One week later

I'm hoping that October will pass and November will be nicer to me. I'm still weak and tire easily. My knee and leg seem to be my worst enemy right now. I'll wait patiently for the orthopedic doctor's office to call and set me up with an appt. My hope is I don't have to wait a month to get in. I don't really know what the knee problem is. Arthritis, bursitis?  I'm continung to have problems walking but thank god for walkers! And I'm fine with having to use a walker but when I go to bed at night and can't sleep because of the pain, then I'm pissed! At the beginning, sleep was no problem. As long as I stayed off my feet, I was okay. This past week, however, has changed and being in bed is not a restful place for me. I get up in the morning and often have to nap in my chair in the living room. I can deal with that as I have hope this too shall pass.

Sadly, I'm also still dealing with poop. Sorry. But there's no other way to discusss it. I was told when I left the hospital that the horrible pooping I put up with there would ease up but I needed to keep pooping all I could to get the toxins out of my system. I don't really recall having that conversation but Mary paid attention to all I was told so I'm depending on her to keep me on the straight and narrow. Thankfully, this pooping is not diarrhea. I'm thankful for small things lately. It's so odd to have to go into the bathroom every hour (sometimes every half hour) and find more poop in the toilet.  You kind of get used to the routine but it's still unnerving. Makes me wonder how much toxins I still have inside me. Another fear I have is that the C-Diff will return. I'm doing everything I can do to avoid that but sometimes it seems like things are just plain out of your control.

I'm not leaving the house unless Mary is driving me somewhere and I pretty much just stay in my apt around the clock. I wish my energy level would at least get up to the point where I felt like doing stuff.

I've got a ton of activities to occupy me ... jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, rock painting, reading, sewing, crocheting, and letter writing. I struggle to do anything except watch tv and nap. My goal this week is to at least get some post cards mailed off. We'll see how that goes.

I have a video doctor appt in November and another appt with my blood doctor in Dec. That is the extent of my calendar activities. We are traveling to Jenni's house for Thanksgiving next month as Maddie and Ants are coming to visit from Mississippi.

I've got golf on tv right now and I continue to watch Disney which has a lot of Alaska shows. I sure enjoy them.

Hopefully, I'll be on the mend throughout this week. I sure don't take health for granted anymore.

No pictures to show but I did take one at the ER last week. I do hate ERs. We didn't get out of there until 2 a.m.