Week 913
Day 6385 - 12/24 - No results
Today there are no results for my re-test. I did it right when they opened, both to get it done right away, but also hoping to get back to the library before they opened so my day wasn't interrupted. But maybe they closed early or something, as there were no posted results. I was hoping to at least see normal results before things shut down for tomorrow, but now I guess I won't know until Friday. The doctor is out until the 6th, so I guess if anything is still bad there will be no movement on that.
I feel better though. I am still getting a bit dizzy when I bend over too fast, and my joints still feel sort of dehydrated some, but neither feels as bad as it has recently.
Nothing unexpected happened today. I actually had a real bad vision day and could barely read, or not at all read, my laptop text. So I just played a game pretty much all day. Things were pretty quiet on the social pages, as expected, but I expect they will be even quieter tomorrow. Though I don't really expect to get much online time, if really any at all, due to pretty much everything being shut down except the food store. And they removed their sitting area years ago, so while I can do things like use the bathroom I can't hang out inside. I guess I could try the fancier food store, but missing one day of activity is really fine. I can use it to draw stuff for my pen and paper game.
Day 6386 - 12/25 - Pouring rain
Today and all last night it has been pouring rain. Last night had some crazy winds and I guess power is out further up north about 30 miles.
I guess today was passable. I tried doing some drawing for my pen and paper stuff, but it came out all garbage, so that was sad. I just listened to stuff in the car outside the food store. I thought about going to the fancy food store and setting up the laptop for a bit, but as I expected, they showed as being closed all day, so it's a good thing I checked online before just heading over.
It's a bit sad. Once upon a time I had presents and friends, and today would be a day I'd open stuff and have new things to play with. I don't know if there is anything waiting for me online, but these days I expect nothing. No one knows me anymore, save for a few online, and certainly not close enough to be gift giving people.
But as always I try and stay hopeful things will be better someday. And maybe one day I will have such a life again.
Day 6387 - 12/26 - Same results
Today the test results came in and they say I'm basically the same as before. One result was 50 both times, and one was like 160 last time and 161 this time, so very very slightly worse. I don't really feel bad, and I guess since the doctor isn't set to get back to me until the morning of the 6th, I guess it's not really ad yet. Though you'd think poor kidney function would be something to worry about.
I kinda felt not great today with headaches, eyes not seeing great, and a bit tired, so I mostly took the day off. It doesn't help that I'm not getting any love in responses or star ratings, or people actually paying for the stuff I poured so much love into. But I guess overall the day was ok.
Day 6388 - 12/27 - OK sandwich
Today I decided to do a big test of my tummy. Since the test results indicate all problems might be kidney related, and thus hopefully temporary, and last night I had three bites of lasagna with no issues, I got a bagel and a little bit of roast beef for a sandwich today. While not completely ick free, it was very tolerable. It didn't upset me too much, and it was for less than 1 hour. Which is far less than the previous immediate ick and 4-6 hours of tummy issues. I won't say I'm over it and immediately go back to previous food habits, I'll still avoid some gluten. But I'll definitely highly moderate it, but still go back to having some now and then.
For my pen and paper stuff I tried putting my stuff on a new site. Foooof. It was overly complicated and took like 2 hours. I don't expect it to get any more attention there. I'll probably not really worry about numbers until mid-January when the holidays are over, but I guess we'll see. Maybe I will be beter recieved there.
What time I had left with my day I played and had fun. The day passed pretty quickly overall. I did get a bit of a surprise Xmas money, so I got an on sale game, so that should be fun.
Day 6389 - 12/28 - Bagels seem ok
Today bagels seem ok. I had one yesterday and half of one today so far with a cheese sandwich for lunch and my tummy is a bit off due to being lactose intolerant, but it has been fine compared to recent gluten sensitive times. A quick search online shows they should be high in gluten, so maybe I'm recovering from whatever this is? Or my week of avoiding it has reduced the strain on my system enough to be ok and moderation is all it needs.
I've been scattered with doing a bit of different things for my pen and paper stuff and I'll hopefully have some fun play time later. Hopefully my system remains ok.
Day 6390 - 12/29 - Quiet Monday
Today I expect will be a very quiet day. Likely the library will be very quiet until just after the new year. I have no special plans or expectations for the day.
Day 6391 - 12/30 - Unknown Tuesday
Today I have no plans or expectations. I don't know what I'll do. Thursday will be limited in how much time I'll have, so this week will be a bit wobbly, especially with another eye poking on Friday.
Week 914
Day 6392 - 12/31 - Rain returns
Today the rain has returned, no crazy wind though. But it has been pouring rain for pretty much the whole day and evening so far.
I was going to do some pen and paper stuff today, but I spent over an hour helping someone else. Hopefully what I did will help them to do what they want better. But with my day cut short by a few hours after doing that my day was at a point where I didn't have any more time if I still wanted to play for just a little and watch a show. So if I do any pen and paper stuff it will have to be tomorrow in my car. My Friday will be probably seriously cut short with another eye poking as well.
I guess I feel ok today, though I did get a bagel to have with lunch and it did kind of not feel great about 3-6 hours later, so while they are less bad than French bread or sourdough they probably should also be completely avoided. It still seems strange to have such a relatively sudden and sharp increase in how my body reacts to gluten things. I still have no clue what's up with that. But I am still happy that it seems like it's just going to be a temporary change due to kidney issues.
Hopefully I will have an ok rest of the evening with the unusual goings on. And hopefully my half day outside tomorrow, and inside time not at the library will be ok.
Day 6393 - 1/1/26 - Low interest
Today was not the best, but I guess not the worst. I feel like I've lost a lot of interest in my remaining two supplements I'm working on for my pen and paper stuff. Though I am still getting barely any confirmation people like it. When someone does say they like it though they really seem to like it, so that's good.
I had a good amount of time where I could be connected, but it wasn't super comfortable, so I just had an ok time there.
It's only late afternoon now, but hopefully the rest of today will be ok. Tomorrow will be rough because I have an eye poking, so the day will be cut in half.
Day 6394 - 1/2 - Slowly better eye
Today I had another eye poking. The doc said I am very slowly getting better. I started at apparently 20/40 vision in the bad eye and now it's up to 20/25, so that is good. Maybe I can stop getting poked in the eye soon.
Other than that my day was cut in half so I just tried to rest and played a bit. Tomorrow should be back to regular homeless times.
Day 6395 - 1/3 - Kinda sad
Today I am feeling kind of sad I guess. I think the struggle is just getting to me lately. I want to not need to get poked in the eye. I want to not worry about my kidneys. I want to not worry about my blood pressure. I want to not worry about if my food money is going to be cut off in February. And I don't want to be cold all the time.
I took the day off to be restful and try to enjoy what I do still have access to.
Day 6396 - 1/4 - Maybe creative
Today I am feeling more creative. I don't think my brain has anything 'ready' though. It's like with cookies. You need to have the batter ready to go first, then you can do the second part of cooking and cooling. I feel like I want to do the second part, but don't think I have anything ready, so I guess we'll see if I actually do any pen and paper stuff later.
I'm a bit cold. My eye is still recovering and has a blind spot dot in my vision, so that's annoying. I had a donut this morning and it seems fine so far. I won't have any other gluten things today or tomorrow, so we'll see how I feel later. I'm pretty tired too.
Day 6397 - 1/5 - Regular Monday
Today should be a pretty regular day. I don't have anything special I'm looking forward to that is happening.
Day 6398 - 1/6 - Maybe an answer step
Today is maybe a step forward on the kidney mystery. I have my doubts the video software works for the meeting, so I still don't think the video appointment will actually happen. I guess we'll see. Hopefully she messages whatever she would have said if it doesn't work instead of setting up a random appointment day and time without asking me, which they do often.
There's nothing else I expect for the day, so hopefully I can be restful and make a step towards being more healthy even if I can't observe any results of that.
