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November 21, 2005

A gift of 164!

I feel like I’ve been given a gift. After a mid-week scare (weighing 167 on Friday) and yet another week of not eating as well as I’d like I weighed 164 this morning! I feel extremely lucky and hope to take advantage of not losing so much ground. I’ve already let a lot of time slip through my fingers I certainly don’t want to have to re-lose many pounds. So far the total set back is 1 pound.

I know it shouldn’t matter how long it takes me to lose the weight. It only matters because I’m looking forward to getting stable. My doctor says that the stress of losing weight, despite how slow, is potentially causing my hair loss. Curiously enough, I have still been losing hair at the same rate during this nearly two months of no weight loss. Oh well, I still want to rule this out as a cause and see if I get my hair back.

I am going for a blood test this week to make sure there is no thyroid problem too. I’m such a hypochondriac that once someone mentions any symptoms I start to feel like I have them.

A woman in my office was just hospitalized for a collapsed lung that seemingly happened out of the blue. It terrified me because I had been thinking that I couldn’t breathe well every time I came into the office. I thought for sure my lung was going to collapse too. I proceeded to do some lengthy research on the internet. Aside from getting punctured by an external source, like a rib or a bullet, spontaneous lung collapse is not uncommon in tall thin people. Obviously I can rule out collapsed lung to explain my shortness of breathe. I guess its old fashion anxiety and nut-bag-ness.

Posted by hopeful @ November 21, 2005 1:55 PM