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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Linda’s Recovery: The First Month
Physical Therapist David, Physical Therapist, made home visits to Linda on February 4, 8, 10, 15, 17, and 22. Linda is still successful in using the wheeled walker to navigate from the bedroom door into the living room and then sit in a cushioned dining room chair for her exercise routine with David. Earl (the…
Shingles vaccine & acupuncture
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 My medical appointments for this week were made before we knew that Linda’s hip replacement surgery was moved up to January instead of February. Still, I felt I really needed to keep them (it was easier than trying to rescheduled). And we needed eggs from Ron at the Alameda Farmers’ Market….
Linda’s Recovery: The First Week
Sunday, January 30, 2022 Linda slept a lot today (understandable!) as she did not get much sleep in the hospital. She didn’t eat anything and didn’t drink anything except water. I made coffee (believe it or not!) but she didn’t drink any of it and asked me to warm it up for her tomorrow. I…
Linda’s Hip Replacement Surgery
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 Linda had to drive over to Stanford today for a COVID test (required 48 hours before surgery). At least she didn’t have to get out of the car and go in anywhere. She got the results on Thursday (negative, of course). Also on Thursday, she was notified that the time of…
Pain Physical Therapy #16
January 17, 2022, 11:30 a.m. It’s been two years and one week since my last in-person appointment with Francis, the Pain Physical Therapist at Union City. I felt guilty for asking Linda to drive me there since it was her birthday, and especially because she just had her COVID booster yesterday and wasn’t feeling well….
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…
Mammogram 2021
BI-RADS 1: Negative RECOMMENDATION: Mammographic screening per KP national clinical practice guidelines. A written summary will be sent to the patient. —PATIENT INFORMATION——– We’re pleased to inform you that your recent mammogram shows no signs of breast cancer. You will receive a summary of your results in the mail in 1-2 weeks. Please take a…
October Transitions
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Alameda Farmers’ Market Ron (the egg guy) told me that their main supplier, a family poultry farm for generations (Great Valley), is going out of business at the end of October. But he said he has found another farm with pasture-raised poultry where he can get the eggs. Pain Group Online…
Request for c-peptide
I knew I would be getting a request to have my A1C bloodwork done in September, and so I did indeed receive a (probably) automated message that it was time, and the message had a handy link for making an appointment with the laboratory. But first I wanted to make a request to Dr. Prabaharan….