HRT update

I put my first patch of estradiol /estrogen on Saturday afternoon ~ took the prometrium/progesterone at bedtime ~ removed the patch on Sunday evening and stopped there.
Sunday morning my back and legs ached a LOT ~ I had heart palpitations (which i'm used too) but these were more than that...i could feel my ♥ murmur pounding as if it were on the outside of my body (s-c-a-r-y).
Even though I stopped everything, the heart issues remained.
Funny thing is, I'm not aware of this happening much until I stop moving around.

I went to the pharmacy on my way out this morning to check my BP and HR. My BP was normal but, my ♥ rate was 55 bpm one minute and 103 the next. I thought maybe it was the machine, so I went across the street to another pharmacy, and got the same readings. I checked 4 times on each machine without much change. This evening on our way out to dinner, we stopped at the pharmacy again to check ~ this time my heart rate was staying at 99 bpm.
It's now almost 11:00pm Tuesday ~ it seems to be better after a good back rub from Jamie.
I'm suppose to schedule an appt. with my GYN to discuss what I want to do from here.

If this ♥ issue doesn't go away by tomorrow, I'll be calling my doctors office to be seen.
As far as what I will do from here ~ I'll finish reading *The Wisdom of Menopause* by Christiane Northrup, and try some of the other alternatives in her book.
( I don't think hrt is 4 me )

Miss Mika

She's always under foot these days & still loves to be chased!
She will walk by us and rub against our leg, knowing we will reach down to grab her... she will then take off like a bullet around a corner,
watching & waiting
for one of us to chase her.
Jamie is the one who goes after her most...
(a guy thing, i'm sure)
when I lay on the floor to stretch, she likes to lay close by and watch, which is what she was doing last night ~ so i grabbed the camera.
The flash does such weird things to their eyes. *.*

Saturday Road Trip

A trip we took down to Middlebury Vermont on Saturday.
This photo is the backside of the falls.
We had no clue you could go back there.
There were quite a few cute little shops in sweet historic buildings.
After, we walked around to the village, and did a little shopping.

The bridge went right across the water ~ I tried to cross but, it didn't happen ~ I'm afraid of heights; although if it were grass down below, I would have walked across.
Rushing water scares me more ~ besides...some of the wood planks were a little loose!

One of the cute little shops above, in a very old building.

A lil bug on Jamies finger in the truck

This is a Bactrian Camel that lives on farm on route 7
~ we finally got a pic on the way home.

New work bench

Last night after dinner, I came upstairs to my "studio", (the studio I had grown to hate); trying to think of what I could do with the space so it would work for my needs.

I just sat here, feeling sick...sick and tired of not having a good space to work in. I haven't been getting any jewelry work done because the room was just so depressing to me.

Jamie came upstairs and sat with me for a few; we talked about what to do. His answer was, to go to Home Depot today (Sunday) and get what he needed to build me a corner work bench.

I was thrilled to hear him say that! I've been wanting one for so long but, we've had so many other things to deal with for the last 2.5 years. Well, today ~ I got my bench! We found Masonite sheets to put under the bench,instead of the plywood, to protect the carpet ~ it feels good on bare feet, and was under $5 a sheet!

I ♥ you Jamie ~ Thank You so much!

Sorry about the blur...I was NOT going to ask him to
stop & *pose* hehe

~ I'll post more photos soon ~
Will take a bit to get the room in order...

4got to mention

I forgot to mention, I did manage to squeeze in a little time to make a pair of my larger hoops last night.

I'll get around to listing them soon,
I hope.