Gotta take care of me too

Posted by Alli on March 26, 2011

Back when I thought the year of 2010 was going to be the year of me (which turned out to be a joke), I was gearing up to have some surgery to help me be a better me.

Well, 2010 ended up being the year I didn’t really think about my physical health that much. The surgery was postponed and through a bit of doctor shuffling I didn’t actually go to a doctor at all for the entire year. (My old doctor quit his practice and I delayed going to a new one until January.)

Back in January (maybe December too) I saw some tweets from moms who were on the bandwagon to take care of themselves in more ways than just trips to the grocery store alone and the occasional soak in the tub. And it kind of inspired me to get back into the groove and start having my regular check ups and get that surgery scheduled.

I’m kind of proud of myself because I was actually very worried about going to the internist to see what kind of bad things would be found in my blood and pee. And when he ordered an EKG and chest xray as well, I didn’t see it as being thorough (after all, I am a New Patient for him and I hadn’t been to a doc for over a year now), I thought it was the sign of Bad Things. How happy was I that it was just him being thorough and getting the word that just my cholesterol and weight are high and I have a year to try things by myself to get them under control.

Which is where the surgery comes in… more on it later, but it is scheduled for April 7th and I have a sister team coming to help out for two weeks while I will not be able to lift anything over 10 pounds or drive.

Because this gal has to take care of herself too… I wanna be around to take more pictures like this: