I have a doctor's appointment Wednesday in which she will decide if I am ready to go back to work and of course the anxiety is starting to ramp up. 😰

Spent about a week going from too many cups a day (but cut off at 11-11:30am) to 2 cups only. Then about 2 weeks to 1 cup only. The 1 cup only had 1 positive, 1 familiar weird, and 1 ultra horrible…

The bike. This year, like last year, I am doing a cycle challenge for the month of October. Last year I undertook the challenge in the name of Cancer Research UK, and was successful in raising quite…

I have a hard time resting.

Health has a memory. Too often, healthcare does not. When people move between clinics, hospitals, laboratories, or even cities, important parts of their medical history can be left behind. A test…

Notes on grinding and clenching from bruxism and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders (TMD) as they personally effect and impact me. My experinces with the conditions and damage caused by these…

Several days of illness, two hours of sleep, and a half marathon run 13 to 17 beats per minute below my last two. What the watch says about the result.

My week of Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October 2026 was the third week of me doing some regular stretching and exercise, and more regular walks, and I’m already feeling the difference — although the…

I have many regrets about SRMR 2026. I don’t regret going, and I want to stress that in the end, coming home healthy from the hardest bike race in the world is a good outcome. But I went to…

Over the years a number of studies have shown that intense dieting with weight loss can reverse type 2 diabetes. Another recent study came up with similar results. This time a study found that…

This week, in a morning group music therapy session, something happened that I didn’t plan for. A consumer mentioned he used to play guitar years ago. Hadn’t touched one since. I handed him a guitar…

Condor 25k in the books. Final race of 2026.

Today was my third time running the York 10 Mile . My previous years were 2022 (when I ran 1:25:46) and 2024 (1:23:57). Today, I really wanted to break the 1:20:00 mark. It’s actually a really nice…

The US is now in the middle of a measles outbreak, with Pennsylvania currently experiencing the most cases. The Pennsylvania Department of Health said that as of October 16, there have been 1260…

#coffeeneuring2026 No. 2 10.3km round-trip Beautiful autumn Sunday afternoon, bright skies, warm, but not too warm, so out for a little ride to a new park along the Tiber. The Parco Marconi used to…

Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) is defined as a relapsing disorder characterized by persistent use of marijuana despite negative consequences such as being arrested and incarcerated. According to…

In which the author, faced with a wet October and a wall he refuses to put a screen on, borrows a colleague’s good idea and builds a Heath Robinson machine to answer one question twice a day.

Overstimulation is affecting my life for the past few weeks, or maybe months at least. Time flies by and I don’t notice it. I do the same things, things that I like and still like, but all…

I knew Dori Schatell through Home Dialysis Central (HDC). She was the one who managed the website. When I was switching to home hemodialysis about 20 years ago in 2006, I could not find much…

Following my previous post, about my running plan for this week, I thought I’d write a follow up and explain how my training went… Monday - Planned Rest Day Tuesday...

The New York course doesn't reward one steady pace. Where to hold back, where to lock in, and the hydration mistake that cost me a sub-3.

I read a really thought provoking essay in The New York Times today about children’s screen time usage, a topic that I hear about all the time lately as a parent of young kids. This was a unique…

Starting line of the walk Sunday was the Breakthrough T1D Walk at Cleveland Zoo . James's mum created a team for donations and we all walked on that cold morning, raising $748 for research into Type…

It was highly illegal. It was easy to get. The first dose was free and nobody needed a second one. It only took...

A rant from an e-bike holdout

Calisthenics, dancing, acroyoga/acrobatics - I cannot stick to one thing, so I do them all

A slightly spooky hallway I spotted in the San Francisco Design Center, which definitely doesn't lead to the Backrooms . Then again, the Design Center also a massive sign for Phillip Jeffries , a…

Today, the day before my birthday no less, I crossed a milestone I’ve been working toward for probably close to two years: I broke the 200lb threshold. I’m officially 198lbs,...

Thanks weather. Tricked me into going for a ride with gorgeous sunny weather. And then the dangerous wind storm and sudden temperature drop halfway through. That’s what I get for going outside .. 🚴‍♀️

You don't have to look too far to find some advice. Advice for anything: how to eat, how to make your business successful, how to make more friends, how to dress more confidently, how to use AI…

I run with my son to the Art Museum steps in the stroller most days that it isn't raining. The Rodin Museum is on the way home, with the original Gates of Hell out front — one of only two pieces of…

I sometimes wish that I could just have good mental health and let it stay that way for the rest of my life. I don't want to have to wake up every morning and meditate, journal, and do boring-ass…

I’ve probably never met anyone with severe spinal stenosis who didn’t think it meant surgery, and the sooner the better. Lumbar spinal stenosis is a narrowed spinal canal in the low back, irritating…

I sleep better when I am tired from physical things. If I spend too much of my day on a computer, I feel tired in a way that is opposite and inferior to the tired that I feel from doing something…

Rowlink is a web app for Yosuda rowing machines that connects directly to the rower over Web Bluetooth, replacing the FED Fitness app. It shows a live dashboard with pace, time, distance, stroke…

Easy run + one rep of 400m because it's fun and its been a while. The post-run pizza craving kicked in on the way home. Stat Value Distance 5.94 km Duration 31:47 Pace 5:21 /km Elevation Gain 22 m…

For most of my life I called it laziness. A late ADHD diagnosis didn't fix my brain, but it changed how I talk to myself on bad days.

The monthly average for October climbed to 1.36, due to a handful of rainy days this week.

Recently I was asked to give a talk to a group of endocrinologists and other diabetes providers about exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, and while building my presentation I was thinking through…

This is the next in a series of rescued old drafts I've been finding and finishing. Even when I initially wrote the draft I was intending to make it brief and without the kind of scientific deep…

Our Communities: Sarina Jain – Celebrating Joy and Fitness through Masala Bhangra There was a time when Bhangra, a folk dance of rural Punjab, was hardly known in America. Immigrants loved it but in…

Admit it. You’re curious. You order this test for your trauma patients all the time but you’ve never seen it done. It’s simple and noninvasive, but it does require access to all areas to be…

It’s been a few years since Current (and before that, Kafka Summit) was in San Francisco, but here we are—on November 4 & 5 we’ll be there, and I’m excited to continue a tradition that started…

Today's morning was rainy, but I was thinking it should be light rain overall, and I gave myself a chance to rain a few kilometres. However the rain was getting...

Be a cognitive weightlifter.

I very rarely visit the doctor's. Especially when it comes to GPs! It's quite ironic, because I study anatomy and physiology - I feel like I, of all people, should understand the importance of good…

Did I mention it was 97 degrees out on the day I decided to go bike shopping? I ended up walking the bike up the last hill because I was so exhausted.

Imposter syndrome is crazy, but it can be a positive signal.

This guest article by Ontario’s Maurice Wilson is the first of a two-part series on delivery mechanics and mastering weight […] The post Developing precision in your curling game appeared…