In January, Dennis Pollock of the “Beat Diabetes” YouTube channel, announced he was going to solicit participants for a 6-month challenge to eat what he recommends for a low-carb diet which includes intermittent fasting with two meals a day and no snacks. It was to begin in February 2022 and go through July 2022. To…
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Annual Physical Video Appointment
I checked my blood pressure this morning and it was considerably higher than it was yesterday after the pain group. Today it was 126/89 with pulse of 81. When I clicked on the link to the video appointment, Rochelle (the M.A.) was there and asked the usual questions that she would have asked in an…
Kaiser Pain Management Group online, Session 5
Grocery shopping in Alameda We had another successful trip to Trader Joe’s in Alameda this morning. We didn’t leave the house until 7:43 so it was just past 8:00 when I got in the Seniors’ Line. I’m beginning to feel a lot more at ease, especially knowing that I can come back in 2 weeks…
Kaiser Pain Management Group Online, Session 3
Third session today with the online Pain Management group. Angela Anderson was back as the host for the first half. She did a meditation and then a presentation on “Self-Care” and a discussion. I fell asleep during the meditation, woke up just as the discussion began, but I had NO idea what was presented! Francis…
Pain Physical Therapy #8
November 19, 2018, 4:00 p.m. Linda and Emily and I had enough time at Olive Garden to enjoy a leisurely lunch and drinks. We stayed as long as we felt it was appropriate, and we still arrived back at Union City Kaiser an hour an a half before my physical therapy appointment. Linda left the…
Pain Physical Therapy #6
September 17, 2018 Unfortunately, I was unable to keep up with the momentum I had established after my last physical therapy session, when Francis, at my request, mandated that I walk a minimum of 3 times a week. We had a wonderful time walking at Pacifica Pier on August 11 and my enthusiasm lasted about…
Appointment with New PCP
August 23, 2018, 2:45 p.m. I liked it that my appointment with my new PCP was only 2 miles away from home (instead of 10+ miles to Alameda). I did not like it that there is no wi-fi or cell phone coverage inside the Kaiser building. I checked in a half hour early, anticipating that…
Pain Physical Therapy #5
August 10, 2018, 2:30 p.m. It was nice to see Francis again. We talked the entire time! Sometimes I think he is more of a psychotherapist than a physical therapist! But he is both. (Because I’m writing this in retrospect, three days after the session, I may not remember all or many of the details….
Pain Physical Therapy #4
June 8, 2018, 1:30 p.m. I woke up at 7:00 a.m. with a bonafide migraine! Got up, took sumatriptan and two Aleve, and went back to bed with an ice pack on my head and my feet on the heating pad. Fortunately, I woke up just in time to get a shower and pour coffee…
Follow up with Francis
March 23, 2018, 11:30 a.m. Today was a follow-up appointment with Francis, the physical therapist from the Pain Clinic. Once again, he spent a full hour with me. The first thing he said was to confirm his approval of the inflatable neck traction device I had sent him a link to and which is available…