On the 'it never rains but it pours' front ...
My mum ended up in hospital with double pneumonia. She was only in one day, but from what she's told me, it's pretty worrying. Ok, so she's almost 70 and I suppose at her age, things like this are expected, but ... Mild heart failure, complications with COPD, GERD plus she has oedema. They've given her medication to try to fix the water retention, but she's way overweight now.
I admit it. I'm worried and more than a little scared. My grandfather was around the same age when he had an aortic aneurysm and he was fine for close on ten years. Ok, he was 74, I think, but ...
I've already posted about this on Facebook. I just really needed my friends at that moment.
Anyway, my cousin apparently mentioned something to my Mum about the fact I'd been posting a bit to Facebook. Like, why should she care how much I've been posting? It's not like she has to read it. And it's all right for her. She's got three kids and a new boyfriend to keep her busy. What do I have? Sorry, that kind of pissed me off.
In other news, I called the local hospital about my surgery. It's booked for mid-November. The only problem is, I also have a job interview today. I'm still going to go to the interview and let them know I've now got a date for the surgery and I don't know how it's going to affect my ability to work. Firstly, I will have to stay at least overnight in the hospital. Second, I don't know how much pain I will be in or how well I will feel afterwards, so I don't know if I will feel up to working. I won't be able to drive for a few weeks, and won't be able to do any heavy lifting, or any lifting at all really, so that could be a problem. Anyway, I thought I'd just feel them out.
I talked to a business adviser at the bank I use and he had some good suggestions. I'm still trying to work out how I can get the printing done for my books. I'll definitely start with one and see how that goes first. I took the advice of a bookshop and listed my books with a couple of companies - one is Bowker, which has an international database by the look of it. They were happy to accept the ISBNs I have from the National Library, which is all good.
I've also been talking with a friend of mine who studied psychology at university and I started a blog about depression and living with it. Part of the blog will be my story but I want to include interviews with psychologists who can first give me some definitions and second can provide some insight into living with the illness as well as tips for family. Judging from what my friend says, the people she's talked to on my behalf think it's a great project. It just feels like something I need to do.
Whoops, bit of a long post. Anyway, that's pretty much it for now. I know I'm not posting as much here, but it's all good.
I admit it. I'm worried and more than a little scared. My grandfather was around the same age when he had an aortic aneurysm and he was fine for close on ten years. Ok, he was 74, I think, but ...
I've already posted about this on Facebook. I just really needed my friends at that moment.
Anyway, my cousin apparently mentioned something to my Mum about the fact I'd been posting a bit to Facebook. Like, why should she care how much I've been posting? It's not like she has to read it. And it's all right for her. She's got three kids and a new boyfriend to keep her busy. What do I have? Sorry, that kind of pissed me off.
In other news, I called the local hospital about my surgery. It's booked for mid-November. The only problem is, I also have a job interview today. I'm still going to go to the interview and let them know I've now got a date for the surgery and I don't know how it's going to affect my ability to work. Firstly, I will have to stay at least overnight in the hospital. Second, I don't know how much pain I will be in or how well I will feel afterwards, so I don't know if I will feel up to working. I won't be able to drive for a few weeks, and won't be able to do any heavy lifting, or any lifting at all really, so that could be a problem. Anyway, I thought I'd just feel them out.
I talked to a business adviser at the bank I use and he had some good suggestions. I'm still trying to work out how I can get the printing done for my books. I'll definitely start with one and see how that goes first. I took the advice of a bookshop and listed my books with a couple of companies - one is Bowker, which has an international database by the look of it. They were happy to accept the ISBNs I have from the National Library, which is all good.
I've also been talking with a friend of mine who studied psychology at university and I started a blog about depression and living with it. Part of the blog will be my story but I want to include interviews with psychologists who can first give me some definitions and second can provide some insight into living with the illness as well as tips for family. Judging from what my friend says, the people she's talked to on my behalf think it's a great project. It just feels like something I need to do.
Whoops, bit of a long post. Anyway, that's pretty much it for now. I know I'm not posting as much here, but it's all good.