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So like I just said on my other blog, my doctor and his PA have left the other practice they were at and moved to a new practice in a different part of town.
I have never ever seen the other doctor at the old practice, and I hate having to start with new doctors, so I will happily go to an all new place to see my old doctor and his PA Mary.
They have always treated me really well, been nice, caring, supportive, and they actually listen to me, so I will go to their new practice on the other side of town just to stay with my doctor and the PA who already know me and my history, instead of staying at the old practice with the doctor there who has never once treated me and would probably have to go through my entire medical history which is wicked long as most of you know, so yeah, a huge pain in the ass.
And as long as my doc and the PA write me scripts for meds that my Medicare part D plan covers like they always have, things will be good.

I have good days and bad days, and some really bad days, and then some really good days.
Last week, I had some really bad days, so bad that I couldn't even get off the couch, I just laid there trying as hard as I could to not move around too much because every single joint ached so bad it felt like my limbs were going to break off if I so much as moved an inch.
This week, well at least so far, I am having some really good days, so I am taking full advantage of them and trying to get some things done around the house.

One of the things that I am doing is trying to clean the terrazzo flooring in this house.
I hate the terrazzo.
What I wouldn't give to have some cheap laminate flooring in every room instead of this crappy stuff, but I have what I have, so I have to deal with it.
Terrazzo is just so hard to clean, it's made with concrete, stones, and marble chips, then it's given a protective coating which is supposed to keep it shiny and looking good.
Every so many years, you're supposed to have it restored, sand-blasted down, sanded again, buffed, given a new protective coating, and then polished and polished until it looks all shiny and new again.
But I don't think that the terrazzo in my house has been restored in many years, I mean, I have now lived here in this duplex for 12 years and the floors didn't look that great when I moved in, so yeah, I'm pretty damn positive that they haven't been restored in ages.
This duplex was built in the early 1970's, and that's when the terrazzo was laid down, and I'm not even sure that it was restored in the years following that.
Cleaning it is a real hassle, you can wash it, scrub it, wash and scrub it again, and it still doesn't look all that great.
But I got a brand new mop that I have only tried twice now, and while it hasn't made the terrazzo look brand new and all shiny-polished like new, but it has made it look a whole lot cleaner than I have ever been able to get it in the 12 years that I have been living here, so I plan on doing a full review of my new mop within the next few days.
Yes, I do believe that it's the mop that has made the difference in how clean the floors are getting and looking.
It's a brand new mop, just now out on the market, and I can't wait to tell you about it!
Yeah, I'm a total dork getting all excited about a mop, but I have used all kinds of different mops on my terrazzo flooring over the last 12 years, and this is the only mop that has ever made the terrazzo flooring look any good at all.
Yup, it's that good of a mop.

This same time last year, I weighed 196lbs.

I now weigh 154, a 42lb loss in 1 year, and I've kept it off and am still losing.

I lost another 4lbs since last Friday night at my weekly weigh-in.

Yay me!!

As I posted on my other blog, I'm looking at ways to get rid of my belly pudge, so I'm doing a lot of reading on the internet about all of the different methods to try and help me get rid of it.
I've been reading about fat burners, different exercises, and all kinds of different medicines that may help me lose my belly pudge like phentermine.
It works to suppress the appetite just like the name brand prescription one does.

I don't really need something to suppress my appetite, I'm already doing very well losing weight, I've lost 38 pounds over the course of a year, down from 196 pounds, and I've managed to keep it off for a whole year.
Soo yeah, I really don't need an appetite suppressant, I need a way to decrease my belly pudge.
And believe me, it is pudge.
It's like a little bit of fat mixed in with flabby, hanging skin because I've lost a lot of weight.
If I could exercise, do sit-ups or crunches, I would probably be able to reduce it, tighten and tone it, but I can't because of the rods, I can't bend at the waist.
I just really need to find a way to get rid of the pudge without having to exercise which I can't.

Yesterday, after taking just one dose of my new blood pressure medicine, my vision went all blurry and I couldn't see anything at all.
It was absolutely horrible, I had my text set on huge and I still couldn't see my way to type anything.
I'm happy to say that after sleeping all night, my vision has cleared up.
I also have not taken the medicine again and I don't think I'm going to.

I know, I shouldn't just decide to stop taking a medicine, but I've only taken one dose of it, not like I've been on it for days or weeks.
I just don't want my vision to get all blurry again.
I did call my doctor and left a message about what happened, I'm waiting on a call back from them,  so until I get a call back, I'm not going to take another one.
I cannot go without my sight, it's just not a good thing especially with all the damn spiders that we've had around the house lately.
I could step on one, or get too close to one, and end up bit by a black or brown widow spider ya know?
Yeah, that would be way worse than not taking the new medicine.

Have you ever read any of the alli reviews?
I have read some, but they are kind of confusing to me, I can't figure out if it works like some other diet aids that let you eat what you want, but it pushes the fat out, like it doesn't let your body digest the fat.
You ever hear about those?
The ones that don't let your body digest the fat in the foods that you eat?
The fat doesn't get digested, it comes out, and sometimes it "leaks" out.
Yes, the thought of "leakage" makes me kind of wary of those kinds of products, so I am not sure after reading some reviews if All is like that or not.

Did any one else Mom or parents call rain or snow boots, galoshes?
I was just thinking about that when I was searching for some slip in
women's rain boots.

It is officially the rainy season here, it started on June 1st, (Sebastian's birthday) and goes through until November 30th.
All I have to wear are sandals, open-toed sandals, not exactly good shoes for rain, so I was doing some window/internet shopping to see if I can find some slip-on rain boots.
I need slip-ons because I cannot bend over to lace up or tie any shoes.
The only other pair of shoes that I own are a pair of fur indoor/outdoor slip-on slippers.
Those are not exactly good for rain either.
I wore my sandals all last year, all through the rainy season, and it really sucked.
Massive puddles everywhere, no matter where I needed to go, puddles everywhere and no semi-dry spots to walk on, so my feet got absolutely soaked in the nasty, muddy, and sometimes garbage and debris strewn puddles.
I do not want to go through any puddles this year, so if you find a pair of women's size 10 slip-on rain boots, (galoshes) let me know OK?
Thanks!