Hi Everyone!
I'm here and still kicking. Haven't weighed myself in over two weeks. Haven't tracked anything in over two weeks. Haven't checked in in about two weeks. Not any particular reason but lots of small ones, Here are the main ones:
1) Work - As you may or may not know, I usually check in from work. Work has been BUSY but I was also trying to up my value to the company to get ready to ask for a promotion/raise. It's a small family owned business that is growing but they still have the small business mentality, HR is the president's sister and my direct boss, president has never worked anywhere else, etc. We don't get annual reviews/raises, just a bump when they feel like it and if you ask for a raise (been well over 4 years since my last) they ask what are you going to do extra for it. Kinda messed up. Well last week out of the blue they informed me that I was getting a fairly significant raise, so yay me!
2) Hubby - His health issues continue. For those that don't know, he is a five year colon cancer survivor who has on-going issues. At the end of August he was diagnosed with an interior abcess in his butt. A drain was inserted, a test was done early September to see if it was leaking anywhere and it wasn't, but the drainage hasn't slowed down much less stopped. Back for another CT which showed the abcess is collapsed but the fluid is coming in from the colon. We have seen a new surgeon and an exploratory procedure is scheduled for 11/4. Possible outcomes - find the leak in a healthy section and will be able to fix it easily with a temporary ostomy until healed OR find the leak in an irradiated section that will require another resection (number 3) with a temporary ostomy until healed OR find the leak in an area that is not able to be fixed and remove the entire colon with a permanent ostomy for life. Needless to say his depression is back and he goes right to worst case scenario. Weather and darkness are not helping - either him or me.
3) My personal energy levels are getting drained from all of the above. I am concerned about finances and many upkeep items around the house and car. I'm not sleeping well or long enough and not eating properly for any of this. My knees are both acting up, etc.
I know the best thing for me is to get back on track with what I can control so I thought I would take a moment to check in and bring you all up to date. I'll try to be better about posting going forward and hopefully more of it will be up beat. Thanks for being here and listening!
