UPDATE -- (Moms Are Not Allowed to be Sick)

Off to the doctor again because Youngest who is about to have a birthday is having high fevers again this week and has missed more school -- obviously the amox isn't working. The doc is swamped today but called back in 45 mins and is concerned over him--and last week was first time she met him. Without my asking the doc says she has a strong antibiotic that is very expensive but that she has samples she will give me. Poor kid has a birthday party sleepover at our house in two days and no party last year so we will see what happens.
She is my doc too and was wonderful at my check up last week--why did I wait so long? Still hot flash city over here ... and traveling out of state on planes a couple days ago didn't help that!
You'd better believe that after I met this doc a few years ago I gave her a glowing review on Ratemds.com

Will post soon!



(Original post from 9/9/10 below)

I've been a little discombobulated this week but the good news is that today is the first day in almost a week that I have not had a headache. Over Labor Day Weekend I had some major hot flashes every single day (which have continued every single day, many, many times) and a hormonal headache. Not to mention weepiness. Very much like when you give birth and then your hormones go wacko and everything is fine but tears fall at anything. I went walking and vowed to take better care of me. I made a list of different doctor appts I needed to make, some that I had not seen in years. I researched hot flashes online and went to the store to buy Vit E, a Vitamin with B-6, B-12, Vit C, zinc and more all in one. And Black Cohosh for the heck of it.

My youngest son didn't feel too perky all weekend and Tuesday morning he said he felt awful. Seems he had a 100+ degree temp.....and I have been home with him ever since. It gets up to 102.5 every day, including today and off to the doctor we went. There is something in his chest and we got some meds. Poor guy missed his first baseball game and this is the first time he has coaches who asked him to pitch. I emailed his teachers again today and asked if they wanted to send home any schoolwork. I picked it up and....there is a huge stack of work to be done. I knew he worked hard every day and now I really know.

I did make a doctor's appt for myself tomorrow for full bloodwork....I don't know why I was putting it off except that I didn't want to sit there with muffin top and see the scale at 8 pounds higher than last time I was there.... I need to see the eye doctor and the dermo...it has been a few years as well.

Lots going on with these three boys. Let me just say that if I thought life was busy with two working parents and three children who have lots of school work and interests, and are on three different sports teams, and a husband who slept on his shoulder wrong who needed help getting dressed for past couple days and had to go to the orthopedic doc on Tuesday and have no relatives nearby to help with anything....just add a high schooler into the equation. I didn't know what busy was. More details to come.

Last week Hubs and Youngest were throwing the baseball in the front yard and a missing ball could not be found. I was trimming a rose bush and voila. I find this photo significant to my life:
And I have adored being home with him: