Chapter 151 - Going Nowhere
A fortnight of very little, she attends the clinic to have her leg dressed on Mondays and Thursdays, sometimes the surgeon is there; they seem satisfied with the progress of the healing. Meanwhile she has little exercise other than the physio Falls Group on Monday afternoon. Last Sunday the dressing became wet when water seeped into the leg condom while she showered so we had to blow hot air on the area to dry it - she noticed that her toes on the left became slightly blue; the nurse passed that off next day as probably "a small clot".
Her sleep was very interrupted so on Monday 24th November she began taking a Sinemet CR around midnight or whenever she woke. That has helped. Then on Tuesday 2nd December she took an extra half Sifrol at noon then increased every dose. So she is now taking 1.5 S + 1CR at 0600, 1200 & 1800, 1 Inderal at 1800 and 1CR around midnight.
During this week she was motivated enough to embroider some Xmas designs for cards. An on-line course has just started (we are part of beta testing for it) and she became stressed navigating through the introductory material; of course I hardly help because I become very uptight while trying to help her. Just like teaching one's wife to drive. The intention is not to be harsh & critical, it just turns out that way. Is it because a person so close is treated much the same as oneself?
She often uses her meal tray walker when moving around the house to reduce the feeling of falling backwards.
On Thursday I had to attend the eye specialist visiting Hot Air City. We had lunch afterwards at the hospital's cafeteria. She had a container of steamed vegetables. On the return trip she asked for a crushed ice flavoured drink she saw advertised outside the service station I refueled at. We were home late afternoon not intending to have a proper evening meal. By 1800 she felt unstable, nauseous, light headed and needed food so she asked for a banana in custard followed by raisin toast. A couple of hours later she was feeling weak, "touchy and queasy" in the stomach, sweating when she realised her sensations were similar to what she experienced after a Chinese meal two years ago. Was there MSG in the vegetables she ate on Thursday? It has taken several days for her to feel better.
Her sleep was very interrupted so on Monday 24th November she began taking a Sinemet CR around midnight or whenever she woke. That has helped. Then on Tuesday 2nd December she took an extra half Sifrol at noon then increased every dose. So she is now taking 1.5 S + 1CR at 0600, 1200 & 1800, 1 Inderal at 1800 and 1CR around midnight.
During this week she was motivated enough to embroider some Xmas designs for cards. An on-line course has just started (we are part of beta testing for it) and she became stressed navigating through the introductory material; of course I hardly help because I become very uptight while trying to help her. Just like teaching one's wife to drive. The intention is not to be harsh & critical, it just turns out that way. Is it because a person so close is treated much the same as oneself?
She often uses her meal tray walker when moving around the house to reduce the feeling of falling backwards.
On Thursday I had to attend the eye specialist visiting Hot Air City. We had lunch afterwards at the hospital's cafeteria. She had a container of steamed vegetables. On the return trip she asked for a crushed ice flavoured drink she saw advertised outside the service station I refueled at. We were home late afternoon not intending to have a proper evening meal. By 1800 she felt unstable, nauseous, light headed and needed food so she asked for a banana in custard followed by raisin toast. A couple of hours later she was feeling weak, "touchy and queasy" in the stomach, sweating when she realised her sensations were similar to what she experienced after a Chinese meal two years ago. Was there MSG in the vegetables she ate on Thursday? It has taken several days for her to feel better.
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