I have never heard of this~ but I’m having an AWESOME side effect from all the Vitamin D I’m having to take…remember HERE when I told you about having to be on mega doses for the next year? I’ve been on it almost 9 weeks now and something strange has been happening…
I’ve become a woman of almost color.
Hallelu!
I noticed it, but thought I might be imagining things. Then Nate asked if I’d been tanning. Well, no. The confirmation was when Tosh asked what was the deal with me being so tan in all my recent pictures.
It’s the Vitamin D! Woohoo!
Another great side effect is that I believe it is what kept me from only getting 1/3 as sick as Nate, Greyley and Indigo have been. I got the funk, but it didn’t get as bad and didn’t last as long.
Shoe/Numb Feet Update. I have had peroneal neuropathy in my legs/feet. Pinched nerve, nerve damage, numbness, weird tingly things and some painful stretches. The feeling has been SUH-LOWLY returning the past 12 weeks and when I went to the neurologist last he instructed me on some strict “DO NOTS…” However, the only part I heard was that I could wear heels in moderation.
Oh, I jest.
I did get just a teensy bit excited about this, though. I have found some boots I love~ the brown I’ve shown you and some others that I will still show you…but regular comfortable flats have been much harder to find. And even though I tried a night of wearing heels at the 12 week mark, I sort of paid for it for a few days after…soooo. Sigh. Tired of hurting feet. The last 12 weeks have been gross in that area and I have LEARNED IT IS NOT WORTH IT. I want to keep my feet and I want to not be mad at them, so if shoes are not comfortable, they’re OUT.
Auf Wiedersehen
My husband and girl have had a rough bout with sickness. G’s finished her antibiotics and is feeling better, but is still coughing to beat the band. N finished his antibiotics and has shown no signs of improvement. He has been a SICK puppy. Oh, so sick. It has reminded me of when my brother had mono many years ago. Not exactly sure what he’s had~ we thought bronchitis, but it seems even worse that that. So tonight, the doctor put him on a new antibiotic.
I knew it was a heavy hitter when the pharmacist told me how much it was going to be…
Cough. Gasp. Choke.
And then I saw the side effects…
*Feeling dizzy
*Seizures
*Hear voices, see things, or sense things that are not there (hallucinations)
*Feel restless
*Tremors
*Feel anxious or nervous
*Confusion
*Depression
*Trouble sleeping
*Feel more suspicious (paranoia)
*Suicidal thoughts or acts
*Nightmares
*Yellowing of the skin or eyes
*Thinking your wife is a goddess and that you will whisk her away to someplace warm
Oh…oh wait…um…well that could happen (see *sense things that are not…)
*Hives
*Trouble breathing or swallowing
*Swelling of the lips, tongue, face
*Serious heart rhythm changes (because of the goddess wife, I’m thinking…or the Hawaiian heat)
Anyway! Good grief! I am thinking you have to be REALLY SICK to want to take this pill of horribleness! Lord willing, none of the badness will stick and all of the goodness will, especially that part about Mexico…and…you know, no more coughing and stuff.
In the meantime, I’m plying my family with Vitamin D and yogurt and all the good things I can think of.
If we all start looking brown, you’ll wonder which side effect we’re benefiting from~ my “meds” or Nate’s…