Ack.
Okay, so I rode my motorcycle up to the OMRF yesterday. That's always fun, even if it is a bunch of I-40 (flat straight roads are boring). I got the usual stuff, though this time with a new nurse (the nurse who usually works with me is having a baby soon). I got an EKG this time, which apparently looked okay. I dodged a bullet on the blood pressure thing (doc's been threatening to put me on medication for it). It had been running 140/100, but this time it was 120/88! I guess all this walking has done me some good... I've also lost 10 lbs.
I rode home through the crazy Oklahoma City traffic, got into a little race with a guy on a ZX-12 (he was toying with me, his bike has like twice as much power as mine). Got home and went to bed as the side effects were kicking in by that time.
Sometime around 1:00 this morning I felt like getting some air, so I put my shoes on and fired up my MP3 player and walked up and down the driveway four times (that's a little over two miles). It was weird (and kinda cool), one of the side effects of this medication seems to be sensitivity to light, and I didn't need my little flashlight at all.
After my walk I went to the shop, and surprised myself... I didn't think I could do it, but I made this:
It's to replace this:
What do you think, eh?
Today started out kind rough, but I felt a little better as the afternoon went on, so I went for several walks. I used the pedometer that my cousin gave me and I took about 8000 steps altogether. I've figured out that the best way to get through the side effect period with this medication is to exercise. I couldn't do it last month because we were having torrential thunderstorms every day, and I felt like shit for almost a week. I was feeling pretty nauseous tonight, but I ate a sandwich and I'm a little better now. Maybe tomorrow I'll feel even better, who knows?
UPDATE:
I went to the shop last night and wired in that filter board (pretend you care):
That looks pretty professional, right?
Okay, so I rode my motorcycle up to the OMRF yesterday. That's always fun, even if it is a bunch of I-40 (flat straight roads are boring). I got the usual stuff, though this time with a new nurse (the nurse who usually works with me is having a baby soon). I got an EKG this time, which apparently looked okay. I dodged a bullet on the blood pressure thing (doc's been threatening to put me on medication for it). It had been running 140/100, but this time it was 120/88! I guess all this walking has done me some good... I've also lost 10 lbs.
I rode home through the crazy Oklahoma City traffic, got into a little race with a guy on a ZX-12 (he was toying with me, his bike has like twice as much power as mine). Got home and went to bed as the side effects were kicking in by that time.
Sometime around 1:00 this morning I felt like getting some air, so I put my shoes on and fired up my MP3 player and walked up and down the driveway four times (that's a little over two miles). It was weird (and kinda cool), one of the side effects of this medication seems to be sensitivity to light, and I didn't need my little flashlight at all.
After my walk I went to the shop, and surprised myself... I didn't think I could do it, but I made this:
It's to replace this:
What do you think, eh?
Today started out kind rough, but I felt a little better as the afternoon went on, so I went for several walks. I used the pedometer that my cousin gave me and I took about 8000 steps altogether. I've figured out that the best way to get through the side effect period with this medication is to exercise. I couldn't do it last month because we were having torrential thunderstorms every day, and I felt like shit for almost a week. I was feeling pretty nauseous tonight, but I ate a sandwich and I'm a little better now. Maybe tomorrow I'll feel even better, who knows?
UPDATE:
I went to the shop last night and wired in that filter board (pretend you care):
That looks pretty professional, right?
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and i'm so happy that you are figuring out ways to better handle the side effects from the treatments. you are a real trooper.