Posts Tagged ‘health’
There is no deeper hell than a cold in the middle of summer. And I’ve got a bad ‘un. This morning a co-worker asked if I felt better today, I said, “About the same, really.” “Oh,” she said. “Well you sound much worse!” Awesome. If there were re-sale value for used Kleenex, I’d be a [...]
So one of the things that I’ve always had problems with is eating healthy meals. I have a horrible, horrible sweet tooth and to make matters worse, I’m addicted to caffeine. This is compounded by a job that frequently sees me hitting up the vending machines for a “quick lunch” to get me through the [...]
As I approach forty, I notice more and more wrong with my body. I’ve got aches in my joints, a little bit of mitral valve prolapse, a degrading C6-C7 disc in my neck, a white-matter hyperintensity on the front of my brain, and my hearing’s been going since my days in the Army. And now [...]
I have a doctor’s appointment today. Follow-up on a few things, and going over some new things. I won’t go into detail here — not until I know for sure what’s up and the people closest to me have been made aware of anything important that comes out of this. The Vikings have eked out [...]
How the time played out at the VA last night: Check-in: 30 seconds. First episode of Simpsons on iPhone: 22 minutes. TED Talk #1: 17 minutes. TED Talk #2: 14 minutes. Triage: 3 minutes. Time spent totally idle: 15 minutes. Time spent reading while waiting for doc: 20 minutes. Time actually spent with doc: less [...]
Okay, so results of the MRI are in: I have some degradation of my C6-C7 disc in my neck. This does not come as much of a surprise to me. My upper back problems are strictly muscular in nature. The one big surprise was the WMH (white matter hyperintensity) on the front of my brain. [...]
I’ve got a physical at 1pm today. That was on the agenda well before the weird neurological symptoms that landed me in urgent care over a week ago, and the subsequent scans of the head and c-spine. Speaking of those scans, I’m still waiting for results. I’m hoping I can get that addressed today. I’d [...]
So remember my shoulder issues? It’s taken an interesting turn, and I suspect it’s related to an upper-back injury I acquired over a year ago. Yesterday, while watching TV, I realized that my left hand had the pins-and-needles feeling — as if I’d just struck my funny bone about two minutes prior — and it [...]
So as I’d previously mentioned, I have some shoulder issues. Earlier this week, a run-through of the Fit Kit revealed a seat that was too low and a stem that was too long. The seat was easy to fix and a new stem is on-order and should arrive on Saturday. I’ve been paying much closer [...]
So far, so good. Operation: No More Crisco Arteries is underway. I’ve got the heart-healthy multivitamins from GNC, plus a CoQ-10 supplement. And I’ve got Udo’s Oil that I’m mixing in with my meals. I saw greasy/fried food today, and it actually repulsed me. Wow. Not sure how I’m going to make it through the [...]
