Aches and pains and meds

One of the other potential side effects of my maintenance med, other the insomnia that I have mentioned previously, is joint pain.

I had already been experiencing some mild pain in my hands and fingers prior to starting the medication.

Now that I have been on the medication for a couple of months, however, the pain in my hands is markedly increased.

It wakes me up in the night, and dissipates as the day goes along.

I am also noticing an increase in the pain in my feet that had started in April or so when I returned to dance class.

There seems to be a pattern of an increase in the pain when I drink alcohol or eat foods that are proven to cause inflammation.

So... drinking less is a no brainer anyway. Done.

Trying to get back to a more "paleo" diet has already been on my mind, but now it seems to be an absolute necessity.

No more pasta, no more wrap sandwiches, and no more bread.  No more "I don't feel like cooking, let's get a pizza."

Much more veggies and lean meats, meaning veggie snacks, like celery sticks, and sliced cucumber. (We have already been doing the cucumber)

Starting tomorrow, no liquor during the work week OTHER than our traditional celebratory shot of whiskey if the Cubs win a game, and I will make my shots very short.

Then, when I see my doctor later this month, I guess we need to discuss trying another one of the meds.  I hate to put myself at risk for worse hot flashes, but this pain has got to go.

I can't live on ibuprofen, it's horrible for the stomach lining and the kidneys, and it causes increased water retention, which is already a big factor.

We are having a bit of a moderation in our weather at the moment.  It only got up to 93 yesterday, and today is supposed to be 87.

I made the mistake of mowing the back yard yesterday, and should have waited until today.  I got pretty over heated yesterday, but it was still a good work out.

We finally had a successful feral cat trapping attempt yesterday.  We got one of the 3 month old kittens!

Rather than releasing him after he was neutered, we took him to the shelter in hopes that he can be socialized and adopted.  His chances of a happy life are much better under those circumstances than back on the street.

Dave felt horrible for breaking up the family, so I took full responsibility for the decision, which was mine anyway.  I hope he can forgive me.

We REALLY hope that we get the other kitten next weekend. Maybe they can be together again.

Their mom has a new litter now, too.

It's aggravating that we had done so well with getting the last generation of breeders to get in the trap, but then their offspring became the  new generation of breeders, and they have been too wily to get in the trap.

At least we have some hope of getting their offspring, with yesterday's success.

The person on the back of our block who was also doing TNR seems to have either stopped doing it, or moved away.

Off to clean the house and cook healthy meals for the week.  Have a good Sunday!