October 23

"Healthy wealthy and wise." One out of three isn't too bad is it? The doctor is proud of my weight loss, my blood pressure and that I hadn't had another chest pain. He deemed me healthy.

Stop at Sam's always seems so expensive and it was yesterday. Our Norton virus protection will be out in the middle of next month so there was a $49.87 chunk out of our savings for Norton System Works. That price has been the lowest I've found but I'll keep looking. If I find a better deal we'll take this one back.

The full face mask for the CPAP machine works like a charm! No more taping my mouth shut with duct tape. I had some problems going to sleep with it on due to the severe constricting of my sphincter muscles. This came to pass when we picked the mask up and I saw the price! Along with the constricting, a big worry began about how much of the price our insurance would cover. The face mask was $210 and the straps that hold it on was $97. No way in the world could the cost to manufacture both these items be over $25, and if it is, they need to shop around for a different manufacturer.

I did get a prescription from the doctor for a muscle relaxant for my back. We had it filled at the Wal-Mart store in Eldon and I took one before we left for home. The paper that accompanied the pills stated some side effects. Some of what it said was that they might make one drowsy and mentioned some other drugs that if you're taking you should not take these. It also stated that alcohol might increase the effects. A while after we got home, this being Friday, Glenda decided to have a beer so I went and got her one. Shoot, while I was there I decided to get one for myself too. Bad decision unless you want to go to bed early! I went to bed very early but I slept well. After only one beer, I'm telling you I could hardly hold my eyes open long enough to get upstairs to the bed. The sleep was good but I don't believe I'll ever do that again anyway.

So long as I'm down this far on the page, so long.

"Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth. Socialism is the equal distribution of poverty."