This past month of October was one nasty month. It all started on the first when my husband had to have a procedure done. The same procedure he had done over five years ago and came out of that with no problems. This time was a lot different. First of all the doctor was supposed to see him as a follow-up two weeks later but that was cancelled and then the second date was cancelled as well. We were told the doctor had a family medical emergency and would be gone for most of the month. Finally we were able to see him on the 28th. By then so much had happened and was going on with R that four days prior we had to turn to our family doctor for some help. Without going into a lot of detail things are finally looking up for R. It was rough, believe me. I suffered right along with him.
Last week R had three doctor appointments...all follow ups to tests he had done prior to October. I had to have one rescheduled because he was just not up to driving or traveling that distance and I was not wanting to drive on the thruway. If I can find a different way to get to where I need to go without having to drive on a thruway I will grab it. Even if it takes longer.
And now we are in a new month. Hopefully this month will be a lot kinder to us. We have no appointments for this month or the next. But then in January they start up again. It is never ending when we get to be our age I suppose. I only have two family doctor appointments over the course of a year with the occasional blood work being done. And I have to go back in a year to get my eyes examined after having gotten cataract surgery for both eyes back in September. I came out of that with no problems whatsoever. It was such an easy procedure that if I had three eyes I was ready to get that one done right away, too. The only glasses I need to wear now are off-the-rack reading glasses and I don't always need them if the print is large enough to see without them.
My eyesight had gotten so bad that I stopped driving for a few years. But now I am back in the drivers seat of my trusty Mustang and all is well in my world again. I really missed driving that car.
Two months ago my one blood test came back showing my thyroid was not doing what it is supposed to be doing like making enough of what it is supposed to be making. It is under-active, so now I am on a thyroid medication for that. The only problem I have with that is it has to be taken an hour or more before I eat in the morning and I am a late sleeper. I usually wake up anywhere between 5 and 6 am so I keep the medication by my bedside with a bottle of water and I take it then. It works for me.
Other than what has been going on this past month all is well in the household...for now at least. Fingers crossed.
