Daily Maintenance Weigh In - Sunday 7/22 (early post)

 I take probiotics and eat Greek Yogurt, lucky for me even with the high dose anitbiotics as often as I have been taking them, I have not really had any issues with my stomach I think both of those things have a lot to do with it.

I STILL am not right after my 3 week bout of being ill.. What have you been going through? I have a sore throat that just will not go away and stay gone.. it leaves for a few days then comes back full force for a few again.. I was planning on giving it another week to see if it's really gone this time, but geeze. Something weird is going around out there, and I think I caught it.

146.1 today, PMSing the whole way too. My feets are swollen, and I'm not a happy squirrel.

 Earlier in the year I got antibiotic resistant Strep, z-pack didn't touch it, did two weeks of amoxicillin and within a week the Strep was back, had to go on a months worth of super strong antibiotics and finally tested negative for strep. About a month later it came back and had to do another month of antibiotics. I was clear for a few months, but then started feeling crappy about a week ago, sore throat, fever, swollen glands, tested strep positive again, the doc gave me two weeks of amoxicillin to see if that would wipe it out but a few days ago my throat started to really hurt again and my fever came back (I wasn't even DONE with the two weeks of amoxicillin!) so she switched me back to the months long course of antibiotics that worked last time.

I am two days into that and finally like I am getting this under control. 

Ugh. I hope you do have that beat, that sounds spooky. I hate being on antibiotics. Wonder if the kids are passing it around then back to you every few weeks? Time to Lysol them as they walk into the house!!

 That's the thing, NOBODY else has had strep in the house, just me! The doc basically said that it could be hiding in my body and never really going away, just kinda going into remission and then when I get stressed or run down it gets a foothold again. I guess I should count my blessings that I am the only one dealing with it. 

And taking the antibiotics makes me kind of nuts, I am the type to let things run their course and I rarely take meds for anything unless its a diagnosed infection that can be treated with them, so bombarding my body with all these drugs seems kind of crazy to me. 

172.8  - Ugh..... up 2 lbs.

That's what I get for poor fluid intake and some salty food yesterday and being out in extreme heat all day yesterday at the dog show! Today, I'm pushing fluids and on track. I know it's a daily fluctuaton, but being new into maintenance, I don't like the scale going up. Yikes! LOL!

I did this too yesterday, was out in the sun.. trying waterskiing for the first time (failed, miserably.) Did not drink, ate salty cookout food.. up another lb.

 I love your new avatar!!! You look wonderful and very healthy.


Gail

 Seconded!

 191.8, same as yesterday.

PAcking and getting ready for my trip tomorrow.  I have some quest bars to pack so I won't get ravaged by Darth Tater if my flights get delayed again!

Just got the blog back up!  I will start posting on there again as well.