30 after Eduard had fallen asleep in his chair. He is taking some medication to help him stop smoking and it is making him very sleepy during the day. The doctor has told him to stop taking it in the morning and to start taking it at night. The medication is called Sarotex and is one of the older anti depressives which they use as a stop smoking medication. Eduard is going to stop smoking next week when his dosage has been increased.
Today we are going to Monschau. The weather is going to be great. It is going to be 29 degrees Celsius, so that will be wonderful and warm to ride the motorcycle.
Is this a less than inspired post? Well, yes, maybe. I always seem to be in a hurry writing it lately. I seem not to be taking my time. I always feel like I need to be off doing other things. Maybe one of these days I will turn contemplative again and give you some deeper more insightful posts.
That’s it folks, have a great day, ciao…
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