To be honest, I just forget to come here and post. But then I think, I want to say something more than I want to be on facebook. Then I remember livejournal. Sometimes I still talk myself from posting here, then, here I am again ( Read more... )

Well, I can report I am being reasonably healthy this year (for me). From 3 blood tests this year from March to December, I have managed to bring my triglycerides down 45 points, and my good cholesterol up 10 points. My weight down from where I started the year, and my blood sugar down. My left leg had a bad summer, but has improved immensely. I ( Read more... )

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Sulked last night, moved on to pouting today. I'm giving myself until this afternoon. I get my glasses then, and if I do say so, I think they look cool. I'll post a pic tomorrow.

Hey, guess who is the proud owner of cataracts? Yes, Me! Right eye bad, left eye growing. Getting glasses for driving and such. Surgery for January. Feeling old yet? I'm younger than most of you...okay, by a few months.

The scoping went well in that nothing went wrong. Hey, I live with the offspring of Puddleglum and Eyore thank you. The doctor reported in that they saw the duct give forth some debris, but no visable stones. Okay. This means either the stone in question has moved on anyway, or that it was something small enough that the dr. didn't see it, or it ( Read more... )

Preston's procedure is tomorrow. I really wish they gave him no worry time, because he can indeed make the most of it. Well, by this time tomorrow we will know if he can expect anymore pancreas attacks or not ( Read more... )

So the gastrologist believes Preston has some left over gall stones in his bile duct. The bile duct is left when the gallbladder is taken. I don't know why other than it's easier to leave it there. It isn't making new stones, but the ones left have no place to go but the pancreas when it feels like it. So, the dr. scopes through the throat, and ( Read more... )

Preston managed to stay out of the hospital. He hurt as bad as it did the first time, or worse. We got some pain meds from a co-worker (wrong, probably) which kept him out of the hospital. It takes a lot from Preston to do this, I'm in awe of his stamina sometimes ( Read more... )

It has indeed been a tough week. I've tried 3 times now to post about Donald. Various reasons from all the words dry up to computer melt down have kept me from posting ( Read more... )