October Country

I don't know how over a month has gone by without a blog post.

Let's see...

Weight is going down about a pound a week, so I'm now at 219.8. At this rate, I'll be down to 210 at Christmas. I would love for it to go faster, but at least it's going.

I try to swim 3 times a week for over an hour, and then do some aerobic work for 15-20 minutes in the pool.

I'm also using a program called Noom, which keeps me focused. Of course, I'm also paying for that privilege, so I have to learn those behaviors before my app runs out.

In August, my gastro doc told me I had to stop taking all my arthritis medication. Yowch. But many people recommended taking CBD oil, which is cannabidiol. It's expensive as heck, but within a few days almost all my arthritis pain was gone except for my knees and my sacroilliac joints. So now I'm finishing up the knee injections again, and I'm going to get injections in my butt (!) for the SI joints to see if that helps.

Marilyn Bennett, one of my AOL writing partners, is here for an accidentally extended visit. She was here for three days, which I took off to go galavanting. However, 10 minutes after she got on the road last week, her transmission crashed, so she's here until Firestone can get her up and running again.

And Eliana is getting absolutely adorable!