Saturday, September 30, 2017

Still here

Hello again, loyal blog readers. We've had another really long time period between posts due to lots of other stuff going on, but hopefully I will settle into my new normal and resume posting on a more regular basis.

The first thing I need to mention is the upcoming hereditary amyloidosis support group meeting in Chicago that's held every two years. It is the last weekend in October, which is less than one month away now. Here is a link with more info on the meeting: http://amyloidosissupport.org/support_groups/familial.html. Note that attending the meeting is free, you just have to register for it. They are once again having the meet and greet Friday night at the hotel, which is a great time to meet other people dealing with similar issues. So if you are planning on being there and would like to get together, send me an email to toe at juno dot com.

Health-wise I am still doing fine. Due to our recent move from Texas to North Carolina I had to find a new primary physician. I won't have a physical exam until March, but my new doctor did go ahead and order lab work in August to make sure there was not anything that needed immediate attention. Everything looked good, with none of the biomarkers related to kidney function out of range. My creatinine was 1.03 and GFR was greater than 59. No anemia issues, either, as my hemoglobin was 16.1.

Due to how long it has been between postings, here are the monthly blog stats for the previous four months. In that time period we had three new countries visit the blog (Jersey, Grenada, and Curacao), and there was another day with a huge number of hits (~4000) from Israel for some reason.

=====Monthly Blog Status Update=====

As of May 31, 2017:

Total posts: 176 (1 in May)

Total pageviews: 64,100 (~1300 in May)

Email subscribers: 14 (unchanged)

Total number of countries that have viewed the blog: 140

One new country viewed the blog in May:


Jersey
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=====Monthly Blog Status Update=====

As of June 30, 2017:

Total posts: 176 (0 in June)

Total pageviews: 65,200 (~1100 in June)

Email subscribers: 14 (unchanged)

Total number of countries that have viewed the blog: 140

No new countries viewed the blog in June.

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=====Monthly Blog Status Update=====

As of July 31, 2017:

Total posts: 176 (0 in July)

Total pageviews: 70,300 (~5000 in July)

Email subscribers: 14 (unchanged)

Total number of countries that have viewed the blog: 141

One new country viewed the blog in July:


Grenada
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=====Monthly Blog Status Update=====

As of August 31, 2017:

Total posts: 176 (0 in August)

Total pageviews: 71,300 (~1000 in August)

Email subscribers: 14 (unchanged)

Total number of countries that have viewed the blog: 142

One new country viewed the blog in August:


Curacao
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