I made it to the doctor's in time despite the Beast using my car to go to the barber's. He forgot I had such an early appointment or I would have been gone when he got home. He gave me such a hard time about driving myself to the doctor's that I gave in and let him drive me. He SAID he was worried that I might have some problem due to it only being a little more than a week since I had my *falling* problem. But...lo and behold....when the lab ran my hemoglobin test, it was NORMAL! Isn't that great???!!!! Even my doctor was surprised.
He was so cute about the results when he came into the exam room. He said to me, *Well, you've managed to double your count from what it was last week!* I said, *That would make my hemoglobin normal then* He laughed and said, *Oh, you guessed!* We both laughed at that. He was a bit upset that the hospital staff hadn't followed through with setting up an appointment for me with the hematologist. His nurse called and set one up for me on the 9th.
He wanted to know about my energy level and I told him it was so-so but getting better. At least I'm not spending all my time sleeping. I don't fight it when my body says *sleep* because I know it will do that in order for it to devote the time to healing. I think I had a lot of healing to do for a while, even before the falling incidents. But who knew that I was so damn anemic? Now I'm not but the doctor did tell me not to push myself for a while.
He also told me to give it a few more days before he orders an x-ray of the area that is so painful. He also renewed my pain pills since I pointed out that I had been without an authorized prescription for months and yet I just finished up the last of the pills that I had left. I told him that I only used them when I had pain that I couldn't ignore. After checking the records, he told me that was obvious if I just finished up my pills yesterday.
He faxed the pharmacy with my renewals when I left and it wasn't more than 15 minutes after I got home that they called to tell me my prescriptions were ready. I was shocked but he knew I was in pain while in the office. He also authorized my mail order diabetic supplies company to send me a back brace. I really could use that now. I just hope it gets here quickly. It would help with managing my pain in that side as well as supporting my back.
I was a bit worried about my A1C test but it was slightly over 5 and that was great. People who have diabetes or know someone they are close to that have it will understand what that means. There are non-diabetics that have higher counts. I laughed when he told me and said for someone that has such good blood results, I sure feel crappy. That's when HE laughed and said he could understand my feelings.
I don't really feel all that crappy. It's the pain that wears me down. But now that I am awake, aware and doing more, I know I am a LOT better than I was just two weeks ago. And I am sleeping longer without constantly waking up to use the bathroom. Yesterday I slept for 6 hours straight before the pain pill had worn off and I turned in my sleep. THAT woke me. It was okay, however, because I dressed to go to the doctor. I woke up about an hour and a half earlier than planned but I played my game for a bit then worked on the revised afghan for a bit, too.
Now that I have bored you to tears, I will say goodnight. It's been a couple days since I *spoke* with Bratfink. We keep missing each other on Yahoo Instant Messenger and Vegas World. My friend on VW, Staffy, called me from England just because he was feeling a bit low. He misses his bride who had to return to the States to put her house up for sale and officially retire from her government job. He said he KNOWS this is all stuff that MUST be done but Skype just isn't the same for him as holding her and having her there with him.
Their love story is so cute. I was happy when they were able to finally get married and be together. Now she must get her Visa in order to immigrate to England permanently. I didn't know that England requires a certain amount of money that each of them must prove they have to show financial stability or some such thing. Sheesh! She will be getting a really nice pension and that should count for something. I hope so anyway. He said it would be another 4-5 weeks before they know about the Visa. I pray that things go smoothly for them.
Love you all. BTW....the Beast is now considering going to NC for his aunt's funeral. We discussed it on the way home from the doctor's. The funeral is on Thursday so he has to decide by tomorrow. I told him he needs to see her while she is at the funeral home so he will really BELIEVE in his heart that she is now gone from us. She loved him more than his own parents and showed it in many ways. She also had him living with her for a while and it's one of the reasons he DID finish high school. It was also his first real taste of her goodness and being in a loving family situation. That's one of the reasons I think he is considering going. He did love her and he will miss her. I hope he does go. He NEEDS to say his goodbye to her.
Again, love you all and I hope your weather is mild and improving. ***Hugs***
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