A Guilty Secret

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Doing justice to Gellman I should mention that I later read one of his essays (Newsweek) in which he seems to love Christmas and the Christmas tree. Strange.

Looks like I may have to bring my Gas Log site up to date again. The gassers had almost stopped gassing me after I became obviously ill, but they now seem intent on resuming their previous activity at a high level. My 'rat allergy' continues, indicating that they continue to pump rat allergen into the apartment. Historically they stop with the rat allergen in the spring when I am able to run the fans at full power most of the time.

I'm feeling guilty as I write this. Apparently last Friday night's boozing caused enough of a decrease in liver function to significantly affect my INR number (INR is a value which indicates blood coagulation rate). The ideal INR for me is about 2.5 (between 2 and 3), but blood drawn the previous tuesday indicated an INR of 3.5. The folks who are tracking my INR seemed to be a bit concerned and suggested a slight reduction in the Coumadin dose. They wondered about any change in the foods I eat but did not ask me about alcohol. Only about an hour or two later did the obvious dawn on me, otherwise I would have 'fessed up.

So I am now living with a guilty alcohol secret.