Cayston: Dose 3

I am about to do Dose 3 of Cayston. So far I don't feel any different, but I *LOVE* how fast it is. After the first dose, which finished in about 1 minute and a half, the machine beep, a little sign came on the screen, and I flipped out. "What does that mean?!? It can't be finished yet! What went wrong??!" I even checked the medicine receptacle to see if some got stuck or something. I was floored. It really was just done. I did the evening one and made it a presentation for my mom, who was equally as amazed. It really just is cool. It's silent, speedy, and s... sweet.

I was a little worried about taste, after TOBI's sticky gross taste. But Cayston really only has a faint taste of the adhesive on the back of envelopes or stamps, so it's easily bearable.

I cleaned the whole thing yesterday for the first time too. That took a little more thinking! It's really not hard once you understand it, but my mom and probably looked hilarious being stumped over the directions of a baby bottle cleaner. But the cleaning process is way less extreme or tedious than that of regular treatment pieces, but it will have to been done more often seeing as I only have 2 sets right now.

Ok, it's Cayston dose 3 time.

Oh, and advice from a fellow Cayston user: rinse your mouth out with mouthwash or something afterwards because otherwise you might develop thrush. Thanks for the advice, CFFatboy!

-Annie

BIG NEWS

Cayston just arrived. I mean literally, like 5 minutes ago or less. I'm still shaking. I'm so nervous but excited at the same time. I handle change now much more swiftly than I have in the past, but still with jitters, sick feelings in the stomach, and anxiety.

It's probably been there since I was in the shower earlier, but I didn't check until I was about to leave to go to my grandmother's house. So peeked through the front door blinds and sure enough: one cardboard box and one Styrofoam box. I pulled both boxes inside, the cardboard box significantly lighter than the other one. I thought the cardboard box was a shirt I had ordered so I opened it up first (less stress). I honestly cannot describe my emotions when I saw what was inside. It was a mixture of confusion, anxiety, amusement, fear, nausea... not sure what else. It was mostly confusion. I was doing my very best to try to understand why someone would ship to my name a Nuk baby bottler cleaner and some Ziplock storage containers. My first thought was it was ordered in my name as to hide it from Mom so Dad could give her these things because of Baby Carter... but that really didn't make sense. Strangely enough, the correct answer did pass through my brain but didn't register until it came through a second time: it's to clean the Cayston stuff. The Ziplock containers are random but I'm sure I'll figure out the intended use for them soon. I pulled that stuff out and found a carrying bag and a really cute/tiny bottle of detergent. After I had emptied that box, I turned to the one that made my stomach do gymnastic-type flips. I cut it open and pulled out the 2 boxes that contain something to do with the actual machine for Cayston. Cayston itself was in a metallic silver bag that reminded me of space food. I picked it up, bag and all, and stuffed it in my fridge. I just wanted to get it away from me for the moment. My stomach couldn't take much more.

I've started sifting through the short and repetitive pamphlet they gave me in the first box, mostly about cleaning the Altera Nebulizer handset. It's kinda cool looking, I'll give them that.

I'm doing albuterol right now and then I'm going to take the Cayston to my grandmother's house (where my Dad is) because I really don't want to do the first dose alone, nor right before I drive somewhere. I don't expect anything to go wrong, but it eases my mind.

Wish me luck. I'm still a little nervous but also extremely excited about what it can do for me.

Cheers, Cayston.

-Annie

"..I'm addicted, it's a crisis"

So I do have a new addiction. But it's not a crisis. I am so totally sold out on the Wii Fit. See, I got really tired of running outdoors (hot, gross, bleh) but I didn't want to stop working out. So I switched to running with the Wii Fit (along with other workouts). The runs do make me cough, so I figure they're doing their job. I also regularly do yoga, strength training stuff (ab work, leg work, etc.) play games that make my calf muscles hurt the next morning (ow!!) and play some Wii tennis/boxing to beef up those arms. I love it. I really do. As soon as I finish this post, I'm going to do another hour on it. I do about an hour each day. It burns, I really do get a workout from it. And it keeps track of my weight and BMI. It SAYS I gained 5 lbs yesterday, but knowing me, it probably has something to do with when I ate. But the Wii Fit was pretty excited!

Another reason I love doing with Wii Fit is that I know I'm working on getting the body back I used to have. I used to be so strong and so toned, but then I got fat, old, and lazy (haha) and lost most of it. I want to be back in shape, and not just being able to run a mile without too much strain but have my awesome leg strength back, my amazing abs once again, and maybe actually build up some arm strength. My right arm is already stronger from all that Wii tennis I do, but my poor left arm is getting left out. I'll balance it out though.

Ok, seriously, I really want to go play so I'm gone.

Beach in 4 days.

Chris comes home in 3 days.

4 days left to organize the boxes brought home from college.

*sigh*

-Annie

Summer days

Nothing to report! Just fully enjoying my summer!

-Annie

Couch Potato

NOT! Well, I do enjoy my NCIS, Law & Order: SVU, House, and a few other shows, but I haven't completely vegged out. I've been running! Every morning I get up and run a lap around my neighborhood and then tan some (preparing for when I go to the beach in a little over a week). I know, a lap isn't much (6/10ths of a mile I think) but it's a start and I can feel it. I can feel those coughs that bring junk up each time. I can feel my lungs being introduced into hard work again. It's feels so good and so bad at the same time. But my motivation is also pretty serious. Although, as my FB status said recently, "It's hard to be motivated by someone who doesn't exist yet"... I'm running for my kids. For my future family. Because I want to be there for them. I want to be there. So I'm running a little bit every day hoping to work back up to where I used to be. I push myself a little bit more every morning, running more than walking than the day before. I'm trying.

Today was spent with my little "sister" because today was her last day of junior year of high school! So we roamed the town and ate crawfish this evening. Here is the best picture from the day! (Taken in a Target parking lot!)

-Annie