Blood Work.

Yesterday I went to the lab(twice; at 7 am and  3pm as they had to test cortisol levels in the morning and afternoon) and I had to fast from Midnight for the morning one and I was so "out" of it I accidently handed the tech my credit card instead of my health card( duh!) and they took 8 vials of blood instead of the usual 3 or 4 and instead of the usual 1 prick that I hardly(if ever) even feel this time they used something more like an IV(the thing pictured here) with a bigger needle(that hurt!) and a tube attached to it that they'd put each vial on and one of the vials had to be kept cool too and it came wrapped up in one of those cooler wrap packs like you ice an injury. At least when I went back in the afternoon they only took 1 vial. I was wondering if I had any blood left; they were like vampires! Later on in the day I went online and some of the results were back and my usual CBC was fine( platelets, hemoglobin, etc.) but as always my liver enzymes were elevated and flagged as high with a red exclamation mark beside them; the usual range is 35-120 and mine was 170. Last time I had it tested 4 months ago it was 145 so it keeps going up.My hubby dismisses it though and shrugs it's Nothing because I don't need a liver transplant. My cortisol( stress hormone!) is also high and was flagged as well: normal range is 135-537 and mine is 608. I'm NOT surprised though with all the stress in my life, but it also can indicated a hormonal imbalance, such as what would happen if I had a pituitary or adrenal tumour. I notice yesterday I have slight blood  in my pee as well. For awhile now it's only been detected in urine tests but not visibly but now I saw the slight pink tinge when I wipe and on my pants,too so it's either bladder or kidneys.

The 14 YR old is also away camping with his friend again so I get a nice stress-free child-free weekend, smelled skunk outside and I could tell Buddy noticed it too and my mother goes, Are you sure it wasn't just weed? and I told her, No, I'm sure; believe me, I know  what weed smells like; it wasn't weed; it was a skunk! and she didn't do the dishes the other day( and all she has to do is load the dishwasher) saying she "didn't feel like it" but there's many times that I "don't feel like" cooking or doing the laundry either but it still has to be done and I do it anyway because people still need to eat and have clean clothes! Yesterday and today my back and abdomenal pain is really bad as well and I shouldn't have eaten that kimchi either as I forgot it was cabbage which my colon doesn't appreciate and is now begging for mercy, and my cracker for my chili was stale too and normally I'd just eat it but instead I threw it out and opened up a fresh package as I'm tired of always settling in life and I promised myself that I would never settle again.

and I won't.

The neighbours in the white house also have their first sunflower bloom open and I have 4 buds, one is seen here, so hopefully soon, the fruit of my labour, but watch with my "luck" they all get decimated in a storm before I ever get any flowers or something and I've always been a loser and a reject my entire life too and for once I would just like to win  at something, and the other day I was saying how this guy on TV was cute and the 26 YR old said that's "gross" because I'M ugly and only "hot" people can admire other hot people and when ugly people do it's just "creepy and gross" and it really hurt. Aren't we allowed to dream,too? On my Bucket List  before I die I'd also like to ride on a motorcycle again too, like I did when I was 20 riding on the back of my friend's, and I just felt so free and it was one of my fondest memories(scared the living shit out of my poor mother though!) and I noticed as well Buddy has these 2 lesions/sores on each back foot; one at the side and the other in-between 2 toes and they're red and raw, the fur is all gone from them and he keeps licking them, and it's so nice to see when he and his friends meet up,too; they're so happy and their tails wagging a mile a minute; it's so nice to see them so happy and it's the little things  like this that bring the most joy in life, and my mother said I should dye  all the grey/white on his face,too, but I like  his Frosty Face and I think it's beautiful because it's part of him, and I read an account as well of a woman who regrets putting her dog "down" too and she said the hautning look of betrayal it gave her will leave her with guilt forever and she wished she could have died with it. This is why I could never do that to Buddy. I just couldn't kill  my best friend. I just couldn't live  with myself or with the guilt.

I also heard on the news that a traveller from Hong Kong once they arrived back home here they were put under survellience and monitored by the authorities and twice security officials and police came to his house  to make sure he was at home obeying quarantine....even though he's been vaccinated with BOTH doses and is therefore exempt yet even so they're still harrassing him! This country is just such a Police State,and now it also takes a ridiculous 4 YEARS  to just get a driver's licence too, which is the same time it takes to earn a university degree! It's just soooo stupid!and if the Olympics  had a Half-assed, inept, ass-backwards, Fascist, stupid Country event then Canada would win the Gold medal!!

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.