I went back and read the post from a month ago and realized that my health was in a pretty bad place, so I figured I'd briefly update you all. I finally weaned off of my Gabapentin completely and I feel like I have about 3x more energy than I've had in the last two years. That stuff just DRAINS you! They give it to people to help them sleep, so it makes sense, but I had no idea how badly it was affecting me! So my fatigue is significantly better, and my night sleep has leveled out so I'm doing really well in terms of daily energy now which helps make everything easier, doesn't it? My pelvic pain is still gone for the most part except when I ovulate or if I eat a large amount of something sugary or full of dairy. This is just the most amazing thing. I went to a conference that was 8-5 for 5 days straight last week and I had NO pelvic pain on any of the days. 5 Full days of sitting with no pain?! I can't remember how long it's been since that has happened. So I'm still incredibly grateful for the relief and I'll take the random bad pain days because it's so much more manageable than the constant chronic ache I'm used to :) My arms and joints still get stiff and ache and burn once in a while, but they're not terrible. I haven't used ice packs in a few weeks, and I barely even take Tylenol or Ibuprofen to manage it. The exception is if I've been particularly active with Remus or picked him up a lot--then my arms are usually killing me. But generally speaking, I'm doing way better than I have in a long time.
I think Remus is playing a serious role in my improved health because I noticed a huge anti-anxiety effect when we brought him home, and that just downregulates all the tension in your body, which helps with inflammation, which helps with pain. So even though I may be more active right now than normal, the times when he's able to cuddle a little bit with me provide a huge pain and stress relief which I think balances out the increased activity. Of course, his cuddling abilities are still in the very early stages of development because he's teething like crazy (poor guy!) and he loves to run, chase, play, and train. He gets bored just sitting on our laps chewing something. He always wants to be working for food or treats, haha. But he's getting the hang of the whole "calm" thing and hopefully he'll start to even enjoy it as he gets a little older. He's still the best puppy ever and he's growing! He was 6 lbs when we brought him home and he's already 10.5 lbs now!! We still take about 50 pictures a day and have to exercise some serious restraint to not post them all on social media, but we know we have to calm down eventually, so we're trying to hold back :) He really likes Pepper and always seems to want to play with her. She's a little more scared of him now that he isn't as shy around her, but they're getting along alright so far as long as one of us is there managing the interaction. I don't know that he'll ever be totally trustworthy around her since he likes to chase, and she just moves really fast every time she flies, but I'm happy to see the budding friendship develop :)
Dave and I are still both going strong in school and work. We can't wait for the three-day weekend coming up to spend some time rejuvenating and resting up for the rest of the semester. Time seems to be flying already this year and we've been blissfully happy with Remus to come home to every day <3. Also...we're kind of obsessed with the show Madam Secretary right now (First season's on Netflix)--SO good.
Here's some pics of my trip to Seattle, WA for my conference. Thanks to Stella from my master's cohort for hosting me for the week!!
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| Medina Park in Bellevue, WA! |
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| This was taken while driving, so forgive the horrible quality, but the Seattle skyline! |
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| Not the best picture, but I seriously felt like I was camping the whole time I was in Washington, it was so green and gorgeous everywhere!! |
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