It has been a beautiful day on the prairie today but the wind has been up to 35 MPH today. Seems like when it warms up the wind shows up. Gotta love the wind in KS or you can go crazy.
I had my doctor’s appointment at 9:30 this morning. They were running on time and they took me back shortly after I got checked in. The doctor showed up shortly after the nurse took my information. I was in and out in 20 minutes. The doctor called in my refills on my prescriptions and we were done.
I took in the sleeping aide I have been using and asked the doctor if it was safe for me to take. So many medications interfere with my thyroid medication and cause my levels to raise and I wanted to make sure it was safe for me to take. He looked some things up and then told me it was safe to take. I asked him if it was addictive and he said no. I only take half of a pill when I take them. He told me to start taking them daily. He said the risk/reward tips in favor of me getting sleep outweighs the risk of taking the medication. He wants me to call him if I need to increase the dosage or up the dose to get the same amount of sleep.
About 7 or 8 years ago I talked to a different family doctor about my sleep issues. I tried about five different sleeping pills and never did find one that helped consistently. The one I am trying now is from Costco and cheap. It is an antihistamine and half of one gives me about 8 hours of sleep. It feels like a miracle to me that I found something that helps me sleep all night. It does take about one to two hours to knock me out but I can handle that. If I only take half of one, I am not hung over the next day. I’m so grateful I found something that is cheap and works. It was worth it to go to the doctor to get approval to take the sleeping aide daily.
I stopped at the post office and mailed a package and then came home. I haven’t done much today. I thought about going out and painting the deck but it was too windy.
Didn’t do much this afternoon. I am watching Season Three of New Amsterdam. I’m almost done with it. I’ll be sorry when I get to the last episode.
Tomorrow early afternoon I have to take my car in to get the oil changed and the tires rotated. After that I don’t have anything on my calendar for the rest of the week. I have an Aunt in Newton that I may go visit one day this week if the good weather holds. This would be a good week to go see her and give me something to do.
My accountant called today and almost has my taxes done. I was surprised she called. I really didn’t expect to hear from her for a month or more. She answered a question or two I had about how to handle some things. I was grateful she called and cleared up my concerns. That takes one more thing off my pending list.
I was hoping the guttering guys would show up today but they didn’t. Maybe if this warmer weather holds for another couple of days they will make it out. Once they come I can cross off two more things on my pending list.
I got a text this weekend that kinda threw me off my game. I was caught by surprise again that I can get drained so quickly. I realize now that is why yesterday was a hard day. It took me until today to figure out what had happened. I’m grateful I followed my therapist’s advice and have handled things the way I did. I can see the value in it now.
Grateful for permission to use the sleeping aide daily, grateful my accountant called with a solution to an issue pending, and grateful I found the therapist I found.