Gord’s Comments (group member since Apr 06, 2017)

Gord’s comments from the Vampires, Weres and Fae! group.

I was wondering about that on Friday. I went down this bad rabbit hole of self diagnosing while zoning out at work. Low iron levels could lead to all the symptoms I have either directly or indirectly. Just to be clear, no, I am not saying that this is exactly what is wrong with me and yes, I've got an appointment on Monday with a doctor for a follow up. I'm just saying, things line up pretty nicely.

I discovered that I can go online and view my test results from medical tests. Now I am far from a doctor or smart on this stuff but they provide explanations and ranges for stuff. I'm perfectly normal on basically everything. The only thing of note is my iron is wee bit low and by that I am one unit of measurement off from the minimum normal. I am now even more confused.

Time for me to finally finish this nonfiction book I've been working on for a couple weeks now. It's really interesting but so many names and dates

And my appointment has been cancelled. I have to make a virtual meeting for next week. I have to assume that whatever is wrong with me is far from life threatening or there would be a bit more urgency with all of this.

I've got my follow up appointment booked for tomorrow afternoon. Fingers crossed for nothing but good news

I finished this book today and I rather enjoyed this one. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that this one has been my favorite of the three so far. It felt like a nice escalation from the first two and we got a little back story for a couple of the characters. It was just a little bit more and it worked for me. Yes it's still rather formulaic but it's a fun read. The only thing I wasn't a massive fan for was the romance. I didn't hate it but it felt shoe horned in after the first couple novels. Overall it's a tame an inoffensive romance but it just felt weird to be making kissy faces when there is something in the house trying to kill people. A minor nitpick from me really.

I'm rather kicking myself because I was meaning to buy some nuts on the weekend as I know that they make excellent snacks and it's rather easy to get salt free versions of things like cashews and peanuts. Alas, I forgot

I normally make some sort of tray of roast stuff including potatoes. Today has just been an odd one of cravings

I hate this crash that I go through when ever I try transitioning over to a healthier eating style. I get about 3-4 days in and then my body is like "dude WTF are you doing? I'm used to a certain level of food and (insert what whatever) and you have been neglecting me". Today it seems like it was about the fries. That was the weird breaking point. I can't even say that I'm really hungry or anything it's just craving stuff. Probably salt honestly.

Ughhhh this feels weird. Wednesday we got for lunch but of course I'm trying to eat better. I got rid of the onion rings on my burger and dropped the fries. Basically I got a burger and Coke Zero. It wasn't bad but not having the fries feels weird

I would struggle with that rule set real bad. I would probably be borderline feral by the time it was time to take the test.

Hopefully it's just an inflammation that can be treated.

Also, weird that a virus can scar your heart.

I figured it would be joints (knees, shoulders, etc) that would give me the most problems when I got older. Seems like life is full all sorts of surprises.

I'm just waiting for my test results to come so I can talk to my doctor about it before making any massive changes. I'm fairly confident that my issue is going to by my salt content though which is why I've started taking steps to massively cut my salt intake. Really, it's just being a lot more conscious about what I am eating.

Whooooooooo!!!!!! I'm done and my arteries look good. That massive fear is crossed off my list now

sitting here waiting for my appointment, totally not nervous at all

That's why I ended up going for single ingredient spices. All the spice mixes I was looking at salt in them. I could also just buy several and make my own spice blends as well. Things to look at and consider.

They also have it in cryptic measurements as well. Instead of saying "this package contains this much sodium" it's stuff like "1/2 a teaspoon is this, 1 tablespoon is that, etc"

Ughhhh, tell me about it. I was looking at things I normally get and even my blocks of tofu have a bit of sodium in them.

It's early and I can already feel the stress. Today is the first day after inventory and there is a lot of work that needs to get done. I also have my ultrasound this afternoon and while I'm not so much stressed about the test itself I am stressed about what they may find.

On a side note, while I am waiting for all my test results to come in I know I am more than likely getting pinged for salt. I'm purging my salt (salt salt, garlic salt, etc) and I've replaced them with regular spices.