Sweet-smelling urine, I haz it. I'm calling to get a test set up asap, but I checked my blood sugar after a nearly 16 hour interval between dinner and getting up, and it was 108.

I think that, like Allan, I can control it with glucophage and exercise and eating right. But it's going to be a hard adjustment.

I expect 4 straight hours of difficult classes, hopefully my only local friend remembering we're gonna meet for a coffee after, the bus home a quick dinner and goodbye to Allan as he goes to his night class, and me doing homework. I'm turning the second of a pair of twin primes ( Read more... )

The food was simple, and there wasn't much of it, but there was food. Sandwiches and friend potatoes for dinner, eggs and a pumpkin spice waffle for breakfast. I was tired today; bradycardia (an unusually slow heart beat that does not speed up for activity), so Allan was the cook, and that was what he could do with what we had ( Read more... )

My class withdrawal paperwork is in. No estudio mas espanol! No asisto a clase.

I cannot keep my Spanish class and my mental health. I like Spanish as a language. I have come to dislike the class structure, despise the course materials-- they are highly privilege-assuming, and distrust the teacher. I have reached such stress levels I cannot eat more than a few bites at a time without becoming nauseated. It takes me 2-3 hours ( Read more... )

He's getting chemo before surgery-- the growth was big enough they decided that was the best way. Still, it's no worse than Stage 2, and we believe he'll come out of this with years to go. The surgery is the most concerning part, because of his heart condition, but his overall fitness is very good and the doctors think he's going to get through ( Read more... )

Dad's likely to be quite well after either surgery, or surgery and chemo. They couldn't even FIND the cancer with the PET scans. So stage 1 is very likely, but they want to biopsy the nearby lymph nodes to make sure. If it hasn't spread at all, they will just do surgery and then keep an eye on things. If the lymph nodes don't look good, it's chemo ( Read more... )

... the other students are really good about it. People give skateboard/scooter users a little extra room on the paths because maneuvering can be tricky, and no one wants to make one of their peers hurrying to class end up at the health clinic instead. I always thank the people who budge over.

Dad's recovered pretty well from the initial ulcer emergency that resulted in the cancer being discovered. Everyone's in a pretty good mood most of the time, hoping it will be pretty easy to treat and result in a cure. At least until we know more, not worrying in the best thing we can do. I petted one of the chickens, picked pears with Mom, picked ( Read more... )

We're coping pretty well with the bad news! (This morbid humor brought to you by Futurama ( Read more... )