I had my annual physical yesterday. Everything is quite good, except for my high levels of triglycerides and sugar in my blood. I am still being medicated for Restrictive Lung Disease; for Congestive Heart Failure; and for Diabetes and its accompanying Peripheral Neuropathy in my feet in the form of numbness and pain.
My chest is still mostly numb and sometimes hurts from Quadruple Coronary Artery Bypass (Open-Heart) surgery, including the removal of a section of vein in my left thigh; and then two chest surgeries due to an infection within my chest and removal of the sternal plate that was holding my broken breastbone together due to loose screws, all in 2022. My thighs are still numb, and my back still sometimes aches from two surgeries in 2023 (1. a disk infection and 2. a spinal bone infection requiring placement of a titanium metal rod to hold my collapsing spine together. My right ankle sometimes slightly hurts from surgery (bone biopsy, draining of fluid, and deburring) in 2024. This last surgery was relatively simple.
That's SIX surgeries between March 2022 and April 2024. After all that, I am doing fairly well. I am feeling better, but I am still unable to walk without support from my wonderful wife, a transport chair, and a metal frame walker.
I was going to post a medical update yesterday or today, so National Triglycerides Day is an apropos outlet for my update.
March 28, 2025, at home
I am fond of teriyaki chicken on a stick delivered from Japanese-Chinese restaurants.
March 28, 2025, at home
I do somewhat like Black Forest Cake.
March 28, 2025, at home
I used to eat dandelion leaves often. They taste bitter but are quite healthy. My maternal grandfather loved them.
March 28, 2025, at home
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