28 October 2024
The gurgling gut continued all last night. I had a normal-ish bowel movement after coffee and cereal but after the second coffee and grapefruit, the dam broke. I’m back on Pedialyte. I canceled the infusion today (didn’t want to make a mess of their new chairs) and also canceled with Nancy and Michel. We were scheduled to go to dinner tonight.
The three of us have birthdays close together and we try to celebrate all three of us. It’s led to some fun times. One year we went to Key West for our birthdays.
The above was at a fancy hotel and bar (which we didn’t stay) and we couldn’t resist the chair. Key West has great memories for me and that’s where I saw Nancy for the first time outside of her professional role as a McGraw-Hill representative. We’ve been friends since. I think that was either 1985 or 1986.
A frond from the Royal palm fell yesterday and I spent a little time cutting it up for the yard waste bin. Those things are certainly large. Not only do you have to watch out for falling coconuts and iguanas, but you need to look out for falling Royal palm fronds.
I also cleaned out the pool basket. Those two acts sapped my energy (or the diarrhea did) and I had to sit down for a while after the exertion.
I got up this morning with the intention of doing my morning walk along Riverland Road but after thinking about it, I didn’t want to mess my pants on the walk and have to walk back to the house in shame. It’s a good thing I have plenty of Depends. What’s the old saying? You start out in diapers and end up in diapers.
I spent a little time this morning rescheduling appointments. I had two blood draws scheduled and, of course, confused them and called the wrong physician. After figuring that out, I made the correct call to reschedule. It seems I spend a lot of time either scheduling or rescheduling.
I was notified my passport application was approved and it had been printed and sent in the mail to me. The time line they quoted was 6-8 weeks. It looks like I made the rapid response team. Good for another 10 years!
Life and diarrhea go on. Stay tuned!