The Anonymous Widower

WyRefueler—The Mobile Hydrogen Filling Station

The title of this post, is the same as that of the product page on the Wystrach web site.

This is the introductory paragraph.

It’s transportable, energy-efficient, and user-friendly: the WyRefueler is here! The mobile hydrogen refueling station is suitable for wide range of refueling applications. Besides filling trucks, buses, and trains with hydrogen, it can be used for vehicles on construction sites, in ports, or at airports. The WyRefueler enables emission-free logistics and intralogistics—and there’s no limit to where it can be deployed!

It looks a sensible concept, but it is only a tank system, without an electrolyser.

It would surely be ideal for a company to trial a few hydrogen vehicles, before deciding on a permanent installation.

September 7, 2020 Posted by | Hydrogen | | Leave a comment

Graffiti Vandals Paralyse Island Line Service

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Railnews.

This is the first paragraph.

The Island Line timetable was suspended on Monday morning, after the only serviceable train on the route was sprayed with graffiti. Passengers were being diverted to buses until the graffiti could be removed.

I can’t understand the motives of people who spray graffiti and I hope that the culprits are found and given time in one of the Isle of Wight’s prisons.

September 7, 2020 Posted by | Transport/Travel | , , | 5 Comments

Fighting My Way Through The Covids

I owe it to the memory of my great-great-great-grandfather; Robert, who arrived in this country around 1800, from Konigsberg in East Prussia, that I fight my way through the covids.

He had to leave Konigsberg because he was eighteen, male and Jewish! Unless, you were a member of a privileged family, you had to leave. As he had just finished his apprenticeship to be a tailor, he at least had a trade and could carry the tools he needed in a small case.

He became a tailor in Bexley and lived to a good age. I am also sure, that he contributed coeliac disease to the family’s gene pool.

In this post, I will talk about various topics, as I fight my way through to normality.

On the mother’s side of the family, the male line in Huguenot, who probably arrived about 1750.

Did I Fall Because Of A Blood Pressure Problem?

I had a fall in my bedroom, a couple of months ago, as I wrote about in An Accident In My Bedroom.

My GP thinks I might have a blood pressure problem, so I’m now taking my blood pressure sitting down and then standing up for five minutes before taking it again.

These are my readings.

  • September 1st – 132/74/182 – 123/102/79
  • September 2nd – 145/75/85 – 138/51/82
  • September 3rd – 102/77/69 – 123/64/87
  • September 3rd – 143/74/75 – 150/64/74
  • September 4th – 140/54/64 – 139/64/73
  • September 4th – 124/62/92 – 120/51/79
  • September 5th – 106/67/51 – 138/52/64
  • September 5th – 127/78/67 – 136/62/73
  • September 6th – 10:45 – 138/104/76 – 116/53/55
  • September 6th – 16:00 – 138/63/54 – 137/88/74
  • September 6th – 22:00 – 136/71/59 – 131/77/61
  • September 7th – 09:30 – 147/98/76 – 152/82/75
  • September 7th – 22:30 – 164/80/74 – 145/61/77
  • September 8th – 09:15 – 121/77/66 – 119/71/66
  • September 8th – 11:45 – 109/47/70 – 119/48/78
  • September 9th – 08:45 – 114/70/73 – 137/51/73 – 129/64/92
  • December 9th – 11:00 – 107/146/73 – 143/43/83 – 116/49/87
  • September 9th – 20:00 – 131/54/84 – 140/53/78
  • September 9th – 21:30 – 131/78/80 – 156/64/81
  • September 10th – 10:00 – 148/77/74 – 141/78/63
  • September 10th – 13:00 – 106/61/82 – 122/60/81
  • September 11th – 09:15 – 137/44/71 – 135/80/66
  • September 11th – 10:00 – 126/72/72 – 116/58/70
  • September 12th – 10:30 – 119/69/78 – 117/66/70
  • September 12th – 20:00 – 111/68/75 – 140/78/69
  • September 13th – 10:45 – 112/73/61 – 109/57/69
  • September 13th – 15:30 – 106/59/62 – 110/43/65
  • September 14th – 09:30 – 116/63/91 – 109/61/85
  • September 14th – 17:15 – 117/59/97 – 126/57/79
  • September 15th – 08:30 – 134/78/54 – 107/75/76
  • September 16th – 06:00 – 113/79/77 – 130/66/80
  • September 17th – 09:00 – 117/69/91 – 113/50/63
  • September 17th – 22:00 – 118/54/85 – 146/76/86
  • September 18th – 09:00 – 147/81/69 – 139/71/67
  • September 18th – 21:00 – 124/109/69 – 113/60/83
  • September 19th – 10:00 – 143/57/66 – 152/83/75
  • September 19th – 19:00 – 118/57/55 – 121/74/81
  • September 20th – 09:50 – 143/69/52 – 135/67/66
  • September 21st – 09:30 – 158/72/73 – 150/73/66
  • September 22nd – 09:15 – 147/49/77 – 149/59/73
  • September 22nd – 20:22 – 108/65/82 – 141/66/73
  • September 23rd – 08:10 – 140/63/70 – 109/73/60
  • September 23rd – 15:00 – 97/65/83 – 109/61/68
  • September 24th – 09:00 – 134/52/74 – 143/62/62
  • September 25th – 09:00  – 149/70/69 – 130/92/77
  • September 25th – 13:00 – 108/75/78 – 135/68/73
  • September 26th – 17:30 – 120/62/77 – 124/63/68
  • September 27th – 10:00 – 139/64/74 – 132/70/74
  • September 28th – 08:00 – 140/73/77 – 140/73/60

Note.

  1. The first reading is sitting down and the second is after standing up for five minutes.
  2. My blood pressure meter isn’t the best.
  3. I didn’t note the times, when I started.
  4. The third reading is taken about four minutes later.

I don’t know anything about understanding these readings.

Managing My INR

My GP and I have agreed that I should be on 3.5 mg. of Warfarin a day to control my INR.

  • So I alternate between 3 and 4 mg.
  • I also test my INR every two days.

These are my figures for the last few days, with my Warfarin dose.

  • September 1st – 4 mg – N/R
  • September 2nd – 3 mg – 2.5
  • September 3rd – 4 mg – N/R
  • September 4th – 3 mg – 2.7
  • September 5th – 4 mg – N/R
  • September 6th – 3 mg – 2.8
  • September 7th – 3 mg – N/R
  • September 8th – 4 mg – 2.4
  • September 9th – 3 mg – N/R
  • September 10th – 4 mg – 2.3
  • September 11th – 3 mg – 2.7
  • September 12th – 4 mg – N/R
  • September 13th – 3 mg – 2.5
  • September 14th – 4 mg – N/R
  • September 15th – 4 mg – 2.2
  • September 16th – 3 mg – N/R
  • September 17th – 5 mg – 2.2
  • September 18th – 3 mg – 2.8
  • September 19th – 4 mg – N/R
  • September 20th – 4 mg. – 2.5
  • September 21st – 3 mg – N/R
  • September 22nd – 4 mg – 2.2
  • September 23rd – 3 mg – 2.3
  • September 24th – 4 mg – N/R
  • September 25th – 3 mg – 2.4
  • September 26th – 4 mg – N/R
  • September 27th – 4 mg – 2.1
  • September 28th – 3 mg – 2.4

Note.

  1. If the INR is 2.5 or greater, I take 3 mg that day and 4, the next.
  2. If it’s less than 2.5, I take 4 mg that day and 3 the next,
  3. I also check the 30 day average of my Warfarin dose and currently it is 3.6.

One advantage about Warfarin, is the degree of control, you have of your INR.

A couple of years ago, I needed to have a small operation on my mouth.

The surgeon wanted to use an anaesthetist to boost the bill.

  • So I said, what INR would be safe and he said 2.1!
  • In the end I reduced it, by not taking four mg of the drug.
  • After the successful operation, I brought it back up to 2.5, by taking an extra four mg.
  • I suspect it cost me a tenner for the extra strips!

Good value and I avoided the lottery of anaesthesia.

I’m Drinking A Lot

In a four-hour period a few days ago, I drank two litres. Is that excessive?

It did include half a unit of alcohol, but was mainly mugs of tea.

And I still felt the need to drink more.

General Health

Like most coeliacs, I know on a gluten-free diet, I’m doing fairly well in the pandemic.

Not one of us has had a severe dose of the covids. But then I’ve never had flu since I went gluten-free and I’ve only had a flu jab since 2005.

Could this be related to the fact, that the gluten-free diet gives us a strong immune system and seems to protect us from cancer, according to research by Joe West at Nottingham University?

September 7, 2020 Posted by | Health | , , | 1 Comment