Friend of Julie: Big Changes

Things have changed for me this week in a big and unexpected way.

A few weeks ago I looked at my flex spending account and realized I over estimated my projected 2012 medical expenses. I planned to see Julie 10 times and only went four times; what was I thinking? I changed my mind about a $1000 dental expense and I planned to have surgery on my upper arms this year, but I'm too far from my goal size to do that. I needed to spend almost $3,000 by 12/31/12 or, as the IRS regs state I needed to "use it or lose it" What's a girl to do? Lasik vision correction surgery of course!

I had the surgery done on Thursday and spent the weekend recuperating. All went well and I'm loving life without glasses. Well, except now I need to get used to putting glasses on to read (I used to take them off to read), but I will adapt quick enough. Woohoo! I have to wait a few weeks before I can resume wearing makeup; another minor detail.

The pain in my right arm is still present, but it doesn't burn as badly as it did last weekend. Physical therapy helps. I see an orthopedist the end of this week for a diagnosis and will proceed from there. Funny how my arm pain disappeared while having the eye surgery; all energies were focused on the eyes I guess. I knew I was past the surgery stuff when my arm pain returned Friday afternoon!

With all this going on last week, I wasn't able to do the hot chocolate run on Sunday. I need to fully heal from the Lasik surgery (3 weeks) before I resume my gym activities; although I did get in a walk late yesterday afternoon. I hope to work through this arm issue by then as well. Once I know what the problem is, I'll have a better idea of how to move forward. So, low key walking it is for now. I want to continue to drop weight during the holidays, so I'll aim for covering long distances rather than a fast pace.