vein treatment

I had a vein treatment on Tuesday. There was a bad vein that had blockage. The doctor was going to zap it with a laser light. When I got there I found out it was more then that. They put a cathader in my leg and down the vein. Then they put a laser to it and zap it. That shuts it off and it dies. Then they shot in meds that made the little ones die. He said I have plenty of good veins to take up the slack. I'm glad I had it done. I remember my mother having a blood clot in her leg. That could have happened to me. I have to do the other leg next month. Its a hassle because I have to wear a support stocking everyday for a week. I know I have it easy compared to the old days when women had to have their veins stripped out of their legs. My legs don't seem to look bad but they could see the veins with this new light that shows inside the leg. Its quite interesting.
Also found out my bones are weak. I'm now taking calcium, magnisium, and lots of D. Plus I was doing the weight bearing exercises off of youtube. I think the exercises will help the most. Your body makes stronger bones when the body knows you need it. Just like muscles. You lose bone and muscle if you don't use them.
I feel the need to challenge myself to be healthy in a year. It will be hard. Old habits are hard to change. I have heard if you do anything for thirty days its easier by then to make it a habit.

Goal for wellness

Always have a great Sunday. My favorite day of the week. The only thing I do on Sunday is go to Church. There were some good talks today by the youth speakers. I'm amazed every Sunday at these youth that get up in front of everyone to do a talk. I've only been asked a couple of times to give a talk. Public speaking is not easy for me. I've been happy that my kids learned young.
I think I'm feeling slightly better. I thought I'd be recovered by now. I think a more reasonable goal for wellness is two years post treatment. I had NO idea that I'd feel this bad after tx and reaching SVR. I was thinking about my Mom today and when she was my age. She was very healthy but she worked on it. She exercised and watched her diet. I'm glad I remember some of her routine. I'm going to start on a real exercise routine so I can measure how I progress. I'm going to start out very slow and easy

It ended well

First of all I wrote this by accident on my other blog. sorry about that.
I had a good and terrible week. My intake valve on my pool broke (my fault) I was able to take it off and take it in to the pool store. Lucky it was savaged. Then as I was waiting for the glue to dry on the seal, (Doing the work myself)then the pump went on auto with the timer and burnt out the pool motor. So I went to the pool store and she told me how to take out the motor. I had to turn off the electricity to the pool equipment. Lots of taking apart pieces. It weighted a ton. I took it to her and got a new motor. Then I put it in. I really didn't know how handy I was with a screwdriver till now. I asked her if I was really going to save money doing the pool myself. She told me yes, that I broke everything already. Tonight I went to the new Startrek movie. I felt a bit guilt for spending the money...after all the problems with the pool. It was worth it!! It was fantastic, trektastic!! It took me back to the old days of watching startrek, only much better

Mothers Day

It was a very good Mothers Day. My son had friends staying at the house from Utah. They were here for a wedding. Nice boys. One was Tongan. Tongans are always wonderful, and a delight. The kids left today. I left before they woke so couldn't say good-bye. I went to Church. It was a nice program. My son showed up in the middle of it. We spit up when he came. He went to Priesthood and I went to the Enrichment class (womens group). It was a good lesson on facing adversity. A couple of women talked about how they handled adversity. After our classes we walked the halls and visited with people. Then we went to the house. I called my daughter and we both talked to her. She had been trying to call earlier to say happy mothers day. I then made some food. After eating we played monopoly. It was so fun. We stopped after a couple of hours and will take it up again. He is winning. :( I still get worn out easy. Still not well. I wonder if my liver is still rebuilding. How long will it take to feel good? I know its not my age. I know much older, active people. I don't want to complain too much, knowing I have lots to be thankful for.

worked

I worked today doing data entry for a friends business. I like doing work with computers. To me its easy work. Nice inside with air conditioner, sitting down. I'm going to work there again tomorrow. It feels good to work. It was awkward at the beginning till I settled in to the routine.

The swim lessons will end after tomorrow. The girl giving the lessons can give them at her moms new rental home. Yay!! I didn't make much profit after getting chemicals for the pool. She did give me the pool blanket which will come in handy next year so the pool will warm up faster. Maybe I can use it into the fall so the season will last longer. My shoulder was hurting today. I know its my old injury coming back. I went swimming this evening. I become out of breath quickly. I'm suppose to have this lung x=ray. My insurance doesn't pay for it so I have to save up. Also hoping this shortness of breath is allergies, or something else , and will just go away.

crying

I could hear crying all morning. I went out back to watch the swim lessons. Seems like a technique anyone could teach with practice. Basically she teaches to swim fast pace. For example the mom put the child by the pool side. Sally reaches up and puts their hand up in dive position then pulls them into the water. They may cry till they hit water and go under. She then pulls them up and says take a breathe then pulls them under again. She brought out the rings and dropped them underwater for each one to pick up. She again pulls them into the water and says grab a ring. they go underwater and get a ring. Some may and some may not come up crying again. Its actually quite comical. One father said his daughter cried the first three days last year and then was fine the rest of the lessons. She swam all summer.
Last night I went with a friend to see a car she wanted to buy. All car salesman are sharks, vultures, etc. She didn't buy one. The guy was trying to get her to buy a Chrysler PT Cruiser. Glad I was there to say no! When she left she was so shaken, she didn't want to go back. I think she found one privately. I hope that one works out. A sensible Honda civic. It a older one, high miles but well taken care of. She won't have to finance those absorbent rates of 17 percent. For a Honda high miles should not be a problem.

Good Sunday

Had a good day. A busy day. Went to Church. Had a family history class last hour of Church. Brought my laptop and learned how to do more searches for ancestors. After Church a friend stopped by for a visit. She was in town seeing family from San Diego. She had her two year old with her. It was nice to catch up as we were chasing the little one. He reminded me of mine at that age. Very fast. Later I went to an other friends home for dinner. I brought tamales that I had frozen. I heated them up of course. She had three families from Oaxaca Mexico. My son came later. There was a man that was a good business contact for him. He is doing a lot of business in Latin America. Had lots of little kids running around. It was a nice evening.
My pool will be used for swim lessons starting this week if the pool is warm enough. I'm finding out that the kids taking swim lessons are almost babies and the parents drop them in the deep end. My friends grandchildren are coming to the class and she told me all about it. She said one of the grandkids did it last year and won't go near a pool.: ( Her daughter told her its just the new way of learning to swim. Anyway this will be interesting. The girl doing it has taught this technique for years. She was a swimmer, diver all her life. I'll hold judgment about this technique till I see this for myself. I have earplugs ready since I can't stand hearing babies cry. The house has been so quiet, it will be nice to have people around.