It’s that Bloody Time Again
It’s time to work on my 16th gallon. And I broke my record. I bled out in 5:00! Previously, the fastest I ever made a donation was 6:18. The more relaxed you are and the better hydrated you are, the …
Category: Health
Bleeding With a Friend
Today was a rare conjunction when both me, The AFOL Husband, and the Mad Woman With a Box could give blood. So, we headed on down to the Woodland Hills American Red Cross to do so. We both got appointments …
15 Gallons!
I try to give blood ever eight weeks, but my May 3rd donation was special. It completed my 15th gallon donated. About a week later, I received my 15-gallon pin. I had most of my gallon pins in my desk, …
The Three Worst Ways to Lose Weight
If you follow my quarterly goal reviews, you know one of my goals is to lose weight. A pound a month until I’m down to 190 pounds at the end of the year. I generally just watch what I eat …
2022 Goal Check – First Quarter
Well, it’s the end of the first quarter of 2022. Time to check on how I’m doing on my goals for the year: 2022 Goals – the expurgated version (the one without the gannet). For the full version see my …
I’m Special – And Now I Have Scientific Proof
It’s been a while since I gave blood. Thanksgiving weekend to be precise. I was going to give in January, but then, well, Covid. I am O Negative, the universal donor. I am also CMV Negative. CMV is a bacterium …
Out of Order
So, I recovered from my kidney stone and went back to work on Monday. On Tuesday I got a scratchy throat and was coughing a bit. Came home dead tired. That was the start of a cold. It wasn’t the …
I Spent the Week Stoned
Above is a picture of a kidney stone. A tiny ball of sharp little knives. To be fair, there are smooth kidney stones. The one I had did not feel smooth. This little torture device spent about four days in …