My doctor had me take a blood test for a wide range of tick-borne diseases. The results arrived last week while I was out of town; when I returned home yesterday, there was an answering machine message from last Tuesday that the doctor wanted "to start me on something right away ( Read more... )

It turns out it wasn't taking as long to recover from jogging as it seemed in my "Progress report" a couple weeks ago. Instead, I had experienced a general phenomenon: heart rates while exercising are typically much higher later in the day than in the morningUntil now, I had only been tracking how my heart rate varied as a function of speed ( Read more... )

To help me avoid things that might be inappropriately triggering my immune system and slowing down my recovery, my doctor had me take a food sensitivity test. Allergix IgG4 Food Antibodies 90 measures (blood) serum antibody levels to 90 food antigens. It showed that I have positive antibody levels (from highest to lowest) to ( Read more... )

About 3 months ago I developed Student's Elbow. One more incidence of excessive inflammatory response that I've become susceptible to. But I couldn't think of anything that might have triggered it. I was pretty sure I hadn't bumped it, and I only noticed it when accidentally putting a little weight on it, but I never felt pain from any ( Read more... )

I went over new test results with my doctor this week ( Read more... )

Ultrasound scan of thyroid showed some heterogeneous density, consistent with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Everything else was negative, so no cancer, goiter, etc.

Due to illness, I was unable to return to action ...

July 7.  Warmed up for a baseball game, feeling great, best I've felt in years.  Walking back to the field after a trip to the port-a-potty, I started to feel tired.  Within seconds, my arms and legs felt like jelly.  I felt "flushed".  My joints, especially my knees, felt achy.  Rough estimate in ( Read more... )

Due to illness, I've gotten behind on this blog.  I hope to catch up in the near future, but for now, here's something I found amusing:

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Eschewing suspense: On Saturday, I had the first "walkoff" baseball hit that I can remember ( Read more... )

After four innings on Sunday, we were down 9-0.  Bob had pitched one scoreless inning in relief, but it was a good opportunity to experiment so RJ asked me if I wanted to pitch next ( Read more... )