Sunday, May 22 When I got to the hospital this morning, I saw that Linda was moved to ICU (third floor) during the night and is intubated. She is not doing well. Aspiration pneumonia is what they told me. The only person I saw was a doctor who told me what had happened and he…
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January 2022 Asessment
January 5, 2022 Linda had an appointment this morning at Stanford, a pre-op consult for her hip replacement surgery scheduled for January 28—three weeks and two days from now. This gives me some pause to think about my own health journey, specifically diabetic health. I began my “Year Without Carbs” on January 5, 2015—seven years…
The Rest of the Week
My mouth was numb pretty much for the rest of the day on Monday after having that filling. I was very hungry but I waited an hour or so before eating, and I deliberately tried to chew mostly on the other side of my mouth. I spent a little time working on Arlene Taylor’s web…
Dentist After Lockdown
It was exactly 4 months after this cleaning was originally scheduled (May 21) that Golden State Smiles was able to reschedule the appointment. I arrived 10 minutes early because I didn’t know exactly what to expect, other than being instructed to wear a mask. There were 6 chairs in the waiting room that normally held…
Blood work in July
Thursday, July 9, 2020 This is a short post and involves one major category: A1C. Although I had blood drawn for a bunch of stuff, the one I was most interested in knowing—but was most afraid of—was the HbA1C. This should have been done in March, right about the time the lockdown started in the…
Measuring Ketones, First 10 (actually 8)
Friday, June 19, 2020: I received my new KetoCoach Blood Ketone Monitor starter kit today! I took time to read all the instructions thoroughly and then check the date and time settings on the meter. I figured out how to insert a lancet (30G) into the lancing device. Then I decided to check my ketones…
COVID-19 Week 2
It is now Sabbath, March 21, the end of the first week of the Bay Area/California shelter-in-place. We can’t leave our houses, except for food and health care. However, the “elderly” (persons over 60-65) and those with “compromised health”—and that includes both of us—can’t leave home at all. I took a luxurious hot shower then…
Lent Without Carbs, Last Update
Well, it’s the last update, not because Lent is over, but because the COVID-19 (coronavirus) has hijacked the whole world! Lent is probably pretty much a moot point since there will be no Easter (or Passover) as we have known it. No Seder meal. No Ramadan. No Easter church services, no Easter egg hunts, no…
Trying a 60-hr. fast
After eating haphazardly during the holidays, I’ve decided I need to do a 60-hr. cleansing extended fast, from my family dinner on Saturday night (Dec. 29) until my first meal of the day on New Year’s Day. Sunday, December 30 When I got up this morning (well, almost noon), I turned on the coffee (half…
Two Appointments in One Day
September 6, 2018 It started on Labor Day, September 3, when I got up enough courage to send an email to Dr. Prabaharan, requesting a new meter, the OneTouch Verio IQ meter starter kit, which includes the meter, charging cable and AC adapter, a OneTouch Delica lancing device, 10 lancets, control solution, and 10 test…