Posts Tagged ‘ health ’
Writers' Rooms Photos and descriptions of many author's workspaces. 41 Medical Secrets: If You Only Knew … Reader's Digest offered two dozen doctors a chance to anonymously say what would normally be inappropriate to tell patients. NDP to introduce 'net neutrality' private member's bill Nice to see positive government action in this. B.C. severed foot mystery continues Four severed feet have washed [ READ MORE ]
The tooth had to have a root canal, so I had the first half of the procedure done today after we finished with the first filling. When it was decided to go ahead with the root canal, I had to move to another operating room within the office, one that had the necessary tools. In [ READ MORE ]
I finally dragged myself to a new dentist yesterday, something I should have done quite a while ago. I’ve been on my medical plan for over a year now, but I kept putting it off. The new office seems fairly nice, and the staff are very friendly. The sort of friendly you usually only see when [ READ MORE ]
It’s been a good week. I rode my bike to work three times, only missing a day because I had no way to carry my rock climbing stuff with me on Thursday. The first day of riding nearly killed me, as my legs just weren’t used to it at all. After three days, the trip is [ READ MORE ]
The sun has starting to shine here on occasion, so I figure I should start getting active again. The only real exercise I’ve had this winter has been spending a night in the climbing gym once a week and walking downtown for dinner and drinks, the latter being rather counter effective. I have a gym membership. I [ READ MORE ]
As a little experiment, I decided to keep a log of my eating habits for the week. I thought it would be interesting to see how much I actually spend and consume. Below I’ve listed everything I ate and drank last week, excluding water, and how much the purchased food cost. Saturday Brunch: Two slices of French [ READ MORE ]
The New Year. A time to look back on past accomplishments, or lack thereof, and begin forming new ambitions and lifestyle changes to promptly ignore. 2007 was a fairly quiet year for me. This was my first year after graduating university, so I really just worked. It’s easy to measure life’s progress in semesters and city [ READ MORE ]
I went to a doctor at the beginning of the week for a follow-up appointment about that abscess. I don’t have a regular doctor in this city, so I just use the walk-in clinic. Unfortunately, at these clinics, you never know who you’re going to get, and I tend to to be notoriously unlucky with [ READ MORE ]