So I haven't been writing for a few days but this time it wasn't my fault!! My apartment's internet was mysteriously down, but now it's back!!
So first things first: SIX FLAGS AND SHOPPING!!! Mom and I had an absolutely fantastic time. We arrived at Six Flags when the park opened at 10 with a game plan. Mom had pre-purchased a Flash Pass, and it was the best! You know how you wait and wait and wait in line forever and then just when you think you're about to go get on the rollercoaster, someone cuts completely in line? That was us. And it was awesome. We rode every rollercoaster at least once, all of them twice except for the new Texas Giant. We didn't have special access to it and the line was crazy long. But we rode it once and it was fantastic! They did a great job making it smoother! We rode my favorite ride The Titan twice. Love it love it love it. I could do that all day.
We left the park at 10 when it closed. We had a few hour break in the middle but we were there for about 10 hours. Crazy, I know! And even though I'm on an antibiotic that says "avoid prolonged exposure to the sun", I didn't burn. Side-effects don't ever seem to affect me!
The next day we went to Grape Vine Mills Mall and shopped from lunch to until about 4 or 4:30 before heading home. All in all, it was a great trip and I'd go again next weekend if I could!!
School is ok. I'm doing well and enjoying my kinesiology class, but my physics class is still hard for me. I have another test tomorrow (procrastinating by blogging!) and I should do better on that test.
Things are definitely better since getting back to Ruston even if most people aren't here. I'm still having something to do (school) and enjoying it. I'm also getting to spend a lot of time with my roommates and I'm really glad. I love their company.
*sigh* I guess its time to get back to studying. Time to get enthusiastic about physics!!!.... or try to.
-Annie
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
It's Tuesday!
Like my title? Ha I couldn't think of anything else to put.
So this year I'm in a new apartment with new girls and I love it. There are 4 of us and 2 dogs. Seriously, I'm thrilled. I'm a MAJOR dog person, it's insane. In a month, two of the girls will be leaving, along with one dog, and I'm sad to see them go. We've all been getting along great. I'm so glad that at least one dog will be staying though. I know when I'm away from home, I miss my dog sometimes more than anything else. I mean, she sleeps with me every night! But even though I don't get to bring McKenzy with me to college, I still get a boxer to play with! She's still a puppy so it's tons of fun. She's in that awkward "teenage" stage where she's not used to her legs yet and thinks she's smaller than she really is. I love playing with her, even when I have to pry my fingers from her mouth from time-to-time. She's precious and I'm overjoyed that she'll be here for at least a year with me!

I just got out of my physics class. I can already tell that it will be the class I will have to really study for. It's not exactly a thrilling subject and it's at 8am and my focus is on the nap I'd really like to be taking! I know I know, bad student, but oh well. I'm even doing a good job of going to bed at a decent time (10:30ish) to get enough sleep to get up at 6:30.
This morning however I woke up at 5:10 coughing up blood. Can I just tell you how annoying and slightly scary that still is to me? Even though I understand it now, it still freaks me out. So I got up and took another Vit. K (I took one the night before because I felt that bloody cough coming on) and did my morning albuterol. It stopped mostly. I ended up just sleeping until 7 that morning hoping to give my body a little more rest. I think it worked. I'm not feeling fantastic and I'm a little wary because my lungs feel so fragile right now, but I'm still getting everything done that needs to be done. I'm going!
I have 152.4 hours on this Vest. To quote CFFatboy today, "Unbelievable to think of all that time we have to spend doing things others can't comprehend." Preach it! Dear "normal" people, can you imagine yourself in an inflatable vest being shaken for 20, 30, 60 minutes at a time every day? Being tethered to one spot for a lengthy amount of time? You can't write while doing the Vest, so homework is out. You kinda need headphones to hear anything while doing the Vest (plus the air compressor for treatments) but ear buds tickle while you're shaken. Don't eat or drink (that's really funny to try though). Don't forget, this is EVERY DAY! Crazy, huh? My friends have told my for years "I couldn't do what you do." Yes, if you had to and you knew nothing different, you could. But I see what they mean. They can't even comprehend having to be so constantly aware of their health status and planning a day with chunks of time set aside for treatments because it's not second nature to them like it is to me and my fellow CFers. Just a thought.
In case you live under a rock, the final Harry Potter movie comes out this Friday. Excited doesn't even begin to describe me. I literally get goosebumps every time I see a preview for it. I don't do midnight showings, or really crowded movies at all, but I'll go see this one early in the runnings. I'm stoked.
I'm also excited about that Dallas trip this weekend too with mama dearest. It really will be fun!
Oh I did some reading during my time of nothingness. I had mentioned reading the 7th Harry Potter book again, but I also read a few other books, such as To Kill a Mockingbird. I love that book. I went to B&N and bought Schindler's List. It's a hard read, but so far good. I'm having to put it on hold though with the fast pace of my summer classes. I'll have some time between summer classes and fall classes, so maybe I'll read some more then.
I guess I'm now just getting out all of my thoughts I had kept bottled up during the time I was "uninspired" to write. Enjoy!
-A
So this year I'm in a new apartment with new girls and I love it. There are 4 of us and 2 dogs. Seriously, I'm thrilled. I'm a MAJOR dog person, it's insane. In a month, two of the girls will be leaving, along with one dog, and I'm sad to see them go. We've all been getting along great. I'm so glad that at least one dog will be staying though. I know when I'm away from home, I miss my dog sometimes more than anything else. I mean, she sleeps with me every night! But even though I don't get to bring McKenzy with me to college, I still get a boxer to play with! She's still a puppy so it's tons of fun. She's in that awkward "teenage" stage where she's not used to her legs yet and thinks she's smaller than she really is. I love playing with her, even when I have to pry my fingers from her mouth from time-to-time. She's precious and I'm overjoyed that she'll be here for at least a year with me!
I just got out of my physics class. I can already tell that it will be the class I will have to really study for. It's not exactly a thrilling subject and it's at 8am and my focus is on the nap I'd really like to be taking! I know I know, bad student, but oh well. I'm even doing a good job of going to bed at a decent time (10:30ish) to get enough sleep to get up at 6:30.
This morning however I woke up at 5:10 coughing up blood. Can I just tell you how annoying and slightly scary that still is to me? Even though I understand it now, it still freaks me out. So I got up and took another Vit. K (I took one the night before because I felt that bloody cough coming on) and did my morning albuterol. It stopped mostly. I ended up just sleeping until 7 that morning hoping to give my body a little more rest. I think it worked. I'm not feeling fantastic and I'm a little wary because my lungs feel so fragile right now, but I'm still getting everything done that needs to be done. I'm going!
I have 152.4 hours on this Vest. To quote CFFatboy today, "Unbelievable to think of all that time we have to spend doing things others can't comprehend." Preach it! Dear "normal" people, can you imagine yourself in an inflatable vest being shaken for 20, 30, 60 minutes at a time every day? Being tethered to one spot for a lengthy amount of time? You can't write while doing the Vest, so homework is out. You kinda need headphones to hear anything while doing the Vest (plus the air compressor for treatments) but ear buds tickle while you're shaken. Don't eat or drink (that's really funny to try though). Don't forget, this is EVERY DAY! Crazy, huh? My friends have told my for years "I couldn't do what you do." Yes, if you had to and you knew nothing different, you could. But I see what they mean. They can't even comprehend having to be so constantly aware of their health status and planning a day with chunks of time set aside for treatments because it's not second nature to them like it is to me and my fellow CFers. Just a thought.
In case you live under a rock, the final Harry Potter movie comes out this Friday. Excited doesn't even begin to describe me. I literally get goosebumps every time I see a preview for it. I don't do midnight showings, or really crowded movies at all, but I'll go see this one early in the runnings. I'm stoked.
I'm also excited about that Dallas trip this weekend too with mama dearest. It really will be fun!
Oh I did some reading during my time of nothingness. I had mentioned reading the 7th Harry Potter book again, but I also read a few other books, such as To Kill a Mockingbird. I love that book. I went to B&N and bought Schindler's List. It's a hard read, but so far good. I'm having to put it on hold though with the fast pace of my summer classes. I'll have some time between summer classes and fall classes, so maybe I'll read some more then.
I guess I'm now just getting out all of my thoughts I had kept bottled up during the time I was "uninspired" to write. Enjoy!
-A
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Greetings, from the other side of finals week
The quarter is over and break has begun... THANK GOODNESS. That was a rough quarter, to say the least. But it's over now and it's time to relax for a while, eat lots of good food, spend time with family and friends, and then, once again, start thinking about Winter Quarter.
Health update!
I've still been coughing a good bit (I think it's related to my wacky schedule during finals week) but NO BLOOD!! I can't even tell you how excited this makes me. I still check each time I have a coughing fit, just to be sure, but so far nothing. Yay!
On the other hand, my gut it furious at me. This happens from time-to-time and is where most of my CF problems have occurred. It will pass in due time. Amusingly enough, when my colon makes really funny noises, it freaks my dog out because she doesn't know where the sounds are coming from. Hee hee
Speaking of my puppy, she's been very, VERY clingy lately (I'm talking thunderstorm clingy) and I think it's because she's afraid I'll leave again. The last few times I've been home during college, I've either not stayed the night or only stayed about 24 hours. Not long enough for my dog to be happy with it apparently. She's been enjoyed curling up in my bed with me, I can tell. She's there now waiting on me. Well, she's already napped on my stomach, curled in my knees, and on my feet keeping them warm during the day. Clingy clingy. But I love it. :]
Time to rest up for a Saturday or relaxation. Doing nothing is hard sometimes! Ahh, the joys of break!
-Annie
To celebrate the week of thanksgiving, look for my upcoming post on things I'm thankful for!
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Boston Trip: recap!
My Trip to Boston/Plymouth with my mom and my sister-in-law, Sarah!
I woke up at 4:30am to shower, do treatment, finish packing, and then go pick up Sarah and drive to the airport. I'm not a huge fan of flying, but oh well. We get checked in and head for security. I checked in my regular bag, plan on gate-checking the Vest, and carrying on a backpack. As they check my bags in their scanner thing, it's no surprise that the Vest gets sent for hand inspection. *Sigh* I guess it does kinda look like a bomb in the scanner. There are a lot of wires! I go watch the man search the Vest and test it for "explosive residue." None, of course. I haven't been making explosives while doing the Vest... that's not really a good idea. My hands tend to get shaky... along with the rest of my body. Anyways, SURPRISINGLY, the man hand-checking the Vest asks if this was the machine that inflates and shakes me. "Yes sir." I was really in too much shock that a random African American man at the airport knew what this was. (I mention his race because CF is rare in African Americans.) I thought that was pretty cool. I gate-checked the bag and
Finally, we arrived in Boston! We grabbed our luggage and headed for the rental car place. Straight from there, we went to the JFK house! That was really cool. I enjoyed seeing how the house was set up and listening to Mrs. Rose Kennedy talk (recorded tour) about the things she remembers in each room. When it was time to leave, the rains came down!!
The streets were flooded and being out from under the umbrella for 2 seconds (literally) to close the trunk that Mom accidentally opened (LOL!!), I got drenched. It was wild. We drove to our hotel from there and got settled in. We had to fight for a fridge to keep the Pulmozyme cold because "somehow" the orders to send a fridge to our room (which we requested 3 times) kept getting ignored/lost/something. Finally, it showed up and Pulmozyme stayed cool. Our hotel was the Sheridan that was attached to the Prudential Center: prime location. From there we rode the T and headed to Quincy Market (Faneuil Hall) where we dined and shopped! That's where I took a picture in front of the giant Macaroni! There was also functional replica of the "Cheers" Bar and we stopped by there for a few. When it started getting dark, we went back to the Prudential Center and went up to the top of the tower and looked out over Boston. Day 1 came to an end.
Day 2- Friday August 6:
We woke up early so we could check out and headed out to Boston Commons, the Central Park of Boston, to enjoy the weather and eventually start the Freedom Trail. However, we were going to have to leave our car parked for most of the day, unable to check in at Plymouth until that evening. I still had to keep Pulmozyme cold. This is where my creative skills come in handy!! I had 4 fake ice cubes that were in a ziplock baggie with the Pulmozyme. Around it were multiple pieces of paper towels for "insulation." That baggie was in a baggie, the one that hotels give you for your ice bucket, full of ice. Around that were two more baggies like that that the nice cleaning lady gave us. Around that was another ice bucket baggie full of ice. Around that were two more ice bucket baggies. Here's a picture with the bag next to a normal sized hotel phone. Crazy, I know. We'll see how that story ends later. The Freedom Trail is a tour of special places in Boston that you walk to. You can either be guided as a group or guide yourself, which is what we did. You just follow the red bricks (or the map) and go to each location. It was really neat.
Stops on the Freedom Trail (bold means we visited them): Boston Common, Robert Gould Shaw Monument, State House, Park Street Church, Granary Burying Ground, King's Chapel, Old Corner Book Store, Old South Meeting House, Old State House, Boston Massacre, Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere House, Old North Church, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, USS Consitution, and the Bunker Hill Monument. We spent a lot of time at almost every place. I loved the cemeteries because it was so impressive how many people lived into their 70s, 80s, and 90s, even back in the 1700s. We did a guided tour of the USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides", which was really awesome. From there, we went back to our car and headed to Plymouth. We met some crazy drivers on the way! Little did we Southerners know, the emergency parking lane, aka the shoulder, is actually a driving lane... or so these crazy Bostonites think!! It was hilarious and scary all at once. We finally make it to Plymouth, sometime around dinner. We check into the Radisson and request a fridge. Instead of waiting on it, we go out in search of food. We found this tiny (and I mean TINY!! only 12 tables) Italian place and ate there. We headed back to the room for the night, and realized we still didn't have a fridge.... nor did we have any extra plugs! In this normal sized hotel room, there were 4 outlets, one being in the bathroom. One next to the bed, for the lamps/clock. One for the TV, and one with 2 lamps plugged in. I plug the compressor into the one empty slot with the TV and unplug one lamp for the Vest. However, when the fridge arrived, there were no available plugs. The service man had to go get a power-strip to accommodate everything. 30 minutes later, the fridge was cold and it was time to test my baggie ice-pack. I stabbed it open, poured out all the ice, found the baggie with the Pulmozyme in it and.... *drumroll* it was still very cold!! My super-baggie worked! And it lasted all day. I was impressed with myself.
Day 3- Saturday August 7:
We slept in a little this morning, and it was much needed. We started off our day visiting/touring the Mayflower II. It is a replica of the real thing and it was pretty neat. There were a lot of people crammed on that ship! Just past the ship was a dock where we discovered it was a prime picture-taking location. From there we visited Plymouth Rock. This is me squishing the rock. All of this was in walking distance from our hotel, including little shops and lots of food. We shopped around until it was time to meet Lauren! We met at the Cabby Shack, which had delicious clam chowdah. The 5 of us (Lauren and her man Kyle came) ate a large table so Lauren and I could keep our distance. I thoroughly enjoyed the lunch, with the only exception that I couldn't give her a hug!!
Even though I had literally just met her, because we've been keeping up with each other for a while now, I feel like we're old pals. :] This is one cyster who I plan to keep in touch with for a long, long time. We took pictures with/without our matching pink masks after lunch before we had to part ways. From lunch, Mom, Sarah, and I went to a plantation where they built a Native People village and also a settlement from the 1600s. These places had people walking around in costume AND in character. When we asked them questions, they answered in the language of that period and as if we were all there now. It was pretty cool. The English settlement was more realistic because it was bigger, more elaborate, and I didn't get hit on by the "actors" there, unlike the Native People village. Two of the guys were very eager to take a picture with me and Sarah, "two lovely Louisiana ladies!" After the plantation, we went back to the hotel where I read a book, Sarah napped, and Mom did some shopping. It was already kinda late, but we woke up and got dinner around 8pm at a local pizza place. We headed down to the jacuzzi to soak our tired bodies, but the pool was filled with lots of loud children that it wasn't very relaxing.
Day 4- Sunday August 8:
We got up a little earlier than most of the days on the vacation to load the car in preparation for the beach later on that day. We hit the road towards 2 lighthouses, a long trip due to the distance and the HORRIBLE traffic. There was apparently some bike race in town and traffic was nearly stop-go the whole time. What should have taken between 1-2 hours, took about 4. A waste of a morning, but it was ok.
We made it to the first lighthouse in Cape Cod. We got to go up in it and see out at the top of the lighthouse. It was a pretty cool deal. On our way to the next lighthouse, we stopped and got lunch at a little family-owned place. The beach of the second lighthouse was at the beach we had wanted to go to. However, the guy who was in charge of directing traffic around the parking area said that the wait in line to get a parking spot was *and hour and a half*. WHAT?!! He said that people get in line before 8am to get a parking spot at this beach. How crazy is that?! We got to park illegally for 10 minutes to go see the lighthouse and leave. We took that deal and headed down the road to a different section of really the same beach. You had to park a mile down the road and either walk or ride the shuttle to the beach. The shuttle stopped going at 5:30 and it was about 3 something when we got there.
Let me just say now, the weather was IDEAL. Sunny, maybe 80 degrees, but with a very nice and constant breeze. I took a nap for over an hour out there. It was fantastic. At the beaches down South, it's super hot and you just sweat to death because of it. Not where we were. Oh no. It was perfection at it's finest. The water, however, was a different story. 61 degrees. I put my feet in and screamed. TOO COLD!!!!!!! It was bearable after a while, but you had to get used to it first. My feet were numb for part of the time they were in the water, that's for sure. And there are no shells. Well, barely any shells. They have rocks instead. It was interesting. There was also this area between the really sandy area and the water where it was just a low sand area with water. It was perfect for little kids to sit in and play in the water without having to worry about waves. We watched a kid crawl around in it. It was adorable. The other major difference was that there were no condos or anything commercial. Just beach. It was really refreshing. Although it was way more crowded than I've ever seen any Florida beach, it was still worth the long car ride. We stayed later that 5:30 and walked the mile-ish hike uphill back to our car. Still worth it. That night we ate at the WeatherVane, where we had a coupon to, and I LOVED it. That night, we went down to the jacuzzi again and it was much more relaxing since the 2 wedding parties and the family reunion had gone home. Great way to end the trip.
Day 5- Monday August 9:
Another travel day. We loaded up the car and headed for the rental car place to turn the car in. On the bus from the rental car place to the airport, I realized I left my phone in the rental car. GREAT. Wasted another 30 minutes getting my phone back and cutting it tight on trying to make the flight, but we made it. While waiting to take off, the captain gets on the speakers and says something like "We have a slight delay. The spring on the cargo door is broken... it won't take long. They are just going to tape it shut and we'll be on our way." We cracked jokes the whole way about our luggage falling into the Atlantic due to a broken cargo door and the duct tape not holding at 10,000 feet. Sure enough, after we had switched flights in ATL and got back home, we realized we didn't have any luggage. COOL... this is why I didn't check the Vest in and kept it with me. (It got searched again at the Boston airport, by the way. This time the lady asked if it was an oxygen tank..... umm no??!) We got home around 4pm ish. My luggage made it home at 12:30am that night. It was not wet, so I assume it was just on a different flight and not in the ocean. :] Oh, also, on the flight from ATL to home, we ended up sitting with the Twin again on the flight back!! How funny is that?! We heard all about her trip and how her and her sister won 3rd place in "Most Alike"! I didn't even know they did stuff like that!
It was a great trip, if you can't tell!! I had a lot of fun! Here's one more picture to share: it's from the Prudential building. There was a Red Sox home game that night... look how packed the stadium is....
-Annie
Monday, August 9, 2010
Boston Trip-- COMING SOON
I am tired! I have SO much to say about my Boston/Plymouth trip, but now is not the time! It will come soon (and hopefully so will my luggage... which got left behind somewhere, thanks to the airport)!






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Until then, read Lauren's blog, where she tells about part of my trip: MEETING HER!!
Here are a few pictures from my trip to hold you over until the full write-up!
And these pictures don't even begin to tell the many stories!!
-Annie
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
My Tales of the Tanning Place
Today was a great day! It started with my mom and I meeting my nurse practitioner for lunch. No reason, just because. We enjoyed about an hour long lunch, just chatting! It was really great.

Mom and I had more errands to run, but first: off to the tanning booth. I've never been artificially tanning and I'm not really for it, but we were going to get those Mystic spray tans. Fine. I wasn't thrilled, but we're going to the beach on this Massachusetts vacation and we're both ghastly white. We get there, pay for our sessions, and Mom goes first while I watch their "How-to" video. While waiting, out of the tanning room walks my friend Betsy! She watched the video with me (as we joked about how difficult it looked) and soon I was ready to go... or so I thought. The best advice I got from others: HOLD YOUR BREATH! "Crap..." I think to myself. I can barely hold my breath 10 seconds. This thing will not be good.
I finally get to the room and one of the workers puts in my spray tan bottle and starts up the machine. "Welcome. Please insert your tanning spray and run your hand over the sensor." She didn't run her hand over the sensor, so I did it for her after she left. OOPS!!!! That's how you start it! I haven't undressed, done my hair up, taken off my jewelry, put on the lotion, or anything!!! I run to the other side of the machine and press a red button. "Purge starting." I have no idea what that means, but I'm panicking. I run out of the room.... "Umm.. I started it. And I'm not ready. Then I pressed a button." Epic. Fail.
I had to wait a while for them to reset the machine, throw away that bottle of spray tan stuff, and put in a new one. *siiiigh*. Boy did I feel stupid.
I was ready like 10 minutes later (or so it seemed) and stepped into the machine, clothes-less, hair in a net, lotion on my hands and feet, and those weird eye things for tanning beds on my eyes. NOW I run my hand over the sensor (at the right time). If you haven't seen one of these things, they look a lot shower stalls. I get in, close the door, and wait to be sprayed. GROSS.... soon the stall filled with the mist and every breath tasted bitter and was sharp. I was taking small breaths and soon felt winded and light-headed. I was very glad to get out of there! It only took a few minutes, but man... that was rough!
Now, the key was to not get wet for the next 4-7 hours. It's a beautiful sunny Southern day, I'm sure I'll be fine. What we didn't think about was the HEAT and how we started sweating. Not good! I think we avoided streaking though, thankfully.
I think I'm tanner. I think. My feet, the bottoms of them, are ORANGE! It's kinda funny. Check it out:
Haha! Shows off my arch nicely.
-Annie
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
No FB and a good book
So my facebook was shut off a few days ago: surprisingly a way less big of a deal than I thought. I haven't really missed it actually...
And instead, I've done a lot of reading! I just finished the 4th Harry Potter book and am about halfway through the 5th. I love these books and I'm really enjoying rereading them.
Today I got to see Carter for the first time in 2 weeks or so, and first time after seeing Kiarda. Wow is there a difference! It's crazy how much a difference 8 months makes in a baby's life. Wow oh wow.
I've been kinda anti-internet since FB shut down, actually. Which is why I haven't been posting much. I have gotten addicted to backgammon too! OH MY it's not healthy how much I play. Haha! I love playing against Mom, she's really good. She's the one who taught me how to play and the strategies of the game. I'm totally bringing this old school game back to college with me. Thank you Zenpep points!
Ok. It's currently Tuesday night. At 5:45am Thursday, I LEAVE FOR BOSTON!!!!!!!! :]]]] I'm super super duper excited. I won't have access to a computer while I'm there so no blog updates until I get back, but with it will come a picture with me meeting Lauren!! This trip is going to be fun! I can't wait!
I had mentioned a few posts back that I moved the Vest to the morning. I also moved Pulmozyme to the morning too, since those two go hand-in-hand. I like the results. I think I might need to add a second Vest treatment to the evening, but I definitely need it in the morning too. I get a lot up and out with the morning CPT.
Night!
-Annie
Countdown to move back to college: 26 days!!!!
Monday, June 14, 2010
Home, sorta
I got home last night from Panama City Beach. My trip was wonderful, filled with beach visits (day and night), eating at some great restaurants (Margaritaville, Reggae J's, Back Porch, 5 Guys Burger & Fries, etc), hangin' with fam #2, SHOPPING, and jet skis. Ooooh jet skis. I love them. I loved them before, but I *LOVE* them now. I was sore for 2 or 3 days after crazy wave jumping, and still have bruises on the inside of my calves, but it was all totally worth it.





The trip wasn't all great though. There was one thing that rode my nerves more than anything: the insane amount of smokers. There were so many times when I'm sitting on the beach, at night when there aren't that many people out, and someone sits down nearby and lights a cigarette upwind from me. So many times when I was out shopping, I had to leave areas because, as I'm browsing the outdoor areas, or resting my feet on a bench, the smoke rolls in. I'm seriously paying for it too. It was an unavoidable amount of smoke sometimes, and I can feel some junk now piling up in my lungs, more so than before the trip. Not bringing the Vest hasn't helped either though. I took the flutter, but it's not as affective against mass inhalations of smoke as the Vest is. So I'm doing an extra Vest treatment right now, trying to fight back against my struggle to breathe. I really can tell a difference after so much smoke. It really does affect my breathing pretty quickly. And if I'm willing to do extra Vest treatments, that should tell you how frustrated I am. It does feel good getting a lot of this junk up. And, thankfully, on that trip I had a good friend who ran away with me and helped me kindly ask people to smoke away from me (those time when I had been "camped out" on the beach loooong before they showed up). She let me rant about all the smoke a ton, which helped because it was really starting to work on my last nerve.... ugh. (Thanks Kid)
Still doing Cayston. I wish I could feel better, and hopefully I will closer to the end of my first 28 days, but right now I feel worse because of all the smoke. I'm expecting things to take a positive turn soon though.
Around 6pm tonight, I move out to that mansion with my dear friend Casey. As I mentioned before, we are house sitting for roughly 2 weeks. I'm pretty excited but also kinda nervous, with the more I learn about this place. It's under a lot of remodeling right now... a lot. There is one working bathroom, and it doesn't work too well. The dryer doesn't work. Mice have been spotted in the kitchen. I'm hoping there's internet so I can keep the blog updated.
So remember a little while ago I switched from Pancrease MT20 to Zenpep MT 20? I haven't noticed a difference. It has not fixed any of my GI issues like it was suppose to nor really helped my chronic sick feeling, even when I take all the other meds. *sigh* I'll keep taking them, in hopes that maybe it just takes my body a while to get used to new stuff, and talk with my doctor at the next appointment.
Time to do a little at-home relaxing before I pack and head out to my next vacation/adventure. Pictures of my new adventure are coming up, but here are a few more from my beach vaca! Click to enlarge them.
-Annie



Saturday, June 12, 2010
Last day
Today is my last day at the beach. I've been a pretty great week! I've met lots of people, seen and done lots of fun things, and really enjoyed the vacation. I saw sting rays and dolphins for the first time! I rode jet skis (and paying for it with sore muscles now) and had a blast. Right now, I'm sitting in the super nice condo waiting for the USA vs. England soccer game to start.
Cayston is interesting. It really is truly amazing how something can simplify and complicate your life at the same time. I spend so much time cleaning and spend very little time actually using it. It also had such great potential to help me, health-wise, so I'm biting my tongue and doing what I have to do without complaining. I'm trying. I am ready to be done with the first 28 days, but I'm only at day 9 or 10 right now. Because I have to do it 3 times a day, it seems to be taking even longer. Ahh sorry! No complaining!!!
Hopefully I'll get a full beach trip post when I get home. Actually, I'm house-sitting as soon as I get back, and I'm hoping they have internet out at this mansion. If they do, I'll definitely get a post up.
-Annie
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Greetings from the beach!
Cayston is a bit of a hassle, but I bite my tongue and ignore my slight annoyance with washing it so often because I just keep reminding myself how much easier it is for my schedule than TOBI and how my life is being simplified. And how I really do feel a little bit better. Details about that later too.
Longer post later!
-Annie
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