Wednesday, July 29, 2020

A missing wikipedia page


There's a much-needed page in Wikipedia that I'm sure they wouldn't let me add.

Curious about a Facebook post, I looked up Stella Immanuel in Wikipedia. I find that she is an M.D. and has said
  • Alien DNA is being used in medical treatments
  • Gynecological problems come from dream sex with demons
  • Scientists are developing a vaccine to prevent people from being religious (I wish!!)
  • Gay marriage (and more) will destroy the world
among many similarly idiotic things.

At the bottom, Wikipedia shows:

Categories: 1965 births, Living people, 21st-century American women physicians, Cameroonian physicians, Cameroonian Christians, 21st-century Cameroonian women writers, Cameroonian emigrants to the United States, University of Calabar alumni, Women pediatricians, Women Christian religious leaders, African-American women, African-American Christians, African-American physicians, Anti-same-sex-marriage activists, 21st-century American women writers, Women religious writers, American Christian writers
 
but not CRACKPOTS.



Thursday, July 23, 2020

Medical problems


After the virus-related problems previously mentioned, our next biggest problem has been getting medical appointments. I'm paying a lot to add Victor to my insurance as of January. We made an appointment for a physical on Friday, March 20th. On Monday, March 16th, they began changing all optional appointments to a telephone call because of the virus. I also wanted an optometry appointment for Victor, but now the earliest would be July.

In June, we re-scheduled his physical for July. That actually happened, finally. But then the latest closures took away the optometry appointment. GRRR. I'll try again later.

Separately, a new medical problem for me. I had a red bump on my groin that wasn't a pimple. Days later, I had a larger red patch on my thigh. A couple of more days and another one. This past Tuesday night, a third, and I decided I needed to see a doctor. Overnight, it occurred to me that it might be shingles. As soon as I googled some images, that seemed certain. Yesterday afternoon, an Urgent Care doctor confirmed it (and prescribed a week of three-times-a-day generic Valtrex). Fortunately, my shingles are only slightly painful. 

Friday, July 3, 2020

Aging


Aging has never much concerned me. Until now.

I turn 70 in October. That frightens me. It's the first time any specific age has bothered me. It sounds old. It feels like death is right around the corner.

Because Dad died too young and because I have no older brother, I have had no men in their seventies to watch closely.

It doesn't help that I'm also slowing down. I still walk a lot, but I'm slower now.