Message 1001

Yesterday Ginny and Jim came over after lunch and had a nice visit. In the evening Larry and Judi picked me up at 6 PM and took me to The Fish Market to join Ron and Marci for dinner, after which we went to the movie Jane Eyre. Those Bronte sisters sure wrote gloomy stories.

I have tried to attach the file for my health log. I am not sure it will work, but it is a try. I appreciate your concerns about me, but I have to try my best to survive. I will call my doctor this morning and request a refill of my Protonics prescription. I will have to leave a message for her nurse. I never get to talk to the doctor except at appointments.

Message 1000

Nisi worked all day trying to scrub the spots out of the carpet. It looks pretty good now, but we have to wait to see if the spots wick back up from below. I watched the Stanford women final four basketball game yesterday. They lost by one point after leading for most of the game. It was like the pros. The team that Makes the last shot wins. Liz persuaded me to take the Labetalol pills twice a day, so by last night I had taken four. They made me burp foul smelling and tasting gas, and then gave me diarrhea, which lasted until 3 AM, and causes me to have blood in my urine. With all due respect to Liz and my doctor who persuaded me to take these pills, I am going to stop them for a while, at least until I get better. My doctor takes Mondays off, and I did not feel like trying to explain things to he substitute’s nurse, so I will wait to talk to my doctor tomorrow. I have started filling in my health log on the computer.

Mesage 999

Liz Ethan, and Bill stayed here last night. Julian and Vanessa and their kids joined us at Ten Fu for dinner. Jamie and Ginny and Jim stopped at Ten Fu after Jamie picked them up at the airport to say Hi. Ginny and Jim will be here for a week, so I will see them again. Liz, Bill, Ethan, and Josh had breakfast with me at El Cerrito this morning. We got back in time for them to meet Nisi before they left for the airport.

The nurse came by to check me this morning at !0:30 AM. I tried to show her the Excel spreadsheet Ethan made for my Medical log, but I could not make it bring up the data that we finally saw last night. I will talk to Ethan when he gets home. If necessagy I will create a new spreadsheet myself. I hate it wen computers don’t do what the should.

Message 998

Today it is nice to have a cool, overcast day after the heat wave of the previous few days. Jason called last night from the mountains to say we should be able to meet at Ten Fu for a dinner tonight at 7 PM. That will be nice. I plan to take a shower today.

Message 997

Last night I went to bed at 11:30 PM, so I did not watch Charlie Rose. I will try to watch the repeat showing at Noon today. Lily’s daughter in law is substituting for her today. She is cleaning and dusting now. We will go to the bank and Safeway when she finishes. I am looking forward to having Liz, Bill, and Ethan stay with me tomorrow night after they get back from skiing.

Message 996

Now that the day is almost over, I have bestirred myself to send out today’s message. My new catheter is so good it has relieved me of most of my pain. Today the physical therapist came again and gave me a workout. Then the occupational therapist came and agreed with me that I do not need her., so she will not come back. I slept much better last night because of my new catheter. We are having a heat wave now, which is a big change from all the rain we were having.

Message 995

Now that the day is almost over, I have bestirred myself to send out today’s message. My new catheter is so good it has relieved me of most of my pain. Today the physical therapist came again and gave me a workout. Then the occupational therapist came and agreed with me that I do not need her., so she will not come back. I slept much better last night because of my new catheter. We are having a heat wave now, which is a big change from all the rain we were having.