Oh dude, super yikes.

Laura, easy hip-fix~ma.

I said it on fb but always bears saying twice - I’m so sorry about Mozzie, Brenda. Wish I’d gotten to meet him.

One of the brutiful memories of my mom’s decline was spooning her, and another was sitting behind her to keep her upright. And one of my weird regrets is that I made my sister stop snuggling me when I hit puberty, because of all the societal bs. I’m sure she didn’t understand (I didn’t really either) and just felt rejected.

Re: France and old medical cures - fun fact! When I studied abroad in Montpellier I lived down the block from one of the oldest medical schools in Europe, and the associated medicinal garden. Rabelais went there; at the time it was a six week course.

Re: me almost getting fired for a bad mood - I will allow that when one of the women in my family is angry or frustrated, it does create a palpable drop in air pressure. But there was 100% sexism involved (my male boss can be as grumpy as he wants to the extent that it’s a nickname for him) and the reason I didn’t talk to anyone about my bad mood is that I was being thrown under the bus (again) for something that in no way was only my responsibility.

Also, if your boss interrupts you a bazillion times a day, which you have talked to her about specifically as being not great for you, it’s apparently the height of disrespect to ask if you can finish your sentence. I really don’t even think I was a smartass in how I said it.

I’m going to try and run numbers tonight and see if I have enough to make it through at least mid-March, because 1) I know in my bones that they have not made allowances in the schedule for the shit show that is Mardi Gras (but V will still get to ride in her two parades) and 2) I cannot look for a job while I have this job, because it robs me of all my energy and steals a good chunk of my weekend due to fatigue and pain. And 3) my coworker is leaving, and our lunchtime bitch sessions are one of the only things getting me through each day.

Which means if I’m going to give a week’s notice I need to do it tomorrow.

The irony or whatever of me being in the same position as R last summer (quit or be fired) and not having a financial cash cushion because I supported them… is not lost on me.

Xpost with David - Good to know Sophia is okay.

I’m sorry about Mozzie.

But I’m glad it wasn’t anything worse than a migraine, Steph, much as those suck. I burst a blood vessel in my eye due to the overwhelming noise at a conference last summer. It was very dramatic.

I’m sorry about the work stuff, smonster. I hope you find something better soon.

I finally went in for a check up, and to meet my new doctor, last week, and then the blood work came back. It was mostly good, except the sugars are getting a tad high. Not quite prediabetic, but flirting with it. So I’m back to low carbing again. I did it about 20 years ago and it went fairly well. I’d forgotten about the energy boost, though. Whee!

I burst a blood vessel in my eye due to the overwhelming noise at a conference last summer. It was very dramatic.

It looks so much worse today. Why couldn't this have happened around Halloween? I would look spooky and seasonally appropriate!

It was mostly good, except the sugars are getting a tad high. Not quite prediabetic, but flirting with it.

I was honestly surprised that my nonfasting glucose yesterday was only 100. Surprised, as in, when I read it I gasped a little, like the melodramatic critter I am.

I’d forgotten about the energy boost, though. Whee!

Ooooh, the low-carb rush! That's a nice bonus.

That all sounds deeply unpleasant, smonster. I’m sorry.

Assorted healthful wishes on all y’all’s heads

I was honestly surprised that my nonfasting glucose yesterday was only 100.

I'm surprisingly consistent with that 98-102. 100 last time. I've just begun the keto thing again so it will drop.

Well, I got my MRI results, although I haven't talked to the doctor yet. It isn't cool when the first word is severe. The summary is that I have no cartilage left, and other stuff torn, and the bones are for shit on the left hip, and not looking great on the right either but not as bad. However, the muscles, tendons, and sciatic nerve all look dandy! Randomly they say a cyst on my ovary should be looked at with an US, although the MRI was for the hip. So, ya know, I'll see what they have to say, but I suspect they will want to replace these old parts before my lack of mobility reduces these great muscles.

Welp Laura. At least you have the info now.

My Dad has the first of two back/spine surgeries today (the second will be tomorrow ). This will bring him to 6 back or neck surgeries. He’s 80, and although in good health overall, surgery is still surgery and spine stuff is just terrifying.

Any good energy you have to spare could you aim it towards Anaheim/Irvine?

My brother is with mom and dad today, so I’ll be getting updates. Focusing on work = difficult

ltc is sick today. Headed to the pediatricians office soon.

My glucose was 100 for my checkup last week, too!

Now I want to go check mine! I had a similar uptick numbers at the beginning of 2023 where both my A1c and my cholesterol were creeping up which had never been an issue for me before. In June, I started doing a reduced carb, multiple meals (ok “meals”) a day diet thing which has helped both those things as well as breaking me out of some really unhealthy habits. Down 60-some pounds now too.