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Since today is the end of May here in Chiang Mai, I’m doing my official accounting of my efforts to lose the lard.
I have a new set of digital scales from the one I had in the states, so I’m not sure of the accuracy, but I think weight is a relative thing, and that ALL signs of downward results should be celebrated loudly, with great enthusiasm. 🤣
I am now down 62 pounds from my heaviest, and have lost 51.75 inches.
We went to a clinic here a couple of weeks ago to get a baseline on me since our move to Thailand. It was showing a fairly alarming blood pressure and lesser concerning reading of high cholesterol, relatively speaking. I started a combination of two blood pressure meds, taking one-half pill for 6 days and then switching to a whole pill daily until I see her again on June 23rd. She advised me to lose the lard (imagine that!) eat low carb (we’re already doing that) and exercising (I’m walking the mile on the treadmill every morning, walking to places close to our building during the day, and doing yoga stretches at night). The scale is showing I’m down almost 4 pounds since the initial appointment, and I’m hoping to have a good amount down by the time I see her again, plus better blood pressure and improved numbers otherwise.
I go to a 2nd main place for hearing aids this morning. We found a good candidate at another place awhile back, but wanted to see what this second place offered before we make a decision.
In each place, I am asking that I go outside wearing the pair I think is the best so I can hear how they perform with lots of background noise. We will study, read a lot of reviews, and then decide what seems best to do.
I still find it amazing that I could hear normally before I was admitted to the hospital for my low blood oxygen, ending up with heart failure and a pacemaker, plus a significant loss of hearing when I was released. No one can find anything physically wrong, and I’m very grateful that hearing aids may help.
Onward and downward, I hope, becoming healthier as the days pass.
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Congratulations on your weight loss! You are right, it should be celebrated, as it does require work and diet changes, but you are doing it! Way to go! Great job!
Hopefully, you will soon find the hearing aids that work best for you.
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Thanks! Your encouragement is much appreciated! We’re not in a rush about the hearing aids, but there are one or two that we didn’t know were available here that we want to check out before we make a final decision. Fingers crossed!
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It is odd that you could hear normally before going into the hospital back in the states. I’ll be curious to know about whichever hearing aid you choose. I’m at my wits end trying to find a cure for tinnitus.
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The one we looked at today, the Widex Moment, (technologies 1 and 2) are both supposed to be good at suppressing tinnitus. You might check them out.
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My research finally turned up that heart failure and the associated lack of oxygen to my ears during two times my heart stopped have damage to hearing as one of the side effects.
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That sounds good, Linda. I just read about it. I don’t know. I was evaluated last year and the doctor said I could try one but since I don’t have headaches or any other hearing loss, he didn’t think I should spend the money, yet. He advised me to sleep with a white noise machine, which my husband loves too. So, for now, I am trying all these other treatments (written about in my blog). I have lost count at this point what all I have tried.
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Tinnitus is SO awful. The intensity of mine changes from low key to pervasive. I have never found anything that makes it stop. Hope YOU do!
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I hope so too. Mine is constant. Same tone. Buzzing sound.
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Ugh. It’s 5:40 and I’m off to the gym. Enjoy your evening
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