August 16, 2022

Daily Diary, Day 715: I read an article this morning about a series of long term studies (ie following people over decades) that seem to conclusively relate exercise with lower rates of dementia. Of course, because of my father's history with Alzheimer's, I am always interested in these sorts of studies. What particularly cheered me was the fact that they included doing household cleaning chores as a kind of exercise that, along with usual things like sports, walking etc., contributed to a lowered risk. Made me pursue my usual daily dust and sweeping with some enthusiasm, followed by a full hour walk. Felt quite virtuous.

I did get 558 words written before I had to go off to the doctor's appointment yesterday, and again, hope to do even better today.

At the doctors office I was basically told to keep doing what I was doing in terms of my various health issues. My blood pressure on first reading was a little high (usually because of medication I am on it is low), but on a second reading was quite normal. This has been the pattern for the past 2 years, and my suspicion is that being out and about, including driving, must make me nervous. Truth is, I think the last time I drove was 6 months ago for my last doctor's appointment!

Sticking with the color scheme of the last couple of photos, here is a lovely cascade of white blooms I found on a succulent. The red bloom is from a different plant, but I thought it sort of looked like a cherry on top of sundae!