My lab results were better than expected! TSH is 5.41, less than a point from normal! So the weight gain probably is just age. I wonder what’s going on with my stomach, though. MCHC is slightly low, and lymph abs are slightly high. Not sure what that’s about, but it doesn’t seem worrisome in any way. I read that allergies could cause lymph abs to rise. Glucose was just under normal, but my A1C is down to 5.8! Don’t know if I can get under prediabetic, but I’m working on it. Well, after I indulge in a few post-lab treats, lol. Cholesterol is still high, but not as high as last time. I’m going to send another “please don’t waste your time calling and honor my request to communicate for non-urgent things via the portal like I specifically requested upon becoming a patient; I already saw my results, we can discuss things at my upcoming appointment” message and see if they’ll honor my request this time. If they call, I’m just going to ignore it.

It gets better. I finally asked Toni if she’s gotten my messages, and for some reason, she either didn’t get or missed the notifications. She could see the messages when she checked, though. She said sure, I could push the door shut for her, and she would get out later and lock it. That was when she told me she’s taking her house off the market next month unless a miracle happens because she hasn’t gotten any offers. That definitely brought mixed emotions. I know she wants to get out of here to make her life easier, but this way I won’t have to worry about what we may end up with over there, at least for a while. The housing market has definitely been bad. She said she may try again in the summer.

Not surprisingly, I didn’t sleep as well last night, so I don’t have as much energy today since I seem to go back and forth. I’m just glad I had energy yesterday because Saturdays are usually busy for us with laundry and other household chores. He cleaned the oven yesterday and is feeling it today.

I don’t know why, but air escapes more easily when I’m elevated, and I didn’t put mouth tape on before crashing, which was stupid. I slept the rest of the night flat, sometimes on my stomach, sometimes on my side. I wonder, though, if my grogginess is more due to having my sleep broken up or the clonazepam? I wish I hadn't taken it. I wasn’t up overly long either, lying there for an hour or two.

I rearranged pillows again. I’m going to try the smaller wedge pillow again because I found that if I put my flat pillow up higher on it, I’m pretty much as elevated as I was on the large wedge pillow. This gives me room to shimmy down flat when my nose isn’t clogged up. Then I just scoot up higher when it is. If I do get nasal surgery, though, I’ll have to use the large wedge pillow because lying flat in any position will be a definite no-no for a while. I might even have to do that the week before allergy testing, since I’m not going to be able to take antihistamines.