Sunday, Oct 14

Bulk trash day is tomorrow, Monday. I have an old air conditioner, an old large room heater and an old gas stove along the side of the house that need to be hauled off (it's kind of a redneck flavored yard). It's about 150 feet from the pickkup spot on the street.

I'm still having stamina problems. It took me four trips to get it all hauled out to the street. I do have a light weight two wheeled dolly that was of some help. But it just wore me out. This getting old and sick crap isn't a lot of fun.

Update:
Saw my new primary care physician (I've recently tranfered my care to a new VA hospital, I live between two of them). He didn't seem to be worried about he swelling in the ankle. He said some of the meds I take might cause that.

He gave me some new meds, changed some of them, I'll try the change for a month and go back and see him again.

There's a problem in that he's Vietnamese and I didn't understand much of what he said. So I'm just going to have to sit down on the internet with each drug and figure out what's what on my own. I'll be posting about that later.

Oct 1, Mon

Sep 31, Monday

I'm writing this after midnight on Monday.

I took some pills this morning, and just took tonites dose.

I don't remember what I ate today, but I have been eating. I just put some defrosted pork chops back in the refrigerator, I was going to cook something but changed my mind, I'm having some chicken bouillon instead.

I've been sleeping off and on all day.

I've gone outside and puttered around in the yard a few times, I've been okay with breathing today, but my right ankle and calf have had some pain pretty much all day.

Alertness has been bad all day. I havn't played any poker online but have plaed some FreeCell soliatare game and lost more sessions than is normal. I've lost probably 4 out of 5 and a typical pattern is more like winning 4 out of 5.

I did find some checks I had and put them in an envelope to mail in a deposit. I've had a couple of small checks sitting around for over a couple of weeks without my doing anything with them. So I'm not totally out of it, but still not at an intellectual peak right now.

Maybe Tuesday will be a better day.

Sep 30, Sunday

10 am

I slept soundly and for a long time. I got up at 9am.

Took some pills

Amodipine (10 mg)
Glyburide (10 mg)
Metformin (1000 mg)

I feel okay, but am somewhat groggy with sleep. I havn't had a cup of coffee yet becuase I'm actually thinking about going back to bed. That doesn't seem like a good idea becuase I think I got a lot of sleep last night, but I might do it anyway.

No pains. Breathing okay.

12:30 pm

I slept soundly another 2 hours. I'm not hungry at all, which is somewhat suprising. I made a cup of expresso but mixed in a little dark roast decaf grounds, and used a bigger cup (more water than usual).

I think I havn't been writing it down but I've had a couple of no-caffiene diet cokes the last couple of days. They don't have a lot of sodium (40mg, 2%DM), but some.

Friday I had two cups of espresso, and it was Saturday that I had the sleep problem. I don't know if that's related.

I'm feeling okay, just suprised I'm not hungry.

later
I did eat. Probably ended up eating to much by the time the day was over, mostly various sausage and sourkraut tacos.

I seem to have had a problem with alertness and focus, I didn't keep up this diary, it's now late Monday night and I'm just getting around to updating.

I played a couple of small online poker tournaments and played very poorly. I finished in the money twice but could still tell I was playing badly. I lost a lot in some cash games.

I did take the appropriate meds Sunday night. And took some naps off and on.

Sep 29, Saturday

Noon.

Got up after 4 hours of fitfull sleep. I woke up 3-4 times in that 4 hours.

Felt okay though. No pain in the ankles, could breath okay. But did have slight swelling in the ankles.

Ate pancakes, had an espresso.

Feet damp between toes. Applied powder.

1 pm

Right ankle was sore, almost like a sore muscle. Having trouble breathing.

Took

Amodipine (10 mg)
Glyburide (10 mg)
Metformin (1000 mg)
Ibuprofen (800 mg)

I'm updating this Sunday morning, I didn't keep track Saturday.

I had trouble maintaining alertness all day. I played in a couple of online tournaments and played terrible. I took a few short hour and hour and a half naps throughout the day.

I did remember to transfer some money online, something I need to do the first of every month to get some bills payed. So I wasn't totally out of it, just not very alert.

Not sure how much I ate, pretty much the same I've been eating, pork cops, coleslaw, roasted peppers, some low-carb tortillas. Added some processed cheese.

I did go out and work in the yard for about 5 minutes and didn't suffer extreme exhaustion, although I was short of breath all day. My right ankle and calf was sore all day.

I don't even remember if I took my second round of pills last night. I'm not sure what time I went to bed. It was late.

Sep 28, Friday

Fri, Sep 28, 10:40 am

Got up about 10 am.

Had a cup of coffee (espresso).

The foot infections seems to be clearing up. No leakage this morning. There's still some soft areas and I put some powder on them. No cream, I'll put some cream on later in the day.

I have some pain in my ankles, but not as bad as it was last night. Not much swelling though.

Took
Amodipine (10 mg)
Glyburide (10 mg)
Metformin (1000 mg)
Ibuprofen (800 mg)

11 am

Cut grass for about 10 minutes. Out of breath. Came in and sat down. Slight pain in lower back.

Over the course of the day ate 3 tacos (low-carb tortillas, sliced pork, coleslaw, roasted peppers) and one small plate of sliced pork and coleslaw.

Made two more short grass-cutting excursions. Out of breath after one of them, (cut off the other exscursion short when mail came). Couldn't take a deep breath pretty much all afternoon.

Late in the afternoon put some anti-fungal cream on the toes. Pain in ankles and some in right calf all day.

Seemed to maintain alertness, finished 2^nd($108) in 2 to 7, 36 players 10+1

8 pm

Took nap from 5:0 to 8. Ankle and calf pain is gone.

BP 177/94 84 heart rate, avg of 3.

Had another cup of espresso. Ate half a small pork chop (pork chops about 1/2 pound).

Ate some pancakes (Carbquick, some corn meal, some baking powder, an egg, water) w/sugar free syrup.

I think poker tournment performance is a good indicator of mental alertness
constant, but steady). Won (finished in top 20%) a small satalitte.

10:45 pm

BP 177/102 87 heart rate

Glyburide (10 mg)
Metformin (1000 mg)
Lisinopril (20 mg)

11:15 pm

Can't take a deep breath

Midnight

Ate 1/2 pork chop, coleslaw, roasted peppers.

2 am

Went to bed. Had trouble breathing, couldn't get to sleep.

4 am

Woke. Must have slept for a few minutes at least, I don't know how long. Breathing was okay but pain in my right ankle was back. Kind of a dull throb.

Lay in bed thinking depressed kind of thoughts for a while. About how simple life would be if I got really depressed and just cried all day.

Parched throat. Got up, drank some water, some chicken bouillon, some tea (herbal).

BP 164/82 pulse 87

Took some Ibuprofen, put some cream on toes.

Went back to bed at 8am