Penniedarling

Have you ever had to wear one of these things for 24 hours!  If you did I hope your experience wasn't as horrible as mine, or am I just a whinger! 

My left leg has something going on, it's not the leg I injured 2 years ago it's the other one so maybe I've been working it harder while trying to protect my right injured leg, who knows.  Anyway I went to see John, my local Dr.  Now John is a lovely friendly man but l have a silly fear of Dr's and Dentists so every time I go my blood pressure is high but yesterday it was really high, not only the Systolic but the Diastolic was sky high as well so...  off I'm sent to have one of these bad bad bad and very naughty machines attached around my neck connecting to the very uncomfortable sleeve on my left arm.

Now... every 30 minutes this machine starts up... it pumps and pumps the sleeve on my arm tighter and tighter and tighter until I am groaning and moaning in pain... yes I know it's all for my own good and if I wasn't over weight and my arm wasn't so fat and flabby it probably wouldn't have hurt as much but...  wishful thinking!   by the end of the day my arm is hot and itchy and achy achy and it hurts.  So to bed!

No shower allowed, straight to bed trying to get comfortable with this dang machine hanging around my neck... and to be truthful, the machine didn't go off ever 30 minutes while I was trying to sleep, it only went off ever hour!!!!!

Anyway, 9am back to Douglass Hanly Moir to get the machine taken off and to have my blood taken... Now let me tell you about the poor Phlebotomist's that have to try and find a vein to collect my blood!  Dad was the same, we just don't have veins!   The delightful Olga, from Russia BTW, tried this arm she tried that arm, she tried my hands... no luck.  So off she went to get some hot water???  and she asked me to put my hands into this hot hot hot water... YIKES!  it was indeed HOT!   I left my hands in this hot water for about 3 minutes and thankfully when she took them out she found a vein and filled up two things of my blood.  Phew!  Now home for something to eat but not for long.

Now I have to take my hip to Hornsby for an X-ray!   Even this hurt, hurt, hurt and HURT!

Luckily there was a parking spot right outside our Pharmacy which I pass on my way home so in I pop in to get some Panadol, which was recommended by Dr John,  then I decided I needed a treat so walked next door and bought two little lemon tarts... but the pain in my leg is unbearable now and on returning home I don't feel like lemon tarts or anything but some Panadol and a good sleep... so I do manage to get two hours of sleep but then that dog next door starts yelping.

Dr John tomorrow to find out what's wrong with my leg!  I hope!!

On the BRIGHT side... David is now home from the Bus Museum and look how many limes I picked from our tree, aren't they pretty and there's heaps more coming along.

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