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Apr. 23rd, 2022 06:32 pmWe went to four concerts in six days this week. It was incredibly fun, involved a few naps, and I may be too old for this because it was a lot. But I am using it to kick-start a reset of prioritizing my world. When I had to stop running last fall after breaking myself I let work fill in pretty much all the space, well and reading meme sites on the internet. I am figuring out how to give work its due and then stop (WFH occasionally makes that much harder) and remembering all the things I used to do that I can't seem to find time for now. Like concerts, or knitting, or reading entire books that aren't short stories.
I'm also revamping my morning routine, trying to make it quieter and be the grounding I need to go have a good day. I want to be an informed human but reading the news immediately after getting up isn't great for my mental state so I've stopped reading BBC America while I do my morning stretching. And I realize how lucky I am that it is just me and my husband - who can take care of himself - so I don't have other demands on my morning.
Other than the concerts the only non-ordinary thing last week was seeing my pulmonologist. I have adult onset asthma but it's well controlled so usually when I have my annual checkup we decide I'm still boring and I go on my way. This time though we got to talk about the fall, the broken bones, and the fact that the CT scan they did to find the broken sternum also showed a spot on my lung. At the time the radiologist recommended a follow up CT in six months and Dr. Bost was all - it's small, you have no lung cancer risk factors, your breathing is fine, and the national guidelines say at least a year if you even need another scan. Given my cancer history another scan it is, but I moved it to this autumn when it will have been a year. I should have thought to ping him when I first got the referral.
( Concert list for the curious )
I'm also revamping my morning routine, trying to make it quieter and be the grounding I need to go have a good day. I want to be an informed human but reading the news immediately after getting up isn't great for my mental state so I've stopped reading BBC America while I do my morning stretching. And I realize how lucky I am that it is just me and my husband - who can take care of himself - so I don't have other demands on my morning.
Other than the concerts the only non-ordinary thing last week was seeing my pulmonologist. I have adult onset asthma but it's well controlled so usually when I have my annual checkup we decide I'm still boring and I go on my way. This time though we got to talk about the fall, the broken bones, and the fact that the CT scan they did to find the broken sternum also showed a spot on my lung. At the time the radiologist recommended a follow up CT in six months and Dr. Bost was all - it's small, you have no lung cancer risk factors, your breathing is fine, and the national guidelines say at least a year if you even need another scan. Given my cancer history another scan it is, but I moved it to this autumn when it will have been a year. I should have thought to ping him when I first got the referral.
( Concert list for the curious )
