I guess most of my friends I had on here left. Or ,maybe they're still here and just waiting for something interesting to come along. Either way ,I thought I would give this another try. I've been super busy as usual with the crocheting. If I am not crocheting something that someone has ordered ,I am usually crocheting something as a gift for a friend. I lose money doing this but I like seeing people happy even when seeing people happy makes me cry. 

Lately I have been making a bunch of Hello Kitty Dolls. They are quite popular among my friends. It's interesting how each person likes her in a different color. The past 2 years I put together around 20 afghans for a group. The afghans were made for Veterans. Sad thing is ,I still haven't been able to send them out. Four of them I will be taking to my mom's so she can send them to a nursing  home in Florida. Its a nursing home that took care of my grandmother during her last year of life on this Earth. The others ,since they have been sitting so long will be getting washed ,dried ,and I will be personally taking them a Veterans Hospital in my own city. 

I'm going to change the subject here to my health because I need to get it out. Last year was the absolute worse. I had the flu ,upper respiratory infections , 3 stomach viruses ,and nonstop bronchitis. As I said it was a really bad year for me. Well ,earlier this year ,I had had enough of all the sickness. See ,I was a smoker. Smoked a pack a day. I tried so many times over the years to quit. it took the nonstop sickness ,the coughing all day ...and all night long....to really tell me it was time to stop. On April 1 , 2013  ,I was finally able to quit. 

The smoking was not my only issue but it was a start. Soon I found myself at the docs again. Not for the coughing but because my feet suddenly started to become numb ,my legs swelled up  ,and I had reached my highest weight yet of 183 pounds. To some that may not be that bad but for someone who is only average height (if 5'4" is average)  ,has a family history of heart disease , diabetes ,and whom has already been diagnosed with high blood pressure it's a huge deal. 

After having some blood work done ,they found that all my levels were normal except for my cholesterol. I also had edema in my legs and neuropathy in my toes. My feet would hurt so terribly some days that I could barely walk. They still dont know why I have the neuropathy in my feet and toes.  They did an AC1 test to be positive that I do or don't have diabetes and they checked my potassium levels. I go back in 2 days to find out the results of that blood work.  These pasts 6 months I have been cutting down on food ( I lost 30 pounds) only to be followed by a 10 pound weight regain from not only feeling like I'm not eating enough but also with the boredom of eating the same things over and over  , and not knowing if anything I have done so far has helped. 

So ,here I am  nervously waiting to hear what the doc has to say this time.

Praying  for some answers.