All is well with self-care and change.
But a very rough pain day. I will call my doctor tomorrow.
My neighbour next door gave me some strong pills and they did the trick but they are prescription.
I was defeated by the mathematics of a knitting pattern I was designing so left it to percolate on the graph paper.
I wrote a poem about old age.
My friend Lana called me. She has dementia but she asked me to rescue some memories for her which I did. She marvels at my memory capacity. She asked me was her marriage happy and I told her the truth (it wasn't). I find it easier on her to tell her the truth as she can wax sentimental about fouled relationships. I was delighted she called as her memories of other friends, other places, are shattered.
Perspective.
I'm reading a very funny book called Slow Horses about the Secret Service in the UK. If you've ever worked in a grinding bureaucracy you will relate.
From the Archives - 2008 - Trinity Bay, NL. What an amazing place.
I am so sorry that pain has been a bitch today and hope your doctor can and will help.
ReplyDeleteThank you for recovering Lana's memories truthfully for her - and yes, Trinity Baby looks lovely.
He is calling me back tomorrow EC, I took another pill this morning and it seems to help.
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Nice that you can give your friend some memories. I had a friend contact me for memories a few years ago which we kept going a few years but then she took a turn for the worse. Wrote me she went to town one day and suddenly didn't know where she was. It was downhill after that and now she’s gone.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry to hear that Joared. L sounds a little better but I am aware it all fluctuates wildly.
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Bittersweet story of Lana and her missing memories. Will she retain what you told her? In any case truth is always best.
ReplyDeleteThat hut looks tempting - I'd like to go there.
I feel sorry for your pains, and poems and knitting patters both awaken my curiosity.
She doesn't retain much. I've had to break the news of a mutual friend's death to her oh about 10 times now. I learn patience with her. It's hard to keep retracing footsteps but needs must.
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I was a caregiver to a person with dementia for over eight years and can relate to your experience. I too used to be brutally honest and that prevented flights of fancy.
ReplyDeleteI hope that the pain will be sorted out by your doctor. All the best.
Thanks Ramana, and thanks for your call today. You caught me unawares in a fairly action packed morning re-scheduling hospital stuff and awaiting my helper.
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That sounds like a good book.
ReplyDeleteIt is, hysterically funny and witty.
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Very sorry you have to deal with pain. I'm hoping for a good result from the doctor visit.
ReplyDeleteWhat a friend you are, to patiently repeat news as needed.
I know she would have done the same if our positions were reversed, Boud. She was so incredibly kind.
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One can imagine the bureaucracy of the British spooks department.
ReplyDeletePain sucks so. Big time. I hope your phone call tomorrow is beneficial. I hate that I imbibe opiods twice a day to keep pain tamped down, and some days it comes up like a geyser. I have not taken an nsaid since my stroke in 2003, and my doctor just released me to them again. I bought a tiny bottle, so I wouldn't get stupid, and the two or three times I've used them they have been effective.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I missed this post yesterday and hope that by now you have some decent medication to help with the pain. I love the little hut by the bay.
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