Medications.. Oh the joy.

Okay. so what i'm on right now:

Metformin 500mg 2x day.
Synthroid 50mcg once a day.
Zantac 150mg 2x day.
Calcium Citrate 2x day.
Multivitamin once a day.
Vitamin D once a day.

Now, what sucks about all ofthis? I'm off of a few medications i was on pre-op.. Which I'm happy about. But... I can't take a lot of those together. So they have to be spaced out..

I'm absolutely terrible with remembering times and what not.. I'll start a log, and then wont keep up with it.. I can be a very organized person, or i can extremely un-organized.... This falls intothe un-organized part.. I've been working on changing that, and I've gotten better.. But it'sstill really hard.

Synthroid i'm supposed to take on an empty stomach, like an hour before breakfast.. What's bad about this? I'm nocturnal 99.9999999% of the time.. right now i'm going to bed about 3 or 4 am and waking up around 1pm... somedays i'll go to bed at 9 and wakeup at 7am, others i'll go to bed at 7am and wake up at 3pm.. my sleep schedule is not good. So yesterday, i woke up around 10... and guess what Ashley decided to try and do..?

Ashley tried to take her Synthroid, Multivitamin, Metformin, and Zantac all at once. and guess what happened to Ashley? Ashley threw up within 30 seconds of taking them... i had nothing in my stomach. so i was throwing up the water that i swallowed them with... no pills came back up.. just water.

That was the first time I've thrown up since surgery.. and certainly learned my lesson.. I felt terrible for a few hours after that, too.. I was supposed to go tubing with my family, and I just couldnt.. i was constantly feeling that 'gag reflex' type thing and feeling like i was going to throw up.. which sucks.. because i really wanted to go! /:

Then i remembered someone i know, telling me that Synthroid and vitamins don't go together..? i don't know if that's true or not.. no doctors have ever mentioned that to me.. but could that explain me not being ableto tolerate those all at once? i don't know.

I've been on metformin since i was nine, and have had 3 or 4 different doctors perscribe it.. each one says something different.. "Take it half an hour before you eat" "take it with your meal" "take it half an hour after you eat" or they just say nothing at all and the bottles don't specifiy.. so i don't know.

It's really confusing.

I wish all of my medications could comein monthly shots, like my b12 does... or even just a once a day shot that had everything in it.. it would make life so much easier. /: lol.

Bottom line is:talk to your doctors.. figure out what you should be doing.. I knowi can't take my calcium and multivitamin at the same time, but i'm not 100% clear on everything else.. I go back in february.. we'll see then.

Have a good day. <3(:

-Ashley
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OH. PS.

I got tickets to another concert.<3(;

My dad has a week scheduled off, the last week of january/firstoffebruary.. and i have a lot of money left over from christmas.. and The Cab, He Is We, The Summer Set, Days Difference, and Paradise Fears are all coming to Cleveland on February 2nd.. I'm going to go with the same girl i went to the Demi/WeTheKings concert with.. It'll be epicccc. and aparently there is going to be a meet and greet, after? hell yes! <3 :D

I honestly love concerts... It's one of the only things i can do or go where i feel... normal.

I spend a lot oftime at home. I have a GED. I'm looking for a job and starting college. 85% of my stomach is gone. I lost a lot of my friends over having this surgery, and other stuff along the way.. (depression and anxiety, me being sick alot, none of them wanted to stick around.. i can't say i blame them.) but concerts.. i feel normal. like a normal 16 year old girl, fangirling over the hot guys in the band, and staying up till midnight dancing and just having a good time with other people you barely know... its fun. good music. why not?

so. i can't wait. <3 haha. (:


picture time: of me, well, after i got the tickets. big smile :D haha.

I love that hoodie... it cost $50... + $10 shipping.. the most expensive item of clothing i own.. you'd think it's stupid that i got it when i'm losing weight.. well. big hoodies are comfy. and right now it fits perfectly. and i love it. and its comfy. and warm. and totally worth the money. <3 haha. Okay. i'm done.

bye now. <3 (: