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30 Monday Jun 2025

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was back seeing my doctor today…

my blood pressure medicine was increased a month ago, so the doctor wanted to see how it was doing and didn’t want to wait three months till my next usual appointment…

the only side effect to the increase in the meds had been being exceptionally tired for a week or so…

I’d been taking bp readings since the change and the numbers had been good, so I wasn’t worried…

the numbers were also good in the office…

I mentioned a text I’d received at the end of May recommending a covid booster, but I hadn’t heard anything more…

but apparently, today was the last day to receive the phyzer booster… they still had some in the office, so I got it… the next one will be in the fall around the same time as the flu shot…

hoping not to have any side effects;-)…

ache…

15 Wednesday Nov 2023

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went for my second Shingrix shot… wasn’t looking forward to it as the first one made my arm ache for days…

I knew that I would also be getting weighed and have my blood pressure checked which was a bit of a stress… happy to see a new scale that digitally records weight, in both kilograms and pounds… should be more accurate, lol…

the good news is that I’ve lost five pounds (with another ten to go) and the blood pressure wasn’t too bad…

I always park as far away from the clinic as possible so I can get extra steps, and enjoyed my walk to and from the office…

what a beautiful day… 5° Celsius, on November 14th, woohoo…

report…

26 Thursday Jan 2023

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excellent report at my recent appointment with my doctor…

both my blood pressure and A1C results were good and after some conversation we agreed that I don’t need to have my A1C tested for six months… and I don’t need to have my blood pressure checked until then either…

so I don’t need to see him again until July, woohoo…

he had mentioned last time that he may have to let go of some of his patients as everyone has come back after not seeing a doctor for two or three years and the load is just too heavy and isn’t slowing down at all…

that made me worry a bit, but while we were talking he advised that he won’t let any of his seniors go… a weight off my shoulders, lol…

great news all around…

celebrated with sushi for lunch;-)…

bloodwork…

10 Wednesday Nov 2021

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saw the doctor, and as my A1C was low again, he advised that I’d only need to be checked every six months…

he was pleased with my blood pressure and so was I… then he mentioned that he would see me in three months for my next checkup…

apparently I will still have to go every three months, but only do the bloodwork twice a year…

well, that was disappointing…

but the good news is that I got my flu shot and an appointment for my COVID booster shot in January at the clinic;-)…

woohoo…

mask…

26 Friday Jun 2020

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yesterday I went for a doctor’s appointment… had arranged to get my car back from my grandson who has been using it while I’ve been staying home…

it was the first time in three months that I have entered a building that wasn’t my house, lol…

this was also the first time I’ve worn my mask and had it on the whole time I was there…

had to manage a few new processes… only one door is used to enter and exit the building… and it wasn’t the one I was used to… got in a few extra steps…

the process for bloodwork is basically the same – waiting… although there are way fewer chairs, the gate is partially closed, and there was sanitizer everywhere…

I did giggle looking at the chairs in all the waiting rooms… to ensure separation, for every chair you could sit in, two or three were turned to the wall… looked like a snake, lol…

the other thing that made me giggle was the fact that my iPhone didn’t recognize me with my mask on, lol… if I am going out more, I might need to add me with a mask on for it to recognize me, lol…

route…

21 Friday Feb 2020

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had a lovely walk this morning…

exactly a week since I took the same route on a freezing morning… quite a difference today…

today I parked much further down the street and enjoyed the stroll to and from my appointment, where my doctor was pleased with my blood pressure, A1C and heart…

looking forward to more walks in nicer weather…

EKG…

29 Friday Mar 2019

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back to being off every Friday… happy to be on this schedule…

this morning I had a checkup and besides the usual tests the doctor included an EKG…

apparently by the time you are 67 (for another few weeks) they want to get a baseline for the future… I am wondering what their expectations are, going forward, lol…

once I was done there, I called to see if I could get in for a pedicure… only waited about half and hour, and besides the pedicure, I got a sports manicure…

lovely fingers and toes…

topped the day off with Clay Oven Goat Thali via SkipTheDishes;-)… I divide it up and have enough for another meal…

happy Friday…

week…

14 Friday Dec 2018

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been a week since the conversation with the doctor about my A1C and how I need to work to get it down a bit…

happily we both agreed that I can do this with more control of my diet and without meds…

I think it was just the day before that visit that I ordered a bunch of chocolate from Soma Chocolatemaker and it arrived this week, lol…

one of the things I ordered was this blackcurrant flavour that I fell in love with after one of the Easter treats from my daughter… trying to figure out how I can have some without messing up the stricter eating plan…

one thing I did do was start cutting my wonderful Advent bonbons into quarters and just having one of them each morning… it has made me focus on the bite and I’ve really enjoyed the flavour of each one…

today I took the extra pieces and shared them with my colleagues;-)… made everyone happy…

focussed…

07 Friday Dec 2018

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crazy morning…

I usually set my alarm for 6:30 but always wake up before it goes off… I’ve been having trouble sleeping for the last week or so due to a sore neck so didn’t put on my alarm as it was my day off…

woke up to a call from my daughter at 7:51… unfortunately I had an 8 am doctor’s appointment;-(…

flew out of the house wondering what my blood pressure reading would be, lol…

was only a few minutes late as the office is close to home…

my blood pressure was great which was amazing but my A1C was not so great… still in the safe zone but it has been creeping up over the last year…

early on following my diabetes diagnosis I did not consume any sugar and was so strict with my diet that my life was overly focussed on food… the good news about that was how low I was able to bring down my A1C without meds… the bad news was that the strict eating was causing problems with my quality of life… since then the doctor and I agreed to relax my eating to find a happy medium…

today we decided that I need to find something between crazy strict and what I’ve been doing recently…

so, not so many treats… and I also think I need to be sure to spend a bit more time on the treadmill every day…

bypass…

18 Sunday Nov 2018

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it has been ten years since my beloved had a quadruple bypass…

he caught a virus that caused immense damage to his heart…

I can still remember the doctor’s appointment where we discovered that he was in heart failure and would need surgery…

all the appointments between that first meeting and his surgery…

waiting during the operation, wondering if he would survive… and watching his miraculous recovery from the surgery…

he came home November 17, 2008 and we had forty wonderful months…