In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Clean bill of health. :)
Out of about 100 different measurements taken in 3 tests, the only thing I had outside of the limits was my glucose level being a few points high. I was told it was nothing to be concerned about, but they wanted to mention that. Let them know what my diet was and my Dr. recommended that if I switched the honey nut cheerios for regular cheerios and keep doing whatever it is I'm doing that everything is going to come up perfect a year from now.
I'll be damned. Looks like my mouth problems are all I got out of all that prolonged bad behavior.
As long as I don't go back to drinking and I maintain my diet, everything should be great.
Now more than ever I'm convinced that my job is worth so much more than just the moderate pay that I get. Stress free, plenty of time off, and a ton of exercise while I'm there.
I love my job even more now. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Your doctor is quite right. Now, that you know about your blood sugar you can control it with diet since it isn't worrisome yet.
That is fantastic Jack.
:)
I'm amazed, and consider myself truly lucky here. Once it warms up and isn't frigid in my basement, my plan this year is to start making use of the workout equipment I have that has just sat around doing nothing for years on my days off. In the mean time I want to start spending at least a few minutes everyday stretching and making use of some lighter dumbells I have upstairs.
Since it looks as though my diet is good and miraculously my body isn't trying to kill itself with all the bad things I'd done to it in the past, that just leaves old age and bad habits to blame for the problems that remain. The goal here now is to go through next winter as close to pain free as possible. That was getting really nice to live that way again during the warmer months and I found myself starting to take that for granted again until the pain came back.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Hey, where's your dentist? I want to go there too!
I thought I was just going in for a basic cleaning today. I wasn't prepared for what actually happened though. I basically just got a full 1 hour version of a root scaling and planing done for free. No time for anesthesia/Novocain. She said we got a lot of work done in that time because I took it so well and didn't move at all.
Granted there was no way she was able to do what took 3 hours to do in two sessions around 4 years ago, but that was after around 15 years of not seeing a dentist that time and it also didn't cost me $1,500 out of pocket either.
Anything that was missed should be taken care of in 6 months when I go back, but she said that even though in a full session she'd be taking time at the end to make sure she got it all that when she flossed it felt as if it's all out.
My new dentist office is awesome! :) - SIXQuote:Best of luck on the results. I know you may be worried about the results, but try not to borrow trouble from the future, OK?
Got my blood work done today too. Super fast and super friendly staff.- SIX
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Missed this one earlier, Sigs.
Thanks for the well wishes. Everything seems to have come up Jack this week. :)
I wish you could go see my dentist office. They're great. Anybody have any cheap suggestions for showing my appreciation? Gift baskets can be pretty pricey. I don't know how much autonomy my hygienist had in the decision, but part of me thinks the decision to do
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Clean bill of health. :)
Out of about 100 different measurements taken in 3 tests, the only thing I had outside of the limits was my glucose level being a few points high. I was told it was nothing to be concerned about, but they wanted to mention that. Let them know what my diet was and my Dr. recommended that if I switched the honey nut cheerios for regular cheerios and keep doing whatever it is I'm doing that everything is going to come up perfect a year from now.
I'll be damned. Looks like my mouth problems are all I got out of all that prolonged bad behavior.
As long as I don't go back to drinking and I maintain my diet, everything should be great.
Now more than ever I'm convinced that my job is worth so much more than just the moderate pay that I get. Stress free, plenty of time off, and a ton of exercise while I'm there.
I love my job even more now. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Your doctor is quite right. Now, that you know about your blood sugar you can control it with diet since it isn't worrisome yet.
That is fantastic Jack.
:)
I'm amazed, and consider myself truly lucky here. Once it warms up and isn't frigid in my basement, my plan this year is to start making use of the workout equipment I have that has just sat around doing nothing for years on my days off. In the mean time I want to start spending at least a few minutes everyday stretching and making use of some lighter dumbells I have upstairs.
Since it looks as though my diet is good and miraculously my body isn't trying to kill itself with all the bad things I'd done to it in the past, that just leaves old age and bad habits to blame for the problems that remain. The goal here now is to go through next winter as close to pain free as possible. That was getting really nice to live that way again during the warmer months and I found myself starting to take that for granted again until the pain came back.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
You were lucky.
Getting your body ready to get into some real exercise is a good idea.
Old age is a ways off for you yet and as long as you don't fall backwards. I would say you are looking pretty good.
If you want an idea for a gift for the dentist office. What about a nice plant? Not something that flowers but maybe a small cactus.
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A cactus is my type of plant. I definitely wouldn't give somebody something they'd have to do more work to enjoy than I'd be willing to put into it. 
Weather is taking a nosedive around me. Weather.com was right again. :(
Big snow this weekend and 0 degrees overnight expected on Sunday. Then it "warms up" to the mid 20's for a handful of days and I'm seeing a day late in the two week forecast that is expected to be -4 degrees overnight (not including the wind chill).
Glad I prepped my snowblower this fall. I'm gonna need it. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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A cactus sounds perfect! I think any measure of appreciation should be well-received.
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About the weather ... apparently a part of the polar vortex broke off and headed south.
MEANWHILE, the failure of el Niño to bring rain (el Niño, a no-show so far, losing steam
Capital Press 10 hours ago) is due to the failure of the ocean temperatures to make the atmospheric currents synchronize to them. At least so the honchos say. I'm just repeating it.
Fun times.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
A cactus is my type of plant. I definitely wouldn't give somebody something they'd have to do more work to enjoy than I'd be willing to put into it.
Weather is taking a nosedive around me. Weather.com was right again. :(
Big snow this weekend and 0 degrees overnight expected on Sunday. Then it "warms up" to the mid 20's for a handful of days and I'm seeing a day late in the two week forecast that is expected to be -4 degrees overnight (not including the wind chill).
Glad I prepped my snowblower this fall. I'm gonna need it. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Then a cactus would be perfect for a dentist office. They don't take a lot of looking after and a small one would fit perfectly.
Better get ready then Jack and stay bundled up.
Been dry the last couple of days around me. Just some fog Monday afternoon. Pretty clear this Tuesday evening as well.
Fingers crossed it will stay dry the rest of this week.
My eyes got quite itchy last night and had to use my eye drops for the first time this January. A lady that I play mah jong with said that there are daffodils out and such. I haven't noticed any flowers trying to sprout but that doesn't mean much. So in my area we could be in for an early Spring.
In a way I am hoping for that as then it will warm up here.
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Yeah... I'm going to keep reasonably warm this year.
I have no plans on turning down the heat in my house. This will give me an opportunity to see what my worst possible bill could be now that I've kept it steady at 68 degrees (on the small area of the 2nd floor that only includes the bathroom and the top of the stairs). It's maintained a steady 65 degrees on the 1st floor where I do most of my living. I can tell the basement has gotten much colder in the last week though. I only do laundry and roll my cigarettes down there.
Man oh man... The pains are back. :(
I'm going to have to get that CO2 detector for my furnace and see if that's to blame. Otherwise with a clean bill of health, I might just be looking at my new normal during winter unless I move south with my folks. Still not as bad as last year, but it hasn't gotten really cold yet, and I still have 5 more nights of work before I'm off again.
Going to bed early today. Hopefully 10 hours of sleep is enough to start fresh tomorrow.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:I THINK it's still OK. The problem with the El Nino (that didn't come) was that the entire equatorial Pacific is warm. not just our eastern end. But as long as the ocean is lofting water into the air and we get substantial cold air masses coming south, they'll wring rain out for us and the normal west-east wind will drive it towards us. That's my layperson's understanding, anyway. We just need a few more cold air masses heading south.
Originally posted by 1kiki:
About the weather ... apparently a part of the polar vortex broke off and headed south.
MEANWHILE, the failure of el Niño to bring rain (el Niño, a no-show so far, losing steam
Capital Press 10 hours ago) is due to the failure of the ocean temperatures to make the atmospheric currents synchronize to them. At least so the honchos say. I'm just repeating it.
Fun times.
So far, we're almost at average up and down the state. If I add up the totals at my house I think I'm at 9-10" (I'll go add them up) plus 1.3" in the immediate forecast.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
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Heat's on but I'm freezing my can off because I am not getting any of it.
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I'm sorry Brenda. :(
I can't believe that there's nothing you can do to get out of that situation given your circumstances. Everybody said that my brother would never be able to get SSDI. Even the woman who worked closely and oversaw his physical therapy between the ages of 6 and 10 told me that there was nothing that she could do and as long as he could stand in front of an conveyor belt 8 hours a day he'd never get it. She said that something should have been done decades ago and it was too late now given his progress. I had tracked her down and she was the head of some medical department at one of the colleges in Chicago.
It took my Dad almost 3 years to make it happen.
I wish you had somebody like my Dad on your side.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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