Uncomfortable Conversations and Situations

My kidney doctor finally got ahold of me yesterday at dialysis. I knew this conversation was gonna be uncomfortable, but there was really no way to avoid it. She actually threatened to quit as my doctor if I didn't "keep trying to kill myself." Can't really blame her.

The conversation was actually pretty informative. It turns out that the blood thinners I'm on for my heart valve can kill me in a much wider variety of ways than I originally thought. Including having a stroke form hitting my head. This is information I should have had 2 years ago. This is also the excuse I need to get a Mandolorian helmet and wear it everywhere. Muhahahahaha!!!

We talked for quite a while about my diet. Turns out I need to avoid diary and wheat among other things. Those were the two bigs I didn't know about. There are a lot of other things I need to be avoiding for either the potassium levels or the phosphorus levels. This includes all processed meats, especially sausage and such. This is gonna be tough, but I can do it.

While I was at dialysis, my wife transferred funds for me so I could get my DDPYoga Now subscriptions straightened out, which I was able to do online while still plugged into the dialysis machine (THAT'S multitasking, motherfucker!) She also had lunch with her mom and took Daisy to get her claws trimmed and to the dog park. She had enough fun that she crash as soon as she got home.

I told Marissa about to conversation with the doctor and she agreed to help... then grocery shopping happened. Ugh! That was one of the ugliest Wal-mart runs I've ever been on. Very peopley, We were doing lifestyle changing grocery shopping, which is bad enough, while the rest of the town was gearing up for a set of winter storms that are supposed to hit this weekend. Go figure. At any rate, lots of meat. lots of veggies. pretty light on carbs. virtually no snack foods. To be honest, I couldn't concentrate to to groceries (Thank God for my wife) because of the crowd. It felt like half the damned town was crammed into Wal-mart at exactly that moment. This is why I usually shop at 3:00am or so. Knuckle Draggers as far as the eye could see.

Haven't made it into the kitchen yet today. 11:00am and I still haven't eaten breakfast. It's probably gonna be eggs. Tamera had her Frozen 2 cereal. Read "Frozen 2" as "defective Lucky Charms with a picture of Ilsa on the box for 2 dollars more." Our culture disgusts me sometimes. Well, most of the time. But, it's what she wanted, and with a special needs 18 year old sometimes you just have to pick your battles. There's no actually plan for today, foodwise or otherwise. but I do have a workout planned. It's Stand Strong 4 today. I'm actually reaching the end of this 13 week set in DDPY... almost time to progress on to the Beginner workouts. I've actually come a long way. All the way through the Rebuild series, which starts out with you working out in your bed. It's hard to believe I've been doing DDPYoga for over a years. A lot of progress has been made. My balance is way better, as well as my leg strength.. Don't get me wrong, I'm still gonna be keeping the chair handy for balance... I tip over sometimes. Plenty if stuff in the weight room to catch myself on if I start to fall, but conversely, there's plenty of stuff for me to hit my head on if I fall in the weight room. Yeah, I think I'll keep using the chair.

I looked ahead at the schedule for the next 2 weeks in DDPYoga Now. LOTS of Synergy 40s on the schedule. Looks like I'm gonna be getting the hang of this one after all, whether I want to or not.