2018 in My Bio

January

Jan 4
Red and white blood cells are on the rise again.

Jan 8
Yes! My test for leukemia and bone marrow condition were normal.

Jan 11
So excited because I found Officer Palma on Facebook.

February

Feb 5
It was totally AWESOME to wake up to a message from Officer P!!! Not expecting any kind of a friendship, though, but that’s fine.

Feb 18
A little surprising but definitely nice to hear from Stacey yesterday.

Feb 22
Socio is done and almost 16K words!

April

Apr 10
Please tell me I did it wrong and my blood pressure really isn’t 168/107!

Apr 17
After 6 (or possibly more hours) our water is finally back on!

May

May 12
Just as worried about Tom as I am for myself. He went deaf in one ear yesterday afternoon, did research, and like in most cases, got a bunch of confusing, contradicting info but it’s likely a virus. Some say to go to the doctor right away, others say it will go away on its own, etc.

June

Jun 4
Glad my PCP appt is over! Not all the test results are in yet but my cholesterol is worse. :( She sprayed liquid nitrogen on the precancerous spot on my back.

Jun 5
T3 & T4 are normal but TSH is 16.

Jun 23
At last! A way to sleep through loud traffic with the sleeping earbuds Tom found!
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Really hoping I don’t have chronic fatigue syndrome even though I seem to have most of the symptoms.

Jun 26
My nieces decided to dump me because it’s apparently not okay to express myself as it is for them. Fine. I’m done with the family drama.

Jun 28
One “bleeder” in one year!

Happy 61st, Tom!

July

Jul 2
Just got a very strong vibe, feeling, whatever, saying we’re not going to be here till he’s 66. I just don’t know when we’ll be leaving for sure. Can’t be before another year or two, I would think.

Jul 11
Nothing bad showed up on Tom’s MRI, as we figured would be the case.

Jul 25
Finished Stealing Kat, my Nano project, with 10,176 words!

Jul 29
RIP Burkey boy. :(

August

Aug 22
Found Nissan on Facebook, the bus driver I knew very briefly in Spfld in the late 80s that I had a crush on. Messaged her but don’t expect a response.

September

Sep 18
Moving here was a HUGE mistake. I can NOT take another half a decade of this constant string of loud projects let alone the daily landscaping, traffic, and water outages.

Sep 29
Kind of interesting that one of my health conditions on the health portal is listed as being “Polycythemia Vera.” But my red blood cell count wasn’t that high that often, was it?

October

Oct 9
Our crown tail betta died. :( :( :(

Oct 13
Got a beautiful butterfly betta!

Oct 15
Saw my endo and stopped at the lab. Dropping to 50 mcg of levothyroxine for the next week, then adding 5 mcg of liothyronine. If all goes well I’ll stop at the lab and see her again in 2 months. Fingers crossed!

Oct 16
Lab results are as shitty as expected. T3 & T4 are normal and I’m just on the edge of menopausal. However, my TSH is 27! I showed her all the skips I charted on Google Docs on my phone.

Oct 29
Water was off today for a few hours and going off again on Thursday. Fuck this place!

November

Nov 5
Yes, Marie, we are truly done forever this time! YOU chose to walk away but you know what? I’m glad you did. I’ve had enough of your drama. There really are only so many times we can forgive the same people for the same old bullshit. I’m actually relieved to have Marie out of my life. I get that she’s crazy and she can’t help it but I just don’t have it in me to put up with crazy. Haven’t for many years now.

Nov 9
Sky took on a brownish-gold tint due to the fires further up in the state.

Nov 21
Endo’s nurse called asking me to go to the lab. Tom left work early and brought me. This was before my endo got my 2nd message. So tempted to just throw in the towel and say fuck it!

Horrible news from my endo’s nurse. TSH is 33. That’s what I started with nearly 5 years ago! Endo wants me to go back to 75 of the first drug or take 50 of that drug along with the liothyronine.

Nov 22
Back to 75s of Levothyroxine I go since the Liothyronine/Levothyroxine experiment was a bust.

Nov 24
RIP Simon.

December

Dec 4
I’m 53 today!

Dec 8
Quick Update before I run out of energy. I’m still sick and Tom is coming down with something now as well. I’m still completely drained of energy not just because of the flu but because my TSH is still 22. Good news is the ACV shots have improved my cholesterol tremendously!

Joined Kindle Unlimited and really enjoying it so far.

Dec 11
RIP Dumbo.

Dec 22
After 5 days of BP monitoring, it looks like I could have stage 2 hypertension.

Learned that Tom’s mom died 4 years ago at age 91. Sent a piece of my mind to a few of his family members and Ryan and Jennifer wanted to add me, LOL. Best not to associate with any of them.

PCP says that because my blood pressure is good in the morning, just continue with lifestyle changes and forget medication for now. Hey, nothing wrong with being told I DON’T need medication!

Back with our 9-week-old male cinnamon-hooded rats, Fuzzy and Woody.