Category Archives: Health

Mostly about my usually improving health via exercise and diet. Other times, being sick.

Dental Work #5: touch-up cleaning

Progress on repairing my teeth is continuing. There was another round of cleaning to make sure there was progress. Well? Oh, yeah, things are improving everywhere but the back teeth which are a pain to brush and reach. If us … Continue reading

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Had to fight a cold over the weekend

My recent lack of posts wasn’t sadness or anything negative I couldn’t control, just my health dropping out a tad warning me about having too much fun: The B-52’s 40th Anniversary show (more one day) and then the following night … Continue reading

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Two thousand miles for 2019!

Not everything in the soon to be smaller, more resilient Maggi Republic is bad news. Today, I succeeded in passing the 2000-mile in a year mark on the indoor bike as per my spreadsheet tracking all exercise since 2011. Pretty … Continue reading

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Dental Work #3 & #4: New fillings

The progress on repairing/rebuilding my teeth had to take a pause due to scheduling with the dentists and I forgot to mention the right side getting fillings while I was patching the “time holes” in the site. Today though was … Continue reading

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Dental Work Extra: Root Canal not needed!

This morning I saw a specialist I was referred to by my dentist to make sure my anterior teeth 7-10, the busted ones on my upper jaw, are alive.  After a couple X-rays, including a really cool 3D take on … Continue reading

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La Roche-Posay My Skin Track UV Sensor

Firstly, as I’ve had to tell some strangers…this is not a camera! Walking around with a disguised camera without warning people is a dick move. Why do you think those other people were nicknamed Glassholes. This is a cool little … Continue reading

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Overcoming another round of the ‘fuckits’

Believe it or not, I didn’t coin this word, it came from my therapist. I still get taken aback when she drops an F bomb but she was on the money when I went “on strike” with the world last … Continue reading

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Dental Work #2: Cleaning the left side

Nothing too exciting regarding yesterday morning. The dentist and his assistant cleaned up the other side they didn’t work on earlier. The only change, after the right side, I got a prescription for special toothpaste. After this cleaning, the dentist … Continue reading

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Dental Work #1: Cleaning the right side

Yesterday was the kickoff of actual work on the 2019 campaign to fix up my teeth. Before anything can be done regarding those front ones I broke, the dentist insists on cleaning them up. Today was the fun, deep cleaning … Continue reading

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Ouch! My teef! Part 2: The Dentist’s assessment

While I was grateful the dentist could see me yesterday near the end of my shift, I knew the news would be crummy but I hate it when all the other jazz comes into play. Yes, I haven’t been to … Continue reading

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Ouch! My teef!

“Just what we need!” to paraphrase Somara which was also very little comfort yesterday as I showed her what happened when I fainted yesterday. Fainted? I’ve been feeling off, mostly bed-ridden so I should’ve taken my time heading to the … Continue reading

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Current streak ends at 73 days

The exercise streak I established at some point in April came to a crashing end with yesterday being the final day. There was no injury or anything. I just had a mental setback as the whole afternoon of 6/13 transformed … Continue reading

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Two of my latest exercise records achieved today

You’re in luck, as the title says, two of them happened in one day so you don’t have to be bored by a pair of entries! I have cycled over 1500 miles this year. It not quite as impressive as … Continue reading

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3000 miles!

Today I made it to the 3000-mile mark for my cumulative mileage on an exercycle! I should be closing in on 4000 somewhat faster as June is the month I implement a new strategy to achieve 100 miles per week, … Continue reading

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May 2019 ends with perfect month #2, for the year!

The records I’m setting just keep on coming! I achieved my second perfect month this year, third ever and longest yet because it was my first 31-day month. On to see if June is successful and I have my first … Continue reading

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