Re: JOHN???

[Guest guest]

Hello Helen

Still here, still alive so I've definitely beaten the odds. Kinda

strange because there's really nothing out there about CHF past the five

year mark.

The area I'm in tends to stay fairly dry. It would only go under if

the Barker dam goes. That's an earthen flood control dam just to the

west of me. Even then, I should be fine since I'm on the third

floor. There's also a flood control dam just to the north of me called

the Addicks dam but that's on the other side of the freeway so the

freeway would slow down any water coming from there. The building, I'm

in has bayous on three sides and during heavy rains it pretty much

becomes a small island but it hasn't flooded yet. Most of the flooding

was on the east side and on the south, we're probably still under a

flood watch as the ground is saturated and they have plenty of rain

forecasted but I'm not expecting any problems.

I took Friday off since I was called out the previous two weekends and

on both of those weekends, wound up working till the wee hours of the

morning. Of course, all of that could've been avoided but management

seems to like pretending issues don't exist. Strange thing is that

when I have days off like this, I tend to miss my morning meds, missed

them again this morning.

I've been playing with something called a sleep tracker, it's a watch

with a very quiet alarm that goes off when your sleep state is the

lightest within a certain time window. The idea being that you wake up

more gently. It seems to work, problem is I just need to get to sleep

early enough now. Haven't been recording my glucose levels for a

while, probably should start again, it's just that I've seem to have a

knack of hitting a nerve when I prick my fingers lately. Of course,

the records are all on my PowerBook and that has been in for repairs the

last few days (I'm typing this on my trusty old Thinkpad, should get

this thing mounted or something as it's been through so much with me), I

just got the PowerBook back from Apple and will probably be spending

tomorrow reloading everything and relicensing everything.

Regards,

angelbear1129@... wrote:

> are you alright??? Haven't seen anything from you in a while...

> Are you flooded out??? How's the heart doing, sugar???

> ((( Concerned Hugs )))

> Helen

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Glad to hear from you!!! I like beating the odds! You were determined and you did it!!!

I've seen a commercial about a test monitor that does it on your arm? don't remember what it was called...

Glad your safe from the flooding, seen you were getting a lot of rain...

Keep track of your glucose levels don't want them out of control again...

That sleep tracker sounds interesting, have never heard of that before...

Keep in touch when you can... Don't let them over work you...

((( 4th of July Hugs )))Helen

Hello HelenStill here, still alive so I've definitely beaten the odds. Kinda strange because there's really nothing out there about CHF past the five year mark.The area I'm in tends to stay fairly dry. It would only go under if the Barker dam goes. That's an earthen flood control dam just to the west of me. Even then, I should be fine since I'm on the third floor. There's also a flood control dam just to the north of me called the Addicks dam but that's on the other side of the freeway so the freeway would slow down any water coming from there. The building, I'm in has bayous on three sides and during heavy rains it pretty much becomes a small island but it hasn't flooded yet. Most of the flooding was on the east side and on the south, we're probably still under a flood watch as the ground is saturated and they have plenty of rain forecasted but I'm not expecting any problems.I took Friday off since I was called out the previous two weekends and on both of those weekends, wound up working till the wee hours of the morning. Of course, all of that could've been avoided but management seems to like pretending issues don't exist. Strange thing is that when I have days off like this, I tend to miss my morning meds, missed them again this morning.I've been playing with something called a sleep tracker, it's a watch with a very quiet alarm that goes off when your sleep state is the lightest within a certain time window. The idea being that you wake up more gently. It seems to work, problem is I just need to get to sleep early enough now. Haven't been recording my glucose levels for a while, probably should start again, it's just that I've seem to have a knack of hitting a nerve when I prick my fingers lately. Of course, the records are all on my PowerBook and that has been in for repairs the last few days (I'm typing this on my trusty old Thinkpad, should get this thing mounted or something as it's been through so much with me), I just got the PowerBook back from Apple and will probably be spending tomorrow reloading everything and relicensing everything.Regards,

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