Hellooooo out there! How about a Section VII roll call?

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I'm following glennagirls suit today.  She's dealing with some family issues and will need your prayers and good wishes.

So much has been going on that has been affecting all our lives, whether it covid, mother nature running amok, political unrest, personal problems and so much more. It doesn't make for a lot of inspiration to write MFU right now, does it?

I know a few of us are experiencing stress and upset. All we can do is keep each other in mind and do a lot of praying.

I've been under lockdown since March (like many of you) with only quick forays out to the grocery store and pharmacy. The solitude isn't overwhelming, most of the time. Sometimes I have cabin fever; there's a few places I could go hang out but I find that unappealing. I think it's human companionship that I miss.  I miss going to the pub twice a month to play Irish trad music. We tried a Zoom session, but it just didn't work.

I'm dealing more health issues, or I should say greater issues. Many of you know I'm diabetic but you may not know that I have chronic kidney disease. It was decided it was time for me to see a nephrologist. So now lots more tests and bloodwork in the near future.  I'm buckling down on my diet as I haven't been as careful as I should.

My diet will now be quite minimalistic with so many foods that I absolutely have to avoid. Sigh.  I'll manage, but it's going to be a lot of work.

So now that I've filled you in a little bit on my trials and tribulations, how about you? What's going on with you? Good things, bad things?  Why not comment and let us know how you all are?

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I'm getting nightly "cat scans" from The Trio, plus I have a special type of mammogram to look forward to (I might have another needle biopsy to look forward to due to "abnormal" lymph nodes in the right breast area) plus I'm looking forward to another visit with my cardiologist (they don't know why I'm showing signs of cardiac arrhythmia since there doesn't seem to be any other signs of a heart attack) and I'm waiting for a "go-ahead" for a blood draw to check my a1cs (I can't do the finger sticks because my blood coagulates too quickly to even get a strip ready for my daily checks.)

My podiatrist saw me last month and I have another appointment next month to deal with my d@mn feet, plus I'm going to have to get my d@mn throat checked along with get my ears cleaned (again!) Oh, and my weekly "check under the hood"/"bonnet" that I now do over the telephone...

I wish that my neighbors would wear their masks properly or not at all (they'll have their masks dangling off of one ear/covering just the mouth/hanging below the chin/etc.) I can understand if the person has survived a stroke or if the person is "hearing-impaired", but the particular people I'm kvetching about aren't.

I do my own shopping, but I miss prolonged human interactions with people I don't need to "talk down" to or deal with translating in my head to-from Russian, which I'm weak in (IK would have a blast chatting with several of my neighbors in his first language!) My university has limited the class sizes and aren't allowing any auditors or "visitors" into said classes due to the bloody coronavirus (they're also limiting all club activities due to the same.)

I need to change my university password (which means getting in contact with the people in charge of the computer labs on campus to do so [it's an annual "ritual" that's "required". *rolleyes*].)