That sounds miserable 😞 Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

DD has an appt with the pediatric cardiologist at the end of May. She also has an appointment with an ENT on April 23rd. Last Thursday she woke me up in the middle of the night and said her head hurt so bad she couldn't take it. Now, the last time she told me she was in that much pain we ended up in emergency surgery, so I told dh this is an ER visit. They did a CATSCAN and said she has pansinusitis. All of her sinus cavities are infected. I knew she was feeling a bit sick. I thought it was just some allergy stuff with the seasons changing. She didn't ever run a fever. She was getting headaches off/on, had been a bit nauseous (I attributed to the drainage), and had an increase in her fatigue. However, I should have taken it as a glowing red sign when she said her teeth hurt. The doctor prescribed antibiotics and referred us to the ENT. Now, I'm wondering what role this has with her symptoms but I'm keeping both appointments. She met her deductible when we set foot in the ER so we might as well. I want to cover all the bases until I'm satisfied we know what's going on with her. I repeated the 'poor man's tilt table test' yesterday and again she had a 40-point rise in pulse.

I'm currently doing a 20-sh minute daily workout. Monday was upper body and Tuesday was core. My eating has not been great lately. Sigh. I'm snacking too much. I'm eating leftovers for lunch too much instead of prepping lunch. My family doesn't like as many veggies as I do so it is a good time to get in a veggie heavy, high-fiber, healthy meal but I've been heating up whatever is easiest instead. I've had busyness and stress and people bringing junk into my home. MIL bought us 4 lbs of taffy for the eclipse. Noone needs 4lb of taffy! Dd's bf gave me a giant thing of caramels. I love both of those. I'm not resisting very well. Plan of action: - increase water intake -prep lunches -stay away from the candy! today's food: breakfast- homemade gf pumpkin waffles- high protein- I just made a big batch on Sunday- I love these and make them quite frequently. I just use eggs, instead of egg whites in these and omit the maple syrup. I do top with a bit of honey or blueberries. lunch- baked tofu veggie peanut bowl- I already have the peanut sauce made. I'll make some quinoa and chop veggies with breakfast so it won't take long at lunch time. dinner- pollo asada chicken w/ peppers, onions, avocado, and rice snacks--- ?? tbd

jumping off of these and expanding my previous post.. I've been reading the book, Die with Zero, after hearing some interviews with the author and lots of talk in my financial groups about it. He stresses that although we often have plans about all the things we'll do in retirement quite often by the time we retire we don't feel like doing them. Even if you are in excellent health(as I know you are) it will decline with age. There is a window in which to do certain activities and other activities we enjoy less as we age. I thought from previous posts you were done with traveling after a life of adventure but I'm reading now that there are still adventures you'd like to have. If that is the case I'd say there is no time like the present!

I don't know the answer but I wish you well in your decision. My thoughts are- if you end up in the new job with more responsibility will you feel obligated to stay longer than you would otherwise? I've been doing a lot of reading, listening, and thinking about retirement as of late. I'd say while I'd guess the odds are in your favor to live a long life the ability to enjoy the travel you want to do will diminish with age. I'd lean towards quitting sooner rather than later so you can enjoy the health you do have now. The ability to pick up short-term work in the future seems like the best of both worlds.

He has told them. Early last week he went to HR to get a copy of his personnel file and asked his boss if he could use him as a referral. He had already told them about the companies reaching out. Lo and behold they got the job posted by the end of the week after talking about it for 2 months. He's been laying the groundwork for a few months- talking about looking at other jobs and moving often. He's told them he has to have a job but it doesn't have to be this one and he's talked with his family and if he needs to he will move away. He's told them he has figured up how much he'd have to pay back if he leaves (less than $1k). /blush/ I know I'm a big cheerleader for dh 🙂 He doesn't brag on himself enough so I more than make up for it. 🙂

We traveled to a friend's house 2 hours away for the last totality. I remember it being darker last time. The sky was clear both times so I don't know why that would be the case. Maybe I'm misremembering it.

Believe me, he is making a list of ways he's saved money and downtime over the years for salary negotiation. He also has a spreadsheet of how much college reimbursement he'd have to repay if he leaves. He could not train anyone locally to replace him. They are too far behind him in skill. They would have to go back to hiring the integration and other technical programming out and have more downtime. He is called to other departments after they've had robots down for hours, sometimes for multiple shifts, and more likely than not it will take him about 5 minutes to figure out the problem. The last time he went on vacation they went through 16k of equipment because they kept breaking something. When he toured an automotive parts plant with his college he was able to troubleshoot an issue they had with their robots that they just mentioned offhandedly. They thought he was a teacher. He corrected him and let them know he was a student. After the tour, they asked for his contact information from the department chair. His factory has more robots than any other in town and his department has more than any other in the factory. He has taken this and ran with it. He has pushed to be sent for training whenever possible. He has read 1000-page manuals. He has studied robotics forums and figured out how to do whatever they needed. The other guys don't have an interest in robots so he's far surpassed them in skill.

these are from my son's girlfriend - if you look at the blanket you'll see very cool crescent shadows

His degree will be in - Engineering Technology- Manufacturing Systems It's not the degree that makes the difference, it is his knowledge and skill with robotics. His boss told him they are taking the job posting today. It was just put up on Friday. [shamelss brag on dh]He has nearly 200 hours of training from Fanuc and has self-taught himself much more. He can program circles around everyone else at work. He is the go-to for anything robotics for the whole plant. He's excellent at trouble-shooting various issues and writes code better than the guys they outsourced to install the first robots. He now does all the work with robotics if it is anything beyond the basics that the other guys can do. He completely led the last robot installation, top to bottom. I've been pumping him up for a few years as he has been way too humble and let them walk all over him. He is finally starting to see his value when the guys making nearly twice what he does have to come to him for help but he doesn't need their help. /shameless brag]

Our totality ended about 10 minutes ago. We got a bit over 4 minutes. The skies were perfect. It was lovely! The best part to me is hearing the crickets just like at night.

Dh graduates next month after 6 long years! On Friday they posted the position for him. He put in his resume this weekend. He is pretty much guaranteed the job BUT there is a lot of room for negotiation in the salary. He has been learning about salary negotiation and interview skills for the last several months, now he will be putting those skills to use. He would prefer to stay at his current company (we don't have to move, he has 5 weeks of vacation, he likes his job and the people) but we're concerned the offer won't be what he wants. He has had 2 other companies reach out to him but one would require travel and the other a move. So, if his company doesn't meet his desired salary he'll be pursuing those. If you have a moment for a good thought it would be appreciated! It's getting real all of a sudden! ------------------------------------------------ Dh was offered the new position today along with a 47% pay increase. His boss lobbied for even more but the CEO said that was already the highest raise for an inter-company promotion. Dh is working with HR now on when to start the position- as it changes his vaca time and we are leaving in 2 weeks for a 2 week vaca. His boss really went to bat for him. He told dh in a year or so he can get promoted to an Engineer 4 (his position is a 3) and then get another good increase. That is one thing off of my worry list. WE've had so many things up in the air.

13-mile hike yesterday. I think that may be the furthest we've hiked in a day. I felt pretty done by the end but after some relaxing I played outside with the girls. We've been exploring all the different paths around the house. We have a fire break in the woods in front of my house that connects to a trail and then from that there are some fire roads, gravel roads, and an off-shoot to a state park if you walk far enough. Yesterday we tried a new route. The map wasn't entirely accurate and we ended up at a swamp dh didn't know was there. We had to bushwhack our way out as we were not prepared for wading. We will not be doing that one again! We did get to an old cemetery that had some of dh's ancestors in it. Dh hadn't been since he was a kid. Strength training planned today My hip is doing well. I'm nearly back to where I was at in February- I still can only sleep on one side for very short periods and am slow again but it's much improved over March @Laura Corin that house is gorgeous but boy that would be nerve-wracking to be so close to the water. I've not had a walk in the pouring rain in a while. We did get a bit of rain yesterday but that was it. I try to walk whenever but I really prefer not to do it when it's raining hard. I think you deserve a gold star 🙂 @Eos that sounds enjoyable. It feels good to learn new skills and accomplish something you couldn't do before. @sbgrace Welcome! WTG keeping at it and not letting an off day get you down. It is consistency over the long haul. You don't have to do something every day. @Harriet Vane I'm happy to hear you are recovering. @wintermom and @Ali in OR you guys can keep your cold weather! @knitgrl I'm sorry you are suffering from fatigue @Ali in OR did you complete the 30 days - I know last I saw you were so close!

Any increase is better IMO being outside is good for us. I'm hoping to improve my outside areas this year too. I say that every year and have yet to accomplish much. You're living the life- Florida in February and California in March! You'll be in luck when it's summer when those further south are melting.

Good idea on the water bottle! Dd has had joint pains for several years, as long as I can remember. We attributed it to growing pains but they just persisted. She had terrible stomach issues that was in fall of 2019. Trips to Children's with X-rays, ultrasound, endoscopy and colonoscopy yielded no answers. It improved. What was it? I don't know. Now, she's got some nausea here and there. The dizzyness, fatigue and all that have been present going on a year. Again attributed to other things but now those are ruled out and it's still there and worse.

2 walks yesterday- one about .5 mile and another about 2. 15ish minutes of mobility Today I plan to do some strength training.

I ended up with 105.5 hours for March. I miscounted for February I was at 82.75. The tracking sheet I was using wasn't the easiest to count in some sections so I switched to just writing down my times and using the grid sheets because it's a lot easier to track that way. We ended up sleeping in the tent Saturday night and that helped put me over my goal. For April, I'm aiming for at least 95 to get me to 333.5, right on track for the year being 1/3rd through.

Hugs for you and continued prayers for your family.

It looks like there might be some joint issues going on but I don't know that it is enough for an EDS diagnosis and I don't know that would lead us to any help for the bigger issues. The only dr listed in the state as a POTS specialist doesn't take minors but the Children's Hospital has a PAD(pediatric autonomic dysfunction) clinic. I called the ped gyn to get a referral yesterday but have not heard back. I feel like I'm jumping the gun but also feel like I should have pursued this sooner. I did the poor man's tilt table test again and her pulse rose 47 points the last time. I just thought yesterday I remember now her telling me she was getting dizzy when she stood up and I guess I blew her off. I told her the basics don't stand too fast, make sure you're eating well, drinking water etc. So, I guess she just stopped telling me. She's had a terrible, no good, very bad year physically and mentally. She's usually pretty quiet about things but after this latest incident, she's feeling very done. I'm feeling done with being stretched in multiple directions. Last week she was having a bad week and I had 2 days I had to be gone half the day. You're just supposed to cry when you leave little kids but I felt it last week. (It didn't help I was also on my period)

That would be great if it is temporary. I don't know that there is a way to know?? It seems regular POTS often pops up at this age too. I know as long as I can remember she's had random body aches. Thinking back, around the summer her fatigue picked up. Of course, with her period issues, we attributed it to that. But it is persisting. She's also had horrible brain fog this year and a hard time focusing which again I thought would go away if she wasn't in so much pain and bleeding all the time. It is of course better than it was when her bleeding and pain were at the worst but still bad. We talked to her last night about the passing out. We tell her to let us know if she gets that feeling again. She says well I get that feeling all the time but I've never passed out so I didn't expect that to happen. Sigh. We did have her thyroid tested as I was concerned with Hashimoto's on both sides of our families but all is well there. Because she's my chill kid I wonder how long things have been there and she didn't tell me because it's an all the time thing or it wasn't too bad to her. I know after she had the cyst removed she was in awe of actually being pain-free as she'd had so much pain for so long she had grown accustomed to it. side note: I forgot in my previous post but we had been under the impression from the surgeon that they had removed her cyst before there was torsion but the gynecologist was talking about how we have to watch things because of her previous torsion. When I asked her for clarification she looked back and verified it says right in her chart she had torsion. No wonder she was in such extreme pain. I'm so conflicted. Dd doesn't want to go to any doctors but it would be nice to know if there are reasons behind her various issues.

Prayers for K and your family.

I don't remember a positive test for her but I'd be surprised if she didn't get it at some point. I'm not even sure when this started. Like, I mentioned before this is not my kid that complains. Thanks for sharing. That's wonderful that you got a referral, diagnosis, and treatment.

@Laura Corin those are adorable! We got around 10-mile hike yesterday.

Nun is what I gave her after the episode today. I planned to continue on with that for the time being. Ironically or not she's my kid that loves to salt liberally.

Updating with new info Gyn said the cysts that cysts were just follicular and not a concern. She prescribed bc. So, now did isn't dealing with the pain and bleeding like she was- some but manageable, normal levels. Fatigue is still present and random aches and pains. I've had her taking all the vitamins- d3, iron (ferritin was at 33 so not crazy low but could be higher), and b complex. These have not improved her energy level. We're doing outside time, regular bedtime and all that She was telling me yesterday that she really felt especially tired and icky. And then today she passed out cold in church. Eyes in the back of her head and all that. I think it was the getting up and down. We left and had her sit down, eat, and drink electrolytes. BP was 80s/50s when we got home. We talked to gyn about possible eds and she'd said if that was causing period issues the treatment would still be the same. Id foolishly hoped the bc would perhaps help with the other issues but it seems we need to pursue this more. I need the poor man's tilt table test abd her pulse rise right at 40 bpm. I know pots pops up a lot with eds so when she passed out that came to mind after reading various things on here.