I went for my check up the on Monday which wasn’t too bad “But” the doctor is concerned about the swelling in my left leg and foot which is now starting to get very uncomfortable! I have been taking medication for it but it’s not really been helping, so the doctor checked me over and all around my groin area and it could be that I have a Lymph Gland problem in the groin that’s restricting the blood flow into my left leg, the right leg is OK although it just aches.
The doctor wants me to ‘Maybe’ have a blood flow test but they can’t do it here in our town hospital so I would have to go to the city of Surabaya which is a 4-5 hour drive away from us which to be very honest is out of the question for me so as the next step the doctor has changed my medication but it still doesn’t seem to be helping in fact its causing me some adverse reactions! As in making my foreskin full of fluid which really frightened me this morning so Sumi called out the emergency doctor who said not to worry and gave me some water reducing tablets for it. But it’s my left leg that concerns me so my own doctor said that step two is for me to have an ultrasound around the area of my groin to see if there is any swelling of the Lymph glands
So not such good news and to top it off today is our granddaughter Fira birthday and should be coming to see us after school this morning “BUT” now Sumi has got herself all upset about the situation in the house again and her daughter and Fira, to be very honest I find it very hard to be patient when this situation raises its ugly head again and again and with my worsening condition and other health issues it makes it even more difficult for me!
It’s just occurred to me and I did tell the doctor who came to check me this morning “But” yesterday I stood for 6 hours making and decorating our granddaughters birthday cake which I must admit I found very demanding for me, in the past I could do things like this in an hour or so but when you have any type of dementia things can take considerably longer yet can still be very rewarding to the spirit, but all that extra pressure on my leg, the arthritis in my knee and the osteoarthritis in my spine and hips just helped to aggravate the problem of my leg swelling up and the Lymph gland problem, but no matter what I was very pleased that I managed to make the cake despite it being extremely demanding on my illness, and to see our granddaughters enjoyment and excitement made it all worthwhile…
We cannot just acquiesce to the dementia we must fight against it as hard and for as long as we can
The doctor wants me to ‘Maybe’ have a blood flow test but they can’t do it here in our town hospital so I would have to go to the city of Surabaya which is a 4-5 hour drive away from us which to be very honest is out of the question for me so as the next step the doctor has changed my medication but it still doesn’t seem to be helping in fact its causing me some adverse reactions! As in making my foreskin full of fluid which really frightened me this morning so Sumi called out the emergency doctor who said not to worry and gave me some water reducing tablets for it. But it’s my left leg that concerns me so my own doctor said that step two is for me to have an ultrasound around the area of my groin to see if there is any swelling of the Lymph glands
So not such good news and to top it off today is our granddaughter Fira birthday and should be coming to see us after school this morning “BUT” now Sumi has got herself all upset about the situation in the house again and her daughter and Fira, to be very honest I find it very hard to be patient when this situation raises its ugly head again and again and with my worsening condition and other health issues it makes it even more difficult for me!
“Granddaughter Birthday and Afterthought”
It’s just occurred to me and I did tell the doctor who came to check me this morning “But” yesterday I stood for 6 hours making and decorating our granddaughters birthday cake which I must admit I found very demanding for me, in the past I could do things like this in an hour or so but when you have any type of dementia things can take considerably longer yet can still be very rewarding to the spirit, but all that extra pressure on my leg, the arthritis in my knee and the osteoarthritis in my spine and hips just helped to aggravate the problem of my leg swelling up and the Lymph gland problem, but no matter what I was very pleased that I managed to make the cake despite it being extremely demanding on my illness, and to see our granddaughters enjoyment and excitement made it all worthwhile…
We cannot just acquiesce to the dementia we must fight against it as hard and for as long as we can
