Why I Still Have My Appendix - Probiotic Information

I previously posted about wanting to try a bowel cleanse, because I just felt like things were a bit on the sluggish side. Then last week, my littlest had a tummy bug and I had some abdominal pains. I chalked it up to being a mix of PMS cramps or the tummy bug making its way to me.

I forgot to weigh in on Wednesday, because I woke up late. Thursday, I was feeling just a bit "off", no fevers, but some abdominal pain. Friday I made awesome cupcakes and will post about those another day. Saturday I still felt somewhat icky. And then Sunday night it happened...the dog walked over and sat on my lap and it was enough to bring me to tears. My bladder felt like it was full of razors. I got up early morning Monday and went to the local doc-in-a-box since I'm looking for a new PCP on my side of town. Doc said I probably ruptured an ovarian cyst and told me to go to the ER. ER doc was convinced I would be getting my appendix out. Well, long story short. If your appendix is only a little bit sick, it stays in and goes on antibiotics, so that's where I'm at right now. I guess if I held out another day or so, I'd be going under the knife. Instead, I'm on a ton of antibiotics, I still haven't tried a colon cleanse and now I'm in the market for a good probiotic.

I spent quite a bit of time today at the local health food store sorting through probiotics. Last night I did my research and determined that I needed alive probiotics vs. shelf stable probiotics. For more information on who should take probiotics - here's a site for you, it even has clinic trials and published studies. As somebody who is lactose intolerant, I really need to consider this for long-term use.

I decided on Raw Probiotics for Women and am pleased that they also carry a children's line (which I have not researched, yet). I start on these tomorrow, and will keep you all posted.

In other news....

- I was a whopping 152 at the hospital yesterday...yikes, that's moving in the wrong direction!

- My closet challenge is coming along nicely. I gave my sister 2 garbage bags full of clothes and she is loving having a new wardrobe.

- My Random Acts of Kindness challenge was fun, and I will update with some of the fun things tomorrow when I weigh in.

6-Months Clothes Challenge!

I had a mini-milestone birthday this week. I turned 35 on Sunday. My MIL gave me a great gift of a gift certificate to do anything I want with a Visa Giftcard. Whoo hooo! Perfect present for me. Why? Well, because I cannot for the life of me, fit another article of clothing into my closet. I'm saddened at how over-grown the closet has become with clothes....
As you can see, I now have a mix of scrubs and suits. I'm gradually going through the suits and trying to decide which classic ones to keep. I also seem to have a huge variety of scrubs for having been a huge variety of sizes with previous scrub-wearing jobs.

That's just one side of the closet. You really don't want to see the regular clothes side of the closet. The every day clothes, that somehow I never really wear!

I'm challenging myself to a six-month clothes challenge. My birthday is January 23rd, and my hubby's birthday is June 23rd, and so between this time, I am going to keep track of what I wear in my closet and anything that I haven't worn by June 23rd will need to find a new home. I am allowing myself to keep some items - like a couple of classic suits and some other special occasion outfits, but those things will get sealed into a suit-bag and placed in the hall closet.

My goal, is to go into my closet every day and see a bunch of clothes (just like now), but know that I actually like the clothes and fit comfortably in them and will wear them out (not like now!). A positive side-effect to this attempt at wearing more of my clothes will be that I will hopefully clean up my look a little bit, too! I'm wearing the same few things over and over again.

I'll check in from time to time and let you know how it's coming along.