Ooof, we have to be at the hospital at 6 am tomorrow. It's already 10 pm. That's 8 hours away. I am obviously not asleep, but I should really start heading in that direction, because I'm going to have to get up at like 4:30. Possibly some of the west coasters might still be awake when I get up. The good thing is we should be back home well before lunch and then I can sleep the rest of the day.

I am on the east coast so will not be awake but good luck!

I’m visiting my sister and BIL and convinced them to binge watch Murderbot with me because they have Apple TV and I do not. Yay! V surprised my sister hasn’t read the books though. BIL said his brother had watched and recommended the show. I think they enjoyed it a lot. They especially liked the Sanctuary Moon bits.

Hi from Marin. I just did what consuela always called "the Natter diet," which is reading the last 150 posts + I was curious if there'd been any discussions of GLP1s and I searched and found those. My doctor said, Sure go ahead on GLP1 and my insurance company said Not so fast. Bummer.

Wow, I do not want to be awake. Woof. Coffee, don't fail me now.

WHY AM I AWAKE

Surgery went well and now I’m waiting for Tim to wake up from anesthesia. The surgeon said it was actually 2 distinct lumps instead of 1, but said their appearance was more on the benign side, but obviously they won’t know for sure until the lumps are biopsied.

It’s 8:30 now, and I’m hoping to be back to sleep by 10 a.m.

Glad to hear it went well, Steph!

Glad it went well, Steph! Continued benign ~ma.

I am waiting to get an echo to see how my ejection fraction is holding up. Last one a couple years ago was good, so I'm hoping for same or better this year.

I want to do something today, but I haven't figured out what yet.

Oh, and since we switched insurance with DH's new job, I was declined for Ozempic -- so we're going to talk about Wegovy and Zepbound since they are approved for chronic weight management with at least one co-morbidity, and I'm still JUST at the "overweight" BMI even after 29 lb. loss. I feel like I have a decent shot. Also, I hate insurance games.

That's "funny," my insurance won't cover Zepbound even though it's approved for severe sleep apnea. But for diabetes, they'll approve Ozempic without a thought.

I have the distinct impression insurance companies use some big spinner wheel from a game show to determine whether or not they'll approve a given medication or procedure.