Thursday, November 7, 2024

Oh, it's shingles!

So now I have shingles! How very ordinary :-)

Silver Chain provide a script. ( scrip?)
Deb rushes out to get a dose of anti-viral tablets.
Deb is so pleased. To be doing... something... anything...
Well, something approved and useful :-)

And so we're both enjoying ourselves.
And I'm also itchy.








half blind. half deaf. dying of cancer.
so what?
notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com :-)

Dr Nick Lethbridge
Consulting Dexitroboper

   

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Reaction



My chest itches. I finally think to look.
Wow! That looks nasty, some sort of a rash?
Ooohh... it itches.

Do I finally have some sort of an allergic reaction to chemo?

Ooohh... I go to bed.

Next morning, I proudly show my rash to Deb.

Her instant reaction is...
Quick, call a doctor, get treatment, drugs, any injection... do something. I rub the itch :-)

Last year, deb had an anti shingles injection, perhaps I did too? We could phone the GP, ask. That's too slow for deb. She phones the 24 hour Silver Chain number for support, advice, help. That was half an hour ago, no call-back yet.


Here's my cunning plan:

Do nothing (except itch and rub) till my next IV treatment. That's five days.

Then, fill in the standard pre-treatment form...
At last I'll be able to tick something other than... no, no, no, no....

Aha! Silver chain call back. Some action for deb:-)

Call the oncologist, tell her, they say. Then, if advised, the GP.

Call? I'll send an email, Daphne is good at responding (when she's working:-)

Deb is a lot happier, now she is able to do ... something... anything :-)










half blind. half deaf. dying of cancer.
so what?
notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com :-)

Dr Nick Lethbridge
Consulting Dexitroboper

   

side-effect

An unexpected side-effect of my being banned from going upstairs: 
Most of my clean clothes are still in the upstairs bedroom. If I want a clean shirt, I ask Deb to bring one down for me. What if she chooses the wrong shirt? Quelle horreur :-)

The result is... I've been wearing pretty much the same clothes for... quite a while now.

I'm thinking... tomorrow I may go full-Pom... change into clean clothes. Whether I need to or not :-)

Today is a good day. A few emails written and sent overnight, though they now need a follow-up phone call.

And... with the rogaine wrapped up... I find that I missed one of my letters being printed in the paper. And missed a response, not an attack but a letter in a similar vein... from another Letter-writer.

Autographs available on request :-)



Caught up with my favourite (only remaining) aunt. She's in hospital (respite) not well, but still alive :-)

The rest of the day is relaxing and enjoyable.
Tonight I'm restless, so I read till late.
Deb says that I'm due to lower my Dex, a useful drug but an "upper" ) dose tomorrow... so I should get a little more sleepy.
More sleepy? Is that even possible :-?







Dr Nick Lethbridge / Independent Dexitroboper

half blind, half deaf, dying of cancer,
So what.
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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Melbourne Cup

I ask Google, "Who will win the 2024 Cup.
Google refuses to tell me.
At least it leads to the names of some horses.
Are they running? Yes.

So now I am fully prepared to cheer for my horses in this year's Melbourne Cup.

Fyi; Vaubun and Buckaroo

Go my horsies:-)

 :-)



half blind. half deaf. dying of cancer.
so what?
notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com :-)

Dr Nick Lethbridge
Consulting Dexitroboper

   

Monday, November 4, 2024

Spring sunshine

Us old blokes like to say, It's a good day when you... wake up in the morning :-)

Deb and I are out at a garden centre, in the fine Spring sunshine, buying seeds and seedlings for Deb to plant. 
And I can't help thinking... with some sympathy for family members currently melting in 40+ degree heat...
I'm thinking...
What a beautiful day to be alive and out and about :-)



Dr Nick Lethbridge / Independent Dexitroboper

half blind, half deaf, dying of cancer,
So what.
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..: notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com


Sunday, November 3, 2024

Good, but could be better


The ogaine has barely started when deb reports: insurance and plumber have come through, we have water again :-)

Rogaine: I spend all day pacing nervously. Listening to people who seem to be enjoying the event, phew!

I tell people that the app is dead. But... later:

... The Apple version istill available and therefore working
I should have suggested trying it.

... One team has the Android version already installed.
They load this year's  map -- and it works :-)

So... a very small  test... but enough to inspire me :-)

An(other) successful, enjoyable day :-)

Now quite tired.






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half blind. half deaf. dying of cancer.
so what?
notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com :-)

Dr Nick Lethbridge
Consulting Dexitroboper

   

Everything comes...

You know what they say.
Everything comes... to he who waits.
It may be true (tho I doubt it)

Today, however, I just wish that some of it could have waited just a little bit longer.

Today is the day of "our" novelty rogaine.
It's all set, ready to run.
It will be brilliant :-)

The rogaine is also my chance to test, to show off, my app.
All data is loaded, it works brilliantly.
Ready to go, to amaze my fellow rogainers.

Early this morning there is an email:

The version on the Android library -- is no longer available.
As I understand it, I only need to tick a box in the app code. Tick, run on the latest Android version. Reload to the library
... all of which is now beyond my tech skills.
Oh well, no more new users. Existing users, app already installed, may still be able to run?

The Apple version may still download? Run? I don't know.

Various threatening msgs from Apple and Android let me know of the approaching deadlines, my best guess was... just*after* today's event. I guess I was wrong :-)

No matter. There was nothing I could do before, there is still nothing I can do.

Pwmapapp... for immediate practical use -- is dead.


On a separate matter...
We wake up to find scheme water bubbling up just outside the back door.

Deb, a woman of action, would be on the phone immediately. Calling emergency plumbers and pretending not to hear them laughing as they ratchet up thousands of dollars in emergency call-out fees.
I manage to slow deb down. Call our insurers, get them arranging for a plumber. At least to locate the problem.

As deb's father used to say... why have a dog and bark, yourself.

A plumber will be here in a few hours. Fixing, of course, will take much longer.
Meanwhile... we have no water in the house.
No great worry, we'll be spending most of today sitting in a park, with other rogainers... between public toilets and a food van. Good planning, eh:-?


Although...
The plumber will call by... just when we should be leaving for the rogaine.
Oh well, it's not far away, we all have mobile phones.

Meanwhile...
I have prepared a list of points for the pre-event briefing. Deb said I should, deb has checked and accepted.

No comment, yet, from my co-setter. Sheesh, it seems that there there are people who not spend their days watching for and responding to emails :-)


Now:
Deb is preparing to get us both out of the house and to the hash house. She will then go for a run... well away from the, to deb, key source of today's stress.
I, however, plan to spend a long but peaceful day at the hash house area.
Doing my soon to be famous imitation of Young Mr Grace.

You don't remember, Are you Being Served?
Not to worry..it was a TV show which was almost even before *my* time :-)


As -they" say:

If you can't laugh at yourself
... then you are missing the whole point of your life.

Ha!























half blind. half deaf. dying of cancer.
so what?
notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com :-)

Dr Nick Lethbridge
Consulting Dexitroboper