I'm feeling better today

Well, I feel better today and I think my problem was really a combination of things.  Hopefully this will continue into tomorrow and it's not just a fluke.

Anyway, I was talking to Mary last night and as a result of her questions, I realized I had not been taking any of my prescription medications since I got home.  Now... how can a person not realize they are not taking their meds????  Well, I did have major surgery.  haha

I was not taking my antidepressant because it was so vile when crushed, I couldn't stand it.   I must've run out of my blood pressure medicine and didn't remember to refill it.

Today I purchased a pill crusher and with some serious effort, I was able to crush my antidepressant to a powder and then take it with some water.  This pill actually makes my lips and tongue numb when I take it.  It is easier when it's crushed though so I will continue until I see my PCP in a week or so.  I also refilled my blood pressure med and am taking that.  The blood pressure medicine does not really taste bad but I still like using the pill crusher with some water.

I was also not walking enough (at all) so I did quite a bit of that today while I was shopping.  I felt like crap when I left the house but after about 20 minutes of walking I felt better.

Another highlight (lowlight) of my day:

I found they have OhYeah! protein drink at Meijers.  Today I bought 6 bottles at $3.00 a bottle.  At least they have 32 grams of protein so that is good.  Tonight I started to drink the chocolate and thought to myself, this would be good with a little mint flavoring.  (It was good anyway but I like mint chocolate.)  I added what I thought was a small amt of flavoring to the chocolate.  It was way too strong so I combined it with the other chocolate I bought.  Still way too strong, I opened one of the vanilla and mixed it in.  Still too strong so I added another vanilla.  So now I was out of 4 shakes.  It could use another, but I decided the strawberry might not go too well, so I'm drinking a slightly strong chocolate, vanilla, mint shake.  I guess tomorrow I'll have to replenish my supply.  Live and learn...

Thanks for helping me yesterday.

Sandi

So Glad  our  chat helped.

You can add skim milk or canned milk to the concoction you created. and see if that helps.

I added SF red and white peperments to a vanilla protein powder once and it tasted like Pepermint Malox  it was gross.  LOL

Glad your better

Sandi, I am so happy you are feeling better. I can only imagine it must be a challenge to stay on top of things this early out. I've never tried the ohyeah! drinks. Maybe I will for variety. Talk to you later!

Lacy
1/18 is my real birthday. So Good luck and best wishes on you surgery day.

It is a Good so things should go good for you.

Thank you Mary! We will share this day as a beginning for us. I wish you the happiest day ever! I appreciate your well wishes!

This is probably the best tasting shake I have had.

Where at in Meijer did you find them, what aile??  I like the oh yeah bars.

They were on the aisle which has Body Building Protein stuff.  At the Madison Heights Meijers they are back by the pharmacy.  Also right now, they have a display on the main aisle which is why I noticed them in the first place.

Glad you are feeling better Sandi! I am going back to work tomorrow, hopefully it will go smoothly.

Let us know how it goes Cher.  I guess I could go back to work right now if I had to.  Don't forget to get your water and protein in even though you're working.

Sandi