School year 2012-2013

With the relaxing summer over, I was ready to start the new school year with renewed energy! Or so I thought... It is always hard to restart each school year. No one is in "teaching form" and our voices are not used to talking all day, but man, was I exhausted! I found that I could not wear shoes that had any kind of heel on them. When I did, my legs were sore for the rest of the week. So, I ended up wearing sneakers more frequently. At the beginning of December, I told my doctor that I was planning on exercising over Christmas break when I would have time. I was just still to worn out by the end of the day. I was true to my word, and I began exercising. By the end of the third quarter, I had worked my way up to 4-5 times a week! I was feeling great! My doctor decided to drop the dose of methatrexate down to 6 pills instead of 8. I definitely started to feel less than great. I became more tired, my oy legs and hips - oh my hips - were more sore. I couldn't motivate myself to exercise but knew if I could, I would probably be less sore... I thought perhaps there was an adjustment period, kind of like when I was stepping down off the steroids. I thought I really needed high school spring break. Still, after weeks and after break. I was still feeling... Bleh. My strength was good. My B-12 injections were doing their thing. My thyroid was good. So, this week, we decided to step up the methatrexate back to 8 pills. We'll see how that goes. This school year, I only took one day off for needed rest/recuperation! I hope the readjusted dosage gets me back to how I was feeling third quarter!