JItter jitter jitter

Today is the very first time I have honestly felt jittery.... and jittery is putting it mildly. I want to go bounce off the wall and do a dance, and chat a mile a minute. My leg is bouncing wildly up and down with no sense of time to the music I'm listening to... it's just going on it's own rocket pace. And emotionally I feel really good... too good.. *shifty eyes* I'm getting nervous that this is all going to have a serious down swing.... Ugh!

The cold that seemed to wiggle its way into my life hasn't done much. Slightly runny nose... and that's about it. Maybe the GOBS of zinc really did help... cause this is the lightest cold I've ever had in my life. But it's only been around for two days so far.... maybe it's just holding out on me and waiting to strike when I least expect it.

Sleep is CRAZY! Beyond awkward.... strange..... Really...really.... weird. My dreams make no sense (I typically have very cool, cohesive dreams... plot.. themes..etc..) if I even dream at all. Convenient for me, once the sun comes up seems to be the best time for sleep... about 3 hours.. from 6-9.... which is fine for now, being on spring break. But next week life needs to continue.. and life STARTS at 6am. Oh boy.... I foresee many naps at school...

Why I get sick...

Okay.. I'm on a drawing kick.

Chocolate Mint "Ice Cream"

Prednisone Coaster!!

So today is a euphoria day, to be sure. I'm not surprised, with the past few days being totally downers.. it made sense that an upswing was on the way.
I'm not the greatest at drawing... but this was fun and totally represents how I feel at the moment (and the effect on my family):
You've got me in the front, having a blast (currently).. my poor mother hanging on for dear life right behind. My dad, slightly less effected, but still holding on behind that. And then my brother, casually sitting in the back, looking off to the side... not effected at all. :)

Down day, up day

So yesterday I got NAILED with a bout of depression. It lasted into today, but is subsiding finally. I feel like it's more because of the birth control I'm on more than the Prednisone. So I'm going to go off it tomorrow... The doctors wanted me to wait till my count was up over 100,000... But you know what?.. They were at 60,000 for YEARS and I was fine.. so darn toonen I'll be fine now too! I have never in my life actually WANTED to have a period. O.o Who knew?



<-- Improv dinner cause there was nothing prepared in the fridge and I was majorly craving some greens:
Broccoli, ginger, zucchini, asparagus, mushroom.. lightly steamed and mixed with spinach, kale, almond slices, and a ginger sesame seed vinaigrette.

It was wonderful. :)

Breakfast of champs!

I've been adding raw, dark greens into my life... here's one of my personal favorites:

Mixed grains with some fruit (this is a cooked apple with cinnamon)
Banana, chard, kale, parsley, broccoli, spinach, a date, and raw coco powder mixed with water in a high power blender (vita mixer for me)...

Great Green Globs of Gofer Guts! HA!

Taste great.... but beware of making it for your friends.... Not the most appetizing looking thing in the world.....

ITP

Last week I was diagnosed with ITP... which stands for *big breath* Idiopathic (or Immune) Thrombocytopenic Purpura.. It means my immune system up and decided to start attacking my platelets. Why?.. Good question. Stress seems like an inducing factor, but it's hard to say.
I started getting these random, nasty bruises about two months ago.. which slowly increased in their frequency as the days went by. I've always been easy to bruise, so I didn't think too much about it (though everyone else was quite concerned for me).
Then a week ago I went sailing... had a wonderful time... and at one point (most likely while I was tacking), I bumped my arm. The next day I had a massive bruise there... I mean just MASSIVE. It looked like I got whacked with a baseball bat. NOW I was concerned....
So I went to the school clinic to get a CBC, and low and behold, my platelet count was at 14,000. And off to the E.R we go!
After MANY rounds of questions by the doctors (which ruled out other diseases), they finally arrived at ITP. They didn't know much about it, so there wasn't too much to talk about. They gave me Prednisone to suppress my immune system and give my platelets a fighting chance. I've been on it for a week, and my count is up to 80,000... so clearly SOMETHING is working. The only real drag is the side effects... Acne... munchies.... zombie like brain function (which doesn't help with school work)... very tired nearly all the time. At least with the munchies part I've been VERY good... I eat when I'm hungry, but it is all extreme health to the power of 10... I've actually managed to loose two pounds! Heheheheh..
Oh yeah.. and nasty medical breath.... Bleck!