Several folks have emailed me to check on me, so I thought I would post a little update to let everyone know I am still alive!

I do have to have surgery, which is the pits.  I’m scheduled to have my sinus surgery on November 21st.  Yes, the day before Thanksgiving!  My mother is going to cook for me, and since I am sure I won’t feel like eating, she can just freeze it for me and I’ll celebrate Thanksgiving a little later on. 

I am scared, of course.  There are risks to the surgery, but the risks of me not having it are greater (brain abscess and/or meningitis being the two most concerning).  I have been sick and on antibiotics since June.  I just came off two rounds of antibiotics on the 14th of this month, one was for 10 days and the last was for 14 days with a 4 day break in between, and I am sick once again.  I have not went back to the doctor to get more antibiotics this time and am trying to take alternative measures such as taking mega doses of garlic supplements since garlic has antibiotic properties.  I honestly am at my wit’s end, but I am hoping that the surgery will allow me to get back to normal.  The worst part of this whole thing has been the fatigue.  I cannot stand not having any energy and can’t believe how much I miss being an “energizer bunny.”

I have not restarted P90X yet.  I was going to go ahead and restart it for the third time, but I decided that since it will be awhile post-surgery before I can do exercise of any sort, let alone weight training, I will hold off and start then.  I ended up losing 11 lbs. in total last month when my body went on this weight loss kick without any extra help from me (except for the walking) and I have maintained that loss.  I am a bit surprised by that since I haven’t been eating all that great.  One thing with me and fatigue is that when I am super tired, I eat all the time!  I guess to say awake, I don’t know.  All I know is I am thankful to have kept these 11 lbs. off.  The only thing I will need to do post-surgery is tone up and I have to be grateful for that.

Thanks to those who have checked up on me and I will try to keep posting to the blog regularly until my surgery.