Author: Chris S.

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Health Update

Today turned into my annual check up with my doctor, who is moving her family back to Minnesota at the end of the month.  This was the first time I had an annual check up and saw my doctor in person since 2019.

I thanked her for taking care of me for these past years, that she was a good doctor and that I’d miss her.  She said that she’ll miss me along with all of her patients.

Surprises:

My blood pressure has gotten to a point that I may be going off one of my BP meds.

My changes in diet attribute that, along with helping my blood sugar go down to almost below pre-diabetic levels.

The doctor suggested a few things, including focusing more on the good habits I’m doing to stay healthy (cutting fast food, getting more exercise), instead of a weight goal.

All-in-all, I’m feeling good and the doctor agrees.

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A Dream is…

Had one of those early morning dreams that feel so real but then you wake up and realized that it wasn’t.

And if this was one of those wishes that your heart makes, I look forward to meeting you, dream girl.

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Top Gun Maverick

I went to the Early Access screening for Top Gun Maverick Tuesday night.

I had a huge grin under my mask and the occasional teary eyes all throughout the movie.

I didn’t expect The Empire Strikes Back level of a sequel, but this was definitely one of the best sequels I’ve ever seen.

It just hit the right chords at the right times, fan service but not overly so.

And I honestly didn’t know that Jennifer Connelly was playing THAT character in this movie.  She’s still one of my top Hollywood crushes, hands down.

36 years of a wait was worth it.

And I got a pin and a little poster.

If you liked the original, you’ll love this one.

If you loved the original (like me), you’ll really love this one.

Recommended!  Go see it!

 

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Crap Shoot

It really is.

You never know how you’ll react when a memory strikes you.

This is especially true on the anniversary of certain events.

I woke up knowing what today is, and felt oddly calm.

It wasn’t until I got up and walked past the spot where I found him 4 years ago that the feelings, emotions, anxiety returned.

And that’s all I’m going to say about this today.

Miss you, Dad.

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Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness

It was good.

Not as good as, say, Shang-Chi or No Way Home, but better, IMHO, than Black Widow and Eternals.

It’s just hard to rank them in a post-Endgame world, what with 28 films on the list as well.

If anything, this felt more like a non-superhero Sam Raimi film.

The cameos were great, especially the one during the surprising mid credits scene.

It certainly felt like a shorter film than many of the other MCU movies.  Which isn’t good or bad, just an observation.

Just make sure you’ve at least seen Wandavision before seeing this film.

Recommended!  Go see it!

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Streaming

I’m running out of things to watch on the various streaming services.

I do have the end of The Legend of Vox Machina to finish up, but with the end of The Book of Boba Fett and Peacemaker, pickings are currently slim.  Though I know stuff is on the way, like Kenobi and Moon Knight.

I finished Reacher, which I thought was good.

I’m not interested in most of the Star Trek series, though I will check out Strange New Worlds.

 

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I got chills….

… and luckily no more than that.

I was laid up in bed most of Friday, from an onset of chills in the early morning, to spending most of the rest of my day knocked out.

This is the most I’ve slept in one day in a long time.

I managed to get up to shower and eat some Belvita breakfast biscuits and tea, but after that, I just collapsed onto my bed.

I got up again around 2pm and at a couple of dinner rolls for late lunch, and that’s when the chills really started to get me.

Concerned that I was, I took a home COVID test that came up negative.

I texted my sister to let her know what was going on, and she called and came home with some won ton soup.

Around 6pm I got up and had a small bowl of soup, took some cold/flu medicine, and proceeded to fall unconscious for the next 10 hours or so, occasionally waking up to see what time it was, but drifting off immediately after that.

Around 5:30 am I got up, still a little dizzy, but no chills.  I took a shower which seemed to clear my head a bit more, and then I finished off one of the take out containers of won ton soup and a glass of ginger ale.

I feel fine now, but still a bit meh.  Hopefully it was just a 24 hour bug.

Ah, the healing powers of won ton soup and ginger ale.  And cold medicine.

Thanks, Jen.

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Checking in

Yesterday I completed a group therapy program for people who are diagnosed with fatty liver.

I got to see people in various stages of fatty liver, with me at the beginning stages, one person who  has cirrhosis, and another person who beat liver cancer.

If anything this was a ‘scared straight’ situation for me.  And there’s already been some positive results.

My ‘no excuse November’ crusade resulted in me finally getting back on the weight loss wagon, through exercise and some dietary changes.

This program has finally got me into full fledged dietary *lifestyle* changes, for a more sustainable weight loss regimen.

The group therapy showed me the whys and hows I needed to change my thinking, and it all reinforced my desire to really lose weight/get healthy again.

I also signed up for Noom again, with a better understanding of just what they’re all about, and the lessons are sticking this time.

Anyways, as of this morning, I’m .2 lbs shy of my pre-pandemic (March 12 2020) weight.

So now I can get to the weight loss program that my doctor had outlined a week before the pandemic started, along with more effective tools and a mindset to do it.

The bottom line is that I wanna live.  So no more of this living in a pre-diabetic state along with the threat of liver cirrhosis, I need to lose the weight and keep it off, dammit.

I got this.  Thanks to that therapy, and thanks to family and friends who helped me whether they know it or not.

Onward.  Forward.