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9/6/2007At last some rain has come and with it a much needed break from the heat. the air quality is once again good. No heat inversion to worry about. I am free again to venture out of the house as...

9/4/2007It's starting to heat up again around here. It's supposed to climb back up to the mid 90's again. Maybe it's in all in my head but I can feel it already. My breathing isn't as good as it was....

9/1/2007September is off to a great start. It's a beautiful day. the air quality is good and for the first time in quite a while I could forget about breathing problems. I was able to just go outside...

8/31/2007Wow, already the end of August. It seems that this month just streaked by. I was finally able to rehang all the curtains and blinds on the new windows. It took a little longer than I had...

8/30/2007I saw my PCP today and I seem to be tolerating the change in blood pressure meds quite well. I left his office feeling pretty good about things. BP is well controlled, weather is great and...

8/29/2007I attended a meeting for retirees to discuss the changes in health care coverage. they offered many different plans for the coming year and I found one that suited my situation well. It...

8/28/2007Well it's another scorcher around here. One more day stuck inside. It's not too much of a sacrifice this week because I'm still fighting a cold. Staying inside in the a/c until the heat...

8/27/2007I need to speak with my PCP to see if he guarantees his work. For the last couple of days I haven't felt real well. I don't think that he would want to use me as an example of his prowess!...

8/24/2007"Just as I was getting out...they pull me back in!"  Al Pacino said that (or something like that) in Godfather III. Now what, you may ask ,does a statement referring to organized crime have...

8/23/2007At the risk of being Johnny One Note, my ribs are still very sore. the doctors say that it is due to my coughing so much but I don't think so. I think that I must be nodding off during the...

8/21/07I just received a packet for medical insurance coverage for county retirees today. It listed the various plans and the costs. My coverage has gone up by $140 a month. Whew! that's a bite. It's...

8/20/2007Retirement may be rougher than I thought. Julie's internship is over and she's around the house all day. At least until her next class, internship or whatever. It can't come too soon.She has...

8/18/07I had a little bit of a night on the town last night.  It seems a Korean lady who is a chaplain intern at the hospital where Julie also does her chaplain intern work has a daughter who...

8/17/2007the cooler weather arrived a day early. Good deal. It's probably all in my head, but I knew the temp had dropped because I was breathing better even inside. Which is odd because I was in an...

8/16/2007Another day...another doctor. Monday my new asthma doctor said I needed to change my blood pressure medication because he felt that was one of the causes of my coughing. He said I needed to...