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For the first time in memory, I’m actually excited about going to the doctor.\u00a0 Never ever thought that would happen.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

Wellll . . . anyone who knows me understands that my primary health factor that needs to improve is my weight.<\/p>\n

And I want to work on it.\u00a0 Really, I do.<\/p>\n

However, a trifecta of medical annoyances are conspiring to create a vicious circle thwarting all weight loss efforts.<\/p>\n

Since you asked, they are:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Anemia.\u00a0 This started a couple of years ago.\u00a0 I have a bit of corroded stomach lining (aspirin).\u00a0 To treat it I take Prilosec and am supposed to stay away from alcohol (no problem), chocolate (hrmm . . . ) and caffeine (impossible, as will be explained below).<\/p>\n

Anemia makes you feel weak as a kitten.\u00a0 A staircase, one flight, is daunting and defeating.\u00a0 This feeling does NOT promote interest in exercise.<\/p>\n

Plus anemia makes you sleepy.\u00a0 More on sleepy to come.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Heel pain.<\/p>\n

There’s a term for it but I haven’t learned it yet.\u00a0 It’s common and treatable. I need to get it treated.\u00a0 But needless to say, if it hurts to walk, exercise is not the highest priority on your mind.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Sleep Apnea.<\/p>\n

I’ve believed for years that I suffer from this.\u00a0 I have resisted going to the doctor about it because I dreaded using the c-Pap machine to sleep.\u00a0 I’m over that now.\u00a0 I need some freaking sleep.<\/p>\n

So I have TWO conditions that make me sleepy.\u00a0 Getting sleepy during the day is bad.\u00a0 I totaled my car last year because of this.\u00a0 I’m damn lucky I didn’t hurt anyone. I fall asleep at work. Not good.\u00a0 I fall asleep in movies, even good movies.\u00a0 Not good.<\/p>\n

So because of sleepiness I have to caffeinate, which in turn makes the anemia worse.<\/p>\n

See what I mean about the vicious circle?<\/p>\n

SO.\u00a0 Thursday I see my GP.\u00a0 I’m going to walk in loaded for bear and really try to run the meeting.
\n“Get me appointments with the gastroenterologist (anemia), the podiatrist\/orthpedic surgeon (the heel thing) and the Sleep Lab (apnea) STAT.”<\/p>\n

I’m convinced that if I can get all three conditions under control, I can make a good effort to reduce my BMI (the dreaded Body Mass Index).<\/p>\n

I’m sick of not feeling good and having no energy and being sleepy all the time.\u00a0 I’m sick of spending my days off in bed sleeping all day.<\/p>\n

Of course, there’s the possibility that I could find out I’m wrong, and that my three symptoms are all part of some ghastly terminal illness.\u00a0 But I don’t expect that.<\/p>\n

Updates on the details of my fascinating medical progress will be posted here as they are available.<\/p>\n

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