Saturday, September 25, 2021 I set my alarm for 6 a.m. today, so I was very sleepy. But I turned on the coffee pot and started my morning routine. I logged on to the Keto Symposium that I already knew I couldn’t see very much of, since “all day” to them meant 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m….
Category: emotional health
Emotional Detox
Thursday, September 16, 2021, 10:00 a.m. We had waited for five long weeks for Linda’s first consultation appointment at Stanford in Redwood City. Her orthopedist, Dr. Martin, whom her primary physician had referred her to, had referred Linda to Dr. Goodman at Stanford. Linda is good at following GPS instructions, and we found a good handicap…
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 6
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 We went to Alameda this morning, mainly for the purpose of mailing my re-application for Medical Financial Assistance. I wish I could have done this online, but online is an option only if you are within 2 weeks of your current award expiring. So postal mail was my only choice. Before…
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 4
Monday, July 6 Today I woke up with a severe pain in my right shoulder and arm, very much like the neck pain I had in all of 2017 when Dr. Chan wouldn’t give me a muscle relaxant. Nothing helped! None of the pain management exercises or meditation and mindful breathing. Not even taking an…
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…
F&F Fast
Saturday, June 6, 2020: I did not sleep well last night. It was just like that night last week when I failed to take my PM pills. And, when I did sleep, I had troubling dreams. In my dream, Linda was rearranging everything in the bedroom without asking me. Lisa was in the dream, busy…
Lent Without Carbs
The month of February has been really hard. It started on February 1 when Lisa and Aaron wanted to have Alex’s birthday party “with the family” (their words, not mine) on Saturday, February 1, a week before his actual birthday on February 7. So Linda and I complied. We jumped through hoops to find a…
Group Acupuncture 2019, #3
Friday, May 31, 2019, 3:30 p.m. I have had a tremendously hard week! Yesterday I was certain I was ready to go back to a pen and legal pad. On Monday, I had noticed double-underlined hyperlinks in all my pages in my “Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics” blog and website, and I mistakenly assumed that the site…