Sunshine in my Face

I noticed on the drive into work this morning that the sun is no longer shining in my face on my journey east.

The first day of Fall was last week and we have been noticing that the days are definitely getting shorter. When we go out to sit on the front porch in the evening, we can't stay out for very long as it is dark by seven.

So as I drive to work at 6:30AM, the sun has not peeked over the mountains yet. I like that. It's very tolerable. But it is a reminder that chilly days are ahead.

Concerning a couple of updates, my sore jaw has abated. It left gradually but I noticed for the first time today (after reviewing this blog) that my jaw is fine. I'll bring it up with the Dentist next month.

My cold remains in the guise of sniffles and a bit of a cough. Everyone I talked to who has had a cold recently has said that the sniffles hang around for a while.

The gout knee has not shown up.

Sniffillis

I did leave work early last Thursday and stayed home on Friday as well. The cold kept me down until Sunday, the first day I felt like leaving the house.

Here it is Wednesday and the sniffles continue to hang with me. I used the Netty Pot this morning in the shower and the relief it gives me is well worth the effort, but very short lived. In twenty minutes, I'm breathing through sniffillis.

Today's health issue is the reemergence of my gout knee. I think it may be starting again. I'll know for sure in a couple of days if the slight pain I'm feeling in my right knee grows appreciably.

Full Blown Cold

I have a cold. It's been building for the last couple of days and arrived at my doorstep sometime during the night.

Yesterday I had a slight sore throat that had started the day before. At first I thought it might be related to my sore jaw but that has pretty much waned.

I went to bed with a cough and woke up with all the symptoms of your classic cold. I am at work this morning but I don't think I will last the whole day. I'm going to try and hold out until lunch.

Some time has passed since the last paragraph and I'm still feeling crappy, but good enough to wait out the whole day...I think.

It would probably be smart for me to go home and just rest. The problem is whether I would do that. There is lots of stuff to do around the house, Cleaning, chief among them.

I'm going to go through the morning and see how I feel.

Sore Jaw

Out of the blue, I awoke with a sore jaw this morning. More than anything, I'm noting it here in order to note it here. I keep discovering cuts and bruises on my body that I have no memory of occurring. I'm stupid that way.

At least now, I'll be able to reference a start date when my face falls off from jaw cancer.

Summer Health Issues Turn to Fall Health Issues

It seems my health is back in the crapper.

I realized over the weekend that I was having issues with my stamina. I climbed the stairs and was out of breath. I stand up and get dizzy...really dizzy.

I had a scheduled appointment with my regular Doc, Dr. O'Connor on Tuesday. I told him my problems and he thought I was in A-Fib. That's Atrial Fibrillation to you non medic types. 

It means that the smaller, upper chamber of my heart is quivering and as such, my heart is not pumping efficiently, towit and therefore unto, my lack of stamina.

Dr O'Connor called my Cardiologist and they got me in to see one of the Doc's there. I saw Dr. Orme, who I had not met before.

He said he suspects Dr. Byazrova will want to do a Cardioversion (Shock Treatment) on me to break me out of the A-Fib.

In order to do that, he put me on some new drugs and stopped one I was on. The fear now is that a blood clot has developed and if they try to shock me right now, it could break free and Stroke me out.

So the new drugs are blood thinners. Now I'm in wait mode to see what the Doctors want to do next.

I have posted the note above mostly because I want to have an easy spot to refer to it if I need to.

So the Fall is starting out just like the Summer.