Sharing thoughts that no one will read…
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My Health Journey, Open Heart Surgery
I ended the last post with a tiny spoiler, which is now memorialized in this post’s title. I’ll start with the final lead-up to the big day. Exactly one week before the surgery (December 26th, 2024), I had to undergo a Cardiac Catheterization Test. It’s a procedure that let’s them look at the […]
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My Health Journey, The Diagnosis
I finished the last post with a bang, sharing my brand new Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). I hadn’t actually been diagnosed yet, I simply had all of the symptoms. We headed to NYC on November 3rd, 2024, with the intention of staying until the day after Christmas. This would be our longest stay since […]
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My Health Journey, A New Discovery
In my last post I discussed my sleep issues. I also mentioned my Intermittent Fasting (IF) which was very positive. This post will concentrate on some very major life changes that were compressed into a four month stretch. We have very good friends who lived in Brooklyn and we used to see them […]
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My Health Journey, The Trouble Begins
My last post took us up to the pandemic. This one will back up a bit. It will also go through mid-2024, even though the last post claimed (incorrectly) that this one would conclude in 2022. In late 2019, out of the clear blue, sleep started to elude me. I had a few […]
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My Health Journey, A Long Stretch
My last post in this series ended with me saying that I’d briefly cover the years 2003-2019 in the next post (which is this one). Having been kicked off of Atkins, there was a positive and negative consequence. On the positive side, eating bread (and all things wheat) again was a joy. On […]
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My Health Journey, A Win and a Loss
This is the second post in a series on my Health Journey. If you’re just tuning in, this was the first post. For 18 months, I suffered. I ate cheerios with almond milk for breakfast nearly every day. I had salads for lunch and I don’t even remember what I had for dinner. […]
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My Health Journey, the Beginning
Don’t worry, I won’t take you back to my birth, even though that’s when it technically all began. ? I’ll start in 2001, before 9/11. I hadn’t been to a doctor in roughly 10 years, and hadn’t been to one regularly in way more than that. Lois was seeing a dermatologist regularly. She […]
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First Post in 17 Months
It’s been an incredibly eventful 17 months. I’ve had a ton to say, and in some respects the time to say it, but it’s been a little overwhelming to consider how much there was to say and how much time it would take to say it. So, in typical fashion of a procrastinator, […]
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First Float Tank Experience
For over 30 years (could actually be closer to 50 years!), I’ve had a tremendous interest in trying a floatation tank. In the old days, it was called a sensory deprivation tank, but everything is more sophisticated nowadays and deserves an upgraded moniker. Way back then, it was (probably) harder to find a […]
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Cloning an ancient laptop to new hardware requires care
Astute readers of the headline will realize that I failed to do that… There was a happy ending though (thankfully). The past few posts have had TL;DRs up front. This time is will be at the end, so if you don’t want to follow this saga (and who could blame you!), just skip […]