Friday

Well, the appointment is over. I got there o.k. despite feeling panicky in the waiting room as it was so hot and crowded. I do not really write much about my health on here but decided to give you all an update as I know that many prayers have been said for me, I have received e-cards and e-mails wishing me well.  It is easier for me to bring you up to date on my journal.

It went pretty well on the whole, good results for my blood pressure, my sugars have dropped over the last week and she was pleased with that, my feet were perfect with no problems and the specimen I had to provide proved to be sugar free.  I was starting to feel really good about things. Little did I know that this appointment was going to lead to several more!

For a start they want an annual review done of my blood.  Now, I absolutely hate going to the clinic where they take it.  For a start they are butchers and I have never come back without an arm that has stayed black and blue for a week or more afterwards.  Secondly, you go in two at a time so you are facing a total stranger who stares at you the whole time you are having blood taken.  This is also a fasting test so I will not be able to have any breakfast and will not be able to take any of my medication.  That is booked for next Wednesday.

Then I have to provide specimen samples for three days starting tomorrow.  If the results came back that my sugars have run at an average of eight or over for the past three months I have been told it might mean even more medication.  Well, I am not prepared to agree to that at this time and the next paragraph will tell you why.

 They think I have an infection, in fact it is pretty certain.  Despite being in with the nurse for nearly fifty minutes, she was not prepared to do anything about it there and then.  No, I have to go back to the surgery next Thursday morning to have a swab taken. Then it will be several days wait for the results before any treatment is offered.  Any infection in a diabetic can put your blood sugars up, we also had a prolonged heatwave and heat can also play havoc with sugars as well.   I shall definitely state that I would prefer to wait until the next check in December to make sure any infection is gone.  If then my sugars come back high, I will have no option but to go with increased medication.  I am hoping it will not be necessary.

So, two definite appointments next week and then, in all likelihood, at least one the following week.

Yes, it does give me two or three more opportunities to leave the house and get out of these four walls however hard that might be for me but I want to go to nice places, places I can enjoy, not the blood clinic and the surgery - places that stress me out!

I got through this appointment reasonably well so hopefully I can do the same for the next couple of weeks.  I would much have preferred it though if that had been the end of it and I could truly relax and not have anything hanging over my head.

"Such is life" as my dear Dad used to say.

Anyway, on to other things.  We looked after Daniel this morning.  He is walking pretty well now and is in to everything.  He turned on the washing machine - although he left the door open, he turned on the computer, he did his best to turn on the t.v. but Grandy was too quick for him.

I sat for quite a while combing his beautiful hair, and it is beautiful.  From being quite dark is has turned to such a pretty red/blond colour - strawberry blond I think they call it.  My mother had that colour hair when young. His curls are adorable and I so loved combing them and twining them around my fingers and he seemed to like me doing it. 

Nathan now loves to feed the dogs treats, one at a time and he always does each dog in turn, he laughs so hard to see them gobble them down. So far at nursery school he has made a jam tart (not sure if it was edible), a cat mask (must have had lots of help with that) and a variety of chalk drawings.

Tomorrow Becky and Dean are taking the boys to the Colne Valley Railway.  They are having a "Thomas The Tank Engine" day.  Nathan is really into Thomas now and he runs around yelling "Whoo whoo" as he hears that sound on the films he watches of that character.  The weather forecast is not good but I know the boys will love it and Nathan will be so happy to ride on "Thomas".  I have asked Becky to take some photos and I hope to be able to share some with you on here.

Well, that is about all my news.  Mixed feelings about the appointment. Glad that everything appears good on the surface, not happy about the upcoming appointments but there are many much worse off than I so I must not complain.  I will be glad when the appointments are done and I can settle back into my life without anything in the offing.

I am looking forward to Coronation Street tonight when Charlie gets back from his dirty night away with Maria to be confronted by his live- in lover Tracy with the news that his one time girlfriend Shelley is carrying his child!  All life happens on that street.

P.S. It is quite late in the day now, getting near time for the evening meal.  I am also pretty tired so I might not catch up on all your journals until tomorrow, but I will catch up.

P.P.S. Jim has re-started his journal.  Some of you may know him and some of you may not. He is a gentleman in his seventies with many an interesting tale to tell.  He does not get many readers at present so I am sure he would welcome anyone who would like to visit him at the following link.

There are noSundays.