I hadn't posted in awhile, so I figured I'd give a health update.   
      
     First, I've been offline for a month...Synchronet BBS software crashed   
   in later July, so I went back to Virtual Advanced. However, it has been   
   a very stormy year in Arkansas...August looks to be one of the ten   
   wettest on record for Little Rock. I've heard of 3 instances of   
   lightning strikes frying all the persons electronic equipment   
   (computers, peripherals, home entertainment systems, ham radio rigs,   
   etc.) in the last 3 days.   
      
     Second, I had blood work nearly 2 months ago, and hadn't heard   
   anything yet. I assumed that "no news is good news", but I'm on the   
   phone with the clinic as I type this message to make sure everything is   
   well.   
      
     Third, I've had a lot of sinus issues lately. The drainage gets a   
   tickle in my throat, and I start hacking like a cat with a hairball, and   
   bringing up "clear saliva"...but some days, I end up gagging like crazy.   
   It really becomes pronounced after eating, but I have to eat.   
   Unfortunately, they apparently can't do anything about it.   
      
     Fourth, I'm to get a glaucoma check later today. I've been having   
   headaches for years, from a severe concussion almost 45 years ago...but   
   I've had some minor eye pain lately. I'm not sure if it's eye pressure   
   changes, or just from sitting at the computer too much.   
      
     The strongest pain medication I take is 400 milligrams of Ibuprophen,   
   but even that can make me groggy...and that rules out driving or many   
   other tasks the rest of the day. Even Promethazine or Phenagren for   
   nausea knocks me out in 10 minutes. I've always been hypersensitive to   
   anesthetics, and my blood pressure plunges under sedation. Either way, I   
   try to not take a pain pill every day, although I'm not as likely to get   
   "dependent" on Ibuprophen as I would on the much stronger meds of   
   Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, etc.   
      
     At least I don't need another colonoscopy until 2018, although the   
   acid reflux is a hassle. The thing is, the only food I like is American   
   or Italian...yet, it's the spices in the tomato sauce (which is a good   
   anti-oxidant) that gives me the grief...and you have that with pizza,   
   spaghetti, lasagna, etc.   
      
     I'm still not resting well at night. Even though I'm well over the   
   Urolift prostate surgery from a year and a half ago, my drinking of a   
   large amount of ginger ale a day (it settles the stomach without the   
   caffeine), makes the urinary system go into high gear...but with the   
   urine almost clear, it means I'm getting enough fluid. I understand that   
   the darker the urine, it means you're probably dehydrated...and that can   
   lead to kidney stones. Thankfully, I haven't had a kidney stone in 4   
   years, and I'd like to keep it that way.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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