Several things accomplished last week
May. 19th, 2008 07:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nico1908Went to a new doctor who adjusted my thyroid medication and told me to take a vitamin D complex, vitamin K, and coral calcium. It may be a placebo effect, but I think I'm feeling much chirpier already on the higher dose of Synthroid plus supplements. I'm supposed to check back in a month to see how things are going. Found out that my blood pressure was 110/70 - at three o'clock in the afternoon, after eight cups of coffee. Hah! No giving up coffee, no sirree!!! My pulse, however, was only 58, which is too low (a condition called bradycardia) - and a typical symptom of hypothyroidism (as is my chronically low basal body temperature), so maybe it'll improve within the next couple of weeks. Wish me luck!!
Attended community health fair Saturday. Such events are great for people without health insurance and of limited financial means, such as myself. Blood oxygen, total cholesterol, and blood sugar were excellent, and the lady who checked my body fat percentage congratulated me on being among the only 5% of people tested who were within the acceptable range of 12-31% (I was at 27.6% - a little lower than two years ago). On the downside, the audiologist discovered that I have a slight hearing loss in the high-pitch range in my right ear. It's nothing to worry about, but she recommended to consult and ENT should I develop dizziness. Eh.
Spent most of Sunday with a new friend. :) :)
Went for walk after work today, then planted two dozen swamp milkweed seedlings - which I'd grown from seeds (!) - in my hummingbird flowerbed. Over the past few years, hummingbirds have become much rarer around here. I put out the feeders last month, which may have been too late because, as I just found out, the ruby-throated hummingbird, the most common hummingbird species in Florida, typically arrives here in March. Oh well... I'll keep trying. Rubies apparently remember feeder locations, and since I haven't been consistent with putting out feeders these past couple of years, I will have to re-attract them.
And now I'm going to go read something. Have a good night, all!
Attended community health fair Saturday. Such events are great for people without health insurance and of limited financial means, such as myself. Blood oxygen, total cholesterol, and blood sugar were excellent, and the lady who checked my body fat percentage congratulated me on being among the only 5% of people tested who were within the acceptable range of 12-31% (I was at 27.6% - a little lower than two years ago). On the downside, the audiologist discovered that I have a slight hearing loss in the high-pitch range in my right ear. It's nothing to worry about, but she recommended to consult and ENT should I develop dizziness. Eh.
Spent most of Sunday with a new friend. :) :)
Went for walk after work today, then planted two dozen swamp milkweed seedlings - which I'd grown from seeds (!) - in my hummingbird flowerbed. Over the past few years, hummingbirds have become much rarer around here. I put out the feeders last month, which may have been too late because, as I just found out, the ruby-throated hummingbird, the most common hummingbird species in Florida, typically arrives here in March. Oh well... I'll keep trying. Rubies apparently remember feeder locations, and since I haven't been consistent with putting out feeders these past couple of years, I will have to re-attract them.
And now I'm going to go read something. Have a good night, all!
