MY MINIONS

Monday, February 10, 2025

Hello All

Before I get into my Bp scare from last week, I would like to take a minute to tell of sad news in our blogging community. Jackiesue aka Yellowdog Granny  passed away recently. I was told by Debra of She Who Seeks in an email Sunday that Jackiesue entered hospice and passed away shortly after. Jackiesue will be greatly missed. She was a feisty sarcastic but well loved woman. Debra will be paying tribute to her on her blog today so please take the time if you knew Jackiesue to venture over to Debra's blog.

Well, I have gotten my Bp under slight control at least it's hovering around 138/94 for now. I'm still wondering why it shot up so high when I was having my vitals taken during my appointment. It was 184/119 on Monday when I went for my usual four month follow up. Everything else was normal except that. My doctor said he wanted me to keep a Bp log for the next 2 weeks. If it goes above 140/90 to call him. It was still high on Thursday 156/121. For the life of me I can't seem to understand why this is happening. Maybe it's the Orange Fat Felon and his pretender christian maga hoard infesting the White House and the Government. Who knows. 

Anywho, I called my doctor and he said maybe it's time to up dose my meds a touch. So instead of half a dose it's a whole pill now. I took my Bp Friday 2 hours after taking my meds and it was down to 148/92. Saturday it was 138/98 and today was 138/94. I'm feeling better but it got really scary. I did notice I was having a really bad  migraine for the past three weeks and they have nearly disappeared now, which is a good thing. I also noticed the loud ringing in my ears is down to a mild hum. I was thinking I'm going to stroke out real soon. So yeah, my meds are working. Although I would feel better with a lower Bp like I used to have back in September last year which was 118/73. My doctor said it's probably stress (Yeah, ya think?) or it could be my age. He said I turned 70, last September, shit happens. I'm getting old, fuck. But this wasn't part of the deal . . . 


Friday, February 7, 2025

Sorry

 I haven't been feeling my best this past week. My blood pressure is up. I saw my doctor and we tweaked my Bp meds a bit so I have to keep an eye on my it. I had to go buy one of those little machines that keep track of your vitals. I can download them and send them to him he liked that idea very much. I just log into the portal and download everything and he can check it when he has time. So until I feel a bit better and get this adjusted just right, I'll be off and on. I can't promise the moon and stars so bear with me.

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

OH MY GAWD! IT'S TOO EARLY!


 I woke up early this morning, way too freaking early. We have had the temperatures drop into the teens and 20s around here early in the mornings this past week. We turned our house heater all the way down on the thermostat so it won't turn on and have space heaters in the rooms that we inhabit. When we aren't in a room we turn them off and close the door.
Well, I woke up around 3:40 am this morning, not the usual time which is around 8:30 am. I smelled something burning. I got up turned on the bedroom light waking up David and I immediately went to the space heater to check it. There was nothing burning coming off it and it was running normally. It was fine. I was thinking the heater in the room with the dogs and the cat. I opened the bedroom door and no smoke but there was the strong smell of something burning and the sound of the house heater was running. I ran to the room with the dogs. Nothing wrong but they were very happy to see mom up so early in the morning. 
The one thing that was oblivious to me had David asking if I turned on the house heater last night before bedtime. We never use the house heater. Then it hit me. The dining room with the thermostat for the house heater was closed off and the room was like ice. The thermostat clicked on automatically because the room temperature where the thermostat was located hit in the 40s. I ran right by the heater which was ON and I didn't even notice that it was running. I was worried for the pets and the thought of a fire. The burning smell was coming from the house gas heater. It was burning off dust buildup from not being in use for two years. How I didn't notice that is beyond me.
I turned on the computer and saw the weather station temps outside our house was 16 F no wind. The heater kicked on because the temps in the house fell lower than 40 F. We didn't notice because we had the space heaters running in the two bedrooms which were both warm and toasty.
Ahhhhhh... the house heater finally shut off. Everything is fine once more, the burning smell is gone and I'm happy. The cat is in her warm perch the puppies are under the blanket next to me on the couch. Only bad thing is, I'm up at this ungodly hour when I should be sleeping. It's going to be a  l o n g, l o n g  d a y. I need a coffee refill.


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