tuesday

No plans today.
Walked to the fitness center but it was too busy and the staff had no time to help me with setting up new machines.
I did a session of chair yoga with the much-older ladies and walked home.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
115.3 lbs
34.2% Body Fat
71.0 lb Muscle Mass
21.2 BMI

Fit app: afternoon walk
14 Heart Points
1.23 miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with oatmilk
Trader Joe's mushroom & black truffle flat bread (720 calories)
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
20 oz matcha green tea
curry chicken salad & triscuits (600 calories)
1.75 oz Rosewater spice cake (175 calories)

Saturday

Went to the Farmers Market this morning and finally bought the necklace.

MonsterMustDie and I spent some time this afternoon raking and bagging leaves. I thought it was a good idea to reduce some of the tall piles of dead leaves in the yard before the rain that is forecast for Sunday. I regret not remembering to wear gloves and a face mask. I'm surprised I wasn't coughing or sneezing the rest of the day after all the dust.

I am tired tonight but I can't get comfortable enough to sleep well because of a headache and restless legs.

Fit app: evening walk
55 Heart Points
3.85 miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
2 cups coffee with milk
hot bar grits, veggie sausage, mini spinach quiche
Turkey Brie baguette sandwich
1 piece rosewater spice cake
3 oz rotisserie chicken
lemonade + tonic water

Friday

Only thing today is 2nd orientation at Atrium Fitness.
They showed me an additional couple of machines and I got on the treadmill for a few minutes. It was very busy in the little exercise room.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.8 lbs
34.5% Body Fat
71.7 lb Muscle Mass
21.5 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee
1 black bean + sweet potato enchilada (160 calories)
3 oz rotisserie chicken (140 calories)
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
3 Pistachio shortbread cookies (210 calories)
1 cup potato chips (152 calories)
1 piece Trader Joe's Burrata, Prosciutto & Arugula Flatbread (290 calories)
1 Bolthouse Protein Plus (290 calories) (30g protein)
1 Ardens Garden Yoga One juice (190 calories)

Thursday

I went to an art opening at the local gallery this evening.
The exhibition was good but the hors d’oeuvres were bad enough to encourage me to have a glass of wine to cleanse my palette of them.
It was lovely to see people I recognized this time and to be known. I had a couple of good conversations there about the artwork.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.0 lbs
34.5% Body Fat
71.2 lb Muscle Mass
21.3 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
D3 1000 IU supplement 2 cups coffee with oatmilk
2 Pistachio shortbread cookies (140 calories)
1 black bean + sweet potato enchilada (160 calories)
1 cup matcha green tea
1 oatmeal bagel (270 calories)
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
Pimento Cheese biscuit
2 green olive + smoked Gouda cheese + salami skewer
1 glass Cabernet Savignon

Wednesday

I had a good checkup at Atrium. Very brief but the news is my blood labs look very good.
My doctor set up a follow-up appointment in 6 months. When I asked why, they explained that they see all Medicare patients every six months - the nature of being elderly (past 60).
Also got the Pneumococcal Vaccine in office and a prescription for Adult RSV vaccination at my local pharmacy.
They did not appear to record the vaccination that I got in office on MyChart.

Picked up more pecans from the neighbors yard while I was walking just before sunset.

Today's Visit
Weight: 117 lb, 3.2 oz
BMI: 21.44
Height: 5'2"
Blood Pressure: 120/70
Pulse: 59
Respiration: 16
Oxygen Saturation: 100%

Fit app: evening walk
39 Heart Points
2.04 miles
54 minutes
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Monday

Going in for Labs this morning at Atrium Health.

I got a message this morning that lets me know my appointment is as it should be with my doctor.
Glad to know everything should be fine.

Annual Physical or Wellness?
Participants Sara Furr, MD
Victoria Lynn Noah

Message from Jules, Feb 28, 8:07 AM I am scheduled for a visit with Dr. Sara Furr on March 4. Is it more appropriate to be an Annual Physical rather than a Wellness exam? No one explained any difference between Wellness and Physical.
I know I need to continue on my Rosuvastatin 5mg that Dr. Furr prescribed and I assume that requires blood labs, so should this actually be an annual checkup instead?
How should this appointment be billed to Medicare?
- Jules

Message from Victoria Lynn Noah, sent 7:56 AM

Hello,
Since you are on medicare, they usually will not cover an annual physical. She treats the wellness' as a physical with patients who are on medicare. It will be billed to Medicare as Medicare Wellness Visit. Labs are also in, so you can stop by when you are fasting to get them.

I am very relieved that everything is set up correctly after the fiasco with Novant.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
115.1 lbs
34.4% Body Fat
70.8 lb Muscle Mass
21.2 BMI

Fit app: afternoon walk
Heart Points
miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg

sunday

Argh!
I have a "Medicare Wellness" (useless) appointment on Wednesday that I now think should have been set up as an "Annual Physical" appointment. So now I have to wait until Monday to speak to someone at Atrium to fix or cancel the appointment. Meanwhile, I think I need to go in Monday or Tuesday for Blood Labs to stay on my Rosuvastatin regardless. It would be a wasted opportunity not to have everything necessary for a Physical done in one blood draw.

We had a very nice homemade dinner of coq au vin at Karen and Bob's house. I always enjoy visits with them at their home or ours, hanging out talking about news, exchanging useful knowledge, and life in general. We need to get out and around other people more.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.8 lbs
34.8% Body Fat
71.4 lb Muscle Mass
21.5 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with Half+Half and 1 Tsp collagen peptides
Oatmeal + dried cranberries + cinnamon
Leftover hot bar plate from Deep Roots
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1/2 cup Chex Mix (140 calories) (2g protein)
Coq Au Vin
Green salad with radishes, tomatoes, pecans
homemade bread

saturday

We went to the Curb Farmers Market today, followed by Deep Roots (chicken salad, hot bar food, dried herbs), World Market (chemex filters, OatLy) and Target (coffee, TP).

I tried on this fantastic necklace from my favorite jeweler at the farmers market. I didn't buy it yet but now I wish I had gone ahead and splurged on it.

Fit app: afternoon walk
30 Heart Points
3.57 miles

friday

I had two very good appointments at Duke yesterday.
The first, in physical therapy for my shoulder, gave me some good new exercises and a great kneading out of the stiffness on my left side that I could never do on my own. She worked very deeply, mostly on the muscle tissue, which was stiff as a common effect of radiation therapy. It felt a lot better afterwards and feels even better today
The next was my after-mammogram visit. I got a very good all-clear diagnosis from the mammogram and she spent plenty of time explaining that I had a Diagnostic Mammogram for my dense breast tissue that was very accurate. She took the time to educate me a bit more while I was there and I appreciate that a lot.

I weighed in at 117 lbs Thursday afternoon, so I think I can stop worrying about whether I am taking in enough calories now.

12:00 PM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.8 lbs
21.5 BMI
34.8 % Body Fat lbs
71.4 lb Muscle Mass

Friday - Fitness Center

I woke up today after MonsterMustDie had already gone to work. I usually wake up just before he leaves but he got out a little bit earlier this morning.

I got a phone call from Atrium at 11:20AM today. The girl on the phone said my doctor had ordered blood labs and was sending a refill of my rosuvastatin. As she was hanging up, I asked if there was a limit to how soon to the appointment I needed to show up for the blood labs and she said any day I had fasted. This was the first time anyone said I needed to fast before blood labs there. The blood labs my doctor at Atrium ordered are "for your wellness appointment" without saying what labs would be done, and the fast only needs to be six hours before blood is taken, having only coffee and water. I had to pull that info out of her.

Today was my fitness center orientation appointment.

They did not use any of this equipment but it looks cool. They only explained and gave me access to three training machines before the person in charge of my orientation ran out of time. Pretty disappointing. I tried to figure out the treadmills on my own but I failed at that. I am looking forward to learning how to use the treadmills because that is one of the main things I think will be good to do on bad-weather days (raining or too cold).

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.2 lbs
34.2% Body Fat
70.3 lb Muscle Mass
21.0 BMI

Fit app: afternoon walk
Heart Points
3.55 miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
Healthy Choice Grilled Chicken Marsala (180 calories)(17g protein)
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
2 Pistachio shortbread cookies (140 calories)
Sushi salmon + avocado roll (380 calories) (13g protein)
Ardens Garden Green Energy Machine juice (130 calories) (2g protein)
1 serving Chex Mix (140 calories)
1 slice of Bob's homemade coffee cake

thursday

No plans today. a rare day free of appointments.
Today was spent mostly dealing with idiot AI calls and trying to communicate with my doctor's office at Atrium.
Among other things, the health insurance AI had me pick a time for them call me back. I thought this would be a human calling to talk to me about my prescriptions. Instead, when it was time for the call, it was the AI again. It started by giving me the choice of keying in my birthdate for ID or going back to the main menu by saying or tapping 1. My birthday is in October. No one with a birthday in October, November, or December or with a date that has a one in it can answer that without going immediately back to the main menu. I found a way to describe my birthdate as simply as possible without using a one. Had to repeat it a few times. Then the AI called and connected me to my pharmacy, who did not know what I was calling about.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.6 lbs
34.3% Body Fat
70.5 lb Muscle Mass
21.1 BMI

Fit app: afternoon walk
Heart Points
3.55 miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
4 oz rotisserie chicken (192 calories)
Momo Fuku soy + scallion noodles (320 calories) (10g protein)
2 Pistachio shortbread cookies (140 calories)
1/2 cup mixed nuts
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
2 gimme seaweed snack pack (50 calories)

Wednesday dinner with friends

Today was a trip to Ashboro to meet up with friends for dunch.
We joined Karen and Bob at Don and Alexa's house. It was a very cozy place with a strong Shire vibe and lots of cats and plants.

Our Ellie Cat has been feeling much better now that she's on a daily dose of 10mg prednisolone. She's put on weight and has her appetite back. I still need to set up a return veterinary appointment for her.

  9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.4 lbs
34.3% Body Fat
70.3 lb Muscle Mass
21.0 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
2 oz rotisserie chicken (96 calories)
2 pistachio shortbread cookies (140 calories)
1 gimme seaweed snack pack (25 calories) (1 g protein)
1 Bolthouse Protein Plus (290 calories) (30g protein)
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
OLLY Magnesium Gummy (336 mg Magnesium) (25 calories)
33 oz water
20 oz herbal tea
12 oz earl grey tea

Dinner with friends:
2 slices pork roast
1 large slice of Spanikopita
green salad
Bob's coffee cake
1 glass cabernet savignon

Tuesday - Fat Tuesday - Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day

It's Fat Tuesday, also Shrove Tuesday, also National Pancake Day.
I finally got around to walking up and joining Atrium Fitness this afternoon. My orientation appointment is Friday.

Yesterday was my first post-lung surgery CT scan. The saw just enough to say there is nothing to worry about but also enough to schedule my next CT scan for three months instead of six so they could have a better baseline for what is going on in my chest. I will be counting the days until the next CT happens in May. Hopefully, these little things will resolve themselves between now and then.

No aggressive osseous lesions are identified.
IMPRESSION:
1. Status post partial left upper lobe resection. Mild soft tissue thickening around the staple line, presumably postoperative in etiology.
2. Slight increase in clustered and branching nodular opacities at the right lung base consistent with an inflammatory process or minimal infection.
3. Otherwise stable CT examination of the chest.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
116.2 lbs
34.6% Body Fat
71.2 lb Muscle Mass
21.4 BMI

Fit app: afternoon walk
18 Heart Points
2.24 miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with half+half
2 oz rotisserie chicken (96 calories)
2 pistachio shortbread cookies (140 calories)
1 serving grilled salmon (200 calories)(19g protein)
1/2 cup roasted brussels sprouts (66 calories)
1/2 cup roasted sweet potato (110 calories)
1 large piece of caramel from Bobby Boy Bakeshop

I probably did not drink enough water today.

Monday in Durham

At Duke in Durham for a chest CT scan and Return medical visit today. 

Ate lunch at the Tropical Smoothie Cafe in the medical center to pass time between appointments. 

What I ate today:

Baja chicken wrap (760 calories)

Salt & Vinegar chips (200 calories)

Arden's Garden Green Energy Machine juice (130 calories)

33 oz Deer Park spring water 

1/2 Lindt Dubai chocolate bar (105 calories) (9g sugar)