This came in the mail.
health, wellbeing
Everybody wants to talk about their health. And here’s where it all happens.
blood plasma, 150th
I guess today’s plasma donation is a milestone – #150. I got a pin saying “150 donations” and a little thing of juice.
A worker there offered to take my picture. “Smile!” he said.
So I did. … It seems such an unnatural thing to do these days.
reprieve
There is a temporary reprieve from recent calamities. Of course, I still don’t know the end result.
Shakespeare said it best. “To be, or not to be, that is the question…“
Floyd stroke
What a crap weekend.
Floyd had a stroke. He woke up Saturday morning (Feb. 22, 2026) and made coffee. I sat down at the kitchen table and told him my plans for the day. He stammered and couldn’t get any words out – just mumbling and buzzing sounds.
I asked if he would be alright. He said he would. I should not have left for work, but I did.
I called him at home later. He said he wouldn’t be coming in as he was light-headed and had trouble thinking. I told him I’d call 911, and he agreed.
I met the paramedics at home. They did an assessment and found he likely had a stroke. They took him to the hospital where he had tests and found that he had a mini-stroke. He later rested at home.
The next day, today, he looks fine – no drooped face, no confusion, nearly normal speech. I’ll keep an eye on him. He’ll see the doctor soon.
medication agitation
I was fed up. I averaged 3 hours of sleep per night and have been dopey during the day because of overuse of mirtazapine.
Two weeks ago I had an online appointment with Dr. Ovwasa to refill a zolpidem prescription. He said I was way too early and that it should last 90 days. It was 89 days since my last refill. He denied me. We had a long, somewhat agitated discussion. He didn’t budge, saying I had to wait until Feb. 24 2026.
After many nights of lack of sleep and not yet asleep at 3am, I looked at the box label date – 05-Nov-2025.
cough subsiding
It’s more than 6 months in, and my cough is finally subsiding.
My doctor said that he found nothing in my x-rays, and the breathing test showed nothing unusual. It’s just a cough.
Nonetheless, I’m still surrounded by particulates at work and, thus, coughing.
ill 3 weeks on
I’ve had some kind of flu bug. It’s been hanging on for 3 weeks.
I’m in Cardston for students but don’t want to be. I’d rather be sitting on a recliner with a heating pad at my back.
bloating
I’ve got a problem. My stomach, since the poison-by-lemons incident in Korea, has been ill-tempered. The slightest thing can upset it, and I experience bloating, rumbling (that distracts and amuses one student in particular), and gas.
So I came across this article.
How to Stop – And Prevent – Bloating
I thought, “Oh, I might find some of this article helpful” … until it started talking about my menstruation cycle.
Well crap. I guess this article isn’t for me.
a month later, still coughing
Still sick. (a week of sick) I’m stick hacking up crap. It’s hard to fall asleep at night with a constant instinct to cough. I suppose subjecting myself to 1403 isn’t healthy, but the respirator helps.
a week of sick
Been sick the past week. I cancelled all my classes on Thursday and limped through the rest. I’ve been coughing up all kinds of nastiness and went through dozens of tissues. I think I’m finally on the mend, but I’ve still a long way to go.
It all started last week when I pushed onward, tearing up plaster and lath boards in the upper suite at 1403. The dust that had accumulated over the past 115 years was something fierce. But … to catch a cold from that?
I’ve since bought another (replacement) respirator, a 3M this time, with new filters. I hope this will help next time I muster up enough courage to get back in there.