The latest update on my aunt is that she’s in good spirits and recovering from her brain surgery. The doctors got 85% of the tumor, but the remaining 15% is “the bad kind” of cancer. Left untreated, she may have less than two years. She’s got another appointment with a doctor once she’s healed up a bit more from the surgery to see what treatment options she has. The surgeon estimates that if she hadn’t had the seizures when she did, she might not have lasted 2 months. So, I guess the seizures were a good thing, but I don’t think that really balances out with the negative of what they revealed.
I’ve got my own health issues plaguing me – though nothing as severe as what my aunt has going on. My recent trip to the doctor – and the subsequent bloodwork – has revealed that I have “moderately high cholesterol”. They didn’t give me the exact numbers over the phone, but told me to watch what I eat and get another test done in 6 months.
Which sucks. I mean, I already try to eat fairly well, but apparently there’s been too much fast-food in my diet. I sense a lot of whole grain and salads in my future.
I’ve also got an appointment to see a doctor about my snoring, which continues to be epic. The doctor I’ll be seeing in a couple of weeks is a surgeon – and that bothers me a bunch. I mean, aren’t there more placebos and hack remedies to try first? I haven’t committed to anything yet and I guess if I’ve got some kind of apnea the longer I wait the worse it could be for me, but it still worries me.
Work has been crazy busy – and we ran into a difficult situation recently. I think I’ve mentioned before that I’ve helped with usability testing on websites, well, we’re getting ready to do another round of testing and I contacted the software providers about getting an upgrade on the testing application. They responded back and told me that it had already been done – by another on-campus department. When the project was first kicked off, my group supplied the software and the computer and another department supplied the location. And now we’ve got a third department that took over the facility and didn’t bother to check with anyone on the software or – more importantly – the scheduling. Which has suddenly become more complicated.
To top it off, it looks like I’ll be leading the sessions as well as doing tech support on the project. I sort of knew this was coming and it will be a good opportunity that I’m pretty sure I could do in my sleep (provided the snoring doesn’t bother anyone), but there’s still a degree of stress with that. We’re getting it all worked out and in the long run it’s actually better for my group – but still…
Yeah, yeah- I know. “Pity, party of one”
I’ve got a good job, a car, and an apartment. Enough money in the bank. I’m in relatively good shape and I get along with people – and I sleep really throughly. I should be happy, but a little misery seems to creep in.
In other news… I’ve resumed digitizing my music collection. I feel a bit like a robot loading the CD’s into my computer and then removing then once the music has been added to my external hard-drive. But, I’m also rewatching seasons 1-3 of the Venture Bros. so the time goes by quickly.
I watched Lost last night – a good episode, but I think the “flash-sideways” into an alternate timeline is getting less interesting in the face of the “main” timeline. I also watched V – which is not bad but the pace seems a little slow.
I’m going to hit the pool again today. Planning on using my flippers again and seeing if I can do a mile with them on.
Well, time to wrap up a few projects before I go for my swim/lunch. Got a pile of meetings this afternoon.
