Good week so far. Still adjusting to the Celebrex, so I'm using my energy reserves carefully. Lately when I have a good day or two, I overdo things and then am down for several. The view from the sofa has gotten old, very old. Had some rough side effects the first few days, foggy, extremely emotional with several major meltdowns including a solid 3 days of continuous crying, and exhaustion, but only able to sleep a couple of hours here and there. I almost quit taking it, but, remembering how well it had worked in the past I stuck it out. I'm so glad I did. Now that it has settled in my system, I am pain free again.
Ordered the newest iPad last night. I would love to wait for the new 13 inch that is supposed to come out in '14. With a broken screen and a rear camera with low resolution, I need a better one than i have now.
I researched all of the available tablets and their apps to see which would work best for low vision. The iPad iOS had the most hands down. Others had the bigger screen, but I would be severely limited in usage with them. So, when the 13 inch iPad comes out, I will get it.
Hilarious..... The 7.5 iPad is called the mini pad, and the 13 is already being referred to as the maxi pad. Who comes up with this stuff?
The rear camera is used by various apps to identify colors, magnify so I can read labels and menus, use as a CCTV, identify denominations of paper money, etc. Who knew that just that one part of the tablet would be so useful? A larger resolution will be so welcome. Things magnified will be so much clearer and easier to make out. As it is, I have to use magnifying glasses with the magnifiers, and there are still web pages and things that I cannot see, like the kindle and adobe menus. The menus take 2-3 magnifiers to make out. At least I still can.
With that improvement as well as Siri, I will be able to function more comfortably at stores and restaurants, as well as be able to read printed books again.
Once the new one arrives, I will reset the old (current) one to the factory settings and then get the screen replaced. I may just keep it for music here at home or pass it on to a friend or relative who would use and enjoy it.
I'm really looking forward to the new one getting here.
Feeling better, I made a trip to the local thrift store yesterday. Just to get out of the house as well as seeing how well I would do at the grocery store later this week. It felt really good, came home not totally wiped out and having to sleep. The grocery store with even a short list takes 3-4 hours. Not just the problem of finding things, but also reading labels, etc. with the magnifiers.
Anyway, back to the thrift store. I found a gorgeous laptop bag (Diane Von Furstenberg, did I spell that right?) 3 leather purses, a black vest, 4 tops (J Jill and Ann Taylor) and 3 dresses. All for $50.04. Not bad at all. The clothes are in the washing machine, and I will clean the bags with saddle soap later today.
Big news, hair loss has slowed down! Almost down to the amount that people normally lose each day. I'm ready for it to start growing back in again. My scalp isn't something I enjoy seeing in the mirror. Had the methotrexate worked, it would have been worth it. The left eye got worse while on it, and the exhaustion just was not worth it. Not when I've been off the drug for 6 weeks and am just starting to get back to normal. At least a few days weekly of what passes for normal. I'm ready to do things without being wiped out for days afterword. Still enjoying the weight loss, though, great side effect.
Enough for now.....
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