Gratitudes
Feb. 25th, 2019 07:02 pm1. My dad has had some kind of virus, infection, respiratory, coughing, simultaneous eye infection thing going on since before Christmas. He's had 4 round of antibiotics, and since he's got cancer, he's continually on an antiviral, so nobody could figure out what's going on. Turns out it's fungal--mycoplasma! So now, he can be treated and get better!
He and Mom got the flu on Friday (both were vaccinated; Mom don't play with his cancer). Mom went to the ER yesterday; Dad went to the ER today. I was so so afraid that he'd be hospitalized and that would be the beginning of the end, so to speak, but he wasn't bad off enough to hospitalize. *fist pump of joy*
2. I finally got my labs back. Thyroid was normal and no Sjogren's antibodies. BUT, my B12 was 252, and my endo says that symptoms of deficiency start to manifest at less than 500. 200-900 is the range of normal for that test, so I'm very much at the bottom anyway. I've been taking 1000mg sublingually for the past two weeks, and I think I can tell a bit of a difference.
The huge thing is, though, that I'm vitamin D deficient. The normal range is 30-100, and I'm at 17.5. I am so stoked! There's something wrong with me, and it's fixable!!! I got a RX for a weekly dose of vitamin D. It also answers some questions for me.
( cut for brief discussion of weight gain and other symptoms )
I am so optimistic that I'm going to start feeling better.
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The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School by Kim Newman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I really, really like this some of the time, and the rest of the time, I find the dialogue and narration tedious because of the dense and constant British slang. The plot and the characters are really fun and interesting.
At the end, the author makes a stylistic choice that I personally and very subjectively don't like; I see why the author made the choice and can imagine many people liking it, but it jars me out of the narrative.
Overall, I think this is well worth a read, especially if you like stories set in a girl's boarding school with magic and supernatural powers.
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He and Mom got the flu on Friday (both were vaccinated; Mom don't play with his cancer). Mom went to the ER yesterday; Dad went to the ER today. I was so so afraid that he'd be hospitalized and that would be the beginning of the end, so to speak, but he wasn't bad off enough to hospitalize. *fist pump of joy*
2. I finally got my labs back. Thyroid was normal and no Sjogren's antibodies. BUT, my B12 was 252, and my endo says that symptoms of deficiency start to manifest at less than 500. 200-900 is the range of normal for that test, so I'm very much at the bottom anyway. I've been taking 1000mg sublingually for the past two weeks, and I think I can tell a bit of a difference.
The huge thing is, though, that I'm vitamin D deficient. The normal range is 30-100, and I'm at 17.5. I am so stoked! There's something wrong with me, and it's fixable!!! I got a RX for a weekly dose of vitamin D. It also answers some questions for me.
( cut for brief discussion of weight gain and other symptoms )
I am so optimistic that I'm going to start feeling better.
3.
executrix sends me the best books! The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School by Kim NewmanMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I really, really like this some of the time, and the rest of the time, I find the dialogue and narration tedious because of the dense and constant British slang. The plot and the characters are really fun and interesting.
At the end, the author makes a stylistic choice that I personally and very subjectively don't like; I see why the author made the choice and can imagine many people liking it, but it jars me out of the narrative.
Overall, I think this is well worth a read, especially if you like stories set in a girl's boarding school with magic and supernatural powers.
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