Vitamins and More vitamins

Well I had blood work done. I knew something was wrong. I was getting very dizzy. It's not like I haven't been anemic all my life. I took iron pills one time for three years. But that was thirty years ago. In my blood work it always showed I was anemic but not this much where it affected my standing.

After blood work was done I found out the only one that was real good was my WBC. I don't know that much about blood but there are four more that wasn't so good. RBC, HGB and HCT were low. MCV was high one point. I don't know what that means. Alkaline Phos was low. Cholesterol was just a notch over what it should be. Anyway iron pills for me. What really surprises me is my calcium is normal. I don't drink milk. They say I am getting osteoporosis. That is why I got vitamin K. Someone says K makes the calcium go to the right places.

I went to the store to look at iron pills. They sure have changed things since I last got some. They have liquid. I got this liquid that has vitamin C in it too. Then I got vitamin D and K. Vitamins come in mints and gummies. Any thing your heart desires. That is great since I can't swallow a pill. The only other pill I take besides vitamins is half of a 10 mg anxiety pill.

Today I started on all these vitamins and iron. I hope it helps. I don't eat a lot and never have. I never weighed over 95 lbs. until I reached 50. Then I gained up to 125. I didn't stay there long. I got  a sinus infection and went down again. Right now I am at 105. At least I don't have to worry about being too big. I can eat anything I want. I try my best to gain  a little but that very seldom happens.

Taking these vitamins and iron may make me have a better appetite anyway. I can hope cant I?Amd a word to the wise. If you haven't done blood work lately you might want to request it. I did. it had been awhile since I had it done. Sometimes the doctor forgets.

I Made It Thru Today....

I have had a sinus headache all summer I think along with strep throat twice. Every morning I wake up with a headache. I kept thinking it would run it's course and I would get better. I just don't think that is happening. Of course the day I decided to see the doctor I had to work which was yesterday and today. No one can do my job but me so I just had to make my appointment for tomorrow. I said I will get through those days. And did!

It wasn't easy getting papers ready that I throw yesterday. I have been kind of dizzy. I always take the business ones on Wednesday night so I did. I let someone go with me that I shouldn't have but it was just in case I got too dizzy. That was a big mistake and I knew that before I was half thru. It takes about three hours that day. I was ready to slap him silly but I held back and said, "This too shall pass." And it did.

This morning I got up determined I can do it. And I did. I have about 1800 I throw. This is like one after the other, constant. First few times I did it I thought I couldn't handle that by myself. The lady at the paper tells you when you start it takes two people. But I am  a strong person and I can do it. First few times it wore me out just putting 30 bundles of 100 in car. Then you take them out of the car at home. You roll them. You put them back in the car. Then you go throw one after another. This job is not for sissies. lol First time I did it my back hurt. My neck hurt. My arm hurt from using it so much. When I got home I was exhausted for two days. Which makes my heart skip beats.

Today my heart has not skipped. Nothing hurts from using my body. All that exercise will probably help my osteoporosis. It sure is not easy as writing at a computer. But I really think it is good for me .And it gives me incentive to work harder at writing. So much easier!!

I like My Life Right Now........

I can honestly say I like my life. I am older and I am alone but I have really gotten to where I like my alone time. It gets lonely sometimes. And sometimes I look back on my life when I had a house full and I do miss that. We all have to go thru that. We all have to adjust. It is harder for some than others. I have always been able to adjust to what I have too.  Except when I moved to Sweetwater. It was hard for me to adjust to small town life after living in the big city. But I am a small town girl and I know before I am done I will one day be back.

Right now I am just living in the moment . I love my house here. It is only 12 years old and this is the longest I have lived in a house . My Dad moved around a lot. Mostly from Sweetwater to Brownwood but sometimes we were in Longworth and Hamlin and other places. I miss that sometimes but again it is nice to be in the same place for a long time.

It is nice to live close to some of my grandkids and kids. It is nice to get up every morning and sit around. Get online. Read the morning paper. Just do what I want to do. My family room is so nice. I have three sets of patio doors . I sit out there and look outside. Enjoy the view and think.

If I get too lonely I can bring some of my grandkids over. I really don't think I need a man in my life anymore. I know there are some good men out there but I guess I didn't have one of them. After that last one I believe I will just live alone.

At least I do what I want too. If I decide to go somewhere I go. I do miss having someone to go to movies with or out to eat. I got friends but most of them don't live very close. I just started talking to one of my friends I had lost contact with. She lives in Wyoming right now. I have known her since she was in her late twenties and I was in my early 40's. Now I am 70 and she is 55. That is amazing we are that old now! But I am just glad I made it this long. So many of my friends didn't. I treasure and enjoy every day .

Back when I was forty after the fire happened and I was pregnant and just discovered I had Mitral Valve Prolapse I often wondered if I would live to see Jana grow up. Now she is 31 and I am still here. I think I got my Dad's genes and he lived to be 92. I am enjoying my life....

September 7,1957-2 Girls Killed by Lightening

It's hard to believe it has been 58 years since I was in Junior High at Sweetwater , Texas . I was only 12 years old. I will never, ever forget that day though. I had to walk home and it was raining and lightening really bad. I was hoping my Mom or Dad would come get me but they didn't. I was walking under the underpass on Lamar Street and had to go way over on West Broadway. My Dad had a mechanic shop over by the overpass on West Broadway . I was going under that underpass when a bolt of lightening hit something hard. I will never forget that sound it made.

I later found out two girls were killed when the lightening hit a tree where they were waiting for a bus . There were 12 injured. The ones killed were Robbie Mitchell and Glenda Sue Condray. I was in the 6th grade. I think they were a grade ahead of me in the 7th grade.

That was such a sad thing to happen to these girls and something so unexpecting. Sweetwater is a small town of 12,000 and not many tragedy's  occur there. I know ever since then I am deathly afraid when I see lightening. When you are only 12 something like that can scar you for life.

This guy in Sweetwater has a group that I belong too and he put that on today about it. I wouldn't have remembered the date. A lot of people put posts on there about it. Some were there. Some seen it all happen. One girl said she had to go to the hospital and identify the body of one of the girls. That would be a hard thing to do at such a young age.

One lady said it best though. She said," I wonder what the other girls that survived are doing now and how they feel after all this time?" That got me to thinking. I can't remember now if I knew any of them. I didn't see anyone put up a post saying they were one of them. Some people did say they were kin to someone that got hurt.

I just wonder if anyone read some of this that was hurt that day.....