Observations From Hadleyville: HEALTH ALERT! HEALTH ALERT! HEALTH ALERT!

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

HEALTH ALERT! HEALTH ALERT! HEALTH ALERT!

A couple more items coming under the heading of "good" news.

1 I've now walked sixty-five miles in almost three weeks.

2 Saw my doctor yesterday; he changed one of my meds which was beginning to harm liver function. The good news is he did not see a need to switch me to straight injected insulin: HALALUJAH! The diabetic nurse has been darkly hinting that I was on death's door otherwise.
That is a definite answer to prayer. And thanks to you who have been wafting those petitions Heavenward.

3 Though my "before" picture looks like Jabba the Hut, my current picture is starting to look like Jabba's healthier little brother.

2 comments:

Eric said...: Yeah!!! Glad Nurse Attila was wrong.

And again, great job on the walking!; February 19, 2008 at 9:31 AM
Kathleen Flynn said...: 65mi in 3wks? Yet you're STILL in the Antelope Valley? Shouldn't you be somewhere by now?; February 19, 2008 at 2:24 PM

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