Upcoming week

[bill_schubert]

My calendar says I've got another fairly quiet week.  Tues/Thurs for the Ranch and the dogs and a Wednesday lunch with my networking group.  No docs, no tests.

Unfortunately it will start warming up.  Seriously, this time.  We had one day in the 80's last week but it cooled back down.  Starting Wednesday it is 80 or above every day for the foreseeable future.  Lots of spring showers in the maybe category but nearly 70 in the mornings.  So, goodbye spring.

My left hip pain and resultant knee pain are pretty constant now.  Fortunately not getting worse.  I'm doing some exercises.  Lots of walking every day but I've not been cycling and not doing much in the way of lifting or squats or the rest I should be doing.  

Week after this one I've got a CT look at my heart to see if the pocket is blocked off correctly.  Once we get that result back I talk to my structural cardio and get the decision about whether or not I can go off blood thinners in mid June so I can do the hip thing.  He's not thrilled about letting me go off them.  He says the American standard is six months which would be August but there may be some leeway.  I actually think he's going to make me postpone.  Which sucks.  He knows it sucks but is weighing the hazards of my having a stroke against that.  I'll do what he says.

I'm currently reading (listing to) Peter Grainger's sixth book with DC Smith as a protagonist.  This one is about Northern Ireland where Smith was a British soldier and spy 30 years earlier.  These books are so good, so many insights into England and now Ireland and so well read.  I'm amazed there has not been a series on BBC from them but happy that there are a bunch of them and they are available for free in the libraries.

At the moment I'm watching Dana on the map headed home.  She's got another hour and a half coming back from a school reunion in Tyler.  Then I just need to decide on dinner.

Maybe a short nap before she gets back.

Comments

[susandennis]

Grainger was a fabulous find.

[bill_schubert]

He was. I also discovered that the next Reacher series is based on a book, Persuader, that I don't think I've read. It is on hold The idiot is reading it but he is inconsistently bad so I'm hopeful. Just listened to Bad Luck and Trouble and he was tolerable. Much less emotion in every word. Weird.

[siglinde999]

Fingers crossed for you that next week’s appointment goes well. I sympathize on the exercises thing. I find them so boring I just don’t do them, even though I know they will help - eventually.

[maisydaisy]

Bill i messaged you earlier but can't find the post so i will repeat it.
I have found fantastic relief for my hip pain with Glucosamine Gold Gel made by Snowden Healthcare in the UK. It would probably be expensive to ship so maybe another brand would be as good.
It might help you get over the bridge until your surgery if you haven't tried some.

[bill_schubert]

Yeah, I think the FDA got involved and it is no longer on Amazon here. $60 for a small tube of it, directly from Snowden. I will keep an eye out for it though in case things change.

Or I could always hop over to England.

Thank you for the head's up. I missed the comment the first time.

[maisydaisy]

Actually Bill it's 200ml and you only need a tiny bit at a time.It will last for ages should you ever feel you need it.

[mollywheezy]

I hope your appointment next week goes well and you get to have your surgery on schedule.

[bill_schubert]

Oh, thank you. Yeah, kind of has a second component beyond the hip surgery. The whole having the watchman positioned correctly in my heart too.

Fingers crossed.