18 January 2024
I may live after all. I feel a little better today. Not great, but better. The NyQuil and DayQuil seem to be working to reduce my coughing. I’m surprised because the box of the stuff I have must be 10 years old or more. I got 6 1/2 hours of sleep last night so that helped. I don’t remember waking up once to cough.
I remembered to dial in the correct number of units on the insulin pen today. Actually, there is no mark for 17 units so I did 18 and I figured out you hold the plunger in for 5 seconds and then remove the needle and release the plunger. I still spend most of my time above 115 mg/dL so I have a ways to go on increasing the units of insulin. Steve, my friend who called yesterday, told me he was up to 55 units.
My Covid test came back with a faint pink line as opposed to yesterday’s very pink line. The tests are not designed to quantitatively determine the amount of virus in your system yet, Scientific American indicates there are some quantitative aspects to the test – inadvertently. Maybe I’m getting over Covid or the flu, or a cold or all three.
I do know that I’ve been on a liquid diet lately. Barbara brought over soup from Jalisco’s, a local Mexican restaurant. I find I like the broth from the soups more than I like the stuff in the soup. I still haven’t been able to eat Michel’s dinner of pot roast, mashed potatoes and carrots. Maybe today.
It’s been dreary, weather wise, lately. It’s mostly overcast skies with temps in the 70’s during the day. Normally that’s good walking weather but I haven’t been up to it the last two days. Of course it beats the temperatures elsewhere in the country.
I did get the physical therapist and pain management therapist rescheduled. I have a little skepticism for both of these but I’m willing to listen to what they have to say. I think back to the time I previously connected with a sports medicine therapist and he gave me so many exercises to do at home it took up the major part of my day.
Today is the day! The headlight is supposed to arrive at Hollywood Chrysler/Jeep today and I’m sure they will immediately get started on replacing the lamp and call me any time today to come pick up my Jeep. Not.
I think I’ll stick close to the bed today. It’s always a good day to curl up with a book. Stay tuned!