VSG Maintenance Group
10/27/2020, Tuesday
I'll talk food. I'm back with my weigh****chers routine, which means eating more foods that actually fuel my health, EXCEPT, candy! There is too much candy available this time of year. I am not happy about the candy I am eating, but I am happy it hasn't made me say, oh what the hell, let's have deep dish pizza, and dessert etc. I guess eating about 200-300 calories of candy, but still eating my health building fuel is progress?
In September my oncologist asked me to lose weight and start an exercise program before I see her again in January. In the giddy light of September, done with treatment, it seemed like a super great idea, which I had every intention of embracing. Now here we are, end of October, and, ehhh. I am just so friggin tired everyday. I don't think I'm depressed, just physically, down to the bone tired.
WW chili on the simmering on the stove, and tomorrow is work from home, so I can sleep in an extra hour. Something to look forward to.
I have had, perhaps, an epiphany. What kind of tired to the bone, causes you to sit down while you brush your teeth, fills you with lead, but doesn't really respond to naps... for me, that's anemia. I forget to consider anemia since I don't menstruate. I didn't lose much blood in my surgery. But I consulted Dr. Google and there is research that 60% of women get mild to moderate anemia after oncology radiation. I didn't know this, but it makes sense that healthy red cells take a hit during radiation too. And I know when my hemoglobin gets to 11, which is pretty mild, I do feel it. I feel worse than an 11. I might need to get a blood draw ...
