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danaerisItem 1: Digital Hub loves my work, and will keep on watching the numbers on the website to see if there is enough interest to increase my output on the blog.
Item 2: Digital Hub would like to run a news bytes type thing in their monthly magazine, culled and edited from the last two weeks of blog posts before the editorial deadline. For editing these into print format, I would get an additional $100, which puts my income at between $350-600/month from this gig. Sweet!
Item 3: I had my review, and it was all positive. While they still feel that my communication skills need work, they feel that I have made progress and improved. They also are happy with the essentials of my work (the writing and editing), and feel that that is getting better all the time. Finally, they've noticed me taking the initiative with projects that improve the bulletin.
Item 3.5: Both the outgoing CEO and one of the longtime employees have acknowledged that my supervisor, Janice, is super slow at editing. And the longtime employee described her as not being good at making things sound better. "She's good with periods and commas." Heh. Sort of. Looks like they're coming around to my assessment of the situation...
Item 4: I got a raise, but it was small. Only 2%, which is actually less than inflation. This is almost half that of my friend's. I'm not sure why that might be. Could be because they prioritize him as more important because he's been there longer, or it could be because it is a raise retroactive to when I'd only been there for 10 months, or it could be simply that they are not as happy with me as they are with him. But, a raise is a raise is a raise.
Item 5: The only bad thing today... "Congratulations, Danae, you're writing/editing the content for a publication to be printed and distributed in June, with 24-32 pages of content, and another with 40+ in December. In addition to your normal duties, of course."
Item 6: I really, truly had my appointment with the PCOS specialist. And she has confirmed the diagnosis: I definitely have PCOS, for any of you who doubted.
The appointment took two hours, in part because she was running late, and in part because she was very very thorough with me, for which I am grateful.
She has requisitioned a whole new batch of blood tests, because she needs them done at a particular point in my "menstrual cycle" (the third day of the cycle):
75 g 2 hr Glucose Tolerance Test, HDL, LDL, HbAC, total free testosterone, DHEAS, androstenedione, progesterone, 17-OH progesterone, ALT, LH, FSH, TSH, PRC
I'm laughing at the first, which I kept on trying to get them to give me at Hamilton Health Sciences, and they kept on refusing.
Anyway, she pretty much validated most of what I know, except that she pointed out that medications usually are not as effective with weight loss as people hope/expect, accounting for about 2-5 kg of weight loss.
She also said that the research she did on exercise's effect on PCOS found that exercise did not improve weight loss, but it did lead to an increased likelihood of menstruation (ie., lessened symptoms).
She also is referring me to the dietitian who collaborated on her research, who at this point is probably the most PCOS-experienced dietitian in the area, if not the country.
She also told me that the GI diet originated in Toronto, and the dietitian she is referring me to did her masters under one of the people who came up with the GI.
I won't see her again for another four months, but at that point I hope that she can design a treatment program with the blood workup she's asked me for. In the meantime, my prescription is to start exercising and see the dietitian if I can afford her/she's taking new clients and possibly go back on the hardcore diet and see if I can lose more weight. Just another ten pounds would be fabulous... It's just that dieting can be so hard. :(
Item 7: I dropped by CAYA and returned the vibrator. They refused to sell me another, but instead gave me a store credit, because they don't want to sell anymore Sinnfluts until they can confirm one way or another if they are waterproof, boilable, etc.
Item 2: Digital Hub would like to run a news bytes type thing in their monthly magazine, culled and edited from the last two weeks of blog posts before the editorial deadline. For editing these into print format, I would get an additional $100, which puts my income at between $350-600/month from this gig. Sweet!
Item 3: I had my review, and it was all positive. While they still feel that my communication skills need work, they feel that I have made progress and improved. They also are happy with the essentials of my work (the writing and editing), and feel that that is getting better all the time. Finally, they've noticed me taking the initiative with projects that improve the bulletin.
Item 3.5: Both the outgoing CEO and one of the longtime employees have acknowledged that my supervisor, Janice, is super slow at editing. And the longtime employee described her as not being good at making things sound better. "She's good with periods and commas." Heh. Sort of. Looks like they're coming around to my assessment of the situation...
Item 4: I got a raise, but it was small. Only 2%, which is actually less than inflation. This is almost half that of my friend's. I'm not sure why that might be. Could be because they prioritize him as more important because he's been there longer, or it could be because it is a raise retroactive to when I'd only been there for 10 months, or it could be simply that they are not as happy with me as they are with him. But, a raise is a raise is a raise.
Item 5: The only bad thing today... "Congratulations, Danae, you're writing/editing the content for a publication to be printed and distributed in June, with 24-32 pages of content, and another with 40+ in December. In addition to your normal duties, of course."
Item 6: I really, truly had my appointment with the PCOS specialist. And she has confirmed the diagnosis: I definitely have PCOS, for any of you who doubted.
The appointment took two hours, in part because she was running late, and in part because she was very very thorough with me, for which I am grateful.
She has requisitioned a whole new batch of blood tests, because she needs them done at a particular point in my "menstrual cycle" (the third day of the cycle):
75 g 2 hr Glucose Tolerance Test, HDL, LDL, HbAC, total free testosterone, DHEAS, androstenedione, progesterone, 17-OH progesterone, ALT, LH, FSH, TSH, PRC
I'm laughing at the first, which I kept on trying to get them to give me at Hamilton Health Sciences, and they kept on refusing.
Anyway, she pretty much validated most of what I know, except that she pointed out that medications usually are not as effective with weight loss as people hope/expect, accounting for about 2-5 kg of weight loss.
She also said that the research she did on exercise's effect on PCOS found that exercise did not improve weight loss, but it did lead to an increased likelihood of menstruation (ie., lessened symptoms).
She also is referring me to the dietitian who collaborated on her research, who at this point is probably the most PCOS-experienced dietitian in the area, if not the country.
She also told me that the GI diet originated in Toronto, and the dietitian she is referring me to did her masters under one of the people who came up with the GI.
I won't see her again for another four months, but at that point I hope that she can design a treatment program with the blood workup she's asked me for. In the meantime, my prescription is to start exercising and see the dietitian if I can afford her/she's taking new clients and possibly go back on the hardcore diet and see if I can lose more weight. Just another ten pounds would be fabulous... It's just that dieting can be so hard. :(
Item 7: I dropped by CAYA and returned the vibrator. They refused to sell me another, but instead gave me a store credit, because they don't want to sell anymore Sinnfluts until they can confirm one way or another if they are waterproof, boilable, etc.
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Date: 2006-03-29 02:42 am (UTC)i was totlaly wrong in thinking that it's entirely boilable, i thought that was what i'd read on the packaging, but no. the light grey part shouldn't be boiled. but it should be fully submergable.
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Date: 2006-03-29 03:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-29 04:23 am (UTC)1) Excellent!! I will surf the site often.
2) Mo' money, mo' money mo' money ...yey bling!
3) Good news too! Not great but good.
4) OK doesn't suck but I would be a little disappointed as well.
5) Why is this bad...is it too much work and/or unintersting work?
6) PCOS definately sucks but now you know...and if G.I. Joe taught us anything it's that "Knowing is half the battle!".
and knowing G.I. diets helps really win the battle.(See I knew that G.I. would come up again in this comment)
7) Excellent. I loved the godvibe but if it isn't the best you don't want it. I'm sure you will ind something else that you will like just or almost as much.
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Date: 2006-03-29 07:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-29 07:33 pm (UTC)Symptoms: Some combination of irregular or absent periods, really bad PMS, excessive acne or other skin problems, excessive hairiness (either for a woman or for yourself), depression and possibly anxiety, diabetes or insulin resistance, infertility (and those who do manage to reproduce, about 70% with medical intervention, are at higher risk of miscarriage and birth defects), inability to lose weight (or great difficulty) and way too easy to gain weight, abdominal obesity, skin tags, acanthosis nigricans (patches of darker velvety skin). Seven times more likely to get diabetes, much more likely to have blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart problems.
Depending on severity, it can mean going through razors a little more quickly, or it can be a debilitating condition. It afflicts about 6 per cent of the female population. It is the female equivalent of Syndrome X aka metabolic syndrome.