In which I don't go in the cart
Dec. 15th, 2009 10:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceri I've been very quiet as far as posting goes lately. I hope to fix that as we roll into the last half of the last month of the year.
It's been a time of ups and downs, unsurprisingly. My blood pressure was much worse than I'd been expecting, and adjusting to the new medication was awful. But now I have, I think, and I'm down from 200/112 to more like 150/104. Still not good at all, but much less catastrophically not good. And I got my eyes examined, and discovered that although my nearsightedness is indeed worse, I have no sign of glaucoma nor any retinal damage at all. This is welcome, as I'd been tensed up about the prospect. But no, that's stuff going right. And I'm scheduled to begin dental evaluation and necessary work in February.
There are personal developments that I don't want to go into here. Suffice it to say that there are some intensely welcome surprises and some very challenging complications, but that it feels like the costs are worth paying.
When I step back a bit from the needs of the moment, I'm freshly reminded of how far I've come in this year. I came out to myself and to people who matter to me, and built up the foundations of a good new identity. I'm getting help I need on various fronts, and getting in better health. So much to do, but so much done. Onward!
It's been a time of ups and downs, unsurprisingly. My blood pressure was much worse than I'd been expecting, and adjusting to the new medication was awful. But now I have, I think, and I'm down from 200/112 to more like 150/104. Still not good at all, but much less catastrophically not good. And I got my eyes examined, and discovered that although my nearsightedness is indeed worse, I have no sign of glaucoma nor any retinal damage at all. This is welcome, as I'd been tensed up about the prospect. But no, that's stuff going right. And I'm scheduled to begin dental evaluation and necessary work in February.
There are personal developments that I don't want to go into here. Suffice it to say that there are some intensely welcome surprises and some very challenging complications, but that it feels like the costs are worth paying.
When I step back a bit from the needs of the moment, I'm freshly reminded of how far I've come in this year. I came out to myself and to people who matter to me, and built up the foundations of a good new identity. I'm getting help I need on various fronts, and getting in better health. So much to do, but so much done. Onward!