so much to talk about since my last post. saw dr r and she is reducing my neurontin some more, then eliminating it! i am excited about that!!!! the thought that i may be able to deal with some aspects of this illness without all the current meds is great! hopefully i can deal with thing without it. if things get to the point that i can't i will see her in five weeks, or she is only a phone call away. i am just going to have to be aware of how i am thinking and feeling.

we also went away for a long weekend, and had a relaxing time at the beach. i ate like a pig, and will probably be stunned when i get on the scales at work this week, but oh well, it was fun. the ice cream was great! we stayed at the fenwick inn with the dog, and trumpyie seemed to have a good time. i ran along the boardwalk friday, and set a new time. i did 3.5 miles and did 11.23 mph! i've never even come close to that. the best i've done is around 12. my knees and ankles were sore from all the running i did last week (24 total miles), so i'm taking it easy this week. i have cherry blooms sunday morning, and don't want to go into it achy.
the rest of the vacation was fun, and enjoyed myself shopping. got a pair of shoes for the gym, and some running shoes.

i was bummed that pt seemed to want to sleep a lot, but when we got home, i arrived tired, and he is well rested, and refreshed. i forgot to bring the heating pad, and ended up with a migraine on saturday night. i could not believe it, i got my period AGAIN! it is coming all the time. it feels like it was two weeks ago, but i think it was probably more like three. it just feels like all the time.

anyway, overall, the last four days have been enjoyable. we are cutting back on meds, had a fantastic run, had some fun playing outside in oc, along with some necessary, yet fun shopping at the outlets. seems a shame to go back to reality and ruin it.