Tuesday
I'm getting back into things, but not back to 100% yet. I stretched this morning, went on two walks (before and after work), felt somewhat more productive with work, and cooked dinner -- I've got leftovers for lunch tomorrow. I recall how super productive I felt on Monday of last week, and then how this cold knocked me off course. I'll get back there. And exercise is always a work in progress. And I'll have to restart my meditation game.
I'm no longer planning to commute tomorrow, my energy levels aren't there yet, and I was still coughing a bit today. I don't want to cough on people tomorrow.
So, I'll figure out my Wednesday exercise plan when I wake up, and will probably commute on Friday.
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I was reading an interview with a retired public health official about COVID. He said that he's unaware of a single person who has died from COVID if: (1) They were up to date with all their shots, and (2) received Paxlovid upon falling ill.
So why are we still losing people (over 1,000 deaths in the past week)? Only 17% of US residents are up to date with all their shots, including less than half of seniors. And not everybody bothers to seek treatment, and not everybody seeking treatment gets Paxlovid because not all doctors prescribe it.
Public health must be a frustrating profession, especially after COVID and seeing all the misinformation people have spread on social media, and seeing all the needless deaths from vaccine skeptics.
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I didn't bother to test myself for COVID during the past week because I never had a fever, and my symptoms felt mild except for the fatigue and the asthma flare. And the asthma flare didn't last that long.
With T away, and the ability to isolate myself for as long as needed, it didn't make sense to me to test myself with relatively mild symptoms, it would've added no useful info, and I wasn't sick enough to need urgent care.
When T had his second bout of COVID he was far sicker than I felt last week. He did seek Paxlovid treatment and it worked like a miracle, though he had to jump through too many hoops to get some.
I'll get the next annual COVID shot ... even if most people don't ...
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So far this year I've caught norovirus from attending MAL, a stye under my right eyelid from who knows where, and now a common cold from attending a spanking party. I also had a tough period of work stress. So I'll try to get back to running 3 miles, and keeping up with my weight lifting. I was feeling sexy and in good shape a few weeks ago, but after one week of being sick and then recovering, I'm feeling fat and out of shape. It's usually more about how much exercise I'm getting than about how I look in the mirror -- I just *feel* fat after a week of not exercising. And I fed myself heartily while sick, I'm not going to starve myself while my body is fighting an infection.
But my mood suffers, my self-image suffers, after only a week's deviation from plan, no exercise and more calories.
I'll get back there! Regular exercise is so important to me, has been for decades. If I reach a point in my life when I'm just too old to exercise anymore, that will be tough for me to accept. I even like doing chores much of the time because it is a reason to move my body.
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OK, let's get ready for bed, Bug.
I'm no longer planning to commute tomorrow, my energy levels aren't there yet, and I was still coughing a bit today. I don't want to cough on people tomorrow.
So, I'll figure out my Wednesday exercise plan when I wake up, and will probably commute on Friday.
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I was reading an interview with a retired public health official about COVID. He said that he's unaware of a single person who has died from COVID if: (1) They were up to date with all their shots, and (2) received Paxlovid upon falling ill.
So why are we still losing people (over 1,000 deaths in the past week)? Only 17% of US residents are up to date with all their shots, including less than half of seniors. And not everybody bothers to seek treatment, and not everybody seeking treatment gets Paxlovid because not all doctors prescribe it.
Public health must be a frustrating profession, especially after COVID and seeing all the misinformation people have spread on social media, and seeing all the needless deaths from vaccine skeptics.
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I didn't bother to test myself for COVID during the past week because I never had a fever, and my symptoms felt mild except for the fatigue and the asthma flare. And the asthma flare didn't last that long.
With T away, and the ability to isolate myself for as long as needed, it didn't make sense to me to test myself with relatively mild symptoms, it would've added no useful info, and I wasn't sick enough to need urgent care.
When T had his second bout of COVID he was far sicker than I felt last week. He did seek Paxlovid treatment and it worked like a miracle, though he had to jump through too many hoops to get some.
I'll get the next annual COVID shot ... even if most people don't ...
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So far this year I've caught norovirus from attending MAL, a stye under my right eyelid from who knows where, and now a common cold from attending a spanking party. I also had a tough period of work stress. So I'll try to get back to running 3 miles, and keeping up with my weight lifting. I was feeling sexy and in good shape a few weeks ago, but after one week of being sick and then recovering, I'm feeling fat and out of shape. It's usually more about how much exercise I'm getting than about how I look in the mirror -- I just *feel* fat after a week of not exercising. And I fed myself heartily while sick, I'm not going to starve myself while my body is fighting an infection.
But my mood suffers, my self-image suffers, after only a week's deviation from plan, no exercise and more calories.
I'll get back there! Regular exercise is so important to me, has been for decades. If I reach a point in my life when I'm just too old to exercise anymore, that will be tough for me to accept. I even like doing chores much of the time because it is a reason to move my body.
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OK, let's get ready for bed, Bug.