Getting better every day, but some days blow anyway. Is this the start of lymphedema?

Wow, it's been a while since I've blogged. Mainly, I've been busy. Traveling and working and, well, traveling and working. It's all good, but I'm TIRED!

I've been feeling better every day. My hormones are pissed still, and I tend to get 2 periods a month now. I got it last week and was on a business trip followed by a business trip. The second one had me worried, it had just started, and I literally was hemorrhaging like there was no tomorrow. I ended up asking one of the guys in the band to keep an eyeball on me, because I wasn't feeling great. I ended up not passing out, but wow. I can't believe that I could lose that much blood in a week, after losing that much 2 weeks prior. I made it, and I think it's passed. I guess there was a bit of back log - as this is the second time it's hit me like this.

Oh, Ms. Estrogen, I'm so sorry to have shunned you like I did for 10 months. I'm such a bitch.  I hope we can be friends again.

Meanwhile, it's been much easier to keep my diet in check. I'm actually better on the road - even living on someone else's dime, I stuck to basically 2 salads a day, some fruit and coffee and tea. The last night on the road there was no salad, but there was roasted chicken and veggies. I ignored anything with bread or sugar. I did have some fruit and goat cheese and told the amazing looking desserts to f-off. Some of my favorites too - carrot cake, pecan pie, chocolate something in a cup. The cheesecake I could easily flip off. The carrot cake is my best friend and enemy. I was actually really, really, really proud of myself for ignoring it. Yay, me.

One thing that helps is reminding myself that it's literally a moment of strange pleasure followed by the scale the next morning. And the bloating. And the sugar driven craving for more sugar. I like that I'm getting a grip on this. It's not foolproof, but I ain't a fool, and I know that I'd rather feel and look better than have a scrumptious piece of cake. Mmmm. Cake. STOP IT. Cake. STOP IT!!!  See? It worked!

My left arm has been a bit throbby for a while. I worry, but there's really not much I can do. I have my sleeves and gauntlets. Sometimes I'll try and rub my arm for circulation. Dry skin brushing hopefully helps, as I remember to do it more and more.

Going out of town again next week... we'll see how that flies, literally!