Earlier this year, I'd planned on taking March 13 and July 28 off from work for convention-related reasons. The convention in March was canceled and, once Joe moved, there was no benefit to driving to Indianapolis and back in July, so I bought plane tickets for that trip. I turned those PTO days back to normal work days and took today and next ( Read more... )

A side effect of my hospitalization for DKA in 2010 was that I had to start seeing doctors to control my previously undiagnosed diabetes. This brought my blood pressure to their attention. So of course, my doctors are trying all kinds of things to reduce my blood pressure to "normal" levels ( Read more... )