Tuesday 25th December 2018
Croatian: Utorak, 25. prosinca 2018. godine
As I dismounted the £300 second-hand rusty recliner and got up on my feet, (Not easy when one is carrying such excess weight around the midriff, I can tell you. Tsk!). The moment I tried to walk, the left knee and ankle gave off the same pains and disquieting feelings as they did last week, in the shopping centre when I took a tumble as they gave-way. I recall the Security Guard asking me if I had been drinking! Humph! Sorry, back to this morning, I was I have to admit, a little worried about the knee and ankle. Surely, they are not linked directly together, are they?
They were not as large as those yesterday, I don’t think anyway.
At least Janis offered me a Merry Christmas, even if she did confuse me a bit. Hehe, bless her.
Heck, the wrists and knees are not getting any easier yet. But the shakes and shivering have stopped now. I’ll take an extra Codeine Phosphate when I imbibe the medications and get the Health Checks done.
I made up a humorous Thoughts of the day Ode blog about my ailments and posted it off. The words flowed freely and easily for this poem of Woe.
Then I got on with finishing off the updating of the Monday post and got that on WordPress as well. But, due to the message below, this took me ages to get finished! Humph! But it did get a lot less slow later on.
Good job Tim Price let me know about how low the old readings were with the old one! Thanks, Tim.
Both knees and ankles were still feeling stiff and painful. The left ones more so than the right ones. I have the feeling that the joints just might let me down again?
I added some lamb gravy granules in the water and some mint sauce with a tiny drop of balsamic vinegar. I gave it all good stir and put it on auto setting.
Some canned borlotti beans to add later, and chop up some tomatoes to use as well.
I regretted opening the newly installed view and light-blocking, steamed up wet windows to take this photo. It was far colder than I thought. My spectacles steamed up and wet dripped inside off of the excessively thick plastic window frames and fell in onto the ledge where the bread was, and I had to throw away the bread. Well, the cobs I bought yesterday. A good job I bought the continental sliced bread though. I can have a good dunk of that in the lamb and bean stew later. Hehe!
Did the midday Health Checks, not feeling too good now. The stiffness and aches are worse than earlier now. Humph! Still, I mustn’t moan, Dizzy Dennis and Shaking Shaun have both taken my leave.
Suddenly tiredness dawned. All I could do was to switch off the computer and get myself down in the recliner.
Four hours (or so) and many nod-offs later, I sprang awake confused. Got off to the Porcelain Throne, rinsed and got the nosh sorted while I could.
The lamb was so fatty, (but still, so am I, Hehehe!) The cob had gone hard and dry, but the oven chips were great! Tsk!
I left most it, well, I ate the chips.
I found myself in a right state as I washed the pots, battling to stay awake and ♫Aching All Over♫ still.
Last Health Checks were done, and I remembered not to take any Warfarin as per the confusing instructions.
Certainly not one of my best Christmas days. Hey-Ho!
Is that a two pound coin? I think I should have suggested telling us which coin in case we needed to google it to see what size the coin is. Oops!
Looks like heavy metal, anyway.
Haha! That be a 5p coin, Doug. Despite my error in calling it a 20p coin earlier. Tsk!
Cheers.
OK! Now I got a sense of the size of it – a bit more than one finger joint to a bit over, kinda a US quarter dollar+ in since. I went by shape and color when looking at Googled images, and picked the wrong one! No error on your part.
Not to fret, Doug.
Guess what happened today: Blood test, Nurse made me an appointment to see the Doctor in the morning, then the Anticoagulation and Deep Vein Thrombosis Clinic! Expecting appointment for the Gum clinic too! Hours passed my head-down time now, because of the late appointment today… Fluid build-up bad in the ankles legs and feet…
Fed-up? Me? Hahaha!
Take care, mate. TTFN
Good old edema! As a dialysis patient, my left foot and ankle regularly swell up between treatments if I don’t watch my fluid intake. Half the fun of your blog is I definitely relate to your medical issues!
Excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces and or a body cavity. Hope you cope with it mate, sounds like you’ve got a grip on it; as if to speak. Hehehe!
This morning’s medicalisationing sessions were both good uns, mate. TTFN
Three times a week…! It’s amazing how many ways the body can betray you, eh?!
Hehehe! True, Doug.
On the plus side, it forces me to get out and some hobbling excersice, and possible chinwags. Hehehe!
Yes, same here. Also, former school friends and I have a luncheon each month to see which of us is still abovbe ground! Good food and chatter make it a positive excuse to move outside the home, too. I confess to being one of those people who love, love, loves being alone, and would be quite comfortable (and happy!) crossing paths with my own species only for groceries and medical care only as needed. I make a point of finding reasons not to follow that inclination, like the time another old friend and I drove out of town to a restaurant we learned about on Facebook that supposedly had the best hamburgers and sweet rolls in the least likely isolated place. We both lived in this region most of our lives, and we took the road least taken that day, saw new things we were unaware existed, and had a pretty good burger and lots of socialization! (Didn’t kill me in the least!)
Hahaha! I follow what you say, mate. I even get pleasure out of, talking to and feeding the ducks.
But I have to ask you, What is a sweet roll?
Cheers Sir, taketh care.
A pastry. A Danish. Um. Like that!
At least you had the two Weevils for company on Christmas day. The fogging photo out the window is wonderful. That warfarin schedule is confusing, it’s like an irregular heartbeat. Still wondering about the low temperature readings, sweating, and chills. None of it sounds good to me. Too bad to meal bombed.
Cheers, Tim.
…any of a number of sweet, baked, yeast-leavened breakfast or dessert foods. They may contain spices, nuts, candied fruits, etc., and are often glazed or topped with icing. Compared to regular bread dough, sweet roll dough generally has higher levels of sugar, fat, eggs, and yeast. Wikipedia
I am addicted to one called “I’ll have that one!” LOL! I point at it and never leared it’s name. Has apple in it and is quite tasty with a strong black coffee or – adding more apple to the ex[perience – cold apple juice. Love my apples!
In the instance above, it is a sticky bun (sweet roll) that features cinnamon, walnuts or pecans (better!), and is best eaten off a plate with a form=k unless you have a
wet wash cloth to wash off your sticvky fingers.
Hahaha!