Jenamireal

At the end of week 5 i’ve lost 7kgs… Feeling great except now i’m at the frustrating stage where my clothes are not fitting so well anymore.. Anyway got a million other things to write but i should get back to cleaning..

Well I weighed in yesterday… only 900gms this week but it’s still going down.. Total is now 4.3kg.

Weekends are so hard because they just seem to drag on forever and you’re out and about more.. with more temptation.. But I will keep soldiering on!!

I went back to the specialist on Wednesday to check my test results… Yep I ended up paying the $140.. Results were all good!! And doc is happy with me not starting the hormone treatment until an if I need to.. Will see what happens… That visit made me a lot happier..

So then I get home thursday to a bill in the mail for the blood test.. I knew i was getting one but i thought it would be $60. I almost fell on the floor when I opened it.. $230!!! So… will get around to paying that at some point i guess..

Ok… so I was going fine until the specialist office called me this afternoon to confirm my appointment on Wednesday. This visit is purely for test results. I will most likely sit there for 10 mins and it will cost me $140!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It’s a joke.. I paid $200 (I got back $60 or $70 from Medicare) last Tuesday for an “Initial consultation” when i’ve been seeing him for over a year..

I’m considering asking my GP who should be able to get a copy of the results as I’m not expecting them to be bad… plus I figure they will call if somethings actually wrong wont they??  Then there’s the bill i’ll get in the mail for the blood tests to be done… if my GP had requested these tests and the results it wouldn’t cost me anything… I don’t understand!!!!

In 2005, I had to have an operation as I was very close to having cervical cancer. I was a public patient but got in very quickly as it was urgent. The same specialist that I see now operated on me for free…. My last two operations have cost me in excess of $3000 combined even with health insurance.. In saying that I wouldn’t give up my health insurance because with it i can get into the hopsital straight away if need be. A girl at work is on a 12mth + waiting list to have a similar operation.

Anyway I will probably attend Wednesdays appointment.. just had to whinge about it.

I’ve been on the Tony Ferguson program for 2 weeks.  The first week I lost 1.9kg and the second week I lost 1.5kg. A total of 3.4kg in 2 weeks. I’m pretty pleased with that considering I hadn’t done any exercise. The first week i was so tired I couldn’t do anything.  Yesterday I went for a walk and today I went back to the gym after not going for a few weeks. So I need to get there a few times per week and this should accelerate the weight loss.

I started the program last year or the year before (can’t remember) but I didn’t have the determination that I seem to have this time. I haven’t touched chocolate or coke for that whole time nor do I have the urge to.

Wish me luck!!!

I’ve now got more than 1,000 hits but I have no idea who is visiting and reading this???  Who are you people?

I went back to the specialist 3 weeks early after 2 weeks of symptoms i shouldn’t be having including severe period pain for which my local GP prescribed panadeine forte.

What’s worse than going through “forced, drug induced” temporary menopause at 27…(with all the bonuses of insomia, hot flushes, mood swings).. going through it and having it not be successful.  The aim was that it would stop the endometriosis from growing.. along with the second operation. It now appears that the type of endometriosis I have will most likely come back regardless of what they do.  The good side is that the specialist has assured me that this type will not affect my fertility which is my biggest concern. The next step is trying another hormone treatment not as drastic as Zoladex..  I’ve decided to wait a while and see what happens before putting in another foreign object into my body..

I’ve got to say that I was pretty angry.. angry that I will continue to have this, angry that i’ve spent a hell of a lot of money on treatments and operations that didn’t work, angry that things can’t just be simple!!!!

I then realised that this is not something I can control so there is no point being angry.. but instead focus on the things in my life that I can control and make a difference to… which brings me to my next post..