Friday, December 6, 2019, 3:30 p.m. It was overcast but not yet raining as we drove to Union City today. Inside the building, one elevator wasn’t working so I just took the stairs, both up and down. I usually prefer the elevators because I don’t feel steady at all when climbing or descending stairs. But…
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I am a wife, mother, grandmother, pet co-parent, web designer, copy editor, type 2 diabetic, migraineur, and chronic pain warrior. In seeking to reverse diabetes, I have become in search of healing for myself and my family.
Group Acupuncture 2019, #9
Friday, December 6, 2019, 3:30 p.m. It was overcast but not yet raining as we drove to Union City today. Inside the building, one elevator wasn’t working so I just took the stairs, both up and down. I usually prefer the elevators because I don’t feel steady at all when climbing or descending stairs. But…
Fasting Blood Draw
Monday, November 25, 2019, 11:00 a.m. I woke up at 9:30 a.m. and got out of bed then. I checked my blood then decided to take a shower and get clean clothes on, just so I would feel better. It was a sunny morning but very windy. I hit EVERY single red light at every…
Pain Physical Therapy #14
Friday, November 22, 2019, 3:00 p.m. I was so depressed last week that I actually considered, for a fleeting moment, canceling my appointment with Francis, my Pain Physical Therapist. I was also, in that moment, considering canceling my appointment with Lisa Galan, my therapist. In my Facebook private pain/depression group, I wrote the following: “Does…
Repair of right hearing aid
Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 2:00 p.m. For the last 5 months, the right hearing aid has been unreliable. That is, I never know when it might stopping syncing with my cell phone. But, most of the time, re-booting my cell phone fixed it. And, if that didn’t, then charging the hearing aids overnight (and re-booting…
Annual Physical 2019
Monday, November 11, 2019, 2:00 p.m. I wondered fleetingly if my appointment was valid, being on a national holiday and all. It was. We just didn’t get any mail today. It has been 15 months since my first annual physical with Dr. Prabaharan. Last August, on the same day I was first approved for Medical…
Individual Therapy #4
Monday, November 4, 2019, 1:30 p.m. Today’s weather was perfect! Sunny, but not too hot, and cool in the shade but not chilled. I’m fairly confident about finding a parking place in the front lot, but still leaving enough time to walk in to the hospital from the van if I should happen to have…
Group Acupuncture 2019, #8
Friday, November 1, 2019, 3:30 p.m. The traffic was light this Friday afternoon and I got to the Acupuncture clinic earlier than usual. I had enough time to schedule my next appointment and then even waited a few minutes before the Medical Assistant was ready to check us in to the room. The group today…
Group Acupuncture 2019, #7
Friday, October 4, 2019, 3:30 p.m. Today’s group acupuncture session was quite routine. When the medical assistant asked me for my pain level today, I said, “About five.” Again, I got there just in time and for a long time thought I was the last one until another person came in after me. There were…