It must be weird to be part of a medical study when you know so much about them from the other side, meara Eta: kinda picturing that scene from Brain Candy "I have the sugar pills, don't I?" but in reverse

Yeah, I feel like a lot of my bad habits are just snacking due to cravings or boredom and not so much voracious hunger…but I never do that on migraine days (even after meds take it away) because food just doesn’t appeal. Many years ago I lost quite a bit of weight just from having migraines multiple times a week. This would be a much better method! And since it’s a clinical trial it’s free (if anyone is interested you can Google clinical trials in your area or look on clinicaltrials.gov for whatever you want (by drug name or by what they’re testing it for)

Oh it’s super weird!! Like they asked “have you ever had an EKG” and I said no, and they started to explain what it was to me—I was like yeah, I know that just haven’t had one myself!! But it does make me want to read the protocol, but I’m sure they wouldn’t let me. Also understood when they were like “sorry, can’t do a late appointment Friday because there’s blood draws” that some blood has to ship out that day, and wouldn’t ship Saturday, so they have to do it before the last pickup of the day…

I joined a clinical trial

Excellent!

clinicaltrials.gov

Yep. Lots of info to be found there.

I am enrolled in the CHAARTED2 clinical trial: [link]

Cool, Daniel! I had sent the link to my sister and she somehow ended up in a completely different study (I guess they were doing a few). I’m excited to be getting this stuff but also not making it harder for actual diabetics to get their meds (since this is investigational it’s a whole other supply)

Timelies all!

We went to a concert last night.(James Keelaghan, a Canadian songwriter we've seen a number of times) We enjoyed it.

Happy π Day!

Happy π Day!

Yay! I normally make quiche, but today I think I will just make pizza because I made sauce yesterday. That counts.

Tim has a doctor appointment later this morning for his spinal curvature, so he's home and up at the same time as me, and I forgot that while I need like 3 hours of caffeine and silence in the morning, he just! keeps! talking! at! me! I would stab him, but I haven't had enough caffeine for that kind of hand-eye coordination.

in the morning, he just! keeps! talking! at! me! I would stab him, but I haven't had enough caffeine for that kind of hand-eye coordination.

Normally, I'd provide an alibi for all your stabbing needs, but that dang guy is too fucking adorbs in every way for me to do that. Sorry, my friend.

We have a stand-up at 8a at work that just started this week that is completely borking my morning pool routine... and I think the reasons for doing it can actually be accomplished with a Slack check-in thread that will take about two minutes ef everyone's time per day instead of fifteen (and leave a written trail, which can be useful for assessing one's own progress), so I'm going to make a suggestion today. I get the logic of the whole Agile thing, but... all separate projects! No sprint!

But mostly, it's messing up my mornings.

On the other hand, it could be another sign that I really just need to, ahem, lean in, to going for full-time Freelance Free-range Jen. Face the fear and do it anyway? Perhaps.