Health
Back to the gym
I have, in the 18 days since I returned from the 10-week TN8/TS8 road trip, shed all of the 7 pounds that I gained. But I am not in shape, softball season is approaching and pickleball beckons… So time to get back to the gym. I started today with a 1.5-mile brisk walk but hope … Continue reading
A miserable, unproductive day in 2 ERs
As mentioned previously, Ooma contracted, for the third time, COVID-19 sometime during our 4 days in VA. Two days ago she tested negative on a home test. Yesterday, because she was still feeling short of breath, she decided she would like an X-ray of her lungs, to see if she might have pneumonia. So at … Continue reading
TN8 Hop 5: Dumfries VA to New York NY
318 miles via VA 294, I-95, I-495 (west of Washington DC), I-270, US 15, I-76, PA 72, PA 343, I-78, I-287 and NY 440. Cumulative TN8 hop miles: 1365. Total car miles: 1455. We drove about 50 miles around northern VA while staying with Devin and Mary. This was not the hop I had planned. … Continue reading
A COVID surprise
See the previous post for my comment about how “I came down with a cold the next day but that didn’t spoil the fun.” To be cautious – mostly because Ooma has had COVID twice and is still suffering some of the effects of “long COVID” – I took a home antigen COVID test on … Continue reading
Long COVID
COVID-19 is a nasty disease – the 990,000 people who have died from it in the US would agree, if they were alive. And many survivors have endured near-death experiences but have recovered. Or mostly recovered. A distressingly high percentage of those who survive have lingering long-term effects. These people are “long haulers” or victims … Continue reading
Humana insana-ty
About a month ago, as I was reviewing my Visa charges, I noticed that I was being billed for Humana supplemental Medicare insurance. This surprised me as I had switched to a Medicare Advantage plan with a different provider in December, effective Jan 1, 2022. Everything involved in that switchover – including changing the billing … Continue reading
TGA?
No, not TMI, though you could be excused for thinking that by the time you finish this post. It stands for Transient Global Amnesia. Basically, you just lose memory of a period of time for no good reason. In my case it was between 9am and 2pm yesterday. I got a phone call from a … Continue reading
Seconds, please
This was a week of seconds: a second COVID shot and a second cataract surgery. First, the first second. The second COVID dose was administered efficiently – I was back home 50 minutes after I left. The reaction again was severe muscle aches, but this time the aching lasted just one day instead of two. … Continue reading
“You are the healthiest person I have seen today”
That is what a nurse-practitioner told me on Wednesday after I had finished my EKG and a small number of other medical tests to clear me for cataract surgery. Of course, being a cataract shop, she was seeing a lot of octogenarians which somewhat cheapened the compliment. But at my age any compliment about my … Continue reading
Got it!
I remain convinced that my opportunity to get a COVID-19 vaccination in February rather than March was an administrative error. I was worried, up until the moment when I presented my ID and it matched a name on the list, that I would be sent home with a message to “come back next month.” But … Continue reading