09/07/22 Late results

A quiet day today with not much going on apart from tennis on TV - and again tomorrow. Can't decide which out of Djocovic and Kyrgios I most want to lose. Ideally, both of them.

The last part of last week's blood tests came in on Friday - delay due to "technical problems" at Springfield.... Paraproteins still undetectable, free light chain ratio just a bit off normal.

07/07/22 Bush

A better night last night (score 95) made me think I had enough energy to finish trimming the bay bush by the small pond:

It looks a lot better and less shaggy than it used to. I'd like to cut it back even further but that would need more powerful and heavier tools than I have. Just a cordless trimmer is enough to give me aching shoulder muscles at the moment, and I've been very tired this evening. Time for an earlyish night, I think, if I'm going to be in a fit state to get Birchanger boules this evening.

05/07/22 Epping

A score of just 63 last night - mainly because I didn't get enough hours, being aware that I needed to be up for an early breakfast before the longish drive to Epping boules. Played two games and was pleased to win a couple of ends with some good pointing. Definitely not up to shooting yet. The right shoulder did feel a little sore for a while but not enough to worry about. However I did get very tired in the evening. Next definite date in my diary is Ongar on Sunday, may fit one more in before that if I feel up to it.

03/07/22 New record, transatlantic visitor

 A new CPAP record last night:

The trouble is that no matter how long I live, I can beat that only twice more.

Lunch at The County Hotel with nephew David, over from New Jersey and Manhattan for a few weeks. Followed by a walk in the park:

(photos by Sue, from Facebook)

03/07/22 Record

Not much yesterday, just waiting for those blood test results to come in...

Took a walker-assisted walk to Pepper's Green Lane and back, and got my best CPAP score so far:

Ate a banana for lunch. Ook.

02/07/22 Gardening

Decided to attack the bay bush next to the fishpond, which has grown well out of control. No gardener we've ever had has been willing to cut it back as hard as it needs, The job is tedious (especially the clearing up afterwards) but pleasantly fragrant. The difficult thing I hadn't foreseen is the need to keep the safety bar closed with the left hand, and mine just isn't strong enough (yet) to do that for long or at awkward angles. So the hedge trimmer keeps stopping and I have to change my grip... Got myself thoroughly exhausted, and I hope I haven't strained that left shoulder and neck too much. There's a narrow line between useful exercise and overdoing it.

Springfield's blood test results gave potassium at 3.4, only minutely below the lower end of "normal" at 3.5

I'm going to stick with the bananas. More came in with yesterday's Tesco order. Ook.

01/07/22 10/10

That's my score for lunch at the cafe in Hylands Park yesterday. Sausage roll (inevitably), brownie, and cappuccino. Couldn't have been better.

My GP recently put me onto Indapamide (low dose - 1.5mg) to control the rise in BP after the surgery - from 120/70 approx to 140/90 or thereabouts - and also as a continuous-action diuretic to control the ankle oedema (proving rather better than occasional Furosemide). He sent me for a blood test a few days ago. Result came in yesterday with slightly low potassium (3.1 against normal 3.5 - 5.3) and that seems to have thrown the surgery into a bit of a panic. I have to have a re-test as soon as possible which turns out to be July 12th!
My K levels in my myeloma blood tests have always been in normal range, and reduced potassium is a known side-effect of Indapamide. I've emailed the chemo nurses  to let me know the potassium level in the blood taken yesterday. I'm curious as to whether it shows a similar drop. 

In the meantime I'm going to increase my banana intake. As the Librarian of the Discworld's Unseen University would say. "Ook!"