The Alzheimer's Association has a really nice 10 Signs of Alzheimer's checklist. The best part of it is that under each symptom they have a "that's a symptom, but this is normal" counter-example. Since my grandmother had Alzheimer's, I've been a little hyper-aware with my mother, so it's nice to see all the things I was worried about explicitly ( Read more... )

I have the creeping crud--nausea, headache, body aches, and a fever.

The weird thing is that I feel better when I have the fever than when the fever breaks. With fever, I'm cold but otherwise feel okay, but when the fever breaks I'm sweaty, dizzy, and woozy.

I went to the gym this morning--I go most Friday mornings, not to mention Mondays, Wednesdays, and occasionally Saturdays. I was most of the way through my warmup, getting my portable video player and headphones set up, when the woman on the treadmill next to me said "You need to step that up a level." I think my response was something on the ( Read more... )

I don't know whether I want to kiss someone or kill them ( Read more... )

I have health insurance. I am sick (bronchitis, apparently). I went to the doctor today. You would think that I used my health insurance today, right ( Read more... )

One of the benefits of telecommuting is that I have a flexible workday, which means lately that I've been going to the gym every (almost every) morning and then working in the afternoon and evening. Today I cut my workout short to get home in time for a phone/internet meeting, only to find that the meeting was canceled (canceled ten minutes after ( Read more... )

I am overweight. No, wait, I'm fat ( Read more... )