As of today, I am no longer taking my medication. My doctors can yell and scream all they want about it… I’m tired of the constant medication. I’m tired of the way the medications make me feel. I don’t want to “maintain” the current level of health… If I’m not getting better, why maintain this? So… I’m done. If I get sick, I get sick. I’ve made my choice.

I have two photoshoots coming up. One on January 28th (I think), and one in February… both are pinup shoots. Should be fun… but I think I’m going to start winding down on my modeling. It was fun while it lasted, but I’m just not all that into it anymore.

I got a new piercing and tattoo over the weekend as well.

The bruising is healing pretty quickly… I didn’t realize just how easily I bruised until I got the tattoo. Oh well, it’s healing well, and I love it.

I also got my monroe (lip) pierced the same day… I’ve had it done before, but took it out a long time ago. I love love love it… it’s so different. Hopefully it’ll heal quickly as well.

I’ve been doing a lot of needlepoint to keep myself occupied at work when we’re slow. I also bought some new beads, so I’ll start making jewelry again as well. Who knows, maybe I’ll end up making some one off pieces to sell.

So I had my nephrologist appointment yesterday – all labs look fantastic, and he’s decreasing my dose of cellcept to 500mg a day… that’s down from the 3 grams a day that I was taking back in November! SOOOOO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m not happy about weighing 118 lbs. That means I gained like 6 lbs in 2 weeks. He said that could be normal, and that it’s probably water weight, because I should be on my period right now… but since I stop my period with my birth control, I’m still getting the symptoms, just not actually bleeding. Bah… oh well. I still fit all my clothes.