November 29, 2007

  • Blood Works

    Did that sound like a movie?  Anyway... I got the results back from all those tests that I took about 3 weeks ago at the hospital.  My doc went over them with me at my Tuesday appointment.  It seems like I'm doing really well.  Woot!  My A1C was fantastic, as are my daily blood sugar tests, and it would appear that I'm not a diabetic if they didn't already know that I was diabetic.  Cool!  My liver and kidney functions are good.  The blood gases were on the low end of the scale, but acceptable.  This is where the doc thought I might have a real problem since I worked in a chemical plant for years and I was also the Captain on a Rescue and Confined Space team (usually wore a SCBA).  So my lungs are NOT shutting down due to some chemically induced problem.  I also smoked for about 2 years after the accident because the menthol cigs would ease up a migraine (only did about a 2 packs a month).  So other than the migraines, and the metal stuff in me, I'm doing pretty well.  I had also lost another 10 pounds.  Woot!

    I asked the doc if the extreme pain from the migraine (and/or seizure) that I had that day could short-circuit my pea brain windings and cause it to send out all kinds of mixed signals to the rest of my body.  He is of the opinion that it wouldn't happen that way, but he's not sure.  IMHO, the human brain is much more complex than most want to admit.  If I can lower my body temperature by using biofeedback techniques, then why can't my brain do other amazing things that are not caused by problems in the body?  You know, the brain gets overwhelmed by the sheer pain of a horrendous migraine and sends out some signals that are not necessarily good for the body, but cause some things (like the blood tests) to come up with strange numbers.  It's like a seizure: the docs know pretty much how the seizure works, but they still don't know "why".

    [insert spiel for Tai Chi Chuan]

    UPC

    It's funny, or may not be funny but kinda' weird, but ElevenStones mentioned that he wondered about being bar coded to save time at the hospital.  I had just mentioned that to the Registration Nurse at the local hospital the other day when I was there.  Hey, they have the bar code on the nice bracelet that they attach to the hairs on your arm, why not just get it tattooed on and save the hairs?  I would mention something about our minds, but I don't want to insult ES!  LoL!

    Oh, and when I mentioned to someone else about getting the bar code tattooed on me, they mumbled something about the mark of the Beast.  Hmm...

    I was also wondering, since I swipe all the bar codes on everything that we purchase for Shopper's Hotline, if every single bar code is unique for every single item.  Could a door knob at Home Depot have the same code as a can of tomato soup at Kroger's?  Or are they all unique?  I guess I'll have to do some more reading.

    Shopper's Hotline

    If you would like to swipe your purchases, you can join Shopper's Hotline.  We swipe everything we purchase, plug the gizmo into its slot, and it sends out the info from the bar codes to Shopper's Hotline.  There are rewards for doing that, and I've got like $20 on a debit card to spend, plus there's monthly drawings, and all kinds of stuff.  If someone joins using my referral number, then I get an extra $25 on my debit card.  So, now you're really wanting to join.  Right?  Right?  LoL!  If you do, then copy my number down to give as a referral, 065121780, then call 1-877-999-2949 and ask for Operator 10.  Of course you must be eligible for it to count as a referral.  The small print: "Eligible is defined as at least 18 years old, a U.S. resident (not living in Alaska or Hawaii), not a current member of your household, not a former or present Shopper's Hotline Member.  Membership is limited to one per household."

    Sinus Infection

    The drugs to make me all better and the cough medicine to chill out my bronchial tubes is chilling me out.  Wow, I think oblivion will come whether I want it or not. 

    Why is it that I think short blog and it end up always being long?  Maybe it's the only time that I can feel like I can say what I want to say!

    The FogWalker goes to the safety of the recliner...

Comments (4)

  • I heard a couple of years ago about a guy who got a computer chip implanted into his arm so that he could do what you are talking about - it is under his skin but the information on it can still be read by some kind of reader.  So it's not too far off from what you are saying here!  Well, some people tend to think that is the biblical mark of the beast since eventually people could buy food with it (your bank account info could be encrypted into your chip) and all our medical and personal data could be stored there.  I don't know what to think.  I think if we get much more convenient and technological though, no one will know how to add or subtract anymore because they're gonna do away with paper and coin money.  Also think about if a computer crashed on a major scale... Would we all just be hungry because we couldn't buy food?  Would we be dying because our doctors couldn't "read" our medical history?

    Weird thoughts today, I need to take a nap..  This pregnancy is making me sleep SO MUCH!

    Have a good Thursday.  I can't wait til the weekend...

  • Sorry to hear about your migraines and the rest. I found a page with some cool barcode tats at http://www.barcodeart.com/ART/tattoo/tattoo.html.

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  • Good job on the diabetes, less insulation the better.
    Mark of the beast hey, well this beast has got enough marks on him already whats a few little bars.
    I have heard of the chip implant thing for some people with major health concerns and lots of medications.
    Bar coding has made deer registration much simpler, you give em a little stub to scan and it registers a deer in your name.  Lose you lic, no big deal the game warden just scans the bar code on the back of your drivers lic.

  • Good work on your diabetes being in control.  I'm working on that myself.  Barcoding the mark of the beast?  Hmmmm...maybe if they could barcode the word "NERO" on you LOL

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