Despite going to get blood draw, went to Santee instead of the La Mesa lab and they only request from Moeller and can't remember the other but it wasn't my primary or the GI Dr Keller. But got word back to stay on the prednisone and taper off as directed as liver numbers are better but still a bit high. Might have to get the next one done when I see the Cardiologist NP on Monday.
As far as energy goes today I think I worked out a system. Jon is usually awake and up by the time my alarm goes off at 8:30 so I laid in bed as long as my bladder would allow then did my bio and then got under the covers and woke up for an hour or so. That gives my system time to wake up and get energy level up. Fixed a fried egg on toast for breakfast and a half spoon of peanut butter, gladly it didn't taste like roasted/burned peanuts anymore. That's good, means my system is recovering more and taste buds are getting back in line. Still not gaining weight, a bit concerning as far as that's concerned. Prednisone is supposed to increase appetite and make you gain weight, I'm still around 205 according to home scale with clothes on.
Still had enough energy to fix chicken with stuffing whatever. Tasted great and barely remember what I put in it. Just cooked off the top of my head as usual, but have plans for chicken thighs tomorrow. Meanwhile, I didn't take a nap today. Jon took his but I sat in bed and knitted, played a little on my ipad, did some more knitting and basically just relaxed. Hoping that without the nap I'll be able to sleep a bit better. I could not turn my brain off last night and Jon's snoring, which I can normally sleep through, kept me awake. There's nothing he can do about it but had to be honest with him that for some reason I can't sleep through it lately. Will see what happens tonight.
According to Moeller (oncology/hematology) she said to repeat the blood check in two weeks but Yusefian wanted me to do it every week and then Keller wanted his own check for Tb and Hepatitis and there's a whole slew of side effects for heart and liver issues. So that's why I think he's holding off on doing it because it's long term. I don't consider my colitis/Crohn's to be severe and am hoping to get some answers on Monday on alternatives.
Still working on the grey socks for Devon, that seems to be a constant now when I get 'bored' with my games and phone pick up the knitting. This is a good thing. The sooner I can finish those the sooner I can finish another pair and another scarf and get projects off needles.
One of the things keeping me up last night was clearing out storage. All the beading stuff I will not ever have the room for, wanted to ask Kathleen if she would be interested in any of it, as well as some of the yarn. Check with the local library to see if there's a crochet/knitting group or charity that meets there and find out if they want yarn donations. I really want to try and get to storage once a month, maybe twice a month and pull a few things out to donate. I have an entire hanging file box full of cross stitch patterns I have never done. Books and cross stitch magazines I will never re-read that could go to the library. Furniture. The cabinet that Katy left behind in storage can go back to her if we can coordinate a day and time. So many things I could clear out but it will take time and energy.
So those are less pressing but still mentally taxing things on my mind that keeps my mind tossing.
Time for another snack. Something.
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