News Flash!!!!

Smoking causes cancer. Also heart disease, COPD, Emphysema and a host of other diseases. Stopping smoking doesn't make everything go away over night. It takes years for the body to heal if it can.

So why do I find these people on the internet that swear up and down that shen they smoked they never had these health problems, so smoking wasn't "that" bad for them.

Denial, Denial, Denial. I am blown away at how the addiction controls the brain.

I think quitting smoking causes paranoia.

There is always some one who wants you to fail

Stoping smoking that is. This person is usually someone who stopped themselves. They suffered and when they find out you aren't suffering and doing it the easy way they are suspicious. Hostile even. Don't you just love these people? Oh yes, they tell you they want you to quit too but when you succeed and it's easy for you they start giving nasty little jabs. Little pokes. Comments to undermine you.

I just LOVE people like this.

The Thyroid

I have graduated to the big pill case. My daily regimen involves; 150 Levothyroxine, 2 thyroid support capsules, 1 multi b vitamin, 50 mg selenium and 3 mg of melatonin at night. I AM SICK OF TAKING PILLS!

Flat tires part 2

Apparently the apprentice who put the patch on didn't do it right and the patch is leaking. So they are getting some new tubes shipped in. My bike is a new model and they don't have any in stock. They told me they will put a new tube in for free. Today they were sweet as pie. Go figure. He must have been having a PMS day.

I went for bloodwork this morning. They are having a terrible time finding a good vein. The nurse said I am going to start having to have it taken out of my hands. At first I flipped but after talking to others that get it that way, I don't think it will be any worse then what I am dealing with now. When they hunt and peck and search for that vein it freaks me right out. When they think they have one and miss, it's even worse.

Flat tires

My bike got a flat a couple of weeks ago. I took it in and the helper repaired. it. Darn tire has been leaking since. I make arrangements that the bike goes in today to be re-fixed.

It rained this morning and the pavement was slightly damp. I get there and the mechanic starts in with the, you can't ride you bike in the rain. It voids the warranty. I told him it's not raining now. He tells me the water from theroad could splash up and get the battery wet and short it out.

Excuse me? Are you telling me this bike is so poorly made that the barest amount of moisture could get under the mat and short the battery out? If so, I won't buy another and I won't recommend it to others. Or are you being a nasty crab because it's work that won't get paid for?

Sunday Sept 12

A perfect day for a bike ride. Only one person tried to run me down in his....pick up. I don't don't know what it is but the worst drivers out there are young guys in pick ups and the elderly. Neither group seems willing to share the road.

So I am cruising along Lansdowne street when this brown pick up sails off Talford, right through a stop sign. Good thing I have a really good set of brakes Moron.

Where was he going to? Rushing his wife to the hospital? A sick pet to the Vets? Try a big rush to the mail box.

Waking up

You know that feeling when you first get up in the morning? That point where you are not quite asleep but not quite awake? That is how I felt for years. Now I feel like I am yawning and stretching. Shaking out the cobwebs in my brain and ready to start a new day.

I am only 50% feeling better. Yet 50% better is unbelievable. I don't feel like the I am living dead anymore. Things are starting to interest me again. I went to the mall today and actually enjoyed shopping. It wasn't such an effort to just be there.

I still have the sleepies and I still lose interest in things. My hands and feet still go numb all the time. Some days I am so very sluggish it isn't funny. I guess time will tell. Once my thyroid is back in balance then I will worry if I still feel the symptoms but for now I am enjoying the fact that I am becoming me again.