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…
Month: June 2020
Fasting Again–This Time a REAL Fast!
Thursday, June 25: Ate a full supper, began fast after supper (approximately 8:00 p.m.). Bedtime blood glucose 127 mg/dL, blood ketones 3.4 mmol/l. I have determined what prescription meds/OTC that I have to have, and everything else I can do without for 3 days. Early AM (1+ hr before anything else) Synthroid levothyroxine AM (breakfast)…
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…
Kaiser Pain Management Group Online, Session 2
“Calm Mind Calm Body” apparently is the name of the Tuesday drop-in group. Today Julie White (Pain Psychologist) facilitated the first half hour, starting with 10 minutes of guided meditation and it was very reminiscent of the original Pain Management Program, back in the “old days” when we met in person 3 days a week…
Kaiser Pain Management Group Online
If the pandemic had not hit, I would have had my routine appointment with Francis, my Pain Physical Therapist, on April 24. But, in the throes of the pandemic, that day came and passed and I thought about emailing Francis and asking him…well, I didn’t know exactly what I would ask in an email. So…
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…
City and County Curfews
Tuesday, June 2, 2020: Because of all the rioting and looting taking place everywhere, including Oakland north of us (and who knows in all the other directions?), the City of San Leandro issued a curfew last night from 6:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. The Walgreen’s a mile east of us was trashed and looted and…