Smelly Smoke...

Last night, someone was burning something.  I'm not sure what it was, but it smelled like sour trash, with some tires thrown in for good measure.  Whatever it was, it killed my sinuses & made my allergies so much worse today.  After a trip through Walmart, I'm coughing & sneezing. 

I don't know what they were burning, but it stunk.  It wound up giving my roomie a headache & I think it made 1 of the cats sick.  She vomited a lot last night.  Hopefully, there won't be a repeat of whatever that was.

It's a pretty lazy Sunday so far.  I'm good with that.  

Cya...

Yesterday...

Yesterday's errands went well for us.  We accomplished all we set out to do.  Normally, we're lucky if we get 2 of 3.   It was a good day, but a little tiring.  I'm still getting back into this normal routine stuff.

I looked at my lab results on the hospital site.    My numbers are great for me.  It must've been the hard core meds I was on while in the hospital & during follow up care.  They'll probably lower next time.  But. I can live with lower numbers, if it means I don't have to deal with pneumonia.

I'd print them off myself, but the doc they're in is really uncooperative.  I'll go get them this week.  Then I'll deal with this appointment on the 17th.  

That's all for today.

Cya...

Outing Today...

I have some things that need getting & that means leaving the house again.  My hermit lifestyle is getting brushed away.   At least it's a nice day  out.

My roomie was supposed to be a friend's today, but the friend's child has pink eye.  Something I most definitely do not need near me.  My eyes are still recovering from the pneumonia crap.  They're better, but hat combined with allergies still has my up close vision a little blurry.   Glad she caught that.

Had to call my dental insurance this morning.  They're having some weirdness with a claim.  Apparently, the dentist office needs to refile it.   I hope that's all it takes.

I'll post more tomorrow.

Cya...

Bills Done...

The house bills were finished today along with some shopping.   It's always nice to know they're handled for the month.  It's staying chilly here.  We've only made it into the 60's.  It's supposed to be warming back up, but there seems to be a few more overnights in the 40's forecast. 

Not much else going on today.  I'll post more tomorrow.

Cya...

CRISPR Returns...

I've wrote about CRIPSR before.  It's a gene editing technique being researches  for the fight against HIV.  This article  tells how scientist have edited HIV out of the DNA of living mice, essentially curing them. 

2 things.   This research is still early.  Next, these are mice.  This might not work on or be feasible for humans.  Even if it is, it's still quite a ways out.

On to personal stuff.  Suddenlink screwed us again yesterday & killed our net for 9 hours due to another service interruption.    When this happens they won't even talk to you.  You just get a recording saying they'll text you when it's fixed.    They never text.

During this time, CVS emailed me & I noticed an error in the pending shipment.    I could've handled it yesterday if I'd gotten the email, but Suddenlink made sure that didn't happen.  Turns out CVS mislabeled 1 of my prescriptions as a 30 when it was actually a 90.  Thar's taken care of, I think.

It's raining hard today.  It's dark & windy.  Still bills, had to be paid & errands ran.  That sucked & took forever.  But we're done for now.

Until tomorrow.

Cya....

May...

I forgot to welcome in the month yesterday.  Hello May,  Let's play nice, what do you say?  No need for drama.

I've got some appointments this month.  Bill day is tomorrow.  I''m expecting meds on Thursday.  That's the always wait & see day.  Hopefully, the pharmacy will get everything right this time. 

I had to run & get blood drawn yesterday.   I forgot I have a telemedicine appointment on the 17th & I see my primary doctor the following Wednesday.   I hope not to need to see any doctors or dentists for a while after that.   Both of those appointments are regular visits, nothing unexpected.  

That's it for now.

Cya...

Long Haul...

Back in 2000, when I was diagnosed, they gave me an estimate of 5 years, at most 10.  That was it.  The way I felt then, I thought they were being far too generous.  But, I was wrong.  17 years later & I'm still here.  So Yippie.

That was sarcasm.  That's been 17 hard years of living on nothing & then finally disability. It's been exhausting & sometimes scary as hell.  I'm grateful for what I have, but it's not enough to live solo if I had to.  It just isn't.  Each year with this disease, things creep up on me faster than people without it.  

They won't call it ARC (AIDS Related Complex or Complication) these days.  That term is out of vogue.  Hell, they don't even like using the word AIDS, it might scare the youngins.  But, my doctor repeatedly said my compromised immunity was part of the reason I landed in the hospital this last time.  It wasn't the only reason, but it sure didn't help any.

This article is about long term survivors of AIDS/HIV.  I'm not going to talk much about it.  It isn't lengthy or too deep.  It's just an interview, but it lets you gt a look at the life of the long term survivor.  It isn't pretty.   BTW,  I'm not considered 1 of these people,  These people came from way back.  I'm the next group out.  Still feeling it though.

Cya...