Thwarted and a Surprise

march 23

11,000 steps

 I do not feel like typing at all. I wish I knew how to speak and have my speaking be typed for me. I made a plan, but no one else did. 

Ixcept called yesterday and just before we left to see if they had xray. I was assured both times they did. So, we egot in the car and left immediately since they would close in an hour. Tommy cooperated. 

EXCEPT, he left the walker  in the yard less than three feet from the car because he was trying to hurry for me. 

So, I had to dig out license and insurance cards. Usually, he carries my purse and water because carrying things gets me off balance, so I sway

Plus, how can he go in and be supportive???  I told him to use his canes. CANES??? He did not bring any. Usually, he has four and my four-legged cane. 

By this time, I am beside myself. I told him to keep my purse in car. I told him to lock it in the car first, after I got cards and thought he had canes. 

I went in, sat down and told them I could not walk to counter. Actually, I cannot stand at counter and talk, pplus, it makes a longer walk. 

They came and got my cards and I filled out three pages. MY right arm and elbow, andhand and shoulder were in severe pain. 

Tommy came in, walking/shuffling two inches at a time. This is dangerous for him. He said he did it for me. Hell NO. Bring a walker so as not to hurt yourself, too. That is not helpful. Yes, I reamed him out right there. Say nothing about that.

Then, avery nice woman told meI could see someone but could not get an xray. I was very annoyed and she knew it. I was to the point of collapsing. She said she was not the person who told me I could get and xray if I came in. Fair enough. But, employees should know the protocol. It turns out that no one there knew how to do an xray. 

I gave her back her pen and clipboard in exchange for my cards. She reached for the papers I had filled out, telling me she would shred them. I told her I would take them home and shred them. 

Now, for the really problematic part. I offered to let Tommy hold onto me. He said, yes and held on with both hands. He parked far  away and uphill. We both suffered getting to the car!    I doubt his steps were even two inches long.

Before this event, we went to get three ads, went to bank, shopped at Publix and did not go to Walgreen's to pick up meds. Everything went well until I was told I could not get an xray fifteen minutes after I was told I could.  I have been sleepy all day. This was not good.

I have had messages in for nurses who will talk to doctors. Maybe I will get calls tomorrow, probably while I have a doctor appointment.

Xray is for right him on which I landed on porch! It hurts and is lumpy and swollen. Doctor said it is at some part of hip and cartilage or something is swollen. He said it would be okay, but he does not have xray in his practice. I need to see if this is a problem. 

I did not edit this at all unless all letters in a word were wrong and word was indecipherable. 

Since I onlymove to go to bathroom, I forced the steps.

Oh, have not had a banana in three weeks. The mouth feel is unbearable! Anne, I understand.

Edit: i forgot to say that I was too tired to get dressed when we went to shop and then went to urgent care. So, I put on my pants, rolled up nightgown and tucked it into waistband. I put on light jacket and looked dressed enough.

Steps

 April 22

steps 9,999

Sorry, it was all I could do. Half of these steps, I felt like I was going to throw up. I am still exhausted but cannot sleep except for a bit at night. I don't even want to eat.

Malaise

 April 21

steps 11,000

Today, I could barely move. I decided to force myself to pedal. I still feel ill, lethargic. 

Tommy is not helping with Easter meal, so....

We have been nowhere, done nothing.

Well, I made phone calls to doctors, made longer lists of things we need or need to do when we went out. 

We managed 20 minutes of therapy on my legs before I had to go to the bathroom. 

I cancelled cleaner because I could not deal with sitting while she changed my bed. The last cleaner took about 45 minutes and could not remember how from week to week. After three months, I was still instructing her. 

I think the lethargy is from thyroid problem! 

Breakthrough

APRIL 20 

maybe 2700 steps

Much better! Although I am still quite ill, the ear does not hurt so much and am no longer dizzy. My ear still roars. Since I was not dizzy, I took half a pain pill, which of course, made me dizzy again. I sway and lurch around, but I don't fall. 

Easter, we had a chocolate bunny and Dominoe's pizza. No progress toward Easter dinner.  There is still only the turkey breast done. I had a big kale salad later. 

The antibiotic is working, I suppose.  I slept little last night, so feel miserable now. It was an okay Easter once I gave up on food! I cannot be staggering around the kitchen!

Tomorrow, a new cleaner comes. She speaks Spanish and very little English. I am not sure I am up to this. At least my bed will be changed. 

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Happy Easter

 

 April 18

steps 4,380

I was so tired, I could not do more. 

I awoke dizzier than the day before. So, I did not take a muscle relaxer. After a bit, I had a pain in my left ear that was excruciating. It was a an earache causing me problems. But, when your balance is gone, it won't matter why you fell. 

Tommy gave me his walker to go to bathroom and followed using canes because he was afraid I would fall. 

I am taking antibiotic and taking measures to help my clogged Eustachian tube. 

I feel too bad to type anymore.

Thursday News

 April 17

11,000 steps

I awoke this morning and sat on the bed waiting for dizziness to go away. It did not, so tried to get to bathroom without falling. In the bathroom, I staggered but hit a wall and stopped the fall.  It is almost 10 pm, and I am still dizzy. At first, I panicked, thinking something dangerous was going on. No, I think I took a muscle relaxer. 

Riding in the car yesterday without anything for shoulder, like a pillow, caused me to relapse in the pain category. Except, my shoulder blade felt like it was coming off my back. After sitting in my chair, I was desperate for sleep and relief from pain. The arm and elbow were okay. 

I considered taking a muscle relaxer. I must have...lol. So, all day long I have been extremely woozy and unstable while walking. The prescription is for three each day. I cannot imagine what I would be like if had taken another today and another tonight.

When I went to bed early morning, I did something I have wanted to do since the day I fell. I lay down on my right side. I was shocked the pain was completely gone in the morning. 

We had a list of things today, so paired that down. 

Tommy was called by insurance agent who refused to find our car. It turns out it was not a water problem at all. The battery cable was barely wired onto the cable. As the battery jiggled in the car, the connection was eventually too loose. Plus, the motor mount was loose and in danger of fall out or something. So, Tommy thinks maybe that is from October hit and run. That is repaired.

The guy who hit us no longer lives at address he gave. So, his insurance company is trying to find him, too. This is the guy who said 'burra' to us and pointed to his jacket logo. 

Tommy told the insurance guy to get it to a body shop and repaired. He agreed to do so. He should after jerking us around. 

We returned the dehumidifier to Lowe's because it quit pumping out water when I could still mash it out of the carpet and seat. 

Damp Rid got no moisture from the car. It has sat on porch when it was raining. Still no water collected in the little bucket. I have used this before, and it worked. I don't know what is the problem.

Several days ago, I noticed the red purse I hate was worn on the four bottom corners. I hate the purse but fixed the corners instead of discarding it. I have a red pen that is a favorite, so I used that on the corners. After a few days, I tried to use wetness to get it to run. Nope. The ink is stable on the purse. Now, I don't have an excuse to get another. 

We met a man down the street working on a house. He came down and removed a danger near the porch. One of the neighbors, dead now, put up a 2x4 railing on one side of the porch to help Tommy with going up the steps. This was on the other side of the porch where I fell on the other side of the ramp. If I had fallen on that side of the ramp, it would have killed me. The guy used wood that is now rotting. The railing was nailed on the with six-inch nails. The wood is mostly now rotten with six-inch nails protruding. Plus, the wood was cut at sharp angle.

I have tried to get Tommy to agree to get it removed. He said, "No, I might need it."  Besides being dangerous, it is unsightly. After I fell and said I hoped neither of us fell there, he has not objected. So, it is gone. I feel safer. Surely, he does.

Lana, you accused me of lying to my doctor, How? I don't lie to doctors!

We also met a man who wants to buy the house with barking dogs and is now abandoned. He said that if he rented to dog owners, he would have them keep dogs on other side of the house. YAY! If he does it. 

Midnight and my dizziness seems to be abating. The shoulder blade seems to be all better. Of course, there is still the rotator cuff problem.