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| Weird weather coming |
The older I get, the more sensitive to barometric pressure I become. Yesterday, I was absolutely miserable before it actually rained. Brain fog, headache, fatigue and burning eyelids make me feel as if I'd fallen ill. But it was just the weather! Once it started to rain, my symptoms dissipated and by this morning, I was back to normal. Except that I hadn't been to the gym in 4 days. So I went today, albeit a bit late.
My sciatica still bothers me during push ups, hip bridges, bird dog planks and when transitioning from sitting to standing/walking. But it's less annoying. I had a follow-up appointment with my glaucoma doc on Monday that took several hours because once again, she has brand new staff for a lot of functions. Which meant I was scheduled for tests that hadn't happened or I wasn't told about and so I wasn't prepared for (like not taking a certain eye drop before the appointment, but I won't know that if you don't tell me). We viewed my last Visual Field exam and that was very troubling for the right eye.
If you're interested, a Visual Field test has you cover one eye while you stare through a lens at a gray-white field where there's a tiny orange dot in the center. You stare at the dot and click a clicker when lights flash in the area surrounding the dot. The lights can be big or tiny and in any area. You do this for each eye. The computer maps whether you've seen the flashes properly or are just clicking randomly. Sometimes you think you see a flash and there isn't any: false positive.
The right eye is the one with greater vision loss in the upper quadrant, shaped like an ominous dark crescent. The last exam showed something completely different: a crescent that was bisected vertically with no vision loss at all on the left side. But the system also detected a high number of false positives, so that test is suspect. Otherwise, it's signaling a problem with brain function and perception. That would be really troubling. So, I'm scheduled for a new exam in a few weeks. Because this one is just too weird.
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| Yes, those are my wrinkly fingers |
After the gym, I went to the store with my list. And I found ones that specifically marketed themselves as PFAS FREE! It's REACH UltraClean mint floss. I'm hoping it's as good as the Oral B Glide ProHealth (which works well for me, except for the toxic chems). Because gum health has been linked to all sorts of longevity issues, like heart disease and dementia. Good grief.
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