I went to the doctor yesterday, and the news wasn't good. I've lost ground on a whole lot of fronts and it's going to take very serious work to climb back down from the impending-crisis attic. I really have to push myself on exercise, among a bunch of other things.

The side benefit of this is more photos to share. I'm going to experiment with month ( Read more... )

 My blood pressure's up again, for a combination of obvious and mysterious reasons. It got high enough that the dental school people don't feel safe administering anesthetics for fear that the boost to heart rate would cause Bad Stuff. I've spoken before of how highly I think of them, and I respect this judgment, so off I went to my doctor ( Read more... )

This is particularly for mouseferatu , since he was just diagnosed with diabetes, but it may be helpful for others too.

When I got my diagnosis, I set to work on the recommended dietary changes promptly, and it's paid off in a big way: even with all my other troubles, my blood glucose levels, both short-term and cumulative, have been excellent, and I'm not ( Read more... )

Dentistry is underway in earnest at last. Some of you (like dadiceguy ) have been concerned about that for quite a while, and all of you folks like that can send special thanks to Frances for providing transportation and in-person nagging support :) and extra TLC throughout. It would have been very much harder if I'd had to navigate by bus in this cold, ( Read more... )

I've neglected Weight Watchers lately, what with various impairments and distractions. Frances got me back on track yesterday with news of some major changes to the stuff they track and how they calculate; I've been reading up on it since.

Their new PointsPlus system seems pretty nifty. You get more points per day, and most things cost a bit more: ( Read more... )

And have had it up for several days, actually. Thursday I got laser ablation surgery on my right leg, to forestall the venous stasis problems my left leg development. The surgery went very smoothly and recuperation isn't really bad, it's just annoying. The compression stockings never give my legs a moment's rest, whereas the organic pain I usually ( Read more... )

Tonight I have for y'all a whole bunch of really, really good medical-related news. In order ( Read more... )

This won't be too gross, I hope ( Read more... )

 I came home from the appointment at the sleep lab for data and follow-up a couple weeks ago...and promptly started having CPAP problems. It took me a while to figure out why it was suddenly much more uncomfortable to wear the mask and why it kept leaking so much more, but eventually Frances and I sussed it out together. Two things. First, the ( Read more... )

 Frances brought these to my attention - she's always on the lookout for things that work with Weight Watchers, and cardiovascular concerns, and diabetic ones. Once again, she's hit a mother lode of goodness.

Brothers-All-Natural (yes, it's spelled that way; I get a pleasing whiff of Dr. Bronner in the presentation) makes a line of freeze-dried ( Read more... )