Chapter 178 - A Sorry Tail To Tell

She saw the doctor yesterday. He examined her rear and concluded that she had damaged her coccyx (tail bone to me) when she fell on her bum off her ergonomic stool. Nothing much can be done about the pain other than take pain killers until healing takes place, usually up to 2 months. I was surprised to learn that she has been taking two Panadol or Panamax 4 times each day ever since the fall. She had not told me because she didn't want our trip south to be cancelled because she thought my school re-union was important to me and she really wanted to see the grandchildren after such a long time. She explained to the doctor that she used the grab handles in the truck a lot to relieve the pain, even though she sat on her special flat pillow with a slot in it, and here was I thinking she was just tense because of driving conditions when she usually seems to grab the handles for support when negotiating bends & corners; so it wasn't just my lousy driving.

I had thought her meds had her PD under control but she queried the doctor about increasing the Sinemet to fill in off periods in late morning and afternoon. He suggested she should instead increase the Sifrol to four times a day from the current three. She was jotting times and amounts on paper last night to change her meds today so I will report her new figures on my next post. Here was I thinking PD-wise she was on an even keel yet unknown to me the bow is sinking (no, as you can tell, I'm no sailor), although I had noticed a more pronounced stoop of late.

I failed to mention that the grandchildren gave her a birthday party on one of our visits on the Saturday that was her birthday, a rather tasty cheese cake with two candles in the shape of "67". They sang "happy birthday" as I took some happy snaps.

Since our return she has begun a production line of embroidered "towel toppers" for an order from her sister. I have not noticed her using her ergonomic stool while doing so. This coming Saturday afternoon we have an arts & craft show where she will probably show some of her work.

Someone told me recently that my posts are depressing; I did not ask whether my writing or the content. Either way, I write as I see our progression, neither seeming depressing from my viewpoint.