March is off to a great start! My car wouldn't start yesterday and after a lecture (from my brother, of all people) and $200 gone, the car is working fine until the next issue surfaces. I'm looking in to getting a new car and getting rid of this one. There are too many problems with it for only having it since 2009. Apparently the battery just died yesterday, and that was the issue. I also hadn't had an oil change in quite some time (10,000 miles over, in fact) but the mechanic actually said that wasn't an issue but that I needed to get it taken care of. And while discovering those issues they found I have two leaks in some axils? I don't speak car, so I'm going to need to round up some $ for that next issue. Anyone have any car suggestions? Anything good on gas and cheap payments sounds good !
Today I had a long anticipated doctor's appointment with a rheumatologist. A few weeks ago I was diagnosed with Lupus after dealing with about 50 different doctor's visits and about 100 different antibiotics, etc. over a year maybe? My doctor recommended that I see this specialist today, so I made the appointment and was more than excited to get some answers. He checked me out, read my blood work, asked me all kinds of questions, and then determined it's not Lupus. Well, that's just great! I was not happy to have Lupus, but actually really excited to have an answer to what I've been dealing with for a while now. But now I am back at square one. He said I didn't have other Lupus symptoms, nor did my autoimmune deficiency blood work have results that were Lupus-worthy. He thinks I could have a different kind of autoimmune like psoriasis. Sooooooo..now I have yet another appointment next week at a dermatologists office. Keep your fingers crossed, throw some salt over your shoulder, light a candle, whatever you do :). I'll keep you guys posted on what happens next week!
Why do the people that draw your blood put tape on your arm afterwords ACROSS your arm so it gets on all of your hairs ? Really not necessary. That was just fun ripping that off..If I wanted to wax my arms I would go to a professional .I was sitting in the laboratory waiting to get some more tests done (more precautionary blood work) and our waiting room did not have a door, but a big open wall so that we could see everyone that walked, or dragged their walkers through the hallway. I was watching some of these people try to walk by to get to their doctor's appointments. It's so sad how elderly spend most of their lives walking around hospitals and treating the many illnesses they have. It was pretty depressing, to be honest.
With only three days in to the new month, it seems really hard to turn tables when it feels like the universe is against me! But I'm alive, my friends and family are doing reasonably well, and I have a roof over my head. I'm trying to keep the positive spirits up but Sensitive Sara finds that a little troubling. I'm working on it! :)
Until next time... a little Adele for those of you still living under a rock:
