Radish of Bloom
May. 20th, 2025 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ismoHaving two possible appointments tomorrow, I tested myself yet again. I'm making a fortune for those test makers. Well okay, a small fortune. A miniscule fortune. I honestly had some hope I might not be positive this time. But yeah, I am. And not faintly so, either, but distinctly and definitely so. That line just won't go away. I'm dejected. I see from the text thread among Mademoiselle and her other helpers that Madame has been on a downward spiral in the last couple of weeks. I saw it coming, but I regret that I'm not able to help out in this difficult time. Mademoiselle has decided for sure to try to move her to a place with a higher quality of care, but that will take a lot of time and won't materially improve her condition. I hope I can be more helpful soon. However, I can't be around her tomorrow, because I'm still very worried about potential exposure. My other appointment is a meeting of the child protection committee, and I can join by Zoom if the link works.
I read the Washington Post article about the CDC guidance, hoping they might explain it to me, but no. It still doesn't make any sense. So I can only use my own best judgment, even though I feel I'm being excessively paranoid. It's other peoples' welfare that I'm paranoid about, not my own. Ever since I've had this latest round of covid, my blood pressure has rocketed into the stratosphere and won't go back down. The one medication I was taking seems to have no effect whatsoever. So I decided it was time for the experiment I had agreed on last time I saw my doctor. I started taking the losartan again. An article says that the ACE inhibitors cause 10 percent of those taking them to develop a horrible cough. For the ARBs like losartan, it's only 3 percent. So I just have to hope I won't be in the 3 percent. My body hates everything about this.
We had our weekly Zoom with Deb and the Prussian, and enjoyed a lively and animated discussion about many things, as usual. It was chilly and rainy today, so I couldn't go outside. I made some broccoli and mashed potatoes to go with the BBQ chicken leftovers we're slowly working our way through. Tron texted from Atlanta, where she stopped over on her way home from visiting England. I hope she will be home in an hour or so.
I read the Washington Post article about the CDC guidance, hoping they might explain it to me, but no. It still doesn't make any sense. So I can only use my own best judgment, even though I feel I'm being excessively paranoid. It's other peoples' welfare that I'm paranoid about, not my own. Ever since I've had this latest round of covid, my blood pressure has rocketed into the stratosphere and won't go back down. The one medication I was taking seems to have no effect whatsoever. So I decided it was time for the experiment I had agreed on last time I saw my doctor. I started taking the losartan again. An article says that the ACE inhibitors cause 10 percent of those taking them to develop a horrible cough. For the ARBs like losartan, it's only 3 percent. So I just have to hope I won't be in the 3 percent. My body hates everything about this.
We had our weekly Zoom with Deb and the Prussian, and enjoyed a lively and animated discussion about many things, as usual. It was chilly and rainy today, so I couldn't go outside. I made some broccoli and mashed potatoes to go with the BBQ chicken leftovers we're slowly working our way through. Tron texted from Atlanta, where she stopped over on her way home from visiting England. I hope she will be home in an hour or so.
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Date: 2025-05-21 06:50 pm (UTC)