Some Thoughts Tuesday

It’s been a few days since I posted. That wasn’t what I intended.
Time got away from me a little bit. And then the next thing I know
almost two weeks has gone by since I posted. So here’s what’s going
on in my world.

• There’s talk of freeze warnings and some snow tonight into tomorrow.
  I don’t think any will stick though. A few flurries were flying yesterday
  much to our joy and surprise. There’s talk in the news of having a
  La Nina winter pattern, but it shouldn’t be on the Snowmaggedon of
  2016 level where we had almost 40 inches of snow fall that winter season.
  Yesterday and earlier today was wickedly windy. Making it feel a lot colder
  than it was.
• I went in to get labs drawn for before my annual visit with the doctor. And
  as luck would have it, they had an opening that morning to see him. So I said
  let’s do it and then I realized how mentally unprepared I was for this. By the
  time I got into the room my blood pressure was 180/100. I was also fasting
  for the labs and had no caffeine so I had a headache coming on. Then it was
  oh so when was your last PAP.
  At this point I was thinking “what the fuck was I thinking?” So I’m like extremely
  nervous at this point and trying not to think about bolting in nothing but the
  fashionable not quite paper, not quite cloth snap vest and the lovely paper drape
  covering my lady bits. After my labs were drawn, they checked my pressure again
  and it was down to 164/80. So better, but not ideal. I have to monitor it twice a
  day for the next week and bring the numbers in when I see him again on Wednesday.
• Then, even though I know going forward my insurance is working. Because we
  checked before being seen. I had no idea what the status of my year old $5000
  bill was. It has been impossible for me to reach the lady that handles the billing.
  So good news is everything from here on out is covered and is showing my
  insurance as the only one. And from the message she gave the receptionist for me
  was that she ran my bill again and it went through. Y’all I wanted to cry!!! I mean,
  I’m still worried about it. Until I see it with my own eyes ya know. And I see a zero
  balance, I am going to worry.
• In other good news, he said I can hold off on having any surgery since my results
  from the Myosure were negative. We’re rechecking hormone levels, thyroid, and
  the rest of the things they check in an annual. I asked about the weakness and
  sometimes tingling I have been getting, but we couldn’t really discuss it in this visit.
• US health care is so fucked up that you can’t talk about anything outside the scope
  of your annual exam. If you need to address other issues, you have to make another
  appointment. So says the health insurance industry. Basically these greedy fuckers
  would rather you make additional appointments instead of just dealing with shit in the
  one you are already at. SMDH!!!
• I’ve gotten a couple of early birthday presents!!
  I got a FitBit yesterday. And today I got a wireless keyboard to use with my tablet.
  Word got out that I was eyeballing a chrome book. I was informed that my tablet
  was better and it was best to just get me a keyboard for it.
  I’m hoping that this will be a big nudge for me with my writing.
• Speaking of writing…I’m so behind on Prep-tober!
  I’m not sure what if any prep I will get done. Might be another November of writing
  by the seat of my pants again. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I do this
  every year. Say I’m going to prep and then I don’t. I wonder if I did more prep, would
  I “win” more NaNos. Half the fun is in the writing, so I’m going to try not to get too
  frustrated with myself over it.
• In an effort to focus on myself, my health, and some self care, I got myself a yoga
  mat and a knee mat. I think I need to pick up another block. I can’t really do a whole
  lot of moves. I need them to be simple and gentle. I have a couple of resistance bands
  that I saw some easy moves to do with too.
  I haven’t started yet. I’m having a hard time committing to doing it. And to just starting.

But that’s the update. Figures crossed that my pressure doesn’t go crazy and that my tests
are all good.