5 February 2024
The pool guy is supposed to come by sometime today, either late this morning or early this afternoon. Hopefully, he’ll be able to repair the filter canister and I won’t have to buy the entire thing. They run around $739 and that’s not installed. After that issue is resolved, I need to figure out what is going on with my Great White pool cleaner. That thing has been rebuilt so many times that the only original thing on it is the body. When it works, it works great but when it doesn’t leaves build up in the pool quickly.
Of course, I can use the net to remove the leaves or even the vacuum but that’s a lot of work. I’ll get everything running and then get the leaves out and then let the Great White do its job. Hope springs eternal that I’ll one day get back in the pool and begin to swim again.
I’m managing to do the physical therapy exercises. I won’t admit to doing them twice as day as recommended but I do get to them at least once a day, sometimes. I have no idea if they help. I still have twinges in my lower back and on occasions, it feels as though my left leg is about to collapse.
I also seem to be holding steady at 18 units of insulin. I suspect that will creep up eventually but right now it seems to keep me within the 90-110 range fasting, morning that Dr. Jellinger wants. The prescription gave me two pens and I’m still on the first one so they seem to be lasting quite a while. Today is also the first day on Tamoxifen. I’ll be curious to see if there are any side effects after a week on this new drug.
I did not walk this morning. When I got out of bed I was a little unsteady on my feet and after the physical therapy routine I was really unsteady. I had to hold on to some furniture for a while until the vertigo passed. Otherwise, I feel OK – again, not great but not bad.
I cheated on Chris last night. I watched Now, Voyager with Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains. It’s basically an ugly duckling into a swan role for Davis in spite of her Mother’s controlling character. I think the most famous line in the movie is at the end when Davis says to Henreid “Oh, Jerry, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars.”
Prior to that scene, Davis and Henreid agree to let Davis keep his younger daughter Tina in spite of her real Mother still married to Henreid. I think Child Protective Services and the courts would have something to say about that today. I think the concept was even more unusual back in the day when the movie was made (1942).
These old movies are really great. I remember one time coming into the den at our house in Morton and catching Mother crying. I was alarmed and asked her what was wrong. She said “Nothing.” I kept pressing and she eventually pointed to the TV and said it was the movie. The movie was An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. If I can pull it up on streaming, I’ll watch it tonight. Years later I saw the movie on cable and I can understand why Mother was crying. It’s a real tear jerker.
Chris, I promise I’ll rewatch Now, Voyager and An Affair to Remember with you if you want to see them. They never get old.
Stay tuned!