March 24, 2001

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Blood pressure check at Wal-mart? 118/76, with a 97 pulse. Which means my blood pressure is good, but shopping for mop head refills gets me way too excited. Finally got a green line for my DietWatch food log. I was getting tired of these yellows! :P Proportions worked out to 59% carbs, 25% fat, 16% protein. Total calories -- 1604. 110 oz water. Booyah!
posted by Cat "Astrophe" 2:18 AM

March 22, 2001

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Hoping for the best news possible for Adrith's patient.

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Eating is not going so great. Had a wild craving for chocolate that led to muffin overdose. My proportions yesterday weren't too horrible with 19% fat, 14% protein, and 67% carbs, but the total calories of 2489 were NOT a good thing. As a result over overeating yesterday I'm not all that hungry today. But if I stay on track with dinner, my total calories will be 1603 and proportions of 24% fat, 18% protein, and 58% carbs. Closer to the 20-20-60 I shoot for and definitely closer to the 1700-1800 calorie range I try to stick with.
posted by Cat "Astrophe" 3:46 PM

March 19, 2001

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Still got the sniffles, but the ear infection (from the flu-thing gone wonky) is finally buckling under the antibiotics. Skipped cardio all last week but kept up with my lifting and noted some strength progress. I'm going to have to sit down later and note the differences. In-laws are down, so things here are a bit busy with Paul's family.
posted by Cat "Astrophe" 6:46 AM

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I want to cry.

One of my patient heroines, a 1.5-year-old-girl, has developed an optic glioma.

She's got one of the classic signs of NF - a tumor on her optic nerve. Unknown yet whether or not her vision will be completely affected.

I went for another mile-run tonight. It didn't get all the negative feelings out. Bugger! Bugger! Bugger!
posted by Adrith 8:27 PM