-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Resolution Work | My… on A Holiday for the Dogs: Part… More next steps… on Turning a New Leaf Mr WordPress on Hello world! Archives
- June 2022
- May 2022
- January 2022
- November 2021
- October 2019
- July 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- July 2016
- May 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- July 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- December 2013
- October 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
Categories
Meta
Category Archives: Health and wellness
Triceps Surae
Three calves – we’ll call them gastrocnemius, soleus, and plantaris. Ecological action of the day: a malus domestica tree planted (ein shemer) English Hebrew Hebrew script Spanish Cow/cows Parah/parot פרה/פרות Vaca/vacas Apple/apples Tapuah’/tapuhim תפוח/תפוחים Manzana/manzanas Tree/trees Etz/haetzim עץ/העצים Àrbol/ Àrboles To … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness
Leave a comment
Turning a New Leaf
I spent New Year’s Eve with Brownie holding and reassuring her when the fireworks went off, eventually leaving her to go run after a stray dog on the highway. Later, I returned to my pack to celebrate. I almost … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness
1 Comment
Blood culture
I cultured 1 mL of my own blood on a nutrient agar plate (well, sterilized pickle jar) (temperature 55-62F) for 3 days. I got about 60 colonies of what look like E.coli, and maybe 5 or so smaller intensely white colonies. … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness
Leave a comment
Borderline CRP and high quality ESR measurement
I had my C-reactive protein levels measured and they came back as 1.027 with 0-1 being normal. I repeated the ESR test with great success taping the syringe to a washer for the test, topfilling the 3/10 cc syringe to … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness
Leave a comment
Fatso on a bike with a happy dog
I finally got a little money to buy some underwear, a $12 watch, and an air pump for the bike (the tire has a slow leak in the back and has to be pumped up every couple of days). So with … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness
Leave a comment
My Cholesterol values
I had my cholesterol run – it was $40 to do this. Mostly, I wanted the blood draw, and they gave me the tube of blood to run the ESR with but it was the wrong one – it needed … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness
Leave a comment
CBC
OK. I plopped down $25 for a CBC at the local private clinic yesterday afternoon, and got my results back this AM. Test Result Ref Range Unit WBC 8.2 4.8-10.8 K/ul RBC 4.9 4.20-5.40 M/ul HGB 14.3 12.0-16.0 g/dL … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness
Leave a comment
Blood
I finally was able to get a picture of a blood smear. I used a 10X objective and a 9mm focal distance. The only thing one can really see here are the red blood cells. But they look pretty normal; … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness
Leave a comment