Ongoing Letter - Allan's Place
Allan's journal to the world. (Sounds important, doesn't it?)
Everybody wants to talk about their health. And here’s where it all happens.
Today is the day I get my tooth (3-6) extracted. I’ve been on antibiotics for about 5 days. Hopefully the infection has subsided. If it hasn’t, the anesthetic won’t be as effective.
I walked in from the street last week complaining about the pain. They did some imaging and found infection in the roots and the jaw bone. Their records showed that 3 different attempts were made to save the tooth. But the tooth is finished!
I wonder how much pain there will be.
Apparently we Southern Albertans are getting another bike path, called MPE Link Pathway. Did you know about this? I just read about it in the Feb. 13 2024 Lethbridge Herald. Yes, I know, I’m a bit behind. I have a stack of newspapers to get through. But this is one of the more interesting articles. I wonder if any of it is complete yet. See map.
It seems I have to have a coffee to be awake and alert enough to go out for a coffee. How does a person get around this?
I’ve been sick the past week or so – chills & sweats, fever (38.9°C / 102.0°F), extreme headaches (like 7/10), lots of sleep, coughing, burning chest, etc. I must have sweated half a litre by now.
I did a COVID test. It turned out to be negative. (I’m not entirely sure if I did it right.) I called Health Link (811). They said go to the hospital – it might be pneumonia. I went. They said it wasn’t pneumonia but lung, nasal, & throat inflammation and a flu. Yay.
The fever finally began to break yesterday evening. I was down to 99.6°F / 37.6°C. (I’m usually 36.5°C.)
Floyd was also ill – he got sick before me by about a day – but he’s not been as ill as me. He sounded like he swallowed a gunny sack full of frogs for a few days. Now he’s out and about, mostly better. I’m still nursing myself at home.
It’s spitting outside – half snow and half rain. It’s a Sunday today, and I’m ‘taking a day’ (day off).
For those who have a weak stomach, don’t read / look at this.
I finally bought a new inversion table to replace the one that Hanyoung stole in 2010. Canadian Tire in Brooks, AB, was the closest store that had one. I left work late in the evening with enough time to purchase it before CT closed. It was a heavy brute. What they lacked in quickness finding the product and bringing it out to me, the CT staff almost made up for by loading it into the van.
When home, I assembled part of it before making a bowl of noodles and finally falling asleep in the living room holding the bowl half-full of noodles.
The next day, the assembly continued.
It wasn’t hard. The instructions were very precise and thorough (and wordy). Finally, it was time to use it. Finally, some back pain relief.
I’ll let you know how useful it is.
Blood plasma day again. I’m taking the day off from work today.
My least favourite part of giving plasma is when the cold saline goes back in. Brrr!
Today marks my doctor, Dr. H’s last day. He’s moved on to other things. Alberta has become a ‘have not’ province? Some have said that 1 of 5 Lethbridge residents have no doctor. What do they do? They eventually show up at the emergency ward at the hospital. As for me, my ‘issue’ is not resolved <sigh>, and I have no way of resolving it.