Sunday, August 9, 2015

Blindspot

Almost hit someone turned onto a street.  She was crossing the street.  Emi says, dont hit that lady! And thats when I first see her. Again, it was about 45° on left side.  I wonder if I have a blindspot there, though I dont notice anythin odd in my vision on that side.  At first, I thought it was a result of my stroke.  But just read that from age 41-60 that people start having vision decline so the stroke was just a coincidence?  I dunno if this is somethin that can be corrected with glasses.  Makes driving that much more scary.  Dont want to accidentally hurt someone or get into another accident just because I didnt see them.  Might go get another eye exam, its been over 2 years.

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Intermittent fasting

Been trying the intermittent fasting for about 3-4 weeks now.  Not eating from 8pm to 9am, giving my system a break for 13hrs, though the goal for women is 14hrs, and 16hrs for men.  One of the health benefits is cardiovascular health and lowering high blood pressure.  Took a reading this morning and it was a surprising 120/82!  I wonder if this is working.  The kids have been working at 630am so I've been going to work that early as well.  Its harder on those days because I'm active but can't eat, I start feeling hungry around 730am.  Because I haven't been eating breakfast at home, I forget to take my meds daily, more like 3-4 times a week.  So I was expecting the BP reading to be high.  So glad to see it was low.  Also been trying to include chia seeds into my diet, either with chia pudding or chia fresca drinks.  Not been too good, but I think I get some in once a week.  Not sure it that is enough to make much of a difference though.  But every little things counts?