I resolve...

I'm not one to make new year resolutions. This year I thought about it though. I wondered, if I'm going to resolve to do something, what would it be. Something I would actually commit too. Hmmmmm. What. Anything? Hmmm.

Then I thought of something. ME! I resolved to take care of MYSELF. I know how silly that sounds, but it turns out lots of women put themselves last ~ all the time. I'm one of those. I have selfish moments and occasionally I take a selfish day, but I never really think about taking care of my own needs. So this year I resolved to think about ME.

I took the first step yesterday, with my primary care physician. I walked out with a list of things to do. Rats! After I go to the lab and dump some blood, I have to make an appointment with a sleep center. Turns out I have sleep apnea. Next week I have an appointment with a nutritionist. My Dr was very excited about the "quest to fix Cynthia". She's so great, I really like her. I also suspected I have tennis elbow...I do. Luckily, the first step to fixing that is pretty simple. It also turns out that my itchy palm isn't all in my head!! I have a compressed nerve related to a really painful bout of tendinitis in my wrist a couple years ago. There's not a fix for that but at least I know I'm not completely nuts now!

I'm looking forward to finding out what my allergies are, how low my iron is, if my thyroid is working properly and what my cholesterol is.

Now all I have to do is tell my husband that his needs no longer come first. Goodie goodie goodie! Yeah, yeah, I love him, he's important, blah blah blah, but I'm important too - so if he wants a pound of spaghetti for dinner, he better learn to cook. No more excuses for myself!

Yes, it's true, "old age ain't for sissies"
I feel like I'm going to war! I bet I can be a real bitch too :-)