Health Checks

[lydamorehouse]

 I am determined to be up-to-date on all of my health checks, so the past couple of weeks have been all about various check-ups. I got two vaccines I had not finished up (Shingles and Pneumococcal, the last being recommended for folks with asthma,) a hearing test (which I wrote about yesterday,) and then today I did my mammogram and a DEXA (which is bone density) check.  

Whoo.

I am turning 55 this year, so I figure it's important to have, at the very least, a baseline from here on out. 

I got all that done, so I guess I feel accomplished. Go me!  The only other thing that is probably overdue is a vision test. 

The only other thing of interest to report is, rather ironically, another live stream, albeit of a very different sort than HeyGo. I was finally able to watch my goddaughter Naomi's play. She is starring in The Queers. Here's a review: https://judy-nedry.com/fuse-theatre-ensemble-presents-the-queers/ ; and another: https://www.wweek.com/arts/theater/2022/03/15/the-queers-is-about-transgender-characters-living-loving-and-fighting-for-acceptance/

I've been thinking about the play ever since I saw it. I don't love it unequivocally, though I, of course, adore Naomi's acting. For myself, I had a lot of trouble sympathizing with characters who seemed hellbent on self-sabotaging the few good things in their lives. This play is partly autobiographical, however, so that explains a lot of that, I think. I don't know. It's certainly a testimony to the strength of the show that I'm still pondering it and having emotional reactions to it, days later.

Comments

[dreamshark]

Good for you. An inspiration to us all. I keep resolving to get caught up on all those things, but haven't made a lot of progress.

[minnehaha]

WhereaS *I* scheduled a vision test for ASAP and have already chosen my new frames at Perspectives on 50th and Xerxes, at *your* recommendation!

K. [needs her hearing tested again]

[dreamshark]

good for you! That was actually the one medical thing I finally did after cowering inside for the first 18 months of the pandemic. It's a nice place, right? And Dr. Marcy managed to come up with a prescription for me that magically eliminated the double vision problem.

[sabotabby]

For myself, I had a lot of trouble sympathizing with characters who seemed hellbent on self-sabotaging the few good things in their lives.

Oh no, that is like my favourite kind of fiction. Good for her, though!

[lydamorehouse]

I guess there's a fine line for me. I can enjoy broken characters hellbent on self-sabotage, but I think it's a writers' job to make SOMETHING about them sympathetic. I will often go all in, if a character has a biting wit, which I *think* was the intention with these characters? But, I found the humor to be more like bullying rather than devastating bon mots, you know? It was super frustrating for me because I am well pre-disposed to loving EVERYTHING about this play. Someone I love is one of the main characters! All the queer content! Activism!

It's all in there, so I'm not sure what happened, why I wasn't 100% enamored.

[sabotabby]

That is absolutely valid. I've encountered media like that.