Had four eggs, breakfast sausages, rye toast with orange juice for breakfast.
We did a bit of planning and went to the shoe repair shop to fix her boot that the zipper ripped out on Sunday. The zipper got mangled trying to zip up boots that are just a bit too tight. I found two pair of this style in size 8 boots on EBAY, we’ll have to wait to see if they fit her. I thought for a while that the cuff of the boot rolled up to keep her warm in tall snow.
We went to Burlington Coat Factory to find some pants for her. After picking up a couple of prospects we headed to Longhorn in Suwanee for lunch. We had our usual strawberry chicken salad for lunch then headed home for a nap. I called in a prescription, and they said it would be ready at 18:00. I did pick up some 200 glucose test strips that were 30% off. (I’ve not seen them cheaper than CVS prices on Amazon which is strange considering CVS is waay high on a lot of things. They ARE cheaper on EBAY though.)
Checked in with the GARS Net on 2Meter repeater tonight. (It’s a good test of the equipment.)
Her BP is 150 ish and her HR is about 100 tonight, so we’re planning on resting. Her Glucose is also about 150 after having three Arnold Palmers for lunch. My BP was also like 138/74 tonight and I take BP medication to keep it from getting too high.
I added 1/2 500mg Wally World acetaminophen pill to MY evening pills. 250mg acetaminophen seems to take care of our needs in most cases. It’s also really easy to keep up with the dosing with a 90-minute pill dispenser/timer.
Tuesday
My fight or flight response is preventing me from getting any rest this morning. I ended up taking a nice hot bath to calm it down. Checked in on the HAM WW Net this morning while eating fried eggs and breakfast sausages. I am working up some new pages for our Daytimer procedure books, and it will be a work in progress.
I made 4 eggs, breakfast sausages and Rye toast for breakfast. She then asked if she could have the same for her. I gave her my plate and made another round for me. It was a strange happening, I asked her what she had and she said a bowl of cereal. (Her normal breakfast.) If she wants eggs the fastest way is to use the hard boiled egg cooker. Odd.
We went to BN and the removed all the attachments and then took pictures of all of her teeth for the next round of braces. They said I did a good job if cutting down the brace #20 so that it didn’t hang over her missing tooth gum.
We went to Longhorn again today. My Glucose was just over a 100 for like the third time today. Apparently, the strawberry salad at LH is a pretty good meal for seniors.
We both took a good long nap and the shoe guy never called about her boots. I did buy two pairs of size 8 boots of the same manufacturer and style used yesterday. They won’t be here until next week sometime. According to her she’s had them since before we dated. They are in excellent shape like she hasn’t worn them much. We’re only wearing them now because of her Plantar fasciitis.
My glucose ranges are not too bad, I need to cut back on the coffee.
Wednesday (Endodontist)
COLD morning this morning, going to be even colder tomorrow.
We had a large breakfast fried eggs and sausage with a bit of coffee. We took her blood pressure several times and it was not very high. (That’s a relief) She wore her o2 monitor and it showed that she was calm throughout the root canal.
We went to Longhorn (Again) for lunch and I allowed a bit of Cheese cake for dessert.
Back home for a much needed nap. Sandwiches for dinner and a couple of rice cakes with creme cheese on it.
Church services went well, but we were pretty tired.
I didn’t sleep very well, but my CPAP machine reported it did not have many events.
Thursday (Boot repair)
Picked up her repaired boots today, she’s really happy!
Got pretty cold this morning, we left some eggs on the porch for the neighbor.
We’re pretty sure they didn’t spoil, LOL.
Light breakfast today, just a cup of coffee. We need to make a run to the grocery store. We ended up going to Publix and picking up most of the groceries then drove to Longhorn for lunch. We stopped by Aldi’s and got some meat after we had a bit of a nap. It’s pretty COLD outside even at 4PM with the wind upon us.
Rye bread sandwiches and rice cakes with creme cheese for dessert. We’re taking her blood pressure twice a day until we see the doctor.
Friday
Checked in with the HAM guys on the WW Net and tried my best to find out who keeps calling me about buying my home. Georgia Local Home Buyers is not a business name so there’s no one to complain too.
Two pairs of her favorite boots arrived today. They are a 1/2 size larger than the ones we had fixed this week. They should be just a bit easier to get on. (Except as it turns out, they are still new and will have to be broke-in LOL.)
We managed to get sick on something we ate or drank today. We both felt ill this afternoon, so it wasn’t the coffee. I didn’t feel ill until after we ate lunch which was chicken breasts from Aldi’s. It had a March use by date, and we brought it home in 30 degree weather. No idea, but she did not hold onto her lunch. My fingers are tingling, and my tinnitus is ringing. She laid down for a nap while I worked on raising the humidity above 30.
She slept with her new boots on LOL.
It’s about 6PM and my sour stomach has subsided. She is feeling better after emptying her stomach into the porcelain bowl. I managed to eat a ham sandwich on rye and have a few rice cakes with creme cheese on them. We both took our evening pills and then set down to take her blood pressure. The last few days we’ve done this the first reading is around 150/75, then after holding on to her for a minute or so it drops down to 135/72. Tonight was the first night that didn’t happen, she was afraid that I would get sick being so close to her. Her blood pressure didn’t drop tonight when I held her. The doctor was wondering why all the BP checks in the office were normal, but the ones from home are high. Our family is not as close as it once was, Trump politics have divided us. I heard someone say that family is more important than money, then proceeded to prove that wasn’t true over the next two years.
Saturday-Sunday
We had eggs for breakfast Saturday, and we were tossing around what to do about dinner since we wanted to go to Wally World for a few odds and ends. We ended up going to Longhorns for lunch and we saw our third familiar face while we were there.
I reorganized my pill dispensers to a 3x per day, that was a bit harder than I anticipated. We have ONE dispenser that is on a timer and the other four are just containers for the pill trays. When the tray in the timer dispenser gets empty we swap out from the spares to refill it. We move the 2nd spare into the spares and the empty tray goes into 2nd spare to get refilled at our next convenience. Like the 2x trays, we have 28 days worth of medicine IN HAND. After I did mine, we did hers on Monday so that we both are taking pills together 3X per day.
We watched Castle while eating rice cakes with creme cheese and then headed to bed.