No Real Progress

It's been a while I know.  And I'm pretty dejected honestly.  On the plus side, my health looks to at least be semi-stable and definite good news that I don't have a tumor (I have severe tinnitus and the doctors were worried).  On the bad side, still no real treatment although I've been working on some self-coping mechanisms that seem to be working somewhat.  The biggest thing that's helped is I wear ear plugs whenever I'm doing ANYTHING remotely loud.  Mowing the lawn, hammering something, etc...  Also when I drive to and from work I'm wearing them.  What it's helped is that while I'm driving the ringing is REALLY loud with the plugs in.  But then when I get out of the truck I at least have some time afterwards where it doesn't SEEM that bad.  It's all about perception :-)

The other main concern was I am losing my hearing.  The audio tests came back basically perfect though.  It's based on a scale of how many db above "perfect" you need to hear different frequencies.  Anything from 0-20 db above "perfect" is considered normal hearing.  I was 0db for all but two frequencies where I was 5db above perfect.  So it doesn't seem like that's something to worry about either.

The bad news is I had a quick blood work done a few weeks ago and found out two disturbing things.  First, my blood pressure is a bit high (very high "normal" range) and my HDL level is 17mg.  Apparently less than 40mg puts you at high risk for heart disease.  From what I've read 17 is a really really bad number.  I need to make an appointment to get a full blood work order done to verify the "quickie" numbers but in the meantime I've started taking an Omega-3 oil supplement (fish, flax, and something else oil) twice a day.  I also want to start exercising more since that's supposed to help too but I just need to get that HDL number up even if it increases my total cholesterol too!  I've been feeling better for the past 10 days or so, but still very questionable.  At least right now I don't seriously think I'm going to die soon :-)  So that's a plus.

On my polygamy quest, well it's really stagnant.  I had dedicated a lot of time to it for a few months.  Unfortunately with the health issues and the fact it's taken up other valuable time for completing projects around the house (that had started stressing me out, which made me feel worse health-wise I think), I really had to put it on the back burner for a bit.  Right now I'm trying to figure out how I want to organize all my research for future reference and just accessibility.  I really got to the point or being very unfocused in my research and would bounce around from topic to topic without a clearly defined goal or process.  It ends up being a lot of wasted research and reading honestly.

Personally, my wife and I have a great relationship.  She is still entirely against the idea of a second wife and I'm highly doubtful she's going to change her mind anytime soon.  That hasn't stopped me from taking all possible "teaching opportunities" to talk to her about it, although it's really boiled down to just "one of those things" from her perspective.  Meaning, she takes it as just me teasing her I think when I mention how a second wife would be a plus in a given situation.

I think for her it really boils down to sharing me and I honestly can't blame her.  Not that I'm the best guy out there, but I can certainly understand her reluctance in sharing me with someone else when she currently has 100% of me.  From her perspective, why should she give up what she already has?

At any rate, I'm still plugging along as I can.  I think I'm going to see if I can use blogspot to help organize my findings.  I think it'll do it... just have to see!  If it does, I hope to be adding some more "static" content here soon.

Lastly, I see I have one more "follower".  Special! :-)