Week eleven (almost three months, now)
Sep. 9th, 2018 02:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
karlhtWhew. For a short week, this has certainly been a long week.
Monday was a holiday. I didn't get to Mountain View at all this week, and got into SF only for Friday afternoon. Weekly step count and mileage was slightly down, though I stayed over 8k steps/day. I'll fill in the final numbers here once my phone generates them. (And here they are: total 60k steps for 47.76km.)
Blood sugar was mostly good, as usual. A couple of highs, a couple of lows, but nothing that persisted beyond one measurement. Late-night ice cream cravings were still there, but less than last week.
I still haven't re-scheduled with my behavioural psych, and I'm due to go in the lab and get blood drawn this coming week. Next appointment with my cardiac rehab nurse is not until October. I'm not allowed to refill some of my meds until the 23rd, which is a bit of an issue because I'm overseas from 23-30 September. I need to count pills and make sure I have enough, and call the pharmacy if not.
I wouldn't quite say I'm anxious about the work trip, but I have some concerns. There's a lot of bean-counting going on in my vicinity at work lately, and I don't like the trend.
Emotionally, I'm settling into the groove (or rut, depending on your point of view) I was in before June, with the exception that I'm making time to move/walk every day. I have taken the Twitter app off my phone, and my bio there says I've left. I've tried Mastodon, but it feels a little bit like I'd imagine methadone would. So I'm sticking with b.org and my DW circle, for now. I haven't tried Pillowfort (apparently the latest fandom thing) or any of the other experiments going on just now -- a combination of not enough spoons and a desire to make the time I spend in front of screens actually make me happy. I might have a mid-week post about software tools that make me happy -- posting about it might help me clarify my thinking.
The next two months are going to be hard -- changes in my social circle and contentious issues at work. I need to be careful not to sabotage myself by shorting myself on sleep or water or food or walks.
That's all for me for now. One week after another, adding my voice to the chorus. May you and all your loved ones be safe and happy and cherished.
Monday was a holiday. I didn't get to Mountain View at all this week, and got into SF only for Friday afternoon. Weekly step count and mileage was slightly down, though I stayed over 8k steps/day. I'll fill in the final numbers here once my phone generates them. (And here they are: total 60k steps for 47.76km.)
Blood sugar was mostly good, as usual. A couple of highs, a couple of lows, but nothing that persisted beyond one measurement. Late-night ice cream cravings were still there, but less than last week.
I still haven't re-scheduled with my behavioural psych, and I'm due to go in the lab and get blood drawn this coming week. Next appointment with my cardiac rehab nurse is not until October. I'm not allowed to refill some of my meds until the 23rd, which is a bit of an issue because I'm overseas from 23-30 September. I need to count pills and make sure I have enough, and call the pharmacy if not.
I wouldn't quite say I'm anxious about the work trip, but I have some concerns. There's a lot of bean-counting going on in my vicinity at work lately, and I don't like the trend.
Emotionally, I'm settling into the groove (or rut, depending on your point of view) I was in before June, with the exception that I'm making time to move/walk every day. I have taken the Twitter app off my phone, and my bio there says I've left. I've tried Mastodon, but it feels a little bit like I'd imagine methadone would. So I'm sticking with b.org and my DW circle, for now. I haven't tried Pillowfort (apparently the latest fandom thing) or any of the other experiments going on just now -- a combination of not enough spoons and a desire to make the time I spend in front of screens actually make me happy. I might have a mid-week post about software tools that make me happy -- posting about it might help me clarify my thinking.
The next two months are going to be hard -- changes in my social circle and contentious issues at work. I need to be careful not to sabotage myself by shorting myself on sleep or water or food or walks.
That's all for me for now. One week after another, adding my voice to the chorus. May you and all your loved ones be safe and happy and cherished.
GAS, feel free to ignore
Date: 2018-09-09 11:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-09-10 02:21 am (UTC)My dentist warns dire consequences if I chew ice (we have no icemaker, and no ice bucket in the freezer for just this reason) But I have discovered bagged frozen mixed fruit chunks. Intended for smoothies, you dump a double handful into a coffee cup, and it's *better* than a popsicle. You get the sweet-cold jolt, and it keeps that craving more than satisfied. I can usually fob off the dairy craving part of ice cream jones with low-fat cottage cheese--just a couple tablespoons, maybe a few frozen berries.
It's not the same, but it's not awful horrid deprivation, either.
Here's hope your meds work out. And all the rest of it, as well. *Be* well, in all things that are possible. Work on the rest.