For some reason, I have something tickling inside my right nostril. This is after two neti pots and my morning dose of flonase.

My main household workstation has been on its last legs for months. The ( Read more... )

(cross-posted to mdlbear and healthy_fen)

My weight this morning was down to 182. It hasn't been that low ( Read more... )

Woke somewhere around 5am with an extremely dry mouth -- I now understand why people use a humidifier in their CPAP. I only seem to have the problem when I've been taking stimulant-based decongestants, so I'm not going to worry about it much. I keep a water bottle next to the bed anyway.

After two neti pots and my flonase, I' ( Read more... )

It hasn't been a terribly productive day. Decided to stay home sick mainly so that I could take a nap if I started to fall over in mid-afternoon. And did lie down for about an hour, though I didn't actually sleep.

Watered my nose three times so far, plus once in the middle of the night ( Read more... )

Had to wake up last night, water my nose, and sit up for half an hour before I could breathe well enough to get back to sleep. Grrrrrrr. Couldn't even take drugs for it; everything I'm taking is either 12- or 24-hour.

Just emailed in sick for the day. Hopefully I can shake this thing before ( Read more... )

(Cross-posted to healthy_fen and mdlbear.)

It's been a while since I posted one of these, so let's see...

Went out for a walk this morning (twice around the Rose Garden -- yay ( Read more... )

This morning after my walk I went to Fry's and found that the drives they have on sale were Seagate rather than the Maxtors they had piled up yesterday. Those were still $160, and had a 3-year warranty instead of Seagate's 5-year. Then I made the interesting discovery that the Maxtor's and some of the Seagates were made in ( Read more... )

(Cross-posted to healthy_fen and mdlbear.)

There have been several major changes in my approach to health this year, mainly brought on by a belated awareness of impending mortality and a couple of alarming sets of symptoms.

Walking: I've been getting in roughly three-mile walks most of this ( Read more... )

Modulo my walks, a drive with the flower_cat last night, and a outing with the Cat and the chaoswolf this afternoon that I'll get to later, my weekend has mostly been spent puttering around the house. That's what I do when I'm trying to avoid, you know, real work.

I've reluctantly come to the realization that, if I haven't read one of ( Read more... )

My CPAP pillow arrived Monday, and my nose-watering pot came this morning just as I was leaving for work. Here are some first impressions:

The CPAP pillow is a great design, and a size that looks good ( Read more... )