Halloween 2013

Rained Overnight in West Central Ohio....but even with the wind and rain, the leaves, this fall, have been hanging around much longer than previous years.  I snapped a few shots this morning, the best of those between Celina and Coldwater, along the Celina/Coldwater Bike Path:

Maybe a few more Halloween shots later today...if I get out and about!

Just Messing Around

Found this photo on a Dual Sport Motorcycle Blog....it looked a bit dark, so I messed with it to see if I could enhance the colors.....

borrowed and messed with from Big Dog Adventures dot com

Welcome to the New Hoot Gibson Photography Blog

With four blogs on my "list" and currently only one active and another used for family historical purposes....I have decided to dump the one concerning my health{back and Diabetes 2} issues...because frankly, approaching 65{next March}, I have not felt better since I was in my mid 30s....the mid 1980s to be exact.  So I'm switching this Blog over to my unofficial Alter-Ego Photography Blog....and away we go!  Stay Tuned!

More Issues.....

http://patsdailyrant.blogspot.com/

My new found issues, and they could be serious in both the short and long run are detailed in my blog:

http://patsdailyrant.blogspot.com/

With another visit, this time with a specialist in Lima on March 8th..... things may become more clear within the next week.

Changes...

After getting back from the Howard County/Kokomo, Indiana, Vietnam Veteran Reunion this weekend, I sadly discovered our regular physician was retiring, immediately!  Still a young man in his 50s he has been experiencing some medical problems, including short term memory loss....details which need not be laid out here.

In the past month my blood pressure has continued in the normal to slightly above normal range...sadly my weight has increased 8 to10 pounds, but is still 20 or so pounds below what it was 2 years ago when I started on this Diabetes 2 Diet plan....the big news of late, other than Doc retiring, is that my bad Cholestrol rate is above what it needs to be.  I started on Zocor at the end of August, but am not convinced that I will remain on this Statin.   There appear to be a few side effects that I do not like, but will remain on the drug until the results of my blood work is done by the end of this month.

More on this later....

Hanging In There

No much new to add here....stop by the Daily Rant @

http://patsdailyrant.blogspot.com/

for daily updates....

Weight holding in the 188-191 range...still would like to drop another 10 pounds, but I've kept the 20+ pounds off for 20 months...and the BP is holding it's own, but by my own accounts, I have not checked as often as I should...last I looked it was in the 127/75 range with the pulse rate at 62-64 range...back feels good, 36 baseball games down, about 30 to go before Football, followed by Basketball wars kick in.  O' I did turn 62 in March, and the first direct deposit SS Check arrived last week  :)

Update as needed....later

124/74

Went to the Doc's for my 6 month check up...took about 5 minutes.  Weight is down 23 pounds since I began my pre-Diabetes 2 Diet the day after Labor Day last year....BP was a great 124/74(compared to 150-155/85 last September), and the resting heart rate of 61...my age.

Not bad...Social Security here we come...unless of course Obama and Company steal that before next March...

later...in the meantime, stop by my daily rant at:

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