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Meanwhile, In Another Part Of The Forest [Jul. 2nd, 2009|05:05 pm]
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I had an appointment this morning with my diabetes doctor. The news, to my astonishment, was largely good. My blood pressure was, hmmm, 132/83; my weight is steady; and my A1C was down! It's at 7.8, which still needs work, but that's in the right direction.

Apparently, motels being boring, we're going to bed early, so I'm taking my bedtime insulin on time, so my morning numbers are good. (~120) Who'd have thought it!

It was so dark and misty and rainy at 9:00 I felt like we were at the bottom of an aquarium. As I said to a confused man huddled under his umbrella as I dashed in to the hospital, "Summer would only make us soft!"

It so happened that we drove over Meetinghouse Hill, which is where the first This Old House was filmed. There was a great deal funny about that – the crew going through the house with the inspector, saying "We were hoping to save that", and "That still looks good…", and the inspector responding "Nah, it's all shot. All shot. Just tear it right out."

Not to mention, when they took out the old furnace, the foreman gave the word and his crew just pushed it over. Fanning the thick dust away from his face, he assured the PBS crew "Don't worry about that, it's just the asbestos."

So I'm almost healthy. I can't answer for the furnace guys.
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[User Picture]From: [info]floundah
2009-07-02 10:34 pm (UTC)

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"Don't worry about that, it's just the asbestos." Only on PBS. O_o
[User Picture]From: [info]heartbreakangel
2009-07-03 01:51 am (UTC)

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"Don't worry about that, it's just the asbestos."

*covers face with hands* Granted, that was what, back in 1979? But still!
[User Picture]From: [info]firynze
2009-07-03 02:59 am (UTC)

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Hey, you've got better blood pressure than I do! That's something!
[User Picture]From: [info]natevw
2009-07-03 04:10 am (UTC)

' Asbestos Is Bestos ! '

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Is what the auto shop teachers said when I were a laddie .

[User Picture]From: [info]vyrdolak
2009-07-03 04:19 am (UTC)

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It's about the same as mine.
[User Picture]From: [info]fairy69
2009-07-03 12:38 pm (UTC)

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YAY on your health!!!!!! 7.8 - yeah, you know what you need to do to knock that down. Blood pressure isn't bad, really. Mine is naturally 130/80 - always has been since I was young so that has been my normal.

I'm going next week for my numbers.