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So that right knee pain in late may?

It quickly moved into "both knees have pain if left in any one position too long and that includes standing".( Read more... )

So yeah, my love affair with NSAIDs continue, if only topically now instead of systemically. (yes, yes, i know stroke risk long term continuous use. Hopefully i won't have to do continuously and if I do, i do have some hope of family's immortality gene saving me there).

Off all this week \0/ First part dedicated to getting house cleaned, scheduling house care appointments, neuro to reup the migraine meds, and all that - in prep for going away party for colleague that I'm planning for next week. (we're also back in the office next week supposedly.. We'll see if good old Delta changes that or not).

Then heading down to visit college sister's family including meeting the newest dog nephew as well as foster niece dog.

Sleep: OMG, better!!!! Though I have a sneaking suspicion that it will rear back up and if it does then that means that it's perimenopause and not "no caffeine after 6pm when you aren't overstressed and sleep deprived thank you very much". trying to stay on schedule, and keep my workouts to morning or well before 8pm to help too. My procrastination with work ain't helping with this.

Workout: back in groove, though i didn't let myself get too far out of shape (I was really my trainer's only winter client since no one else had indoor setup or were nervous having her in). With the oculus 2 and the supernatural app i'm also reliably doing a few days a week on my own and the improved cardio is definitely showing in my strength sessions with my trainer. Honestly will likely go and cancel my gym membership after first vaccine kicks in. have enough stuff now at home to address it, and the only thing i'd possibly get with the other is access to pool and theoretically basketball courts (in practice they were always taken/reserved when i was there anyway).

Work: Burnout brain slowly coming back online, but the flesh is weak and not really interested in desk sitting. i may need to head into the office potentially, but my body is going to make that more difficult. But otherwise most things seem to be going okay.

Body: Overall good thanks to workout. Only hiccup is this damn tailbone pain.( Read more... )

Fandom: any cuts contain spoilers
Watched Bone and Shadow in one sitting. Overall nice enough and I went in with zero understanding of the plot, so it kept me engaged. Not sure how I'd be with the actual book itself though as it definitely didn't catch me that great.

TFAWS - loved it like everyone else. I'm very patiently awaiting for Cherry to tell me she's watched it so i can deluge her in tik toks. Siiigh. ( Read more... )

Speaking of, Agents of Shield. I finally finished the last 3 or so seasons I hadn't watched. Thanks Enver Gjokaj for the incentive to do so. It was very fun and interesting. ( Read more... )

After finishing Elementary, i've been a bit in a rewatch phase. Started Terminator:TSCC which is always interesting (though i still loathe the voiceover). Was playing a bit with Mentalist when I was trying to sleep and ehh. I still love the characters but i get so bored of the actual case and dues ex machina of it all. So i went back to The Closer for whatever reason and am enjoying that a bit more.

Which is probably a long way of saying I should just rewatch 1-2 things and actually try to write something to see if I can spark more joy instead of just passing time.

House: Good if expensive. nothing required, more just an update that ended up being more expensive that i think i talked on more before. Now i'm watching my yard - turns out every corner of my house has a different color azalea bush. Bought a grill for the summer after the one muggy 79 degree day that the house turned into a sauna (to be fair, i left the door/window open too long then took forever to get upstairs to cool down).

Video games: The hunt for a magical, mythical PS5 continues. Ugh. Been tempted to do some of the "verified" resellers on twitter that are offering for actual market price but the insistence on cash app and questions on if i still have a warranty then have me nervous.
But as of friday, Mass Effect Legendary Edition comes out!! Excited to see how much they manage to erase off the stupid elevator rides of forever!!.

twistedchick has an incredibly interesting take on world events for the past couple of months. It's an analysis that could all too well be 100% true.

In other news, I've actually kind of found it difficult to the news blogging for the past week or so. Between all the shit hitting the fan with global warming and Bush/Putin trying to put us back into the days of the Cuban Missile crisis, it's a little too draining. I'm sure my outrage will lead me to continue it, but for the moment, I may be backing off a bit.

I do have to throw these out there though - It's not just honey bees that are dying. Bumble bees are dying too.

And as if you didn't have enough to worry about with MRSA and the emergence of deadly bacteria that cause ear infections, Six American Military hospitals have been affected by outbreaks of deadly bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii isn't new, but in the past, it was pretty much considered an oportunistic infection. Now though, drug resistant forms of it have developed.

I'm not sure if I posted about this outside of flock since I was discussing my mother's health at the time.

But, a study has been published linking prolonged use (>1 year) of proton pump inhibitors (ie, acid reducers like Nexium) to increased risk of hip fracture and osteoporosis. Earlier studies have also linked chronic use of normal antacids to osteoporosis. It appears interfering with the acidity of the stomach affects how calcium is processed and later absorption.

Jolie Bookspan discusses ways to treat acid reflux without PPIs and also addresses things to do to combat osteoporosis.

so I know lurid and I talked once about all the good antioxidants but how hard it was to make oneself eat that many fruits and such..

Saw this at gnc when I was getting my dairy digestant pills: Maximum Fruits Complete. It is apparently corn free (yay -- at least, nothing on the label and I had about a half serving this morning w/out any problem) and proclaims to give you More Antioxidant Capacity than 7 Standard Servings of Fresh Fruits**....no actual vitamins are listed though since it is mostly powdered extracts of fruit, but it's something especially since I know how bad I am at fruit in the winter. It actually doesn't taste yucky...not quite like fruit punch, but it's tolerable to drink in cold water.

They do have a Maximum Greens formula that does contain vitamins in it (and not at the outrageous superdoses that normal vitamin pills give you which I'd appreciate since a lot of studies are starting to show that too much of most vitamins is a bad thing too)....sadly, that one has maltodextrin in it. *pouts* Oh well, can't have everything.

Anyways, thought this might be of interest to some of ya. I can't claim that it makes me feel any different yet, but given I would like to do what I can to stave off the possibility of alzheimers from my grandmother...it can't hurt.

Oh, and lurid, I found the thing I said I'd heard about on the TV w/ regards to blueberry extract: vitaberry