Well I guess I should make some kind of update. Sorry it has
been so long. I have been in a deep depression, with increasing anxiety, so I
just haven't felt like updating at all. My daughter finally agreed to come
home. The main reason... so she can get the medical care she needs here in the
United States. She will be arriving Jan 11th. I can't even tell you how happy
and excited this makes me! She will live with us till she gets on
her feet. She will get a job and save the money to work towards bringing her
husband here. She is happy to be coming home, but extremely sad because she has
to leave her love behind. This will be one of the hardest things she will have
to do. She has grown and matured so much since she left Aug 1st. I can't wait to
see her! Her birds and our cat will also be so glad to see her! Ok time for
an update about my weight. *sigh* It's been a real struggle just to stay and
maintain my weight, and I didn't know why! I haven't been exercising, so I
thought that was it. A few more weeks pass and a few more pounds were added. And
it finally hit me. I was put on a new medicine for depression
and anxiety in November and then the dose was increased the middle of December.
So I looked this medication up online. I found out it can cause weight gain! O_O
I shouldn't be surprised, I had heard of antidepressants causing weight gain,
but I told myself... it can't actually MAKE you gain weight, it just increases
your appetite, you would just have to watch what you ate. Well that maybe true,
but for me it not only increased my appetite, I was obsessing over food! I HAD
to have it NOW!! So I called my doctor and she took me off of it and wants me to
start a different one. I don't know what to do. I am already taking Wellbutrin,
and it doesn't cause weight gain, but obviously, it wasn't doing the job by
itself, so I am a little afraid of starting any other medications cause I don't
want to gain anymore. When I started this new medicine in Nov I was 134 and when
I weighed this morning I was 144! But on the
other hand I want to feel good. Before this new medicine my anxiety was through
the roof. Oh yeah, the medicine I was put on that I gained weight with was
Remeron. An update on my cat, Tuesday. So far she is holding her own. When
her antibiotics run out... a week later she starts getting sick, doesn't eat a
lot. So I just keep them on hand for her. I know the day will come when
antibiotics will not help anymore. I will cross that bridge when I get to it.
Kelsey is so afraid Tuesday will die before she gets home. With that I will
leave you with this video of my beautiful baby. If you view it on my youtube page the images
don't look so stretched out! Just double click on it. If you haven't already
seen this please rate and make sure you leave Tuesday a
comment! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vILo2QKFXr4
But on the
other hand I want to feel good. Before this new medicine my anxiety was through
the roof. Oh yeah, the medicine I was put on that I gained weight with was
Remeron.
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