Catching up - Again

I've been very lax in keeping up with my messages but there has been not too much going on.

On Friday I had a follow up with my new doctor. I was hesitant because when I saw her 3 months ago, she said she wanted me to lose 10 lbs. Realistically, it can be done, but in that period of time I have been suffering with this doggone hip and leg. We addressed that issue first and when she realized that I had daily pain she said we needed to fix that. She gave me some Celebrex samples to see if they worked. I took one when I got home and within an hour I saw relief. By mid afternoon I felt that the pain level had been cut by 70%. It was almost like magic.

She also gave me a script for some Ambien CR because I just have not been sleeping through the night. Sometimes I wake at 2 and never get back to sleep. When I get up I'm exhausted so when I get home, I'm dead. I told her with that happening and the hip pain it was impossible for me to even walk any distance. I took the Ambien on Friday and Saturday and then did some internet research and was disturbed when I found out from comments of users that it is addictive. Some of the withdrawal stories were awful and frankly, I got scared. With my addictive tendencies anyway, I don't need any more complications. I did sleep well those 2 night and caught up on some lost sleep. I have decided I'll only use it on a 'as-needed' basis. That way if I have several nights that are bad, I can take one to get caught up.

She didn't say anything about me not losing any weight. At least I didn't gain, I stayed the same. She said she wanted to tackle one thing at a time. First was to deal with the hip thing.

On Saturday I had a blind date with a young Brazilian. Very nice, I may see him again. More to follow.

Other than that, all is well.