February 21, 2012

  • Funny lady that one!

    So, yeah... It's Tuesday! Well, at least it sounded better in my head... Not too much going on today. I really and truly have no life!

    I took the Boots Lady to get her Protime done today. (For those who don't know what that is, count yourself blessed with health! Boots had a minor stroke back in 2008. She takes a blood thinner to help reduce her risk of another stroke. About once a month, she has to go have lab work done on her blood to make sure it's the right consistency and if any adjustment needs to be done to her meds.) She's perfect today! We ran a couple of other errands afterward and then headed home. We got to talking about spring and daylight savings time on our way home. Five minutes later, the woman comes out with "Y'know, in a month it'll be 4:20..." (Mind you, the time was 3:20.) It was out of nowhere! Maybe ya had to be there... Honestly, though, for the woman being 10 years less than a century old, she's still sharp as a whip! I can only hope and pray that if/when I reach her age, I'm at least half as formidable. I'm so glad she moved up here from Oklahoma last year. Her docs (both primary and heart) have given her a clean bill of health; she doesn't have to see her heart doc for a year and her primary in 6 mos intervals. A far cry from her previous docs, ones that insisted that she needed to have the vitals of a woman half her age and appoints a minimum of once a month. I like Boots Lady's docs up here. They do take in account that she's 90 and that she isn't going to be 100% on text or the perfect patient. They're actually rather impressed at how cognitive and mobile she is for her age!

    As for my back today... it's still doing its own thing. Been having a bit of spasm fun today. Thankfully Boots and I didn't have to go to too many places today. I'm feeling a little weak in my legs lately too. I don't really know how to explain it. I felt it a bit today. And my feet are becoming a bit more pigeon-toed the last few times I've been out of the house. It's a bit puzzling for me... It kind of infuriates me that some of the docs I see seem to think that my symptoms and problems I continue to experience are made up and unfounded. Oh well. Maybe when I'm immobile and unable to care for myself the mysteries my body continue to hide will finally be solved. I'm just so tired of the pain and spasms. I try to keep positive, as I know my situation could be so much worse, but when will it end? When I can get back out in life and enjoy the wonders of the world?

    What else... not really anything. I have no life. Guess I'll let you get back to yours...

    Until next time... CIAO!