Various updates

[dvandom]

A TA turned out to have changed his course schedule without telling me, and needed to have his teaching assignment changed. Fortunately it was a simple solution, if not a great one (which involved putting a rank newbie into the first class of the week). Also just got given another TA to find work for, but this one solves a nagging issue where I'd stuck a guy with back to back classes.

Went to the doctor today, things going fine, no earwax in my ears, and my cholesterol is 110 (I'm told that sub-100 would be nice, but 110 isn't bad, especially since my blood pressure is so low I have to worry about rising from a squat too quickly lest I pass out!).

Edit: Oh, and tonight I make couscous for the first time. Been getting tired of rice, and the last few times I've had rice my blood sugar spiked, so time to try something else anyway. ;) I found I still have a teeny saucepan sitting around that's the right size for making a single serving.

Comments

[foomf.livejournal.com]

So the bodily adapatations to pumping syrup through a body that was too out-of-shape to help enough has resulted in a tremendously over-efficient mechanism that doesn't think it has to work very hard at all.

Wow. I hope mine improves that way soon :)

[foomf.livejournal.com]

I use quinoa and/or brown rice, and the spike is less severe. You can get brown versions of short-grain, jasmine, and several other varietals which have different flavors.

Still, have to be very careful even with that.

[gary-williams.livejournal.com]

my blood pressure is so low I have to worry about rising from a squat too quickly lest I pass out!

I tend to get light-headed if I stand up, roll over in bed, or tilt my head back too quickly. In recent years I've begun to suspect it's due to low blood pressure. When I get light-headed in this manner, the only thing that seems to return me to feeling normal is to look down (or roll face-down). Does doing this have any effect on you?