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A narrative of my journeys with diet, exercise, and various healthcare professionals

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One Week From Today

It’s been nearly ten years since I got rear-ended by a semi.

That set into motion a chain of events that led to me focusing more on my physical health. Scans, specialists, and surgeries — some directly related to the collision, some related only tangentially.

Several months after the accident, my neck was still nowhere close to feeling normal. (Spoiler alert: it never did get back to normal.) I’d been given a CAT scan in the ER on the day of the accident, and my chiropractor ordered x-rays eight months later. After the x-rays came back, she sent me for an MRI for further details on the soft tissues of my neck. The MRI found what she was looking for: a herniated disc in my neck.

The MRI also found a 3cm mass on the left lobe of my thyroid.

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Turning Over an Old Leaf

Valid reasons for skipping Krav Maga class:

  • Doctor’s orders (i.e. no strenuous activity)
  • Car trouble
  • Fever, vomiting, or diarrhea
  • Band concert
  • Level 3 snow emergency
  • Severe pain and/or inability to move properly

INVALID reasons for skipping Krav:

  • Being tired
  • Having a bad day
  • Not wanting to leave the house
  • Still being sore from the last class
  • Impostor syndrome
  • Depression
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Happy New Year 2024!

New year, new techo!

My focus for this year is to do Future Me a solid. That could look different on any given day: organizing stuff now so I don’t have to fuss with it later, re-establishing healthy habits so I don’t have to use mental energy to make conscious decisions about what to eat or how to be active, or even giving myself permission to play a game while I have some down time.

Future Me will be glad to have 2024 more well-documented in my blog than the past couple of years have been, too.

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Morning Brain Dump

Sitting at the kitchen table with a coffee beside me and a cat draped around my shoulders.

Just got back from having blood drawn in preparation for an endocrinologist appointment later this week. It didn’t take long at all — half an hour, including drive time — but I’m now feeling much more awake than I usually do at this time of day. I suspect it’s the combination of having to drive myself there, being outside (albeit briefly) in the brisk darkness of early morning, and having to interact with other people in person.

As soon as I hit Publish on this quick check-in, it’ll be back to the usual routine of working from home.