So Much For That...!

What was I saying about a quieter start to the year?

It's already off to a bad start.

Geoff ended up in hospital with a suspected blockage to his heart. He went down to Melbourne for an angiogram but they didn't find the problem. So now I guess it's back and forth to doctors and specialists and hospitals for tests, more medication and heaps more money. Just great!

In the meantime there's been an interesting development from my kidney disease. I noticed a couple of weeks ago that my right foot was giving me weird signals. That's the only way I can describe it. Weird. Sometimes if feels like there's a wire stretched across my toes. Sometimes it feels like someone hits me right across the toes with a sharp stick. That one actually hurts. It's all very strange.

I went to the doctor the other day -- yes, I actually did take myself this time -- to get some tablets I'd run out of. That must be the eighth deadly sin: Thou shalt not run out of tablets. I just happened to mention to the doctor about my weird foot. I felt like a complete idiot saying: "My foot is giving me weird signals." Anyway, she didn't laugh. It seems that my kidney disease is well known for causing 'peripheral neuropathy'. That doesn't sound really good to me. It seems to suggest that the nerves in my foot might be dying. I have to discuss it with the specialist when I see him in early Feb. Wonderful! One more thing to deal with.

I've had enough already and we're not even out of the first month of the year. Jeez, I'm looking forward to the next 11 months.

I hope my poor shadow runners are faring much better than I am.