Kevin's Watch

Eek!
I’m a day late!

Yes, still alive. I just spend so much time on the discord that I tend to think of it as the Watch these days. Or at least, I don't differentiate in my head. (I therefore invite you all to join it if you haven't already. )

Damn...what a year and it's only February...

--A

Yesterday Hazel got ahold of a water bottle lid. I chased him and did the whole check his mouth, no lid. Check the floor. No lid. Looks like he swallowed it. Called the vet. $185 for the xray. But Julie is at work, so I'm monitoring until then.

Now Fiver has something in his mouth. Chase him down he spits it out as I'm picking him up. I put my foot on it. It's the damn water bottle lid. Hazel had dropped it somewhere for later when I was going to take it from him. Fiver then found it later.

So I saved both their lives and saved us at least $185 and possible surgery costs. I am a hero.

So I've gone from tackling murderers & rapists
And checking inmates for contraband .
To checking the pups mouths and butts.

I got a new job. I deny any bunny involvement.

Such are the changes
that come with retirement
Pups preferable

Khaliban wrote: ↑ I got a new job. I deny any bunny involvement.

That job turned out to be fake, so now I'm not sure.

Rabbit
Rabbit!
Rabbit!!

Rabbit rabbit rabbit

Oh god not you too...



--A

Proliferating like...

(Not really surprising Sarge chimed in. He's a huge Watership Down fan; even named his new pups for characters from the book.)

Is that where it originated from?

--A

The origin of the superstition is unknown, though it was recorded in Notes and Queries as being said by children in 1909:[1]

Et tu, Brute?

Today’s soundtrack…
https://youtu.be/bq95nZBbNHI?si=p14VBtK8Ofm_5RFf

I had my most recent annual physical in mid December. At that time, my weight has been the highest it has been since before I started keto, my blood pressure was slightly high, and my a1c test for my type II diabetes came back over 7 again, which it has done every three months for the past two years, even with the diabetic and high blood pressure medication I am on.

A couple of weeks later, around New Years, I started seeing the ads for the “natural Ozempic,” as one tends to see weight loss ads at the start of the year. I mostly ignored them, but my curiosity finally convinced me to watch one, which said there was a simple three ingredient recipe that could be easily made and taken daily to help weight loss and blood sugar. So, I watched it.

Of course it was for a pill that was being sold, but I decided to do some searching and see if there was anything that could made at home. I had heard of the anti inflammatory benefits of ground turmeric in the past, so I looked to see if there was anything that could be made at home that could at least help.

I found some articles which claimed the combination of ground turmeric, ground ginger, and black or cayenne pepper has been studied and found to be beneficial in some participants. I decided to add each to my two cups of coffee each morning.

I started off with a quarter teaspoon of ground turmeric and an eighth of a teaspoon each of ground ginger and fresh cracked black peppercorn into each cup of coffee. This is in addition to the half a teaspoon of Ceylon cinnamon I have put into each cup of coffee for the past decade or so. The combination is reminiscent of chai in my coffee, but it’s not totally unpleasant. I made no other changes to anything in my daily routine.

At the end of January I had a follow up hematologist appointment, and was surprised to see my weight was down five pounds since my physical the month before. I seriously expected it to be up a few pounds, as had been the trend for the past year or so, as well as having just gone through the holiday season.

The next week at the start of February I increased the amount of ground turmeric, ground ginger, and ground black pepper, basically doubling each, so I was now having a teaspoon of ground turmeric, and a half a teaspoon each of ground ginger and fresh cracked black peppercorn daily in my coffee, as well as the teaspoon of Ceylon cinnamon. Again, I changed nothing else in my daily routine.

Today I had a three month diabetic follow up at my primary care physician. My weight is down another seven pounds since I saw my hematologist at the end of January, my blood pressure was 113/75, and my a1c was 6.7, the first time I’ve been under 7 in a couple of years.

I know, it’s very gradual and possibly very circumstantial, so I’m probably being silly to be hopeful about this. I need to stop the turmeric, ginger, and pepper for the next couple of weeks, as even western medicine admits that turmeric is a blood thinner and I have a procedure coming up the first week of April.

But, trust me. Once the procedure is finished, I’m going to be adding them back in for as long as they seem to benefit me.

Rabbit
Rabbit!
Rabbit!!

The rabbits are to blame for everything! Gather your torches and pitchforks! Hunt them wherever they hide! They must be banished from the Earth!

oh nooo! That’s a bummer.

Sorry to hear that khal

I recommend a white wine sauce.

Also, I feel another year older...why does this keep happening...

--A