8 Tests in 1 in 2025
- Jan. 12, 2025, 7:24 p.m.
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A quick glance at the news is full of the usual sad stuff. It seems some product is being recalled nearly every day, and the mental case involved in the Slender Man stabbing is going to be released from a mental facility in 7 years as if that can “unmental” her. People don’t change.
SoCal is on fire, and while I don’t feel much for the celebrities who have half a dozen other houses to go to, I feel bad for those less well-off. That’s got to be pretty horrifying, especially given how big it is and the fact that only 8% of it is currently contained.
I organized my bookmarks earlier. The list gets quite endless when you let them go. I made about a dozen folders or so containing different topics like writing, medical, entertainment… that sort of thing.
My fatigue is off the charts today. I’m back to the break-up sleep. Took half a clonazepam when I woke up in the middle of my sleep, unable to fall back asleep right away. First, I woke up hot, and then I woke up cold, then had to pee. It’s absolutely horrible, and I’m trying not to think about how long it could be before I have the CPAP back and find out just how much the sleep apnea is contributing to how exhausted I feel so often. As I said, I think the stage was always set for sleep apnea, but as we age, things change. Just like the skin loses its elasticity in the nose and causes nasal collapse at times, the throat muscles also change. I think that once my weight also got up to a certain point, I was pretty much doomed. No guarantees losing weight would do me any good the older I get. If I can ever tackle the fatigue, I may make one more attempt at dieting. I’ll start at 1,400 calories now that I’ve got AI tools that can make weekly menus for me, and I’ve gotten to be a pretty good cook. I’ll take off 100 calories at a time until I get results—if I get results—and if I don’t have to go crazy low in order to get them. I’m still metabolically fucked, like it or not. But that’s still way down the line. My number one priority is the fatigue.
Where I hardly ever used to nap, now I’m napping nearly every day or at least lying down. Still hard to believe my thyroid has that much to do with it since it’s not that bad, and it’s been a hell of a lot worse yet I wasn’t so tired. Even Doctronic thinks most of it is the sleep apnea. Unfortunately, it’s going to be a while before I find out, and to stress me out even further, I forgot to take the clocks going ahead on March 5th into consideration when I used the program to schedule my appointment in mid-March.
It’s only been a couple of days, but it does seem like my nose could be a little better since restarting the steroid spray.
We ordered an extensive UTI test that checks for 8 different things…Leukocytes, Nitrite, Urobilinogen, Protein, Bilirubin, Ketone, pH Levels, Specific Gravity. I wish I could know for sure the burning was due to menopause and nothing else, but we’ll find out if the WBC count is elevated in my pee because it certainly shouldn’t be and could be a symptom of other things besides a UTI. After I take the test which arrives tomorrow, I’ll call Rhonda’s office to see how to schedule the virtual appointment with her. Depending on the findings, I might mention the spots of blood. There were only two or three of them, though.
His catalog of free stuff he can get each month is surprisingly extensive, and I was surprised by all the things my own plan has to offer. At first, I was pissed because I saw the exact same popcorn popper I recently got as one of the options. Then I thought it would be nice to have a new potato peeler since this one is getting kind of dull, but it came with a couple of other utensils I just didn’t need. I considered shampoo and lotion but then decided against it. The perfumes were too expensive, and so were the Fitbit watches, some of which are pretty high-end. I only had 800 points to play with, and I don’t know how often they have challenges. I was hoping they would have an electric grill, but they didn’t. They had an electric griddle, a waffle maker, a quesadilla maker, a sandwich maker, a slow cooker, and a rice cooker, along with other kitchen-related things. They also had health-related things, of course, along with jewelry, apparel, and shoes. There were quite a few other things as well, and finally, I decided on a set of blue towels. At 700 GSM, they’re good quality. The towels I got when we first moved in here are not very good. They’re usable, but a little thin and they’re starting to get a little stringy too.
We changed Tinky’s cage earlier, and now I’m just vegging out in frustration and wishing I had more energy. Maybe someday—even if it means trading it for a new problem—since I just can’t get a break and always have to have something.🫤
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