Ok seriously. I have had an awesome day!!! I got up like usual with Brad… he got ready and left for work. I fiddled online then eventually started to get things together and the stroller set up for Katie. I called Mom before I went to get Katie up so she would know we were on our way shortly. We both bundled up, but it wasn’t as cold outside as I thought it was. I dropped Katie off and had to HURRY to walk back in time so that I could get back before my church friend arrived… and JUST as I came in my door she called me and said she was about to pull up, LOL!

Long story short……. the address I got online was WRONG. It was the old address so my church friend dropped me off and THEN I found out I was at the wrong place so I had to call her and tell her to come back, lol. We had to go out of our way a bit to get to where we needed to go and I called the office to let them know. Said friend dropped me off….. again, lol this time in the RIGHT place. It was a big building and I had to go to the 2nd floor but found the suite right away. There were quite a few people in the waiting room and I filled out paper work and I’d say I had to wait like an hour and 15 minutes total? But it’s a speciality clinic so that’s to be expected, really. I went back and the nurse listened to my breathing, took my blood pressure both sitting down and after standing up and took my blood sugar….. which was 73. It was lower since I had not eaten anything. I didn’t eat just incase they wanted to take fasting blood levels. I had to wait another…. 10 minutes or so for a room to open up but the Doc saw me right then! He was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I showed him my past bloodwork, told him a summary of my WHOOOOOLE story and told him I felt like I should go back on Metformin like I had been back in 2006-07 and he said YES, that he was going to put me on Metformin 3 times a day! That’s more than the last time I took it! I was on 1,000mg back then and this time it’s going to be 1,500mg. I’M STOKED because it helped me so much last time! I got the prescription for the meds but can’t start until after my labwork that I am GETTING MONDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guess what? I come in EARLY Monday morning for the 5 HOUR fasting glucose testing….. man, I only had to do 3 hours when I was pregnant and they were testing for gestional diabetes! THEN, they are going to take…… wait for it….. EIGHT vials of blood! Holy WOW. Again, that’s MORE than they took when I found out I was pregnant! The most I got taken was six. I told the Doc that I just wanted to feel good again and he said he would get to the bottom of it.

DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE WAITED TO HEAR THAT?!!!!!!!! =) To FINALLY have a Doctor not QUESTION my symptoms because he knew EXACTLY what I was TALKING ABOUT. Also, he ordered an ultrasound of my ovaries so I’ll have to go to another nearby hospital (when they call me & not sure which day that will be or when ill have to go) and that’ll give the Doc an idea of how my ovaries are doing by LOOKING at them. My appointment this morning was at 9:30AM but I didn’t go back until…… 11:40? I think? I felt so bad because my church friend had both of her babies with her and they were getting tired and restless. She parked at a nearby bank so I walked up to them once I was done with my appointment. She had to make a stop at the vet then dropped me off at home.

I’m still trying to figure out how I’m gonna get to my Monday EARLY morning appointment… they want me there at 8:15AM and of course I’ll be there for five hours. My church friend said she couldn’t do that early with the babies and I’m not gonna ask my other church friend because she has 2 babies too. Mom’s car isn’t in good enough shape to get me there…… so the only other option is for Brad to take me super super early up there and then he can go on to work and I can just wait somewhere until my appointment. Unless something else comes up this weekend so I could have another way there. We’ll see. I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO GO. I’m ready to start the Metformin! The Doc told me to start a low calorie diet once I start taking the Metformin so once I start those meds I’m gonna be STRICT AGAIN.. except KEEP THE GOOD FATS!

I was so excited when I got home I was nearly shaking, lol. The THOUGHT of feeling good again completely?! This is it. I finally have the stepping stones towards getting my health back on track. I’m so thankful. SO… I came home, was STARVING (of course) so I quickly started some lunch, called Mom….. told her the story, then Brad called me and I told him. I ate lunch, fiddled online, started some laundry, washed dishes, watched an episode of SECRET LIFE and then I got to just sit and SING!!!!!!!!!!!! I haven’t got to do that in a long time without having to worry about SOMETHING. but TODAY! for the first time in a long while…. I was HOME ALONE! and after the AWESOME NEWS I got this morning, I felt satisfied. When I talked to Mom, she said Katie had been really good so far. Eventually, Brad came home and we loaded up to start out for groceries!!!!!! We got our usual Friday routine done and came back to Mom’s to pick Katie up. It’s been raining off/on since Brad came home and has really cooled off a bit more as well.

I’m just so excited I could burst!!!!!!!!!!!! Doc said that I will take the meds for 4 weeks and then return for another appointment to see how things are and if it’s still not working or not enough then he said he’ll see what needs to change! I have a smile on my face tonight! Time to catch up online then I think I’ll watch another (rerun!) episode of Secret Life!