Last week was roooough, y’all. I have been tapering off my vertigo medication for several weeks, and on October 30 I took my last dose. I started having mild withdrawal symptoms last weekend followed by major withdrawal symptoms Monday – Thursday (and it would have gone on much longer, but my doc advised me to start taking a tiny dose again to alleviate the issues, and now I have to taper off again, but it will be a MUCH longer taper). Long story short, I was down literally all last week, so this may end up being the most boring weekly recap ever. I basically spent the week listening to my body – resting a LOT, doing a little here and there when I could, and I did more staring off into space than I’ve done in my entire life because my vision was blurry and my eyes were straining so bad that they were actually in pain. Yeesh!
Also, please note that I felt so bad every day that I literally didn’t take a single picture (other than my OOTD pictures) all week until Saturday… oops!
Monday, November 3
I had started feeling really “off” Saturday and Sunday and I was mildly unsteady Sunday afternoon and evening, but when I woke up Monday morning, I couldn’t walk without holding onto the wall because I was so dizzy and unsteady. I didn’t have vertigo, though, and the dizziness and unsteadiness felt different than the dizziness and unsteadiness that I’ve been dealing with the last two years as residual from my vertigo, so I knew something was wrong.
My original thought was that it was the antibiotics I was having to take, but by Monday morning, I knew that wasn’t the case as I was having tons of other issues as well – nausea, upset stomach, dizziness, unsteadiness, lightheadedness, tremors, brain zaps, muscle twitches, eye strain, blurred vision, increased tinnitus, head pressure, MAJOR brain fog, rapid heart rate when sitting still, restlessness, major night sweats, insomnia, and increased anxiety. It. was. awful.
Monday morning, I had forgotten to change my analog clock for the time change (yes, I still use my old-school alarm clock that I’ve had since I was ten years old), so I got in the bathroom and started putting in my contacts when I realized that it seemed too early. Sure enough, I checked my cell phone and realized it was only 5 AM. Lol. I took my contacts back out, and I got right back in the bed. However, I was wide awake for the next hour until it was time to get up because of the insomnia from my withdrawals so I just lay there and rested until it was time to get up at 6 AM. And for the record, I’ve never in my life forgotten to change my clocks, so the brain fog was obviously verrrry strong.
I finally got up at six and I could barely stand in the shower so that’s when I knew that my body was definitely going through withdrawals from stopping the vertigo medicine. Brian ended up driving the kids to school, and I rode with him because I had an appointment with the upper cervical chiropractor, which was TERRIBLE timing because those appointments always make me dizzy and unsteady for 24-48 hours afterward, so I had to add that to the dizziness and unsteadiness that I was already experiencing. Sigh.
Brian drove us home and then I tried to work on my blog post for Tuesday a little, but I just felt awful, so I crawled in bed a took a long nap, although, I’m not sure how much I actually slept. My muscles kept twitching every time I was about to fall asleep, so sleep was nearly impossible.
After my nap, Brian and I ate lunch, and then I got the towels in the washer and dryer. I felt even worse after lunch, so after attempting to work some more on my blog post, I gave up and lay in bed again.
Brian picked up Olivia from school, and I had a snack with her and chatted with her when she got home. While she did homework, I worked on my blog post some more, but I knew at that point, it was never going to be ready by Tuesday, so I postponed it until Wednesday.
I had to lay down again after working for a few minutes, and then I got the towels folded and put away. At that point, I was dying to be up and about, so I tried to tidy some things around the house whilst holding on to all the walls and tables and chairs and beds to steady myself… yes, I am that stubborn. Haha.
After that, I organized my planner for the next day, and then I had to figure out what to do about dinner since I was supposed to have gone grocery shopping, but couldn’t. Thankfully, we had some leftover pizza Joes in the freezer, so I thawed and warmed the mixture and spread it over hamburger buns with some mozzarella cheese, and that, along with some fruit, was dinner.
While I was preparing dinner, Brian picked up Jacob from e-sports, and then we all ate dinner together.
After dinner, I felt awwwwful. I physically felt like I couldn’t sit still, but I was so dizzy and unsteady that I also physically couldn’t be up and about, so it was misery. I listened to the news and Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune with Brian while the kids showered, and I felt even worse by the time the kids got out of the shower.
We all sat down to watch the finale of Lego Masters Jr. when the kids were ready for bed, but I couldn’t see anything on the TV because my eye strain/blurred vision was so bad, so I ended up laying in the bed for a while and then we got the kids in bed.
Since I basically couldn’t function anymore, Brian and I went to bed at nine, but it took me forever to fall asleep again.
Tuesday, November 4
I ended up sleeping pretty good Monday night aside from some brutal night sweats, and I got up at 6 AM like usual, praying that I would be feeling better. Unfortunately, I did not, but I went ahead and got showered anyway.
Olivia came running in the bathroom when she got up because her eye was bright pink and swollen and goopy… SIGH. Poor Brian had planned to go to work Tuesday, but he ended up having to take Jacob to school and then take Olivia to the doctor because I still couldn’t drive. Olivia did, indeed, have pinkeye, so the doc sent in a prescription for her and told us that she couldn’t go back to school until Thursday. Although I hated that she had pinkeye and had to miss school, I was secretly excited to have her company since I couldn’t do much. Haha.
I tried yet again to work on my blog post that I’d had to move to Wednesday, but I felt like crap and couldn’t really look at the computer screen at all. I was supposed to have had an appointment with my therapist, too, but I ended up talking to her on the phone instead since I couldn’t drive. She’s super flexible, and I have her personal cell phone number, so it’s great to be able to do that if I need to, even though I prefer to see her in person as I get more out of it that way.
She obviously sees people who are on medication for many different reasons, and she was the one who told me definitively that I was going through withdrawals from the meds. She said it was definitely not from the antibiotic that I was taking. She advised me to call my doctor and discuss it with them, and she told me that it was likely that the doc would have me start taking a small dose again to resolve the problem.
I messaged my doctor in the portal after my call with my therapist, and my doctor’s office said that the soonest they could see me was Thursday morning (noooo!!), so I settled in for two more days of misery. I know that sounds dramatic, but y’all, it was not fun. And that is an understatement.
CVS also contacted me to tell me that they were out of stock for Olivia’s prescription and that they wouldn’t be able to have it until the next evening (at the earliest), and that wasn’t going to fly because then she’d have to miss a third day of school. So, I had to deal with that. I called a local pharmacy to see if they had it in stock and they did, so they told me that they’d have CVS transfer her prescription over.
Hours later, CVS had not done their job (SHOCKING) ß sarcasm, so I had to call them and ask them again to do it, and they finally did. They are seriously the WORST. We only use them because our insurance has a deal with them for lower costs, but I wish we weren’t stuck like that because our local pharmacy is amazing!
I was able to work on my blog post for a few minutes after that, and then Brian, Olivia, and I all had lunch together. I made a grocery list for Brian since I couldn’t go to the store, and Olivia worked on schoolwork all afternoon. Her teachers were fantastic while she was out, so she was able to do everything in the Google classroom including watching math lessons that she missed. While she did that, I took a two-hour nap because I just couldn’t function at all. I basically wanted to sleep the whole week because being awake was just so miserable.
After my nap, I finally felt well enough to finish my blog post (small wins, y’all!), and then I tidied a couple of things around the house. I was tired again after that, so I lay down and stared off into space for a bit, and then I attempted to read my devotional and write in my gratitude journal. I got through them both, but it took forever since my vision was so weird.
Brian left to pick up Olivia’s prescription and get Jacob from e-sports after that, and he brought him home. I hung out with the kids for a bit while Brian went back out to go grocery shopping and pick up Chick-Fil-A for dinner. And I was also able to alternate between taking down fall décor and sitting on the couch to rest. What would have normally taken 20 minutes took over an hour, but it felt good to do SOMETHING.
When B got home, I helped him put away the groceries and then we all sat down to eat our Chick-Fil-A. We all watched Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune together again (I listened since my eyes still weren’t working well) and then Jacob showered.
I went to lay in bed after that, and Brian lay in the bed with me to chat. Then Jacob came in and sat in our chair in our bedroom and joined us in our chat. We ended up talking for a while. Olivia is always with someone (she doesn’t like being alone unless she’s watching TV or playing video games), so I was surprised she didn’t join us. Turns out, she was basking in the glow of her Christmas tree, twinkle lights, and Christmas décor and writing in her room. Hahahaha. I just love her, y’all.
After we got the kids in bed, my eyes were working slightly better, so Brian and I finished an episode of Saturday Night Live that we’d started, and then I watched the election coverage before going to bed early again. I was SO HAPPY to see some positive changes on this election day!!
Wednesday, November 5
I struggled to fall asleep and then stay asleep Tuesday night again because of more muscle twitches and then more night sweats, so I got up at 6 AM even though I didn’t have to. I already knew I wasn’t going to feel any better, so Brian had already planned to take Jacob to school again. And, of course, Olivia stayed home once more since she was still likely contagious.
I got showered and into cozy clothes and I skipped makeup and hair altogether since I didn’t have to go anywhere. Then I went downstairs at 6:45 AM and starting baking chocolate chip muffins because I wanted something yummy and I wanted Olivia to have something special since she had to stay home. I felt decent enough to do that (I felt the best in the morning each day even though I still didn’t feel great), so it was nice to accomplish something.
Olivia came down at 7 even though we’d left her to sleep in, and then we said goodbye to Brian and Jacob. Brian was able to work in the office Wednesday since Olivia was home with me.
Olivia watched TV for a bit, and I alternated between working on another blog post and laying down. Mid-morning, Olivia and I decorated a little bit for Christmas. Brian had pulled out three boxes for me, and I was able to sit on the floor and unpack each box, and then Olivia set up all the décor. She was such a great helper, and it was so nice that I didn’t have to be up and about since I was so unsteady still.
We got two of the three boxes unpacked and got the decorations up, but I was too tired to do the third box. I thought I was having a better day Wednesday than Monday and Tuesday, but late in the morning I started feeling awwwwfullll again. Sigh.
We had lunch after that, and then I alternated between working and resting. I felt pretty bad all afternoon – my dizziness and head pressure really ramped up – but I really tried hard to find joy in the little things… my hot tea, my electric blanket, Christmas lights, prayer, quality time with Olivia, a slower pace… there’s always something for which to be grateful even in times that are less than ideal.
Brian picked up Jacob from school and worked from home for the rest of the day. I was able to box up the rest of our Halloween decorations later in the afternoon and I opened my new planner that had been delivered. That was also a bright spot in the week! Then, I did my quiet time for the day, and it was time to make dinner.
Since I didn’t have the stamina (or steadiness) to cook a full meal, we had ham and cheese biscuit sliders with chips and fruit Wednesday evening, and then I lay on the couch all evening watching the news, Jeopardy, and Wheel of Fortune again. My eyes were in really bad shape on Wednesday (I couldn’t focus on anything, and my eyes literally hurt when I tried) so I just listened again.
The kids hung out with us all night, and we had a low-key evening, which is non-existent for a Wednesday as Olivia typically has her late dance night on Wednesdays. She wasn’t able to go, though, since she was still recovering from her pinkeye.
We ended up getting the kids in bed early and then Brian and I went to bed right after they did. I climbed into bed by 8:52 (quite possibly the earliest bedtime ever), and we were lights out at 9:30… a whole hour earlier than usual for us.
Thursday, November 6
I slept well Wednesday night other than night sweats and weird muscle twitches and brain zaps with loud ringing in my ears while I was trying to fall asleep. Once I fell asleep, I slept fairly well.
Brian got up to get showered, and I lay in bed until he was out. I already knew I wasn’t going to be driving anywhere so I just decided there was no reason to get up at 6 because, why prolong feeling terrible? Haha.
When I got up, I was extra shaky and I kept seeing weird flashes of light (seriously, the side effects of tapering off medication is NO JOKE), but I was able to shower (carefully but quickly) and then I got into a clean set of PJs to be comfy again all day.
The kids and I did our devotional for the day and then Brian took both of them to school. Olivia was excited to be heading back, but I was sad that I didn’t have a buddy. I was also a little worried about being home alone as one of the side effects of coming off my medication can be seizures (in rare circumstances), so Brian worked from home again.
I ate breakfast and unloaded the dishwasher while Brian dropped the kids at school and then I finished my blog post for Friday. I spent the next little bit alternating between starting my blog post for Monday and laying down to rest, and I also got my planner caught up since it was majorly neglected last week.
Thursday, the worst of my symptoms were the eye strain, tons of pressure in my head, major tinnitus (louder than my usual ringing), and unsteadiness.
I finallyyyy had a video call with my primary doctor’s PA Thursday morning at 9:45, and we chatted about everything that was going on. Unfortunately, my primary doctor is out on leave right now, and she’s the one who is well versed in my situation, so I had to start from scratch with the PA, although, I’m sure she read the notes in the system before our meeting.
From what I had read online (and from what I learned speaking with someone I know personally who has also had to wean off this same medication), the average withdrawal time is 2-3 weeks, but they can last for months and even years in some rare cases, which is terrifying. The person I know who has also taken it said he had the same symptoms that I had. His symptoms peaked around day 10 and tapered off quickly, ending around the 14-day mark.
I don’t have 14 days to spare right now (and I certainly don’t have months or years) because we have so much going on, so my doctor’s PA told me that she wanted me to add back in the smallest dose that I was taking before I started having the withdrawal symptoms. I had tapered off 33% the first time and I was fine for two whole weeks, so I tapered off 33% more and I was fine for the next week, so I thought it was safe to drop the final 33% as my doc had told me I could taper the last dose quickly as long as I had no symptoms with dropping the first two doses, but apparently that was not the case.
So, the PA told me to add back 33% AKA a half of a pill right before bed. She told me to wait until bedtime to take it since it was the bedtime dose that I dropped last. I was extremely disheartened to have to add back in a small dose after suffering for six days, but I was also relieved to know that Thursday was hopefully going to be my last day of suffering.
The PA told me that once the meds get back in my body and I feel normal again that she wants me to start tapering again, but even slower this time. Well y’all, I was already taking the tiniest dose, so it’s going to be hard to taper slower as the pills are tiny. I am already cutting them in half, so now I’ll have to start cutting them into quarters in which case they may just turn to dust (LOL), and then I’ll stretch out the tapering for a loooong time – like, weeks – until I can take one quarter every other day and then every two days, and then every three days and so on until I can finally drop it altogether. Hopefully the next time I won’t have any symptoms, and if I do, they will be mild.
After my appointment, Brian and I ate lunch and then I finished my blog post for Monday. I alternated between reading blogs and laying down all afternoon, and Brian picked up the kids from school and took them to music lessons.
When they got home, I spent some time with them, and then I did my quiet time while they did homework.
I spent the late afternoon alternating between laying and tidying and then I lay on the couch all evening until dinner because I was feeling just awful again.
My momma and daddy brought some sausage, potato, and vegetable soup for dinner, and I was so grateful because by Thursday my body was just exhausted from dealing with all the symptoms, and I was struggling.
I was supposed to wait until bedtime to take my medicine, but I decided to take it at 6:45 because I wanted to see how fast it helped with my withdrawals. Y’all, within 30 minutes I could literally feel the withdrawal symptoms melting away. By 8:45 I felt at least 50% better which was HUGE. And the first thing that cleared up was my vision issues, so I was finally able to watch TV and look at my phone freely without my eyeballs feeling like they were going to fall out of my head.
It’s amazing and terrifying how dependent our brains become on certain things, and I 100% understand how people get addicted to substances after going on this journey. Addiction is 100% a disease that is almost impossible to control. All that to say, I am SO ready to get off this medication, and I will be tapering again as soon as I can because it is SO SCARY knowing that I’ve been having to put something so toxic in my body for so long. Yes, I had no choice, and yes, it served an important purpose and I’m grateful that such medications exist, but also – I’M SO READY TO BE DONE WITH IT.
I was so dang relieved to be feeling so much better, and we were finally able to watch something Thursday night – Wicked: One Wonderful Night that aired on NBC. We didn’t have time to watch the whole thing, but I loved every single second of the first part that we watched.
We got the kids in bed, and then Brian and I started a show called Wayward on Netflix. So far, it’s very intriguing.
Friday, November 7
Thursday night, I slept like a rock – no night sweats, minimal muscle twitches, and no weird sounds in my ears other than my normal tinnitus that I’ve had for years. That medicine seriously got in my system fast and most of the withdrawal symptoms were gone by the time I woke up Friday morning.
I didn’t set an alarm Friday morning because I knew that I wasn’t going to try to drive the kids to school, and I slept so hard that I didn’t even hear Brian get up and get ready… I only heard him when he left our bedroom to wake the kids. I got up then, and I got showered, and I kissed the kids goodbye before Brian dropped them at school.
I finished getting ready, I made breakfast, and then I unloaded the dishwasher. I was much more steady on my feet (although not perfect) and my eyes were like 90% back to normal, thank God.
Since my eyes were finally working, I knew I’d finally be able to knock out some work Friday, so I settled in at my desk and started my blog post for Monday.
My other issue that I’ve been on antibiotics for also flared again Friday morning, and my doctor’s office was fully booked, so they told me to go to acute care. Sigh. Mid-morning, Brian drove me to the one I typically go to that’s near our house, but it was PACKED and there was a long wait, so we drove to another one near our house that Brian has used in the past, and there was only one other person in the lobby, so we stayed there. I was in and out in 30 minutes with a different antibiotic (SIGH – MORE MEDS!), and then we headed home.
We had lunch together and then I finished my blog post for Monday, I started my blog post for Wednesday, I got our sheets washed, and I got the sheets back on the bed. I didn’t have to lay down a single time on Friday, so I was extremely grateful for that!
I rode with Brian to pick up Olivia from school, and we stopped by the library on the way there. I was able to walk in by myself and grab my book and come back out to the car all by myself. Woo hoooo! Small wins like walking without holding onto something felt HUGE after being bedridden most of the week.
Jacob went home with a friend from school to sleep over, so we didn’t pick him up. After we got Olivia, we headed to CVS to pick up my new antibiotic and then we headed home.
Friday, it turned dreary and rainy after many days of sunshine, so it was a very cozy evening. Olivia had some screen time, and I finished my blog post for Wednesday and I also started this blog post. I turned on Serendipity while I worked, and it was the best little evening. I was riding a high of feeling mostly normal for the first time in almost a week.
After I caught up on this blog post, I tidied my office which was long overdue as I had a huge stack of papers and other random things that needed to be filed, put away, etc.
Brian headed out early in the evening to pick up dinner. He and I wanted Olive Garden and Olivia wanted Jack’s, so he stopped at both places. While he was gone, my medicine that I’d taken for my withdrawals stopped working quickly as I approached the 24-hour mark, so I started feeling super dizzy and unsteady again and was stuck on the couch by the time Brian got home with the food.
I lay back down after dinner because I wanted to hold out until closer to bedtime to take the medicine. Olivia got showered and then we finished watching Wicked: One Wonderful Night. I cried all the way through, especially when they sang For Good. It was just fabulous, y’all. Cynthia Erivo is just INREDIBLE. And I absolutely love her and Ariana Grande together.
After we finished Wicked: One Wonderful Night, we watched two other interviews with Taylor Swift that we had recorded forever ago, because we knew Jacob didn’t care to see them. Haha. And speaking of Jacob, he was just living his best life with his bestie at our school’s football playoff game at our big rivalry in town. Unfortunately, we lost (BAD – haha), but he still had fun.
I took my medication at 9:15, and again, within 30 minutes all of the symptoms started easing up again. It was crazy.
We got Olivia in bed and then Brian and I watched more of the show Wayward.
Saturday, November 8
Saturday, I slept until 8:40 because that medication makes me sleep foreverrrr, and it was another dreary, cozy day. I actually felt dizzier again Saturday than I was Friday, but the primary side effect from the new antibiotic I’d had to start was dizziness, so the dizziness ramped up again, but this time from the antibiotics. It was really bad timing that I had to start a new medication with all the other stuff I had going on because there was no way for me to know what symptoms were caused by what medications. It was basically a guessing game at that point.
I made waffles for Brian and Olivia and myself, and then we watched ESPN College GameDay with our SlingTV day pass that we had to purchase yet again because Disney and YouTube TV can’t work things out because of their corporate greed.
Look how cozy my girl was… snuggled up in a blanket writing in her journal. She’s just like her momma!
I was able to get in one mile (I usually do at least 2.5-ish) and my pace was super slow, but it felt SO GOOD to be up and about and outside for the first time all week. The fall foliage is at its peak right now here, too, so I was able to take in all the beautiful colors… one of my favorite things in the whole wide world, y’all.
Jacob and his friend served at Habitat for Humanity all day on Saturday, and they had to be picked up at 4 PM, so Brian headed out to grab them after our game was over. I finished getting ready, and then I headed downstairs to start making tortellini soup for my girls soup night.
Brian and Jacob got home while I was cooking, and Jacob told me all about his day at school, his evening at WJ’s, and his day serving. He had such a great time, and I just love his servant’s heart. He has long completed his service hours for this semester, so serving wasn’t required at this point, and I love that he still wanted to spend his whole Saturday giving back to the community. I was also really happy to have him home. ;o) Our home always feels so incomplete when one of the four of us is gone.
She and I loaded up our soups, and then we headed to our friend Jessica’s house for the evening. Every single one of my girlfriends from my regular girls group was able to make it for the first time in forever + we had other friends who were able to join us – my friend, Khristina who is Jessica’s sister, and our friend Jon from high school + his wife who went to another high school but we’ve all known her forever since they started dating in high school.
We all sat around and chatted until everyone arrived, and then we started our soup extravaganza. My friend, Jessica AKA the hostess with the mostest!, purchased mini cups so each of us could try all soups at once. My flight of soups is below, and these are the types we had from the bottom left corner working our way up by row…
Cabbage soup (it had cabbage, chicken, heavy cream, and several other ingredients)
Tomato soup (with mini grilled cheese sandwiches to accompany in the top right
cup)
Lasagna soup (with ricotta cheese on top)
Potato and leek soup (with all the yummy toppings)
White chicken chili (always one of my favorites)
Tortellini soup (with sausage and kale… this was the one I brought)
Cauliflower soup (a simple but delicious soup… and so unique!)
Brunswick stew (by far, the best Brunswick stew I’ve ever had)
Mexican soup (I added cheese and sour cream to it although it’s not
pictured)
Such a variety!!
We went one by one, all trying them in order together after that. The rule was that you could go backwards, eating the ones that we’d already tried, but you couldn’t jump ahead to the next one until everyone was ready. That way we were all able to taste each one at the same time and discuss.
Every single soup was delicious, and we were all stuffed at the end. We sat around the table for a long time after we were done, and my friend, Jeannine, brought pumpkin cake that her son, Mack, had made for us. So sweet!
At some point during the night, someone pulled out old high school yearbooks, and we had a field day with those, reading our senior quotes out loud and looking at old pictures. It was truly the best night with wonderful friends and I’m forever grateful that God placed each and every one of these people in my life a million years ago.
When I got home, Brian and the kids were all in PJs watching a documentary on the filming of Avatar, so I got in my PJs and joined them. They had gone to Culver’s for dinner and hung out at home all evening.
We got the kids in bed around 10 and then Brian and I watched some more of the show Wayward along with some more college football.
As I was tucking in Olivia, she wanted to show me what she’d written for some of her journal prompts, and y’all, her response to “My mom taught me the most about…” made me tear up. I really do try to stress the importance of kindness with my words and my actions (even though I also have a sassy and sarcastic side that sometimes comes out, though, I try to curb that around the kids – LOL), so it made me feel good to know that’s the first thing she thought of for this prompt. I joked that I figured that she would say something like, “My mom taught me the most about… tidying the house,” because I do always ask the kids to tidy. Hahahaha. So that’s why she added that little side note at the end.
Sunday morning, I slept until 8:40 (so much for waking up earlier on the weekends now that the time has changed… I blame my meds!), and I made cinnamon rolls. Both kids were still asleep when I got up (which is rare), so I let them sleep. Jacob likes for someone to wake him when breakfast is ready, so he doesn’t miss it, but Olivia doesn’t want to be bothered, so we let her sleep. She ended up waking right as we were sitting down anyway, but she rarely eats breakfast, so she didn’t eat with us.
After breakfast, the kids did their laundry and got the house tidied, and I went to my office to get some stuff done – I watched my sermon, I worked on this blog post, and I tidied a few things.
Around lunchtime I got super dizzy and unsteady again, and I think it was from the antibiotic I had taken with breakfast as that’s its main side effect. I wanted to go for a walk, but I was so unsteady I knew that wasn’t going to happen, so I scrapped that idea.
As I was making lunch, the doctor’s office called (on a Sunday??) to let me know the results from my testing. Turns out, I didn’t need the antibiotic anyway, so they told me to discontinue it. I was extremely happy to hear that since it was making me feel so bad and I was excited to have one less medication to put in my body. Sheesh. I’m telling you, last week was SUCH a cluster with the first antibiotic being started as I was tapering off my vertigo meds and then going through withdrawals and then having to start a second antibiotic. My poor body was confused and begging for mercy. As I type this Monday morning, the antibiotic has been out of my system for 24 hours, I’ve been on the lowest dose of vertigo meds for almost four days, and I’m finally feeling like 90% back to normal… normal enough to drive the kids to school for the first time in over a week!
Anyhoo, after lunch, I struggled to get much done for a few hours because I felt yucky again, but I did manage to wash the towels and work on my blog post for Tuesday. I also listed Olivia’s Barbie Dreamhouse for sale on a local Facebook page, and it sold! Woo hoo!
Later in the afternoon, Brian had a tennis match, so he headed to that while the kids and I stayed behind. I started feeling good enough to sit at my computer, so I was able to transfer all of my photos from my phone to the computer and get those organized, and when my eyes got tired, I put up the Christmas tree in my office. I only got as far as putting up the actual tree – no extra lights and no décor yet, but at least it’s up!
When Brian got home, it was too late to go to 5 PM Mass – I would have driven the kids and myself if I was able – but unfortunately, I was not. Instead, we hung out at home, Brian and I sorted all the dirty clothes, the kids prepped for Monday, and I got a few other things done around the house. Olivia also made a little friend…
Momma made her famous spaghetti, and we had wonderful evening at their house as always.
When we got home, I made a meal plan and a grocery list for the week ahead, we got the kids in bed, and then Brian and I watched another episode of Wayward before going to bed early.
Happy Tuesday, y’all!
Ugh, I’m so so sorry you’ve had to deal with all of the withdrawal symptoms, it’s awful. Praying you start to feel better! I think you should make a cookbook of all of your moms meals because they all sound fabulous!!
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