Well, life never loses its capacity for surprise, does it?
As I mentioned yesterday, I have a swollen foot and difficulty in walking. What I didn’t mention was that when I went to bed last night it involved a major effort and a lot of pain. Even after a night spent with the leg elevated, things were not much improved by morning.
In the end I rang the doctor for advice early this afternoon, as I really was feeling quite rough. It’s not a pleasant feeling to think your body is breaking down to the extent that even sitting down upsets your capacity to function normally.
The doctor’s advice was that I should go down to the surgery quite quickly so they could prod me about. I was feeling so weak that I didn’t even argue.
It seems that my self-diagnosis was incorrect. I don’t have a swollen foot due to poor circulation, I have a swollen foot because I have an infection. It seems that as the previous antibiotics sorted out the other infection (in a laudably selective manner) another infection was gathering in my foot. That is the cause of the swelling and the pain. It’s also the reason that it isn’t going down despite me doing all the right things.
I had an interesting temperature when the doctor checked. It was nearly 39 degrees, against a desirable level of 37 – 37.5. He’s quite keen me getting it down, as at 40 it’s officially “life-threatening”, which is, apparently, a bad thing. He couldn’t believe that I hadn’t noticed, but as signs of having mild fever include feeling hungry and thirsty I don’t really know how I’m expected to separate this from my normal state of feeling hungry and thirsty.
We are currently monitoring my temperature with a thermometer that’s left over from my time as an antique dealer. It;s old, but it still works, and my temperature is falling.
I’m happy now.
With any luck I might start to become interesting again.
You never know…
Having read the next one first, I am pleased you are now feeling better
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Oh, be well, be well! I’m rooting for you here in Maine.
Thank you.
I go away for a few days and come back to discover you are falling apart! Do get well soon – in all respects 🙂
It’s getting worse…
I don’t think you could not be interesting, Quercus. 🙂 Get well soon!
Thank you.
Goodness. Glad you went in!
It gets worse…
Yipes!
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I hope you are continuing to feel better. No wonder you weren’t feeling too well!!
Yes, it now becomes clear! 😉
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You sound really quite interesting now. Deep breathing and pure thoughts should do the trick….and a lot of pills of course.
Pills, yes. Deep breathing, yes. The thoughts might take more work…
get well soon and you are already interesting 🙂
Thank you – you just cheered me up! 🙂
Get well soon
Thank you – I’m doing my best. 🙂