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More than a year and a half since I quit smoking

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My husband and I both quite smoking about two and a half years ago, but sometime in the last 6 months my husband secretly started smoking again.

Well I say six months but I don’t know exactly when Chris started smoking again because as I said he did it secretly but I know he’s been doing it since at least last December – probably longer. Now I’m really sensitive to all smells, and especially the smell of cigarettes so I can really tell when he’s had a smoke … so I’m just waiting for him to come home after having one of his favorite cohiba cigars or something .. that will fun.

I’m just happy that I haven’t even been tempted to start again. I’m certain I’m quite for good. I can’t wait to make the two year mark!

A lot of doctors visits?

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My husbands been going to the doctor a lot in the last six months or so. Often I don’t even know about his appointments until after he’s had them or long after he’s had them when the receptionist calls our house to tell him that some blood test he’s had has come back abnormal.

I really don’t know why my husband is seeing his doctor so much. He’s being very secretive about it. For all I know he’s getting herpes testing or something. I’m half joking, but who knows .. I mean, we are in the midst of getting separated so anything is possible I suppose. He’s had appointments with a dietician and a gastroenterologist though so I’m concerned that something might be wrong with him, but he’s not talking. I guess he doesn’t have to if he doesn’t want to but I hope there’s nothing serious going on.

Migraine behind my eye

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I don’t know if it’s the weather this week or just me but I’ve been headachey or worse – had a migraine most of the week.

I’ve had a headache pretty much since I got up this morning but I think it’s turning into a migraine now. My right eye is tender – kind of like someone punched me in the eye a few days ago – or what I think it would feel like since I’ve never actually been punched in the eye. My eye has hurt on and off a few times this year – even without a headache or migraine. I’m pretty sure it’s migraine related even if there is no head pain accompanying it since I’m a migraine sufferer.

Maybe it’s time for me to try some Migraine Botox. I used to work in a pain clinic (as a nurse) where we’d give people Botox injections in their face (eyebrows and temples and back of the head) to help with migraines. Perhaps that’s what I need now. I know it helped several of our patients.

I think for now I’m going to just take my migraine medication and lie down with a heating pad at the back of my neck. If that doesn’t work I’ll switch to an icepack for my head. My neurologist said one of the best things for a migraine was a warm body and cold head as in bundle up in a blanket and put a cold pack on your head … so we’ll see which works best for me.

A sad weekend trip

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I’ve had a busy few days. Sad few days actually. My dear cousin passed away Monday evening in Ottawa and my brother, my sister in law and I traveled to Ottawa on Friday to attend the visitation and then the funeral mass on Saturday.

The drive from Toronto takes about five hours and I had to meet my brother and sister in law in a certain area as they were driving so it took me close to an extra hour to get to our meeting area (and back when we arrive back in Toronto) so it’s been a long 32 hours! Yes… 32 hours from the start of my journey Friday morning to my arrival home at about 5 pm Saturday evening. I feel like one of those millermatic machines has been trying to weld me together or something …

I’m sad that my cousin is no longer with us, but at least she is no longer in pain or suffering and her close family can begin to heal now too.

The only good thing about family funerals is the fact that we get to see family members that we barely ever see – except at these type of events. This time I vowed that I would keep in touch with most of my cousins via email or telephone. My cousin from detroit’s new wife even seemed interested in visiting Toronto for the first time .. so maybe we’ll start having happier “distant” relative get togethers soon. I certainly hope so!

I wish I could have a deep sleep every night

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I had the best sleep that I’ve had in about 6 months the other night. I can’t believe how deeply I slept on Sunday night.

I don’t think I moved for about 6 hours. I remember waking up really early in the morning when the phone rang and I managed to fall back asleep in the same position that I feel asleep in originally and I didn’t wake up for another three or four hours. The only thing that might have made my sleep better would have been curling up with one of those body pillows.

I think the only reason I slept that well though was because I was on a major cleaning spree for the three days prior to that deep sleep. So it took three days of major physical activity to knock me out. I didn’t not sleep anywhere near that well the next night.

I wish I could have a deep sleep like that every night!

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