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I’ll be in shape for summer

May 10, 2009 by Tricia

The other day I wrote a post on my other blog about how I’ve been losing weight lately thanks to having been sick at the end of April. That’s one thing about Crohn’s … when it’s acting up you can lose a lot of weight – often weight you don’t need to lose – quite quickly!

I certainly won’t be needing any weight loss pills to get in bathing suit shape by summer!

I’m actually starting to worry that I might lose too much weight if this doesn’t stop or slow down soon!

What’s worse, I feel awful. I had to stop one of the Crohn’s meds that I just started taking in April, last week because I have to have a biopsy on a thyroid tumor on Thursday. The medication I was taking can thin your blood so I had to stop taking anything that might slow clotting and thin the blood. So I’m in pain!

Hopefully when I can restart my meds at the end of the week they’ll kick in and make this Crohn’s flare go away! That will stop the rapid weight lose and of course all the abdominal pain that I’ve been having. I hope!

God, I hate being sick, I really do!

Daffodils in the garden

May 10, 2009 by Tricia

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I’m really enjoying my garden this year.

We had a very warm March – for Toronto, and that seemed to put all my plants ahead by about two weeks or more.

It’s amazing how fast everything’s grown, two weeks ago there were a few green leaves and some flowers, but now, most of the garden beds have filled in and there are literally flowers everywhere! Tulips, Hyacinth, Muscari (Grape Hyacinth), glories of the snow and of course, Daffodils!

Here are some photos of the two most prominent types of Daffodils in my garden.

Aren’t they lovely?

The Daffodils have been blooming for about two weeks and some are still coming out, so I expect I’ll have daffodils around for another two weeks or so.

What flowers are blooming in your yard?

Industrial strength Chess – anyone want to play?

May 9, 2009 by Tricia

Ok, this has to be one of the oddest chess sets I’ve ever seen!

Hmmm, when employees have enough time to set up a chess game that’s played with forklifts and skids you know they don’t have enough work to do … or else they’re about to be laid off!

Either way, this just goes to show that they have a great sense of humor and imagination!

Side effects while on Depro Provera

May 5, 2009 by Tricia

You’d think that once you reach adulthood your skin problems would be over, wouldn’t you? I never had really bad skin as a teenager, but it seems that I’m starting to have a few problems now.

Maybe my skin problems are caused by the Depro Provera that I’ve been on for a year now. My face is breaking out a little bit and so are my shoulders. Nothing bad, but considering that I’m used to not having any kind of skin problem it’s bothersome.

Oddly enough I’ve started paying more attention to acne skin treatment ads. I know that I don’t need any heavy duty acne treatments, but maybe I’ll by some Clearasil or something the next time I’m out shopping.

Anyone else experience skin problems while on Depro Provera? I think it’s also causing other problems too … I’m sweating more when I walk or when I’m active than I ever used to do. I think I might go off it soon!

From bare patches to green – I love Spring

April 26, 2009 by Tricia

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It’s hard to believe how much a garden can change in just two or three weeks.

At the beginning of April my raised garden beds had plenty of bare patches … oh sure, you could see the bare roses, the Rose of Sharon tree, boxwoods and a few other plants that had withstood the winter cold and snow … but the perennials and bulbs planted deep in the soil had yet to show signs of life.

Now, near the end of April those bare patches are full of green leaves and or flowers like these lovely Glories of the snow …

Here’s another photo of White Glories of the Snow that came up in a very sunny patch of my garden .. as you can see they are just about finished blooming or well, they’re a little scraggly, maybe because the ground seems to be very dry this year despite the occasional rain:

How is your garden or yard doing this Spring … any nice changes?