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Having trouble making headway Mood
Sunday, January 4, 2009

 It seems I just can't stay on level ground.  My right foot has been operated on two times unsuccessfully and I'm going for a third in a couple of weeks.  Walking has been more painful and I've been on crutches for three years and in a power chair in the house for a year. Love that chair - it lets me do stuff I would not be able to do otherwise.  Just can't afford to build a ramp or buy a vehicle so I can use it outside the house.  Maybe someday.  Maybe someday I won't need it!

 Rectal bleeding sent me to my GI specialist last week and now I'm headed for a colonoscopy - have had two and said never again - so much for that promise!  Since that happened I've developed laryngeal edema - an allergic reaction to some medication.  It's most uncomfortable.  I stopped the medicine yesterday and had started taking Mucinex before I stopped.  From yesterday morning to this morning I dropped six pounds.  I called the ENT doc and said as long as I wasn't having difficulty breathing he wasn't impressed.  Sweet!  He wasn't helpful either only to say that if I developed breathing problems to get to the ER.  My whole idea is preventive medicine!

 I had to have an ekg for this procedure and that turned out very abnormal compared to my other ones.  A doctor friend won't read it for me and relieve some stress I'm having.  Brat.  Both of us!

 Guess this is a crocheting day - not up to much.  Might as well be as productive as my energy allows!

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