I found the sticker from the last time my car had an oil change. It was changed at 50,000 km, with a recommended next change of 55,000 km.

The current odometer reading is 86,000 km. Let's see, that's 31,000 km since the last change, which works out to be 19,000 miles.

19,000 miles of urban driving, without an oil change. And it still runs quite well!

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Well, went to my followup today. I'm not out of the woods yet, because the cardiologist wanted more blood tests done, so I got stuck again. The results should be in this afternoon. Also, I had to pee in a jar, which is a depressingly frequent task in today's drug-free Marine Corps. At least this time there wasn't anyone watching me.

Pending further test results, I'm told that the old ticker's probably going to be OK, although we did have a talk about my diet. My cholesterol measured at 216, which is in the "borderline risk" category, and is also much higher than I've ever had it before- usually, my cholesterol levels are in the 170-180 range.

While talking diet, the doc pointed out that even though I've been working crazy hours recently, living on microwaved foodstuffs is probably not a good thing. But that when I start eating properly again, my cholesterol should drop right back down to where it should be.

I blame my still-decently fast metabolism, which when combined with 320 minutes of high-intensity excercise a week, means I eat what I want and don't gain weight. But without so much as a kitchenette, I don't cook myself the healthy foods I used to enjoy.

The joy of being in the military is that civilian doctors can only try to persuade their patients to take better care of themselves; this doctor gave me a direct order to take an apple or banana to work with me every day and eat it as my midafternoon snack. "Aye, sir."

The doc was also disappointed that I left Texas so young; he'd grown up in Dallas and having seen my place of birth in my medical records, wanted to talk about the old neighborhood. Sorry, doc, although I can go on about upstate NY at length, I know more about Okinawa than I do Texas.

As to my thumb, it was only strained. The swelling was down on Monday morning, so I didn't bother going to sick call; today, it's almost as strong as it ever was.

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