Hysteroscopic Polypectomy Surgery

 July 17, 2022

I did it. Without giving so much thought to it, apart from I really want to do everything to have a baby soon, I underwent minor surgery to remove 1 polyp in my uterus. I am very thankful for the grace and mercy of the Lord. He is indeed the best doctor and our protector all the time. 

It was December 2021 when my OB saw the polpys in my uterus. We gave it some time to have it removed/flushed naturally through my monthly period. Unfortunately, 7 months after, it was still there. Back in February - April, I had irregular bleeding. My period cycle changed from 35 days to 15-18 days. It was alarming from my side because I can no longer track my period. We are trying to conceive and it is important that we keep track of dates. 

I told myself I have to take charge of this. I am not getting any younger anymore and the risk of not getting pregnant is elevating day by day. I made all the consultations and considerations. With the support of my OBs, my dear husband, and my readiness to take charge of the situation, we did the surgery.

Perhaps, it is not a special case because I feel that there are lots of women out there probably experiencing, or worst have to endure the consequences of this kind of condition. I'm lifting prayers for them that they may have the courage to face it and be more aware of their bodies. :)

Reminder to myself.

You juggle so many things at once, Karen. You try very hard to accomokish things in ahort soan of time, without giving yourwelf a chance to learn with ample time, or let mistakes teach you to build your muscle. You think a lot of other people, OTHER things, OTHER welfare and OTHER comments. Rest. Be still. Do not chase for things that will not matter after a year or two. Focus on ample things. Focus on your priorities. Family. Work. Health. Repeat. No one, I say, no one will ever stay with you except yourself and your family. 

You have to break the pattern. The laziness. The procrastination. Do things dirty, with your bare hands. Smile. Do not let other people to dump their trash on you. Push back politely. Focus fiercely. 

Dose of reminder. God is in control.

I feel drained. 2021 got the best of me. I was pulled, stretched to the limit and experienced the most, by far, worst backstabbing drama in my working career. I cannot shake it and let go just that. It pained me to remember how hard it was to hold my tongue and never responded to all of his accusations. I hate him. Strong emotions. But really, I do! 

I need this job to save money for the future. I need this to help my husband to reach our financial goals this year. Oh, I need this job. For my daughter, my family and future family. God loves me and I am grateful I have a job. I am thankful. I am grateful. I need to remind myself this. Everyday. Every minute of the day. I will manage my emotions. I will manage my reactions. I will manage my thoughts and feelings. No. I will not let him dump his trash on me. I will learn. One day, I will look back on this and just laugh. This will toughen me. I will make sure of that. 

God surrounded me with angels. So many that I should feel safe and loved. He is just one person. I have the whole army of the Lord. Lessons, lessons. I will be a coffee. I will blend into the water and create flavor. I will not be an egg. I will be a diamond after this. 

Breathe. God loves me. 

Day 3 Mike Dolce workout

Damn the calves! And now, damn the hamstrings! I cannot work properly without limping. My gosh, I need to do some foam rolling and massage. 

Day 3 is Mike D's exercise. It was ok at first, well because its plank. But the succeeding exercises were not. Gerald pushed me to my limits.. like maximum reps! 

After warm up of 4 sets of 20x squats, 15x shoulder press and 30x jumping jacks, we did 5x 30 sec of plank.

Mid box Step up, left and right legs, 50x each. 

Single leg dumbell deadlift - 25x each side, 2 sets

Calves raise 4x sets of 20 reps. All with 5lbs of dumbells. 

I had to stop early because my hamstrings started to twitch. Painful painful reps. But overall, it was a good workout. I dont know if I will do an exercise tomorrow. Let us see. 

Food is pretty much the same. Altho I am getting hungier everytime. Tomorrow will be different i hope. I hit 56.9kg this morning. I had to lower it and should not exceed 57kg anymore.

Goodnight, Angel❤

K

Day 2 Run + Core

I'm supposed to blog yesterday, but I fell asleep, I guess. It was a tiring day. Started early and slept at past midnight. 

Gerald and I ran last saturday. Outside!! Finally, after a month or so. Have I mentioned that it is covid 19 pandemic crisis? We are still on lockdown, but last Friday, Dubai Government eased the policy. We are now allowed to move freely from 6am to 10pm. No more permits. But we still have to observe wearing mask, gloves and social distancing. It was nice to see and feel the sun again. 

Ok back to work out. We ran 3kms outside at 930am. Summer is about to begin here, so it was probably 34 or 36c. It was bearable but running wearing mask is a challenge. Nonetheless, it was a great feeling to run outside. After that, we did core exercises, then some stretching for me. I ran tiptoed so my calves are killing me. 

I had protein shake, with coconut water and blueberries. We had scrambled egg for lunch and sumo stir fry chicken. It was a good meal. Dinner was beef mechado. Snacks is the most guilt-laiden meal. We have ube cheese pandesal, maja blanca and mac salad. Thank goodness these food were on their last servings. Finally, I can focus more on my food this week. We dont want to throw food. Might as well eat it and burn 

So work out breakdown:

3kms run

3 sets of the following

20x sit ups

15x lower leg raise

15 each side russian twist with 5lbs

60 sec plank

Cool down 

Again, 80% of our diet is food. We are trying to eat healthy. Almost there. 

4 weeks Body Transformation starts today

Day 1 - Cardio + Body Weights HIIT

So, I decided to challenge myself to 1 month of religious diet and exercise. Gah! I've been in a yoyo diet since the start of lockdown. I do exercise but my food intake is good to bad to rubbish. Do not get mad at me, i blame it to quarantine! 😁 Uhm, yeah, I should be the one to blame on this. My laziness and undisciplined ways of eating. 🤥

We subscribed to Mike Dolce's diet and exercise program. Yap, Gerald and I. He is been a fan since waaaaaaayyyyyy back but I think this is his first time to subscribe. It has video exercises and meal plans for each day. Honestly, if only we are not distracted, we can do it ourselved. But knowing me, I need structure. 

Here is what I did today. 

Warm up

4 sets

20x squats

15x shoulder press

30x jumping jacks

10x burpees

15x each side lunges

15x bicep curls

15x push ups

60sec mountain climbers

15x each side dumbel rows

I fast today. So my first meal is lunch. Tonkatsu and scrambled eggs. Mac salad and lots of water. For snacks, some cashew nuts and dinner is cauliflower pizza with half portion of keto cookies.

As part of this journey, I will blog everyday to record what I have done. 30 days of blogging! Really hope to God I finish what I have started.

The goal basically is to get fit and learn to eat clean during lockdown. This is the short term goal. But most importantly, develop a habit, a clean good habit and put myself again to the realms of discipline. I need this now in preparation for the future. I felt like Ive been a slacker for so long. Not just with my health, but with my dreams and goals as well. I have to start something to feel the urgency of discipline. 

Dont worry, Im not being too hard on myself. I just felt like too much comfort is a discipline killer. You tend to be lazy. So, yeah, off I go! 

Goals:

Weight - 55kg

Low sugar, low carb eating habits 

Laser focus attitude 

-K 😊

Grit or Treat

It's really exciting to write down all the things you want to do during the first week of the year! This feeling stays with me up until today. Look, I'm 34 years old and I'm still giddy with writing random things on my planner and keeping piles of notebooks that I'm really sure, I won't be able to finish all the pages by end of the year. Old habits are hard to die.

I'm reading my first book for this year. The goal is to read 1 book every 2 months. I was so lazy last year, I didn't read anything at all. SocMed consumed most of my free time, and really, it sucks to think about it. Felt like I wasted my time. But that is for another time.

Anyhow, so I'm into this book "Grit" by Angela Duckworth. She has PhD and Psychologist by profession. The book is like an extensive explanation of how grit works in our life.

Disclaimer: This entry is not a review of the book, btw. I just want to share the beauty of this book. You might want to read it sometime.

Some points struck me to the core. Like for example, she has this grit scale- that'll measure how gritty you are compared to other Americans. Grit is 50% passion and 50% perseverance. My result is 70%. But what surprised me is the breakdown. I'm around 4.8 passion and 1.6 perseverance! And all the while I thought I'm diligent and hardworking person! This kind of result is what they called "Passion Fantasizing". Wherein a person easily develops a passion for something but never see the end of it. Hahaha. That folks is so me. Unless I'm coerced or pressured to finish a task, that's the only time I will finish it. Bummer.

I'm still halfway. But I intend to finish it. I have so many projects running thru my mind so crossed fingers, I will be able to finish at least half of it. :) Here I go again. I really hope I can pick up one tip or two from this book to work on my grit scale. With the current status of my life right now, "fantasizing" and misplaced passion will not bring me to the finish line. Grit will do.