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And I won’t get too graphic.I promise.

Honestly,the worst part of it was the prep..having to drink a LOT of it.But it doesn’t taste that bad.I’d say a LOT of what I heard was exaggeration.I also worried that I would feel hungry but that was NOT the case either.

They knock you out-but not completely-and the next thing you know it’s over!They said you may feel a little loopy afterwards but again-I think I must be the exception to the rule!My mom stopped by Starbuck’s Jon the way home and got me a coffee-“You earned this” she said.Indeed I did!

Or:GOD I wish that Dreamwidth had “YASS” as one of the mood options.

Heard from my doctor:Things are good but they want to recheck it in a month which fine with me. I have some sort of thing going on in my body .It’s not autoimmune exactly but since I am otherwise healthy they aren’t that worried.

Which is true:I take GOOD care of myself.I do two 20 minute walks a day, get plenty of sleep and hydrate.

 Going to bed at the same time and getting up at the same time every day.

Two  20 minute walks a day(even with al of the weather we have had this winter  it hasn’t been that much of an issue,)

Hydrating(water or whatever else is at hand but  mostly water.)

Read a book where the main character’s mother gave birth to her,having no idea she was pregnant and then died.

Several things:

1) The birth happens in 1905 ,and having a baby back then was dicey for any number of reasons.See also:No prenatal care(it wasn’t a thing back then even if she HAD known that she was pregnant.)

2)The main character’s mother grew up in an orphanage but you would think they at least knew *something*.

3)And only had 3 periods in her life and was very obese(which makes me think of PCOS.With that you usually have trouble getting pregnant but there are exceptions to every rule.)

The husband can’t believe that she didn’t know/tell him but it sounds like she was honestly not aware until it was happening.

But it can get into what is known as “disordered” behaviour.

Look, I love Bobby Parrish’s videos but I do think that he goes too far with the trying to be healthy. It has gotten to the point now where it’s even extended to medications..even the ones that you take(not that often but you do..I think that’s worth pointing out.) See also:Organic tampons. This hasn’t been a worry of mine for a while(long story) but as with any of those things you pay MORE for them.

(Telling someone to try and go organic as much as possible?Shit, they’re gonna break the damn bank if they try and do that and there are a lot of those products that you pay a premium(that’s putting it mildly)for,like the Ezekiel products, or anything that is keto.There was a cereal he showed on one of his videos that was made out of beans.Yes. See also also the overpriced(you know it’s true) keto snacks which..no I don’t do the keto thing but if I was I would want to have snacks that tasted good.Right now keto..anything needs a lot of work..much like vegetarian food back in the day.NOW, vegetarian food is GOOD, and TASTY, and there is a good selection of it.)

Se also also:his pimping the notsugars like stevia and monkfruit. I’ve tried both of them and they just don’t work for me.I did try something that had allulose in it and it was not bad-it didn’t have the aftertaste or side effects that some of the other fake sugars do(Xylitol for one..that is INfamous for causing ..how shall we say..intestinal issues. I speak from personal experience!)

The latest thing is trying to avoid seed oils(there’s a whole list of them online.The list of ones that is GOOD is much shorter than the bad ones..And there’s a lot of fats(fats are good now I guess especially if you’re doing these diets..look at Atkins where it’s bacon and eggs morning noon and night.OK, that might be a LITTLE bit of an exaggeration but not by much.

We walked 2 miles today. I can believe it. I didn’t feel worn out at all but we did stop a few times ‘cause it was hot-but not unbearable.

I’m telling myself that all of the walking we’re doing is off setting the bad food(I had biscuits and gravy for breakfast) that I’m eating. 😂

I finally had my booster shot. It’s been a few weeks already and no ill effects(apparently if you didn’t have any with the first two shots you won’t with the booster and that is the case with me. I hear lots of people say they felt bad for a few days(achy body, headache, etc.) The worst thing I had was a slightly sore arm and a bruised looking arm(and it was itchy too).That was it.

You know how you’re supposed to wait 15 minutes?Well, I didn’t. I got mine at the grocery store and we were out of there almost immediately.Plus, no ill effects but being on the safe side is a safe bet.But for whatever reason it was shot and out of there! Probably going to wait around next tine though there aren’t a lot of places to sit(it was at a grocery store).

The guy who gave me my booster shot was very nice.I didn’t feel it at all(needle technology for things like flu shots and ‘Rona vaccines is so good now it’s painless! You’re waiting for the shot and they tell you it’s done!

“Efficient” isn’t even the word for it!

So I went to my endocrinologist and he put me on another diabetes medication. “But Katie”, I hear you say, “you were against other medicines when your other doctor suggested it”.

Well, yes.But that’s because he was aggressive about it. He wouldn’t listen to me when I said that I did not want to have two jabs in one go(and, to be honest it wasn’t bad but I should have had *something* of a say in it.)

And, as I have mentioned, Other!Doc has no bedside manner.NONE. He just foisted the medicine(s) on me without any reasoning as to why he’s putting me on said medication. My endocrinologist explains everything and all of the side effects, etc. As for the new medication? I’ve been on it for a few days and.. it’s all good!

Had to go to the dentist to have a filling and it went about as well as I could have expected. My dentist made sure that I was well numbed. As soon as I got my shot I could feel it numbing(as well it should) and everything commenced.

AND it didn’t take that long,either!

Simple drill and fill and I was done. I’m always nervous when I go to the dentist(not sure why since my dentist is a freaking rock star!)..that’s just the way I am naturally!

Got my second shot yesterday and, apart from a slightly sore arm, no side effects.

It went about as easily as I could have hoped for-before I got the shot the guy who gave me said shot said “Think about something nice”. I told him “I’m thinking about traveling again”-which is true!

Didn’t feel the shot hardly at all-they have really perfected shots, I always say that I never feel the flu shot when they give it-the bandaid is going on before I know it!