Nope I will be there the other two weekends ha.

It always works out that way lol.

Went to the neurologist today....
She asked if I have ever been hit in the head and knocked out lol. She is sending me for a dye injection MRI of my brain+ neck and a spinal tap to test for MS. She said she wants to see if the spots are active and light up.
She also ordered a whole lot of blood work. A list of about 20 things. I looked some of them up and most seem to be to detect lupus, liver damage, cancer, and vitamins B deficiencies.

Things are moving faster than I thought. I should be scheduled for the MRI within 2 weeks, have the blood work results this week and a follow up appointment with her at the end of November.

That all sounds good, M. What did you think of the neurologist? Like did you find it reassuring that she's going to be the one figuring this out?

I feel really good about her. She put me on a medicine to help with the numbness and headaches. It's actually used to treat bipolar, but she uses it to treat people with seizures and neurological problems, so it's kinda perfect for me and will treat multiple issues.
I've been off bipolar meds since February, I've only had one bad downswing this summer. I have been depressed lately so maybe it will help. It's been really tough to want to get out of bed and take showers/comb my hair for a couple of weeks, I just want to be able to function for normal everyday things.

She also said the spots don't look like MS to her, but we are going to do the testing to be sure and rule it out.

A downside to switching jobs is I wear the same thing everyday and don't have to comb my hair, so when it's hard to get out of bed it's not as much of a struggle if I had to dress up. I'm also 5 mins from work.
If I had to get up, shower, comb my hair, choose clothes, and drive a a long distance to work it would be very very difficult when I'm depressed and hurt my job stability.

One day last week I stared out of the window for several hours, this usually isn't a problem as I'm pretty efficient at work and can get things done when I'm feeling energetic but if I was somewhere with someone over my my shoulder everyday it would look really bad.

I'm sorry you're feeling that way and glad you're still functioning.

In to say, just because you don't have to choose clothes, that doesn't mean you don't have to comb your hair. Even if you're wearing a hairnet and hard hat, you still need to comb your hair every day....if only to then put it up in a pony tail. You'll feel better and people can tell.

It's right up there with making your bed every day. It's so mentally pleasing after it's done.

Hope the meds work and good luck in the ring event.

Thanks Josie

I had that for dinner last night.
I have a breakfast pizza...eggs and cheese on a pizza crust, 2 doubles minus 2 buns, and med fries for breakfast and lunch.

Had this for lunch today, 2 burritos for breakfast, and fajitas for dinner.

Just a crap ton of carbs. My jeans are all too tight now and I look terrible. Ugggh

Got some blood test back, still pending a few.

The only abnormal things on the first one were low blood sugar @64mg/dl and high chloride. Im not diabetic, so not taking any meds that would lower blood glucose. And, no one in my entire family has ever had diabetes.

These are the remaining test I'm waiting on. I want to know what the heck is wrong already.

Is this self-diagnosis? Or from an actual doctor?

I have never been diagnosed with diabetes. I'm waiting to see what the doctor says, she is waiting on the other test results.

Logs?

Also did you eat two potatoes or do you just use it as essentially a bowl for sour cream?

Everyone knows that potatoes are bowls for sour cream and cheese so you don't feel so bad for just eating an actual bowl full of yummy fatness.

I'm really struggling with sleep, being exhausted, and time management. I didn't go to the grocery store all last week and had a couple of late night trips to softball and gymnastics with my daughter where we grabbed fast food. I made homemade pizza one night, had scholoskys pizza or sandwiches everyday for lunch, had a homemade sausage and biscuit everyday for breakfast.

Do you actually even remotely care about my health J? I'm never sure if your questions are genuine or not.

I've also noticed that not having sex really affects my mood or maybe it's just not having physical contact with someone and I eat a hell of a lot more.

It doesn’t matter if J cares about your health, it matters that you do.

It’s up to you to stop the fast food, go grocery shopping and make your health the priority.

Which includes being in therapy and taking medication to avoid manic episodes like these, or whatever it is you're doing at the moment.

M,
The options are polarized to:

J cares;

or

J doesn’t really care, but can’t stand seeing stupid decisions and is engaging you with ultimately helpful Socratic questions.

You should read and value his posts the exact same either way.

MLY,

Not to belabor the point, but it's hard to feel a ton of empathy when I can recall you taking multiple poker weekends in the last few months, and it literally requires one afternoon of semi-dedicated effort to meal prep for the week.

Here are just a few low to medium effort dishes I've made in the last month or so (note I've been on the road for decent portions of two of those weeks):

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/...ce-recipe.html

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/...ic-recipe.html

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/...recipe-2107099

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/...en-recipe.html

https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe...chicken-262793

Most take barely any actual effort. Some notes:

-Yes, loco, the sauce in the halal chicken is half mayo, but it's delicious and adds to the dish; making a half recipe of sauce is plenty for a full recipe of everything else. 2 T sauce is plenty for me, and I typically eat a pretty big portion (8 oz cooked chicken + 1.5 C cooked rice).

-For the Hungarian chicken, slice some bacon and cook it in the pan first, then remove the bacon, set aside the grease, and sweat the onions in a tablespoon or two of bacon grease instead of the butter. Drain the chicken after you brown it if you're not using the super lean stuff, then add the bacon and prepare as described. This is a great one to make ahead, because the sauce really comes together/thickens in the fridge.

All of these can be made in bulk. My general rule for any recipe, but especially on Serious Eats, is to halve whatever fat they say to cook with or add to a marinade. Easy way to cut down on the calories and not super noticeable.

Figure out which recipes you like to eat, weigh everything that goes in, divide it into portions, then enter it, as a recipe, into whatever janky ass tracking program you use and it's easy enough to pull up the next time you eat it. A little thought and planning will make life a ton easier.

What about my questions seemed disingenuous? You haven't logged all week, and you said the point of this log was to get back to daily logging again, no one had posted, so I asked where the logs were.

I was genuinely curious about the potatoe and it was bugging me for a few days.

LJK/Josie,
:Thumb:

Fabian,
I started a new med 2 weeks ago that treats bipolar and was supposed to also help with the headaches and numbness. I was already depressed, but now I'm getting a little worse since starting it.

Monte,

Recipes always appreciated, thanks.
I'm making the Hala and Cuban chicken for sure.
I haven't actually played poker that much the past few months. I traveled for work a few weeks, but played poker just a couple of weekends. I still get your point though.

I haven't put butter or sour cream or cheese on a baked potato in 20+ years. They're good with just Dijon mustard or hot sauce or a few tablespoons of mayo.

Mayo is ~90 calories per tbsp, hoss, and full fat sour cream is 30 calories per tbsp. And that's putting aside the fact that sour cream is delicious and mayo on a potato sounds like one of the more insanely disgusting things I've ever heard.

Lol avoiding like a 20-30 Cal sliver of butter that makes baked potatoes better than any mustard ever could.