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beansideI can't think up a decent title, so pretend it was something witty/insightful. I know, not going to happen, but a girl can dream. I have absolutely zero things going on today. My highlight will be the delivery of my instacart order. Excitement!
I continue to have Post-Corona shortness of breath. It's annoying. I'm managing with my inhalers (long acting and rescue), but that's not ideal. Ideal would be to go back four fucking months and I don't know? Not get COVID? I'm still pissed off that the nursing home/rehab sent Dad home without a fucking test. I know tests were at a premium back then, but damn. They were all "we have COVID in the center, and we want to get anyone out that we can," but they didn't bother to check that people were infected before they sent them home.
Dad, thankfully, had the mildest case. Three days with a cough, one with a fever and done. I'm grateful for that. So fucking lucky. Hell, I was lucky, even though I had a shitty case of it. I was in the highest risk category. Also in fun post-viral symptoms, I've been having random upset stomach, and my hair is thinning. (Which it sometimes does after a bad illness. It's not a surprise.
Okay, Corona-rant over. Sorry. It's still a sore spot.
In other news, in addition to being the designated food pickup person, I adulted and set up my next psych appt, and the pupper's next visit to the groomer. No poopy but for him, dammit. I'll probably stick with the Latuda dose. It seems to be working okay, and as I said, the irritability has eased down a bit. I still occasionally find myself restless and bored, but that happened before the med, too.
The only real challenge is getting the calories in to take the med. Latuda requires that you eat a food with it. The challenge? It has to be at least 350 calories of a food. Do you know how much chicken or pork that takes? A chicken breast is only 165 calories! I cannot eat three of them. Even with rice, it's a stretch. Pork is even worse. The only thing that works is baby back ribs with barbecue sauce or beef. And I can't eat that every night.
I've been resorting to some sort of treat with dinner to push the calories over the top, but that's not great for the diabetes. I'll have to figure it out. When we eat out, I can make it with ease, but this also cannot happen every night. (Tonight, though, being that it's payday, we shall eat well.)
I continue to have Post-Corona shortness of breath. It's annoying. I'm managing with my inhalers (long acting and rescue), but that's not ideal. Ideal would be to go back four fucking months and I don't know? Not get COVID? I'm still pissed off that the nursing home/rehab sent Dad home without a fucking test. I know tests were at a premium back then, but damn. They were all "we have COVID in the center, and we want to get anyone out that we can," but they didn't bother to check that people were infected before they sent them home.
Dad, thankfully, had the mildest case. Three days with a cough, one with a fever and done. I'm grateful for that. So fucking lucky. Hell, I was lucky, even though I had a shitty case of it. I was in the highest risk category. Also in fun post-viral symptoms, I've been having random upset stomach, and my hair is thinning. (Which it sometimes does after a bad illness. It's not a surprise.
Okay, Corona-rant over. Sorry. It's still a sore spot.
In other news, in addition to being the designated food pickup person, I adulted and set up my next psych appt, and the pupper's next visit to the groomer. No poopy but for him, dammit. I'll probably stick with the Latuda dose. It seems to be working okay, and as I said, the irritability has eased down a bit. I still occasionally find myself restless and bored, but that happened before the med, too.
The only real challenge is getting the calories in to take the med. Latuda requires that you eat a food with it. The challenge? It has to be at least 350 calories of a food. Do you know how much chicken or pork that takes? A chicken breast is only 165 calories! I cannot eat three of them. Even with rice, it's a stretch. Pork is even worse. The only thing that works is baby back ribs with barbecue sauce or beef. And I can't eat that every night.
I've been resorting to some sort of treat with dinner to push the calories over the top, but that's not great for the diabetes. I'll have to figure it out. When we eat out, I can make it with ease, but this also cannot happen every night. (Tonight, though, being that it's payday, we shall eat well.)
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Date: 2020-08-21 03:34 pm (UTC)It's so weird to me that they specify how many calories you need to intake for the Latuda. I don't know how I'd do it, either.
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Date: 2020-08-21 03:42 pm (UTC)