Back to work

Dec 08, 2009

Today was day two back at work.  (Yay?)  I gotta say, yesterday was much more difficult than today.  I'm on my feet eight hours a day.  (I work at Target answering phones and putting away clothes.  Not what I intended to do with my Bachelor's in Architecture but what are you going to do?)  Yesterday morning two hours into my shift I swear I was going to pass out.  I was shaky, light headed, faint, weak.  After I took a break and ate some food I was a bit better though, and I ended up making it through the day.  Today was much better.  Still some dizziness and such but nowhere near as bad as yesterday.  I was really worried about going back so this is encouraging.

My hips are also getting better thankfully.  I was doing heavy duty heat, ice, and Tylenol the few days before I went back and I'm still doing the heat at nights.  The pain is lessening but I'm still limping strangely which is annoying.  I have to consciously focus my effort on not limping which then makes walking twice as hard and means I have to stop and take breaks every minute.  Sigh.

I'm also not losing weight for the past week or so but I'm actually not too concerned with that right now.  Right now I'm just focusing on work and getting through the day.  (Still no exercising.  I don't want to do any extra straining until my hips get back to normal.)  I know the people at work can tell what I've lost even though visually I really can't.  The only way I can tell is that my work pants are a bit looser.  One good thing though is that today at work there were all of these cookies and frosting and sprinkles in the break room (for decorating them) and I honestly didn't feel like eating them.  I really had to take a minute to examine how I was feeling because I'm not always sure I believe people who say they don't miss certain foods.  But I was Ok.  I mean, I love cookies and frosting.  A lot.  But I had my little containers of tofu and turkey meatballs and I really like them too.  So I was good.  I didn't feel sad about no cookies.  We'll see how long I can maintain that feeling.  For a long time I hope. 

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